CONGRATULATIONS- 15-12-12

                                     
               
                     CONGRATULATIONS- 15-12-12

Dear students,

On behalf of the Department I would like to congratulate all the students of Botany who bagged first prize in the interdepartmental competitions in Carol singing  which has been  organised on the eve of Christmas at Andhra Loyola College on 15-12-12.

Keep it up.

ONE DAY REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON HORTICULTURAL TECHNIQUES 14-12-12

ONE DAY WORKSHOP ON HORTICULTURAL TECHNIQUES
                                   

                       ‘Whatever We Do to Nature 

                            We Do It to Ourselves’

   The  Department of Botany organized a One day Regional workshop on Horticultural techniques on 14th Dec,2012. Forty five students from different Colleges participated in this Workshop. Mr. P. Balaji Kumar, Horticulture officer, Andhra Pradesh and Dr. B. Siva Kumari Head, Department Botany explained various techniques in Horticulture. Mr.Dhana raj, Mr. K. Srinivasa Rao  technical persons from Dr. YSR Horticulture University explained the techniques in this field.

PARTICIPANT SHARING  HER OPINION ON WORKSHOP

                 

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:

         To extend the realms of knowledge of students from what they read in their books to actual field of work and practical problems they encounter, the Dept. of Botany always strived to expose them to filed, plants and visualized what they are studying. 

PARTICIPANTS  FROM DIFFERENT COLLEGES

             In this connection various seminars by the resources person who have been working in the fields and are facing the current transitional trends have been conducted. Today is one such day and we are elated to have one day Workshop on Horticulture Techniques and to have our resource persons Ms. N. Sujatha AD, Dept of Horticulture, VMC, Vijayawada, MR. P. Balaji Kumar, Horticulture officer, Vijayawada Division, Dr. B. Siva Kumari, Head, Dept of Botany and Technical persons from Dr. YSR Horticulture University to open up our minds to different techniques in Horticulture by which we can propagate rare varieties and important ornamental plants.

GREEN  HOUSE

 Horticulture 

            Sciences of all fields have been working together for a better  world. And this Interdisciplinary nature of science and technology is now the very need of the hour. In this connection we need to encompass and improvise our basic and core sciences with the new trends on the rise.

PARTICIPANTS

              India with diverse soil and climate comprising several agro-ecological regions provides ample opportunity to grow a variety of horticulture crops. These crops form a significant part of total agricultural produce in the country comprising of fruits, vegetables, root and tuber crops, flowers, ornamental plants, medicinal and aromatic plants, spices, condiments, plantation crops and mushrooms. 

      

GRAFTING

              It is estimated that all the Horticulture crops put together cover nearly 11.6 million hectares area with an annual production of 91 million tones. Though these crops occupy hardly 7% of the cropped area they contribute over 18% to the gross agricultural output in the country.

PARTICIPANTS  DOING APPROACHING  GRAFTING

            To meet the growing population needs India is in dire need of new trends in food production and horticulture is one such way that could pave way to serve this purpose.

PARTICIPANTS DOING  AIR LAYERING  TECHNIQUE

     

          This Workshop intends to create an academic space and an awareness in each on of us that by our learning skills we may able to do the things by our hand and have the tendency to do many things in the society which will inspire many young and come forward and support the development of our society. 

        In this connection I thank the members of the Management, Department staff members, Microbiology staff members for their support for organizing this Workshop.

STAFF  IN THE GRAFTING TECHNIQUE

AIR LAYERING

TECHNICAL PERSON EXPLAINING THE TECHNIQUES

STAFF FROM OTHER COLLEGE SHARING OPINIONS

CONGRATULATIONS

                                                  CONGRATULATIONS

     I am  pleased to congratulate all the prize winners of the  Intercollegiate Quiz Competition organized by the Department of Commerce at at Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada.  

