The department of biotechnology and department
of biochemistry, GGDSD College, Sector 32 C, organised a one-day
national symposium on “Biotechnology: Innovations and challenges”
sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Government of
India.
Eminent personalities from various institutes
and organisations discussed relevant issues related to involvement of
technology in biological sciences.
NIPER director Prof KK Bhutani, Mohali,
inaugurated the symposium. He emphasised on the future research
prospects in the field of science and technology. He called upon the
students to come up with innovative ideas in the field of
biotechnology.
Prof GS Randhawa
from the department of biotechnology, IIT, Roorkee, highlighted on the
theme of the symposium in his keynote address. Suneel Khanna, head of
biotechnology and bioinformatics,
NIIT
University,
Rajasthan, delivered a lecture on the in-situ bioremediation of toxic
compounds. Dr MB Bera, head, department of food engineering and
technology, SLIET, Longowal, highlighted on the cause of feeding
hunger population by his apt presentation on food and biotechnology
interventions. Dr Ashish Ganguly, scientist E-I, IMTECH, took the lead
to explain the role of human CD4 in HIV-I entry: opportunities and
challenges it offers in AIDS therapy. Dr Rakesh Sharma, scientist
E-II, IGIB, New Delhi, carried on the programme to “Metagenomics:
Unravelling the mysteries of microbial world”.
Dr N Das, head,
department of biotechnology, Thapar University, Patiala, gave a
presentation on “Potato biotechnology: Its prospects and challenges”.
The symposium was organised under the scheme of “Star
College
in life sciences” of DBT, Government of India.
