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  The department of Life Sciences successfully organised the Science Academies’ Lecture Workshop on ‘Shock Waves and Medical Applications’, in collaboration with the three Science Academies - Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi and the National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad on March 7, 8, 2018. The event started at 9:30 am on March 7, with an inaugural ceremony in Sky View, Central Block, of the Main Campus of CHRIST (Deemed to be University) . The inaugural address was delivered by Fr. Dr. Abraham V M, Pro-Vice Chancellor. The welcome address was given by Dr.Sayantan D, Assistant Professor, Dept of Life Sciences and the Workshop coordinator. The chief guest of the event was Prof. Gopalan Jagadeesh, IISc Bengaluru, who also released the annual magazine of the Department of Life Sciences, BIOLINK 2018 after the inauguration. The formal inaugural address ended with a vote of thanks by Dr Suma S, Associate Professor, Dept of Life

The department of Life Sciences released the annual newsletter, BIOLINK on March 7, 2018. The Chief Guest of the event was Dr Gopalan Jagadeesh,   Professor of the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science. The Faculty editors of BIOLINK 2018, Ms Vasantha V. L and Dr Harinatha Reddy and the student Editors NilketaNerurkar and Devangshu Nandi were also present for the release of the newsletter. The newsletter served as a platform for the students of Life Sciences to express their writing skills. It also portrayed interview of experts on career opportunities in the field of Life Sciences.

Venue: Block 3 Auditorium                                Day 1                                               Date: 22-02-2018 The workshop was inaugurated at 9:00 a.m. with the lighting of lamp by Fr. Antony Puthussery, Campus co-ordinator, Dr. Devraj, Guest Speaker, Prof. Raghunandan Kumar, HOD Department of Civil Engineering, Dr. Arvind H.B, Dr. Narasimha Murthy and CACE student representative. Prof. Raghunandan Kumar welcomed the gathering, followed with the Presidential Address by Fr. Antony Puthussery. Session 1: Fundamental Concepts of Reliability by Dr. Devraj Dr. Devraj introduced the participants of the workshop to the topic of reliability. He started with the evolution of codes,the central role of the code is a set of requirements that must be satisfied by the designer so that the designed structure will have minimum acceptable level of safety. Some highlights of his presentation were: •    Structure has three filters- Stiffness (K), Mass (M) of the material a

GBBC   is a four-day annual event aimed primarily at contributing to global data on bird database, but it also makes people aware of the birds around them and helps them understand bird behavior by observing them. It is a great opportunity to learn and at the same time contribute important data. Basically, the number of individuals of different species of birds seen or heard are counted and recorded at uniform time intervals and these checklists are uploaded onto the global platform ebird . This comes up with a proper account of bird diversity across the world. The GBBC is the time of the year, every bird enthusiast waits for, due to it being peak migration time, and it is an immensely fun event! GBBC 2018 happened from February to 16-19 in Christ University Campus under the guidance of Dr P U Antoney. The members of the Green Army were the primary data collectors. The survey was conducted from 6:45 AM to 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM. Birds were identified through binocula

The Alumni Meet of the department of Life Sciences of CHRIST (deemed to be University) was conducted at 3.00 PM on January 26, 2018 in the Council Room, Central Block of the Main Campus. The event kick started with Fr Jobi Xavier, HOD of Life Science Department cutting the cake. This year the event was special due to the presence of three distinguished alumni of the very first CBZ batch of the University- 1969 batch. Prof Eden Joseph was instrumental in connecting with the1969 batch alumni and inviting them for the event. There was another fact to cherish the event as the CBZ 1991-94 batch alumni had come prepared to felicitate their Professors. The distinguished Professors who were formally felicitated by the 1991 batch included Prof Eden Joseph, Prof ArulChellaswamy, Prof Priyadarshini P Maddi, Prof DephenPinherio, Dr Johny Joseph, Prof Manjunath B T and Prof Ganesh S. The 1991 CBZ batch shared many memories of their undergraduate days. The faculty, alumni and a few volunteers