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A webinar on Career Opportunities with Intellectual Property Rights was held on July 24, 2021, through the Webex platform. The chief guest of the webinar was Dr. Debabrata Samantha, Assistant Professor in Computer Sciences and Coordinator of IPR cell.   The inaugural event started with the welcome address delivered by Dr. Erumalla Venkatanagaraju, followed by the introduction of the speaker by Ms. Catherine Beth Thomas. Dr. Debabrata Samantha, spoke on the basic concepts of Intellectual Property Rights and Copyright, emphasizing the methods and guidelines to be followed to draft IPR applications, of the products and processes generated in applied and natural sciences research.   The webinar concluded with the vote of thanks by Dr. Erumalla Venkatanagaraju, Assistant Professor in Life Sciences and Coordinator, Webinar IPR.

Out of the many ideologies that have meandered through the realm of political discourse, Populism has been one of the few that has stood the test of time. It has done so through popular support, through policy, and sometimes through deceit and Propaganda. Populism is a political tool that champions, or claims to champion the cause of the ‘common’ people and aid them in their fight against an actual or perceived elite or establishment. Populism typically combines the Left and Right, opposing huge commercial enterprise and economic elitism and often opposed to ‘elitist’ political traditions.     Populism can be practiced in both democratic and authoritarian political systems. Populism usually is critical of political representation and all other systems that are in place to keep a distance between the people and those who rule. In established democracies, populism thrives to empower citizens by securing their rights through people-friendly policy and reforms without endorsing a revolutio

The Life Science Association  of the Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore jointly with DKMS BMST organized an interactive virtual session on Blood cancer and stem cells entitled “Blood cancer and need for life savers” on 4 February, 2021 on the occasion of ‘World Cancer Day’. Dr. Suma.S, Associate Professor, Department of Life Sciences and the faculty coordinator of Stem Cell Registry Programme introduced DKMS BMST and the resource persons. Mr. Mazin and Ms. Akhila Suresh from DKMS BMST gave an insight about the significance of the stem cell donation. Mr. Suresh, a BCom student of our University and the first student stem cell donor of DKMS BMST in India, shared his thoughts and experience on stem cell donation. Dr. Anish Nag, Faculty coordinator of Life Science Association coordinated the event. 80 students participated in the event. The session concluded with the vote of thanks from Ms. Nidhi, student of BSc CBZ.