The Department of Life Sciences had
organized a guest lecture entitled “Trends and Opportunities in Biotech
Industry” as a part of the Corporate Interface Connect as well as placement
initiative on 11 December 2018.The resource person was Dr S S Easwaran,
Academic Director, Biocon Academy, Bangalore. The talk was held in the Council
room, Central Block, Main Campus, CHRIST (Deemed to be University). Dr.
Easwaran talked about the trends and opportunities in the biotech sector, and
the expectations of the hiring bodies in any biotech industry. He presented the
current scenario of the global Biotechnology sector, regarding the revenue it
generates and also the growth it had attained in terms of research and
development. He concluded with the brief
explanation of the course module running in the Biocon academy, and the
placement scenario as of today. He talked about the qualities one should have
in order to achieve success and stability in the career. Faculty members and
students interacted with Dr. Easwaran with respect to career prospects for life
science students.
Tuesday 11 December 2018
Wednesday 3 October 2018
Report on field trip to Fisheries Research and Information Centre, Hessarghatta organized by the Dept of Life Sciences on July 19, 2018
A field trip was organized on July 19, 2018, for the students of 5CBZ and 5BCZ to the Fisheries Research and Information Centre, Hessarghatta Fisheries Research and Information Centre, Hessarghatta, as part of our course in Aquatic biology. The research institute comes under the Karnataka Fisheries and Science University and was set up in the year 2004. It is located adjacent to the Hesarghatta Lake which is 25kms from Bangalore. The centre is located over a span of 10 acres of land. The main mandate of the institute is to supply good quality fish feeds and conduct research on improved variety of aquatic crops. The students got to know about the facilities and conditions required to culture various species of fishes, especially the common commercially sought fishes, rearing hatchlings etc. The students gained insights on the practical aspects of Fisheries.
Report on Visit to Naraya Nethralaya Organised by Department of Life Sciences 2018
The students of second year MSc Zoology, Christ (Deemed to be University) were
taken for a visit to Narayana Nethralaya on August 31, 2018 by the faculty of the department;
Prof. Ganesh and Mr. Deepak. Ms. Monica, instrumental engineer at Narayana Nethralaya explained in detail the working of instruments like Lasic machine, Keratograph, Eximer, Retinoscope etc. She conducted the session by beginning with the basic explanation of the human eye and its parts and affecting disorders. Therefore when the instruments were shown, the biology behind the study and interpretation of the related disorder was easily understood. Dr Nakl and Ms Monica clarified the doubts of students. It was really an enlightening session with respect to the study of human eye and its defects and possible causes and treatments were also explained. The faculty and students thanked Dr. Naik, Ms. Monica and all other staff members at Narayana Nethralaya for providing an opportunity to visit the hospital and getting to know the use of major instruments used in eyecare.
taken for a visit to Narayana Nethralaya on August 31, 2018 by the faculty of the department;
Prof. Ganesh and Mr. Deepak. Ms. Monica, instrumental engineer at Narayana Nethralaya explained in detail the working of instruments like Lasic machine, Keratograph, Eximer, Retinoscope etc. She conducted the session by beginning with the basic explanation of the human eye and its parts and affecting disorders. Therefore when the instruments were shown, the biology behind the study and interpretation of the related disorder was easily understood. Dr Nakl and Ms Monica clarified the doubts of students. It was really an enlightening session with respect to the study of human eye and its defects and possible causes and treatments were also explained. The faculty and students thanked Dr. Naik, Ms. Monica and all other staff members at Narayana Nethralaya for providing an opportunity to visit the hospital and getting to know the use of major instruments used in eyecare.