ATTENDED UGC SPONSORED 5 DAYS SAM WORKSHOP

ATTENDED  UGC SPONSORED  5 DAYS  SAM WORKSHOP

MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL URDU UNIVERSITY- VICE CHANCELLOR

Dr. B. Siva Kumari, Head Dept of Botany  attended a five day UGC sponsored National Workshop on 'Capacity Building of Women Managers in Higher Education ( Sensitivity/Awareness/ Motivation)   
SAM- Workshop at Moulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad from 3rd to 7th December, 2012.  

UGC SPONSORED NATIONAL SEMINAR ON 30th NOV & 1st DEC 2012

   

               UGC SPONSORED NATIONAL SEMINAR ON 30th NOV & 1st DEC 2012

The Department of Botany, Andhra Loyola College, organized a Two day UGC Sponsored National Seminar on ' RECENT TRENDS IN NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY IN THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH 7 ENVIRONMENT' on 30th Nov and 1st December, 2012.

Dr. B. Siva Kumari  seminar director 

        Rev. Fr. Rector honoring Rev. Fr. Thinese, Director ALITE 

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November 30, 2012

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Andhra Loyola College: National seminar on ‘Recent 

trends in nano biotechnology in the protection of health and 

environment,’ 1 N7 Hall, 9.30 a.m.

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‘Nano technology can save lives’

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Two-day UGC-sponsored national seminar begins at ALC

The various applications of Nano Biotechnology and their role in the field of medicine to cure different diseases were explained by Siddhartha Medical College Principal A. Krishna Murthy to the students of Andhra Loyola College.

Speaking at the two-day UGC sponsored national seminar on “Recent Trends in Nano Biotechnology in Protection of Health and Environment” he explained to the students the connection between nano biotechnology and saving Mother Nature and the people. A detailed description was given about the usage of nano technology in medical field to save the lives of many.

“There was a lot of scope in the field of nano technology,” he said.

There are many applications yet to be explored in this field which can help mankind in many ways, he said. He further advised more students to opt for this course as the level of future opportunities in it were more.

The seminar was inaugurated by the Principal Fr. G.A.P. Kishore, Rector Fr. D. Ravi Sekhar, Correspondent Fr. A. Francis Xavier, and Organising Secretary J. Chandra Sekhara Rao.

Participants from all over India, in the city, to present their papers with different views on the topic, were welcomed by the Principal. Books on seminar souvenir, proceedings and a soft copy were released by the dignitaries on this occasion.

Students admiring floral patterns created at the entrance as part of a two-day national seminar on ‘Recent Trends in Nano Biotechnology’ at Andhra Loyola College in Vijayawada on Friday.— PHOTO: V. RAJU

A broad view of about nano technology, its application and future scope were given by JNTU Centre for Nano Technology Associate Professor K. Venkateswara Rao on the first day of this seminar.

Paper presentation

This was followed by paper presentations by the 120 participants from different colleges and universities.

APPCB Zonal Officer A. Vijay Kumar, JNTU Professor A. Lakshmi Narasu, Krishna University Associate Professor B. Vijaya Lakshmi, ALC Botany Department Head B. Siva Kumari and other staff members were among those present at the seminar.

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There are many applications yet to be explored in the field, says expert

The connection between nano biotechnology and saving Mother Nature was highlighted

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VIJAYAWADA, December 3, 2012

Nano biotechnology seminar concludes

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The methodology used in the preparation of Nano fibres was explained to the students of Andhra Loyola College by S. Shekar from Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai.

At the second day of the national seminar “Nano biotechnology in the Protection of Health and Environment”, here on Saturday he explained to the students how a collagen sponge was made from fish scales. “Since collagen based nano composites are contrast agents they can be used for targeted delivery in Cancer therapy,” he said.

The nano composites extracted from the scaled can be used in a paste form and when applied on cancer wounds they can be cured, he said. All this process was shown in a PowerPoint presentation for the better understanding of the students.

The nano particles have anti-cancer drug nature which aid in the healing of wounds caused by Cancer, he said. Further he explained about SDA, TEM images of collagen, MRI images of apoptotic effect etc.

