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The Deanery of Sciences organized the Golden Jubilee National Science exhibition on January 7, 2019 in the Main Campus of CHRIST (Deemed to be University). Undergraduate and postgraduate students from the different colleges and Universities across India actively participated in the exhibition. A total of 70 teams representing the seven domains of sciences, viz. Physics, Chemistry, Electronics, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science and Life Sciences took part in the exhibition. There was a total of 26 external college teams, including few from outside Karnataka.              The exhibition was inaugurated by the Honorable Vice Chancellor of CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Fr Dr Thomas C Mathew. Dr T V Joseph, Coordinator of Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Deanery of Sciences, Dr Suma S, National Science Exhibition Coordinator, Dr Surendra Kulkarni, Dean of Science, Dr George Thomas, Associate Dean of Science and th...

‘Biogala’, a celebration of life, was organized by the Department of Life Sciences, to mark the Golden Jubilee celebration of CHRIST (Deemed to be University). The theme of the Workshop on Day 1 was RECENT TRENDS IN LIFE SCIENCES. The second day was allotted for the Intercollegiate competitions.  The Coordinator of the 2 day event was Prof. Vasantha V L. The event started with an inaugural ceremony which was graced by the presence of Fr. Dr. Col. Thomas C. Mathew, Vice Chancellor, Fr. Jobi Xavier Chief Finance Officer and Head of the department of LifeSciences, faculty members and students of the department. The inaugural address was given by the Chief Guest, Dr. Chenna Reddy Aswath. Senior Scientist, Indian Institute of Horticultural research, Bengaluru. Day 1 of Biogala comprised of talks by various renowned speakers from distinguished institutes. The first speaker of the session was Dr. Chenna Reddy Aswath from Indian Institute of Horticultural research (Bengaluru),  fol...

An invited talk was organized by the Dept of Life Sciences in collaboration with BIONIVID on February 11, 2019 in Room No 911,Central Block, Main Campus of CHRIST (Deemed to be University). The Dean of Science, Dr Surendra Kulkarni gave the Welcome address. Mr Hitesh Goswami and Mr Avinash Dhar delivered talks on the topics “Career Prospects in Genomics” and “Genomics in Everyday Life” respectively. The talk was attended by the undergraduate students of BSc. BCZ. BCB, CBZ and the final year MSc Biotechnology students. The aim of the talk was to stress the importance of genomics in the world of science and technology today. The vote of thanks was delivered by Dr Suma S, Associate Professor, Dept of Life Sciences who coordinated the session. The students enthusiastically participated in the query session too.

The Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) had organized its alumni meeting session on 26 January 2019. The official gathering started by 10.00 am in the Zoology Laboratory (Department of Life Sciences) and was graced with the presence of alumni from various older batch students of the department. The function started Dr Suma, Alumni Coordinator and Associate Professor, Department of Life Sciences, welcoming the gathering. It was followed by the welcome address delivered by honourable Head of the Department, Fr. Jobi Xavier, who briefed the alumni regarding the recent developments and introduction of research courses (MPhil and Ph.D) in the department. It was followed by short session of alumni interaction and cake cutting as a token of gratitude to the alumni. The meeting was concluded at 11.00 am with group photo session. The short alumni meeting held in the department clearly paved a platform for interacting with alumni from different batches ...

An awareness campaign on e-waste and its management, Hazards of mobile phone radiation, Renewable energy sources was organised on 1 February 2019, by the Electronics Club, an association of Electronics students.  The annual awareness campaign has an objective to enable students to understand the concept, gather information from various sources, analyze it and prepare it for the presentation. It also aims at developing the interpersonal skills among students. The students from II year BSc (PME and CME) classes under the guidance of the faculty members of the department participated in the campaign held in the University main campus. There were 46 teams, about 130 students, showcasing their ideas in the form of charts and explaining their respective topics to the visitors. The students from other classes, other deaneries and faculty members from other departments interacted with the student volunteers during the campaign. The campaign helped the participating tea...