Monday 3 September 2018
Report On Maps (Marine Arctic Peace Sanctuary) India Video Conference Organized By department Of Life Sciences On August 31, 2018
The first official video conference of MAPS officials with faculty and student lead volunteers of Christ was conducted on August 31 2018, Fridayfrom 8 AM IST, in the Council room, Central block, Main Campus of Christ.Christ University is the first educational institution in India to have such a collaboration with Parvati.org. Mathew and Karen Ho,the MAPS ambassadors were the resource persons for the Skype Conference. They gave a presentation on the situation in Arctic region and also gave guidelines for developing a collaborative strategy. This constituted a good opportunity for familiarizing the members with the purpose of the organisation and the need for immediate action. The students had a lot of queries to the MAPS ambassadors. The session was a collaborative venture by the Dept of Life Sciences and Centre for Social Action, Christ (Deemed to be University) and MAPS.
Friday 31 August 2018
Triumphant Three Day Workshop MAM 2018 5-7 July 2018
(RF & Microwave
Research Laboratory, Department of ECE, Faculty of Engineering)
The
establishment of RF & Microwave
Research Laboratory with an Anechoic
Chamber Facility under MRP funding has been completed recently in June 2018
by the Principal Investigator Dr S Suganthi. With a view to publicize its
existence and to start the functionality of the established facility, a National Level Three Day Workshop on
Microstrip Antennas and Measurements (MAM 2018) was proposed as an outcome
of RF & Microwave Research Laboratory.
This workshop MAM 2018
was organized by the RF & Microwave Research Centre through the Department
of Electronics and Communication Engineering at Faculty of Engineering, CHRIST(Deemed
to be University) during 5-7 July 2018.
The explosive growth in the demand for information transfer
using handsets and personal communications devices has created the need for
major advancements of antennas. One type of antenna that fulfils most of the
wireless system requirements is the planar antenna. It finds increasingly wide
range of wireless applications in handheld mobile devices, satellite
communication systems and biomedical applications.
The existence of our Anechoic Chamber facility has been
publicized & promoted with brochure & invitation attachments through
more than 800 email IDs across the country & a few abroad too! The complete
arrangement was fully supported by Mrs.K. Inbanila, HOD, ECE.
This three day workshop was
exclusively envisioned for faculty members, research scholars and PG/UG
students of ECE and participants from industry to have an exposure to
current trends in planar antenna technology and hands-on training with HFSS for
simulation of antennas. Members belonging to CSE, EEE & other branches, who
showed interest in the collaborative research work, were also invited. There were five resource
persons, 10 members from vendors side and 41 participants from various
institutions across country as well as from CHRIST University made the show a grand
one!
The MAM 2018 was colorful and fruitful with resource persons Dr
Raghavan NIT -Trichy, Dr Surendra Pal, ISRO /DRDO-DIAT- Pune, Mr. Puneet Kumar
Misha, ISRO Satellite Centre-Bangalore, Dr Shiv Narayan, Senior Scientist,
CSIR, NAL-Bangalore and Dr S Suganthi, Professor, CHRIST(Deemed to be
University).
The event was started with devotional invocation dance &
song followed by lighting of lamp. Mr.Shashikumar, coordinator of workshop
welcomed the gathering. Dr Iven Jose, Associate Dean, the living example of
dynamic leader, delivered the presidential address and described the importance
of the workshop and its connectivity to the industries and academia.
Dr Surendra Pal, Former Vice Chancellor of Defense Institute of
Advanced Technology(DRDO), Pune and Distinguished
Scientist, Associate Director and Program Director, Satellite Navigation
Program at ISRO Satellite
Centre, Bangalore presented Inaugural Address. He elucidate the
importance of RF & Microwave and the need for keeping this field active to
keep in pace with changing technological trends.
Dr S Raghavan, Senior Professor of NIT Trichy illuminated the
presence of newly opened Anechoic Chamber at our campus and explained how the
existing facilities can be utilized and improvised with newer ideas and modern
instruments. He pointed out the capacity
for the interconnection of platforms, systems, and applications of the RF &
Microwave components & design by highlighting the ways for reputed
publications as outcome of quality research.
He also provided suggestions for future events to be in association with
IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society for engineering services to reach out
the society.
