Those who are interested to purchase a hard copy of “NEW HORIZONS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY’ [Seminar Proceedings] can contact Convenor & Organizing Secretary
Smt. G. INDRAVATHI.
Cost of the book is Rs. 500/- (+ Rs. 50/- Postal charges)
ISBN No. 978-93-82163-18-3
Publishers: Paramount Publishing House
Editors: Viswanath Buddolla and Indravathi Gundrathi
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About the College
K. V. R. Government College for Women was established on 27th July1958, for the cause of education and empowerment of women and is named after the founder donor, Sri Kasireddy Venkata Reddy. It was housed in the erstwhile Governors Bungalow which was spread in 14 acres land with green atmosphere .The college was started with the motto “ Real culture is equanimity with in”. Since then the college is striving hard to educate the women students of rural and urban Rayalaseema. It is affiliated to Rayalaseema University and is NAAC accredited with “A”grade. It has completed 50 years and celebrated its Golden Jubilee in September 2008.The College offers both UG & PG courses including conventional and restructured with 1 6 combinations for a strength of 2400 students .The college dwells of institutions like IGNOU, BRAOU, JKC, DRC and with the distinguished buildings for Lecture halls, Labs, Hostel, Assembly hall, Community hall, NCC, NSS, Play Ground and Library
Theme of the Seminar
Realizing the tremendous potential of Biotechnology in improving human and animal health, increasing agricultural productivity and providing safe and clean environment, it is important to educate public about its importance. An understandable concern among parents of students undergoing Biotech courses is whether their wards will be able to get suitable jobs. There is something amiss in our public that needs to be immediately addressed as it should not become a stumbling block in the future growth of this sector.
The need of the hour is to inculcate the students and public the very necessity of life sciences and its applications as career options. The big point is to drive students that patience, perseverance and right environment are needed for a novel idea or vision to be realized and proved innovatively invaluable.
The main theme of the seminar is to rejuvenate the scientific temper among students in order to pursue biotechnology as their subject for future studies. The real change can happen only if the interest in life sciences, which has been on a decline for the last several years is to be revived so that more and more young minds take it up as a career option. So it is necessary to create awareness about the New Horizons in Biotechnology there by putting students in track of life sciences for higher studies and research.
Objectives
1. To make students selfemployable bycreating awareness on Biopesticides, Biofertilizers,Biofuels, Waste management etc.
2. To modulate the students with market oriented technical skills
3. To create scientific temper among students & motivate them about the projects, fellowships, stipends granted by DBT, DST, CSIR,UGC etc.
4. To train the teachers / research scholars to use the sequence based databases in teaching and research in biotechnology and allied subjects.
5. To train the teachers to face the future challenges in teaching biology with bioethics, bioinformatics and intellectual property rights.
SUB-TOPICS
1. Cell & Molecular Biology
2. Genetic Engineering & Bioinformatics
3. Plant & Animal Biotechnology
4. Microbial & Environmental Biotechnology
5. Biodiversity&Conservation Strategies
6. Nano Biotechnology, Bioethics & Intellectual Property Rights.