PARTICIPANTS FROM DIFFERENT COLLEGES

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SPHOORTHI- 2012

                                                      SPHOORTHI- 2012

                                 CONGRATULATIONS

The Students of Botany Department are actively involved in the Sphoorthi-2012 and bagged the prizes in various events. 

ATTENDED AND PRESENTED PAPERS IN APSC-2012

   
      ATTENDED AND PRESENTED PAPER IN APSC-2012

Dr. B. Siva Kumari, attended and presented a paper in a three day Andhra Pradesh Science Congress-2012 organized by Acharya Nagarjuna University from 14th  to 16th November, 2012.

Mr. P. Srinivasa Rao attended   a three day Andhra Pradesh Science Congress-2012 organized by Acharya Nagarjuna University from 14th  to 16th November, 2012.

NATIONAL SEMINAR

          NATIONAL SEMINAR

      Dear Sir/ Madam/ Participants,

    
 We are happy to inform that the full papers of the national seminar on will be published in the form of Proceedings Book with the title " Recent Trends in Nanobiotechnology in the Protection of Health and Environment  with ISBN Number.

          

  It is immense pleasure to inform you that, Botany Department of Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada in association with Krishna University is going to organize a National Seminar on Recent Trends in Nanobiotechnology in the Protection of Health and Environment during Nov 30 - Dec 1, 2012.

We invite you along with your esteemed colleagues for the contribution of papers and active participation in the Seminar. Kindly circulate the information in your department and display the brochure on notice board.

Call for Papers

·       Over view of Nano Biotechnology &  Nanotechnology

·   Agro-Nonobiotechnology

· Application of Nano Science and technology in
   Environmental protection.  

·   Applications  of  Nano Biotechnology in Health.

Important Information

Last date of Abstract & Full paper submission   Nov. 09, 2012

Correspondence e-mail      alcbotanyvij@gmail.com

Contact Number             +919885766438      

Thank you

With regards,

Dr. B. Siva Kumari

Head, Dept of Botany

Andhra Loyola College.

STAFF- RETRAINING PROGRAMME ON BIO-INFORMATICS

                 

                        STAFF- RETRAINING PROGRAMME ON BIO-INFORMATICS 

All the faculty members of Department of Botany attended staff retraining programme on  Bioinformatics and molecular Biology

EENADU ARTICLE ON LOYOLA VANUM { BOTANICAL GARDEN}

PRIDE OF LOYOLA GARDENS IN ANDHRA LOYOLA COLLEGE

 AN  ARTICLE  ON LOYOLA VANUM-  EENADU PAPER 30-10-12

ATTENDED ONE DAY SEMINAR 25-10-2012

                                 ATTENDED ONE DAY SEMINAR

Dr. B. Siva Kumari Head, Department  of Botany attended  one day seminar on 'ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP TRAINING' on 25-10-2012 at Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada.

STAFF-RETRAINING PROGRAMME-2012

                      STAFF-RETRAINING PROGRAMME-2012

The Department of Botany organized a three day UGC sponsored

STAFF INVOLVED IN THE PROGRAMME

staff retraining workshop for the staff in Molecular Biology  and  Horticulture techniques on 15th to 17th Oct, 2012.  

Dr. P. Ashok, Scientist ,  Dr. YSR Horticultural University

BIODIVERSITY-SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

BIODIVERSITY-SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (05-10-12)

The Department of Botany organized a guest lecture on BIODIVERSITY-SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT on 5th October 2012 at Seminar hall. 

STAFF AND STUDENTS

Dr. M. Raghu Ram, Asst Professor at ANU. He emphasized on “Usage” and “Utilization” of natural resources and human responsibility for conservation of Nature. Dr. Raghuram emphasized on the -Biological diversity - or biodiversity - is a term we use to describe the variety of life on Earth. It refers to the wide variety of ecosystems and living organisms: animals, plants, their habitats and their genes.