Dr S Suganthi delivered the exploratory development of anechoic
chamber from the scratch. She acknowledged the support provided by university
authorities, recalling & recognizing the contributions of her fellow
members and other great personalities who supported the journey of establishment
of Anechoic Chamber. Thereafter all the guests and vendors visited anechoic
chamber to witness the facilities. It was a memorable grand show for three
days.
On the first day after the inaugural session, Dr Surendra Pal
explained the significance of antenna polarization. He mentioned that the
methods of antenna and microwave subject content delivery should be changed to
attract the younger students of this era.
Further, Dr Raghavan presented intricacies & design aspects
of MIC filters. He insisted the inclusion of innovations in teaching without
diminishing the fundamental concepts and teaching methods. He spoke about the
importance of writing our own coding for the antenna designs using computational
electromagnetic methods and MATLAB instead of merely using commercial softwares
alone. He projected the importance of motivating students to become successful
RF engineers for servicing to the humankind nationally and internationally.
Dr Puneet Kumar Mishra, Scientist IRSO Satellite Centre,
Bengaluru delivered technical talk on the trends in antennas and measurements
explaining the challenges involved in ISRO space missions through several
examples of ISRO projects. He explained the need for RF engineers for space
programmes.
Dr Shiv Narayan , Senior Scientist, CSIR, NAL, Bengaluru
presented a fascinating talk on the design challenges involved in antennas for Aerospace
applications and the need for radomes. He took the audience to a greater level
of intellectual thoughts through his technical content on FSS and metamaterial
structures.
Second day, the vendor Mr.Kaviyarasu from Entuple Technologies
provided hands-on training to the participants using ANSYS HFSS EM simulation
tool using 25 user licensed software available in the department
laboratory. During post lunch, Mr.Naveen
from Anritsu presented demonstration on the usage and capacity of Vector
Network Analyzer (VNA).
Third day, Dr Suganthi presented a technical talk on the antenna
design. During her presentation, she explained the techniques to design fractal
& metamaterial antennas and presented the methods to develop MATLAB codings
for the same. Her presentation was well
appreciated by participants and a few became motivated for focusing their
research in the fractal antenna design.
The highlights on the participation of vendors were focused
towards arrangements for hands-on training, demonstration and antenna
measurements for the benefit of participants.
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Entuple Technologies Mr.Kaviayarasu: Hands-on training with HFSS software
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Conet Technologies Mr.Jayakumar: Sponsorship through providing a participant
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Conet & Environtech: Mr.Appayyaswamy/Mr.Gaurav: Antenna
measurements/demonstration
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Accura Teqipments-Mr.Veeranna & Mr.Vijay: Prior arrangements, PCB
hands-on/demonstration
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Anritsu - Mr. Naveen & team - VNA demonstration & manuals
@ Accurex Solutions Pvt Ltd.: Mr.Adarsh Tandi–
Demonstration of advanced printing machine
The participants were researchers, faculty members &
students from NIT-Trichy,
NIT-Suratkal, PES University, Anna University, Reva University, BNMIT,
Siddaganga Institute of Tech., St.Joseph Engg. college, K
Ramakrishna College of Engg., ECE, EEE & CSE depts. (CHRISTITES).
The researchers were encouraged to take chance of getting the
measurements for their own antennas brought by them. They were happy and
expressed gratefulness since this rarest chance could help them for producing
journal papers as outcome of their research.
Many eminent personalities in India & abroad had sent wishes
for the successful conduction of the workshop. This includes the wishes from Dr
Bharathi Bhat (Retired Eminent Professor, IIT Delhi, currently into
spirituality), Dr D Guha (Professor, Institute of Radio Physics, Kolkata, InCAP
Organizer), Dr E Alphones Arokiaswamy (Professor, NTU, Singapore) and Dr
Chinmoy Saha (Professor, Indian Institute of Space Technology, Trivandrum) had
sent their wishes for the success of the workshop!
