Intercollegiate Life Science Quiz 2024

Title: Intercollegiate Life Science Quiz 2024
Venue: DoS in Biochemistry, Pooja Bhagavat Memorial Mahajana Post Graduate Education Centre,PG Wing of SBRR Mahajana First Grade College(A), Mysuru.

The department organizing the event:

DoS in Biochemistry, Pooja Bhagavat Memorial Mahajana Post Graduate Education Centre, PG Wing of SBRR Mahajana First Grade College(A), Mysuru.

Purpose and Scope of the event:

Intercollegiate life science quiz includes a wide range of topics related to life sciences. To promote interest and knowledge in life science among students and to provide a platform for them to showcase their skills. The intercollegiate Life Science Quiz was a successful event that brought together students from various colleges to compete and learn. The quiz encouraged students to pursue their interests in the field. The intercollegiate quiz competition was a resounding success, with enthusiastic participants from all teams. It provided a spirit of healthy competition and learning.

Details of the talk/event/activity

The Intercollegiate Life Science Quiz 2024 was organized on 19March 2024. Intercollegiate Life Science Quiz 2024 started with formal inauguration in the gracious presence of Dr.C.K. Renukarya, Director, Coordinators, Faculty members from various streams and participants fromvarious colleges.The Quiz Master Dr. Girish Chandran explained the rules and regulations of the quiz at the beginning. There were 4 judges and student volunteers. The judge’s decision was final. It was an interesting two-round competition, including objective questions with an options round. This was a preliminary round where 20 students participated, and 10 students were selected for the next round. The selected 10 students were made into groups of 2 for the buzzer and rapid-fire round which engaged the students for two hours. The students showcased their brilliance by rapidly answering the questions. Though some of the questions were very tricky, the teams tried to answer them with confidence. Although the teams participated actively, the team that scored the most was awarded first prize, followed by second, third and 2 consolation prizes.

Results of the quiz.

1st Prize-Ishwarya MVN & Nidhi R. Kini, Yuvaraja College, Mysuru
2nd Prize- Rachana CB & Nuthana S, MMK SDM College for Women, Mysuru
3rd Prize-Ganesh M. & Lavanya N., SBRR Mahajana First Grade College(A), Mysuru
Consolation prize1- Samith H.S. & Veeresh G, SBRR Mahajana First Grade College(A), Mysuru
Consolation Prize 2- Vagdevi C. & Sunitha, SBRR Mahajana First Grade College(A), Mysuru

A brief profile of the Quiz Master

Dr. Girish Chandran

Assistant Professor, Coordinator DoS in Biochemistry, Pooja Bhagavat Memorial Mahajana Post Graduate Education Centre, PG Wing of SBRR Mahajana First Grade College(A), Mysuru.

Qualification: M.Sc., (CSIR-JRF-NET), Ph.D. (Univ. of Mysore), Post Doc (USA)
Areas of Specialization: Drug development, small molecules, peptides, Nutritional interventions, Diet Therapy, quality foods, Neurodegenerative disorders, Pain, Behavioural aspects in Drosophila and Mice, Enzymology, Plant Biochemistry, Diabetes, Migraine, cancer, cross interactions drugs, comorbidity and therapy.
Current Areas of Interest: Diabetes, Migraine, cancer, cross interactions drugs, comorbidity and therapy.

A brief profile of the Quiz Judges

Dr.Kiran B

Assistant Professor, DoS in Microbiology,Pooja Bhagavat Memorial Mahajana Post Graduate Education Centre, PG Wing of SBRR Mahajana First Grade College(A), Mysuru.
Qualification: M.Sc.,M.Phil.,B.Ed..,Ph.D.
Current research interests: Phytochemistry, Antioxidant, Antimicrobial, Insecticidal and Drug discovery.
Doctoral Research: Phytochemistry and Drug discovery

Ms.Smitha Grace

Assistant Professor, Coordinator DoS in Biotechnology, Pooja Bhagavat Memorial Mahajana Post Graduate Education Centre, PG Wing of SBRR Mahajana First Grade College(A), Mysuru.
Qualification: M.Sc., M. Phil., Ph. D
Current research interest: With a comprehensive background in phytochemistry, enzyme kinetics and nutrigenomics, my expertise lies at the intersection of biochemistry and nutrition.
Doctoral research: When intake exceeds expenditure, a chronic energy imbalance poses perhaps the biggest risk to future health. This energy imbalance raises the risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease (CVD), non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), chronic renal disease, and several malignancies. Increases in AMP/ADP in comparison to ATP cause AMPK to become active in response to modifications in intracellular adenine nucleotide levels.

Dr. Nandini B

Pooja Bhagavat Memorial Mahajana Post Graduate Education Centre, PG Wing of SBRR Mahajana First Grade College(A), Mysuru.
Qualification: M.Sc., M. Phil., Ph. D
Current research interests: Plant pathology, Host-microbe interaction studies, Food science, Nanoformulation, Biocontrol, Nanopesticides, Functional food formulation
Doctoral Research: Mycology, Bionanoformualtion, Induced systemic resistance.

Ms. Rayana Lavitha D Silva

Assistant Professor, DoS in Biochemistry, Pooja Bhagavat Memorial Mahajana Post Graduate Education Centre, PG Wing of SBRR Mahajana First Grade College(A), Mysuru.
Qualification: M.Sc.,(K-SET)
Areas of Interest: Neurodegenerative disorders, Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular diseases and Analytical techniques.

Target audience and number of participants/ beneficiaries

Target audience was M.Sc. Students, SBRR Mahajana First Grade College(A),Yuvaraja College and MMK SDM College for Women . There were totally 20 registered participants.