Loss of biodiversity - the variety of animals, plants, their habitats and their genes - on which so much of human life depends, is one of the world’s most pressing crises. It is estimated that the current species extinction rate is between 1,000 and 10,000 times higher than it would naturally be. The main drivers of this loss are converting natural areas to farming and urban development, introducing invasive alien species, polluting or over-exploiting resources including water and soils and harvesting wild plants and animals at unsustainable levels. 

Role of IUCN- IUCN has access to many different kinds of information on species. The Red List of Threatened Species™ provides global assessments of the conservation status of species. The IUCN Species Survival Commission, together with the Species Programme and their partners have developed a number of approaches to build up a comprehensive picture of the status and trends in species and biodiversity at global, regional and national levels.

GUEST SPEAKER

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS- 2012-13

                                   CONGRATULATIONS  

Departments of Botany

1. S.Laksmi Bharath, (DB-13) won the First Prize in Oral Presentation at the World Wild Life Week organized by KBN college, Vijayawada, on 04.10.2012.
2. G.Sushma (DB-14) won the Second Prize in PowerPoint presentation at the World Wild Life Week organized by KBN college, Vijayawada, on 04.10.2012.
3. J.Jacob samuel Raj (DB-6) won the Consolation Prize in PowerPoint presentation at the World Wild Life Week organized by KBN college, Vijayawada, on 04.10.2012.
4. J.Jacob samuel Raj, DB-6, was a member of the team which won first prize at AURA-2012, a State level youth fest conducted by St.Anne’s College, Eluru on 27-11-2012.
5. J.Jacob Samuel Raj, (DB-6) was a member of college quiz team that won the quiz in Nalanda Degree College, Vijayawada.
6. J.Jacob Samuel Raj (DB-6), N.Leela Prasad (DB-4) and S.Naga Sai (DBMC-12) won the second prize in the Quiz Competition at the BIOFEST-2012 organized by S.V.Laksmi Degree College, Kakinada, on 10-12-2012
7. S.Naga Sai (DBMC-12) won the Brain Quest at the BIOFEST-2012 organized by S.V.Laksmi Degree College, Kakinada, on 10-12-2012
8. J.Jacob Samuel Raj (DB-6) won the second prize in the event Just a Minute at the BIOFEST-2012 organized by S.V.Laksmi Degree College, Kakinada, on 10-12-2012.
9. N.Leela Prasad (DB-04) had been a volunteer in the survey on HUMAN ANIMAL CONFLICT in grass lands of Maharasthtra by Centre for Wild life studies from 12-1-2013 to 20-1-2013.

Department of Botany

1.       S. Lakshmi Bharath (DB-13) won the Second Prize in the singing completion held at Vasvya Mahila Mandali, Vijayawada, on “Eye Donation”.

2.      N. Leela Prasad (DB-4) won the second prize in “Yuvatha” organized by Ground Water Department, AP. 

I,II & III PRIZE WINNERS IN THE INTER-COLLEGIATE COMPETITIONS  HELD AT K.B.N  COLLEGE.

                               

 Congratulations to all the students on behalf of the         

 Department of Botany.

Cresentia cujete

                                   
                                         CRESENTIA CUJETE

Calabash Tree (Crescentia cujete)

Rare endemic plant bear fruit in the Loyola Botanical garden

The Calabash tree (Crescentia cujete) is a plant native to Central and South America.It belongs to the family Bignoniaceae. It is a small tree of multiple uses, originating from tropical America, now widely distributed in the tropics. The calabash tree grows to 30 feet often with multiple trunks. The rangy twisting branches have simple elliptical leaves clustered at the nodes.

The greenish-yellow flowers are marked with purple veins. The flowers arise from the trunk or main branches and appear from May through January. The woody fruit, botanically a capsule, is elliptic, ovate, or spherical and may grow to 10 inches in diameter. The fruit takes up to seven months to ripen. Fibres from the calabash tree were twisted into twine and ropes. 

