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

      

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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.