The event was well taken by all the participants. In general,
the feedback from participants spells one’s strength/weakness! In MAM 2018, it
was very much encouraging & positive with unanimous request for conducting
many such useful future events. They went to the extent of requesting the
organizer for mentoring them in the area of RF & Microwave! The MAM 2018
spells adorable success through everyone's involvement, cooperation &
contributions!
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Inauguration of Anechoic Chamber Rf & Microwave Research Laboratory Facility 20 May 2018, Sunday
(Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore)
The ECE Department has a rich
tradition in research and teaching. The research interests of the faculty
members of the department encompass the wide area of applied and fundamental
aspects of ECE. Collaboration in between the research groups of the department
and with other departments is also a practice. It cultivates research aptitude
among members through three major verticals RF & Communication, Signal
Processing & Optical Imaging and Embedded Systems & VLSI.
The Anechoic Chamber is an
emergence of the efforts of Dr S Suganthi (whose majority of career life time
experience being in the RF & Microwave field) to explore the ambient energy harvestment using microstrip
antennas (rectennas), innovation in fractal, metamaterial antennas, implantable
antennas, filters & other MIC components.
With her gained confidence
through the stay at ISRO Satellite Centre as Project Trainee for her post
graduate project work and the exposure to various sophisticated satellite
communication related instruments available over there, further, the contacts and visits made to TCE-Madurai, IIT
– Kharagpur IISc, NAL, ISRO
CATF- Bangalore, NIT-Trichy, DIAT-DRDO-Pune, NTU-Singapore for witnessing the
structure and facilities of Anechoic Chamber, the Anechoic Chamber at Faculty
of Engineering has been established. Her venturing dream was liberally
supported by CHRIST management to fund and henceforth a state-of-the-art
research laboratory has come to reality today.
The RF & Microwave is a
Research Laboratory established in the ECE Department which caters researchers
to explore the field of wireless communication with respect to conventional,
planar antennas and RF systems including investigations on meta materials,
fractals, biological effects, implantable & energy harvestment.
This is first of its kind got
established newly at our University amidst all the other engineering
institutions and private universities existing across Karnataka state.
This Research Laboratory provides a complete
platform for simulation of various antenna designs using HFSS EM simulator
version 18.2. The components and antennas designed through software or
conventional methods can be fabricated as prototype model using PCB prototyping
machine. This machine is capable of engraving, drilling and cutting the shapes
of the designed antennas and components using substrate boards such as FR4,
Roger etc.
The experimental verification and validation of such
antennas, components & RF systems can be carried out using the
state-of-the-art measuring instruments such as Vector Network Analyzer in the 1
MHz- 40 GHz, Spectrum Analyzer in the 9 kHz – 43 GHz and Anechoic Chamber
measuring a size of 7m x 4m x 3m for frequency coverage of 800 MHz- 40 GHz. The
long term goal is to develop this laboratory as a center of excellence for
microwaves.
The GRAND INAUGURATION OF THIS ANECHOIC CHAMBER was celebrated on 20
May 2018. The chief guest of convocation ceremony Dr Souvik Bhatacharyya, Vice
Chancellor, BITS Pilani and the eminent personalities of our University Dr Fr George Edayadiyil, CMI, Chancellor, Dr Fr
Abraham V M, CMI, Pro-Vice
Chancellor, Dr
Anil Joseph Pinto, Registrar, Prof. Johny Joseph, Controller of Examinations, Dr Fr Benny Thomas,
Director, FoE and Mr Jugnu Uberoi, First batch Alumnus(CHRIST) & President, Christ
University's Alumni Association visited the research laboratory along with Dr Iven Jose, Associate Dean,
FoE and Heads of departments of CSE/IT, Civil, ECE, EEE, Mech, HAS and
Architecture for the inauguration and blessed.
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Further, our Reverent Dr. Fr. Thomas C. Mathew, Vice Chancellor visited the anechoic chamber on 30 June 2018 along with Fr. Antony Puthussery, Campus Director and offered his best blessings.
