One Day Field Trip to Thennure to visit organic forming centre

 Department of Botany organised one day field trip to Tenneru

          The Dept of the Botany  had arranged a one day field trip to Thennure for the students of second  year opting Herbal medicine as  general elective, the trip was started at 7:00am on 28-08-2011 from college. 30 students had taken part in this trip. About 11:30 am we reached the place, There Mr. M.V. Madhu Sudhana Rao, nature lover  had intuited us with a warm welcome and he explained the  different methods in organic forming and vermicompost preparation. and then we had the privilege of spectating different types medicinal plants.

Mrs. T.Rose Mary and students at Thenneru 

                 We had returned to home by 5:00 pm . On an enquiry the students’ responded well about the trip and expressed their views, that the trip was very joyful, informative and explorative. Mrs. T. Rose Mary accompanied the students.Thanks to Mr. M.V. Madhu Sudhana Rao Garu, and Management of Andhra Loyola College.

A TWO DAY NATIONAL WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS

A TWO DAY WORK SHOP ON 'INNOVATIVE TRENDS IN LIFE SCIENCES'

Lightning of the Lamp by officials

   The Departments of Botany, Microbiology and Biotechnology organized a 2-day National Workshop on “Innovative Trends in Life Sciences” for Teachers on 26-27^th August 2011. Sixty teachers from different parts of the state as well the staff and students of the organizing departments took part in the workshop.  Sri K.Chandra Sekharan, Regional Manager, The Hindu, was the Chief Guest.  Sri S.Venkateswarlu, E.E. AP Pollution Control Board, was the Guest of Honour. 

Fr.Principal, DEO, S. venkateswarlu, Rector & Vice Principal

         All the officials of the college were present at the inauguration of the workshop. Sri SVS Narasimha Rao, DEO, Krishna Dist. was the special invitee. Asst. Prof. K Madhava Chetty, SV University, delivered a guest lecture on “Strategies in the Conservation of Bio-diversity”; Sri K Ammani, H.O.D. Microbiology, Acharya Nagarjuna University, spoke on “Vaccines”;

          

MEDICINAL PLANTS DISPLAY

Mrs.B.Vijaya Lakshmi, HOD, Biotechnology, Krishna University, delivered a lecture on “Significance of Biotechnology in Curriculum” and Mrs.B.Siva Kumari, H.O.D. Botany, ALC, spoke on “Horticulture Techniques”.  Students displayed bonsai, mushroom cultivation, rare fruits and fifty varieties of rare medicinal plants and they explained their models to the teachers.  

REGIONAL MANAGER OF HINDU (CHIEF  GUEST)

participants
At the valedictory, Fr.Principal gave away prizes to the winners of Essay Writing competition conducted on 20^th July in connection with the Mendel’s Day and to the winners of Drawing competition conducted 22^nd July 2011 to mark the World Nature Conservation Day.

Dr. J. Chandra sekhara Rao & Dr. Ammani

Herbal garden visit

      

Students projects - BONSAI

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VIJAYAWADA, August 27, 2011

‘Teachers have a big role to play'

‘Teachers have a big role to play'

 They need to get trained in the latest technology: expert

Medicinal plant display

A learning experience: Students participating in a national workshop at Andhra Loyola College in Vijayawada on Friday. — Photo: RAJU. V

The Andhra Loyola College organised a two-day national workshop and exhibition on “Innovative trends in life sciences” in which various scientific tools and plants were put on display for the visiting students, experts and others.

Addressing the inaugural session on Friday, the speakers said that only a correct understanding of technology concepts and innovation would help in fostering creativity and excellence among the young generation. Environmental Engineer S. Venkateswarlu said that emergence of various technologies played a key role in enhancing quality of life and use of nano technology in different aspects including prevention of pollution was yielding fruitful results.

District Education Officer K. Narasimha Rao said that there was a need for the teachers to get trained in the latest and emerging trends so that they could help this innovation in effectively transferring the knowledge to the young generation. He pointed out that the teachers had a bigger role to play as the pillars of societal progress and development.

Loyola College rector A. Stanley, principal Francis Xavier, correspondent D. Showraiah, vice principal Bujji Babu and others were present. K. Chandrasekharan, regional general manager of The Hindu , was the chief guest of the occasion. Senior faculty P. Srinivasa Rao proposed vote of thanks while B. Siva Kumari presented introduction of the theme.

Nearly 50 rare medicinal plants like aswagandha, ramaphal, lakshmanaphal and so on were there on display at the exhibition in addition to various technological tools.

One Day Field Trip to Rajamendry & Kadiyam

FIELD TRIP- 20-08-2011

  One day field trip to RFRC, RAJAMANDRI AND KADYAM NURSERIES. 

        The Dept of the Botany  organized  a one day field trip to Regional Forest Research Center Rajahmundry and Kadyam nurseries, for a practical outlook and work exposure to our final year students. It was on 20-08-2011 at 6:00 a.m we started to the places from our college with a number of 52 students . Around 10:30 am we reached the RFRC, Rajahmundry.  Ms.Vijaya LAkshmi, Forest Development officer and  Mr. Ravi Kiran, technical officer, had intuited us with a warm welcome and he gave a brief introduction about the institute and then we had the privilege of spectating a 2 hours on the research and cultivation practices on which the institution is working. Later the students visited the medicinal garden and Arboratum. 

       Then we moved to kadyum where  different plant species were grown in a nursery. And we had the chance to observe different plant varieties which are rare. It is   one of the most beautiful place and they are maintaining varied number of plants. Students learned the grafting techniques and maintenance of orchids plants.

       We had returned to home by 10:00 pm night. On an inquiry the students’ responded well about the trip and expressed their views, that the trip was very joyful, informative and exploitative.

    

       Thanks to The RFRC, Rajahmundry and management of ANDHRA LOYOLA COLLEGE and Staff members of Botany dept.

Students in RFRC- Rajamundry

Kadyam nursery