CAREER GUIDANCE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDENTS 10-07-2013

The Dept of Botany organized a Guest lecture on Career guidance for Biological students.  The program was organized on the 10th of July (Wednesday) 2013.Rev. Fr .G.A.P. Kishore, Principal of Andhra Loyola College, Rev. Fr. P. Anil Kumar, Vice- Principal,  Dr. Mrs .B.Siva Kumari, Head of the Dept Botany, Mr.K. Bala Chandra ,Head of the Dept  Microbiology. Staff members of the Dept, all the students of Biology section especially the freshers attended the session.The Guest Lecture was delivered by Dr.V. Naga Lakshmi, Director, IMIS Pharmaceuticals, Vijayawada.

                        

The program started  with a prayer song by Degree (3rd B.Sc) students followed by Welcome Speech by Mr. Balachandra, Head of the Dept. Microbiology .Fr. P. Anil Kumar addressed the gathering with his inspiring speech regarding the future of students .He praised the Dept for organizing such innovative program. He also spoke about achievement of various goals for career development.

Dr.V.Naga Lakshmi, Director, IMIS Pharmaceuticals, was invited as the Guest speaker for the program. She nicely motivated the students regarding their future aspects in Biology. she exclaimed that there is drastic downfall of students pursuing Biology / Life sciences. This is mainly due to lack of awareness among the students as well as parents regarding Life science courses. Madam explained the importance of medicinal plants, Nursery maintenance Green house, Landscaping, etc as part of the career guidance and development.

She also motivated the students regarding the current research activities and shared her inspiring and thought creating experiences. 

She concluded her speech by motivating the students towards UGC projects, Pharma and drug industries and created awareness among the students for their career development. All the students participated enthusiastically till the end of the program and finally it was knowledge giving, encouraging and thought evoking theme for all the upcoming life science graduates.

    The program ended with vote of thanks by Tony of final B.Sc.