Followed by this incident, all the faculty members of the department of ECE were invited to witness the full-fledged facility of the anechoic chamber on 04 July 2018.
This was exclusively done with a view to keep them aware of the entire facilities for any collaborative works and also to take inspiration for their academic and research blends. The UG, PG & PhD scholars of the department were also taken to the laboratory to understand the benefits.
Dr S Suganthi also creates interest in younger minds through inculcating research culture in the department. There are antenna aspirants who have joined her venture as a team of members comprising co-principal investigators, subject specialized faculty members, research assistant, research scholars and project students.
Report On The Inauguration Of Life Science And Chemistry Research Labs On July 12, 2018
Two state of the art, new research laboratories - Pharmaceutical
Chemistry Lab (PCL) of Chemistry Department and Applied and Industrial
Biotechnology Lab of Life Science Department were inaugurated in Block 2, 3rd
Floor by Novozyme India and Asia Pacific R&D Director - Dr. Ashish
Paradkar. The occasion was graced by the presence of Fr.Dr.Thomas Mathew, Vice
Chancellor of Christ (Deemed to be University),
Dr. Abraham V.M., Pro Vice Chancellor, CFO and HOD of Life Sciences Department. - Fr. Jobi Xavier,
Dean of Sciences and HOD of Chemistry Department,Dr.
Surendra Kulkarni, Registrar Dr. Anil Pinto as well as the faculty, staff and
students from various departments. Both the labs were blessed by Fr. Thomas C
Mathew and Fr. Jobi for its success. On this occasion,Dr. Ashish praised the
support and commitments of CHRIST (Deemed to be University) management towards
R&D infrastructure development and pushing the R&D efforts in
University.
Report on National Conference on Emerging Trends in Production of Biofuels and their Impact on Global Economy
National
Conference on Emerging Trends in Production of Biofuels and their Impact on
Global Economy was held on July 27 and 28, 2018 in the KE Auditorium, Block IV,
Main Campus, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore. The chief guest of
the conference was Dr. G.R. Naik Pro-Vice Chancellor, Central University of
Karnataka, Executive Member of Karnataka State Biofuel Development Board. The inaugural
event started with an invocation dance by students of Life Sciences. It was
followed by lighting the lamp where Dr. (Fr). Thomas C Mathew, Vice Chancellor,
CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Dr. G.R. Naik, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Central
University of Karnataka, Executive Member of Karnataka State Biofuel
Development Board and Dr.Chenna Reddy Aswath, Principal Scientist, IIHR,
Bangalore. Dr.Udipi Shrinivasa, Professor, IISc, Bangalore along with organizing
secretary did the honors. The welcome address was delivered by
Dr.Erumalla Venkatanagaraju. This was followed by release of conference
e-proceedings, presidential address by Dr. (Fr). Thomas C Mathew, Vice
Chancellor, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), inaugural address by chief guest
Dr. G.R. Naik, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Central University of Karnataka on
Biotechnological Approach for Improving Biodiesel Production from Nonedible
Tree Borne Oil Seed Plants on Waste lands of India, key note address by
Dr.Chenna Reddy Aswath, Principal Scientist, IIHR, Bangalore, on Use of
Bioreactors in Plants and key note address by Dr.Udipi Shrinivasa, Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, IISc on Biofuels. Technical session was
began with the lecture by Dr. Harini Kumar K.M, Professor, University of
Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore on Biofuels for Next Generation followed by
Mr. Sondur S.N, Principal Scientific Officer, Karnataka State Council for
Science and Technology, Bangalore on Applications of By-Products obtained in
Biofuel Production on first day and Dr. V. Sivasubramanian, Director,
Phycospectrum Environmental Research Center, Chennai on Algal Biomass
Production for Bio-Fuels: Challenges. Dr.Girisha ST, Professor, Bangalore
University, Bangalore on Bio Diesel – The Next Generation Alternative Fuels on
second day.
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