Endemic plant bear fruit in the Loyola Botanical garden

The hard wood made tools and tool handles. The split wood was woven for sturdy baskets. But it was the calabash’s gourd-like fruit that made the plant truly useful. Large calabashes were used as bowls and, peculiarly, to disguise the heads of hunters.

STUDENTS WATCHING THE FRUIT

In Suriname’s traditional medicine, the fruit pulp is used for respiratory problems such as asthma. A fruit decoction is taken orally to treat diarrhoea, stomach ache, colds, bronchitis, cough, asthma, and urethritis.

CONGRATULATIONS

                                                     
                                  CONGRATULATIONS  - 22-09-2012

The IIIrd B.Sc Botany  Students Mr. Leela Prasad,  Jacob Samuel Raj and Ms. Anupama participated in the Inter Departmental Quiz Competitions organized by the Dept of BBA,  Andhra Loyola College on 22-09-2012. The students bagged the first prize in the Competitions. 

Congratulations to all  students on behalf of the Department.

VINAYAKA PATRI DISPLAY AND CLAY IDOLS DISTRIBUTION 18-09-2012

  
  DISPLAY OF PATRI  IN FRONT OF  THE COLLEGE

     The Department of the Botany has displayed the 21 verities of Vinayaka patri which were used in the Pooja. All these plants are medicinally important. The main aim of displaying these plants was to bring Awareness and to explain the  importance the plants.These plants kill the microbes and purify the water resources during the rainy season.

21 varieties of plants displayed by the Botany dept

The students  distributed the pamphlets  representing the details and the importance of patri, pamphlets were also given to students to educate them about the Eco -Friendly Vinayaka celebrations.
             
                  

STAFF AND STUDENTS

   ECO-FRIENDLY VINAYAKA CELEBRATIONS- 18-09-2012

    The day of free ideal distribution had added the hand for saving the Nature. On 18^th Sep-2012 the  Students and Dr. B. Siva Kumari, Head, Department of Botany  in collaboration with A.P. Pollution Control Board  distributed MATTI VINAYAKA STATUES’ to the public in the evening at 3.30 p.m to 6.00 p.m at N.T.R circle, Patamata.

The A.P. Pollution Control Board Zonal officer, Vijayawada, Mr. A. Vijay Kumar  has  distributed the idols along with the students and his Colleagues. This distribution grabbed the attention of all the people who were passing through the streets. The students had not only distributed them but majorly focused on the saving of the Nature and protested and educated the Citizens not to opt for the plaster of paris and enamel paints which lead to the extension of the living beings in the water also caused  the death of  organisms.

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CLAY IDOLS DISTRIBUTION 
Mr. A. Vijaya Kumar garu Zonal Officer, APPCB
The APPCB Officer Mr. A. Vijaya Kumar has inaugurated the programme by distrubuting Clay idols to the public. All the members of APPCB were present in this programme.  

SASTRY GARU, APPCB, REGIONAL OFFICER

 

                         

500 Idols  distributed . It has sensitized the people to think and feel for the Mother earth. It had a strong effect on the people from the small age to elders. people had joined the students in support to the option for the Matti Vinayakas in reducing the pollutants.

                          

KRISHNA GARU -ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER- APPCB

It has been unfolding since couple of years the importance of ensuring Vinayaka Chavithi with eco friendly idols. And it is the senior citizens responsibility to make the generations purse the importance of the traditions and rituals which has been passed on to us, it is with these concerns  of these two issues that the A.P Pollution Control Board has put forth the proposal of ensuring the people of Vijayawada the meaning of using 21 patris being used in Vinayaka puja and also distributed clay idols of vinayaka to the public to expand the realm of knowledge of Environmental pollution due to chemicals used in making Ganapthis.

The students of III B.Sc and Botany Department staff were actively participated in this programme. The programme ended with the Awareness talk by the Zonal Officer, APPCB.