Capacity Building

SEMINARS Conducted
• “IPR – raising awareness and fostering a culture of innovation’ on August 16, 2023- 42 students and 3 staff members attended.
• Seminar on Different types of Plant cultures, 10 March 2023,Dr.Kranthi, B.Sc IIIA/N,39 students.
• Gel Electrophoresis,22 February 2023,Ms.Mini Fernandez,B.Sc IIIA/N,42 students.
• Career Opportunities and Skill development for Life Science Students, 17 February 2023,Dr.Sravanthi Vaidya,CCMB,81 Students.
• Integrated Pest Management for Healthy crops, 1 September 2022,Dr.Damodara Chary,B.Sc IIIA/N,43 students.
• Seminar on Herbarium Preparation and Herbaria of India,17 August 2022,Dr.Swamy,B.Sc IIA/N and B.Sc IIIA/N,62 students.
• Medicinal research in Unani,7 March 2022,NRIUM,SD,B.ScIIA/N and B.Sc IIIA/N,58 Students.
• Seminar on,’The Relationship between Structure,Composition and Environmental Attributes of Exotic Invasive Planatations and their Regenerative Understory’,30 September 2021, Mr. Jobin Varughese Research Scholar at IISER, B.Sc IA/N & II A/N,85 students.
• Career Opportunities and Skill development for Life Science Students, 12 March 2021,Dr.Sravanthi Vaidya,CCMB,B.Sc Life Science Students,560 students.
• ‘Science in Journalism’ on 20th February, 2019,Ms. Manju Kalanidhi,B.Sc IIIA,B.Sc IIA,95 students.
• Career prospects in the field of Tissue Culture - 18th July 2018, Dr. Gopalakrishna and Dr. Ali,IIIA-BZC,50 students.

Workshops Conducted
• Workshop on “Basic BONSAI Technique for Beginners” was conducted on August 31, 2024 by the Department of Botany. It was attended by 65 students and 3 faculty members.
• “Hydroponics: Basic techniques and scope of soil-less farming” on 17 th February, 2024 – 30 students and 3 staff members participated.
• Two-day National Workshop on “Decoding Global Sustainable Practices and their Impact in Combating Climate” on 10 th and 11 th July, 2023- 80 students and 3 faculty members participated.
• Gardening Workshop, 29 March 2023, Ms.Mary Anthony,Teaching Faculty,17 participants.
• Gel Electrophoresis ,DNA Banding,22 February 2023, Ms.Mini Fernandez, B.Sc IIIA/N,42 students.
• Preparation of Culture media and callus culture , 17 February 2023,Dr.Kranthi, Dr.Rakesh and Dr.Naresh, B.Sc IIIA/N,39 students.
• Herbarium Techniques; 17 August 2022, Dr.Swamy, Botanical Survey of India, B.Sc IIA/N,IIIA/N,62 students
• Start your Green Journey, 5 Green Alternatives, 27 July 2022, Ms.Saritha O.T, B.Sc IIIA/N,42 students
• Online Faculty Development Workshop on Project Based Learning to combat Climate Change and Sustainable Living, 21 March 2022 to 23 March 2022,Ms.Sukhprit Kaur,Ms.Nidarshana Saikia ,Ms.Anuradha Govind,Ms.Geetha., Teaching Faculty, 25 participants.
• Solid Waste Management, Composting and Organic Home Gardening for Botany students,22 February 2021,Mr.Vasuki Iyengar,75 students.
• Virtual Farm Visit-, 28 September 2020,ACTIV Farm School,owing to COVID,90 students.
• Students of Second year visited Active Farms , Moinabad for a day’s workshop on Crop Techniques, Culinary Skills and Animal Husbandry ,29th January 2020,conducted by Mr. Vamshi Krishna, B.Sc IIIA/N,58 students.
• Conducted 3-day National Workshop on ‘Recent Trends in Bioinformatics for Exploratory Analysis of Biological data’, 16 – 18 January 2020, Faculty of Life Sciences,St.Francis College for Women.
• Conducted a National Workshop ‘Organic Production of Ornamental and Vegetable Crops’, 19 – 23 August 2019, conducted along with Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology,Teaching Faculty 25 participants.
• Workshop on Bonsai preparation for Botany IIIrd year students on the topic ‘Bonsai – Techniques to grow and Career’; 24 July 2017,Department of Botany and Mr.Govindaraju of Eashwari Nursery, Bonsai Industry, Hyderabad,B.Sc IIIA/N,35 Students.
• Climate Change Workshop; 21 July 2017,Mr.N.S.Prasad, Climate Change Communicator, UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) American Corner and St.Francis College for Women, B.Sc,B,.Com,B.A,B.M.S,85 students.

FIELD VISITS & STUDY TOURS
• Field trip to “Medicinal Garden at CCRUM (The Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine)” on 4 th September 2023 with GE second year students accompanied by Dr. S. Revathi
• Field trip to “Agri Biotech Foundation” on 5 th February 2024 with BSc. BZC and ANBC Third year students accompanied by Dr. Basanti.Ch and Dr. S. Revathi.
• Study tour to Mysore and Coorg was organised from 3 rd November to 7 th November, 2023 with 70 students of life sciences (Botany, Zoology, Biotechnolgy & Nutrition) accompanied by Dr. Basanti, Dr. Jyothi Rani, Ms. Sheila, Ms. Sravanthi, Ms. Mini and Ms. Indu Bhargavi.
• A group of 38 students of II-year BZC and ANBC Botany students, visited Telangana State Medicinal Plant Board on September 6, 2024. The students were accompanied by Dr. Basanti.Ch Head, Department of Botany and Dr. S. Revathi, Faculty, Department of Botany.
• A group of 34 students from B. Sc BZC and ANBC III Year, visited the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Gachibowli, for a field visit on 12 th February 2025.
• A group of 70 students (B.Sc. BZC, ANBC, ANZC, BTZC and P.G nutrition) with 4 faculty members visited Manali in the month of November 2024.
GUEST LECTURES
• “Recent Trends in Medicinal Plant Research” by resource person Dr. Mohd Kashif Husain on December 2 nd , 2023 for the students of B. Sc BZC and ANBC-first, second and third year.
• “Career Insights: An interactive session with our Alumna” was conducted on July 16, 2024 by the Department of Botany. It was attended by 30 students and 2 faculty members.
• “Herbal Formulations for Active Lifestyle” was organised on August 24, 2024 by the Department of Botany. Around 60 non-teaching staff participated in the program.

 

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