Bridge course for the Students of M.Sc. Biochemistry 1 semester

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

Purpose and Scope of the event:

To provide the fundamental understanding and skill set to the incoming students of M.Sc. Biochemistry. The course included the basic skill development in the life sciences laboratory and the essential computer skills which will facilitate them for better platform presentation of seminars and project reports. These skill sets are invincible for a student of Master degree who is constantly expected to act up in the laboratories as well as during the course of the degree program. The bridge course was organized in association with the DoS in Computer Science.

Details of the talk/event/activity

Briefly, the syllabus included, Communication Skills, Public speaking, Biochemistry Laboratory Skills, Basic Computer Skills. Nearly half the time of the program was dedicated to the basic molar calculations in the Biochemistry laboratory, getting aquainted with the laboratory instruments they will be using in the due course. The other half of the program was organized at the DoS in Computer Science. The computer science faculty handled the latter part of the syllabus with the basic use of MS office and internet for the pubmed search.

A brief profile of the resource persons

Mrs. Rachana C.R.

Associate Professor and Head, DoS in Computer Science, Pooja Bhagavat Memorial Mahajana Post Graduate Education Centre, PG Wing of SBRR Mahajana First Grade College(A), Mysuru.
Qualification: B.E. (CS&E), M.Tech (CNE), M.Phil, MSc (IT)
Courses offered: Computing Foundations: Security and Privacy, Programming Languages- Java and Python, Software Engineering, Computing systems- Computer Networking, Cloud Computing. Communication Skills. Current research interests: Cloud Computing.

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.

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.

Mrs. R. EswinPria Angel

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DoS in Computer Science, Pooja Bhagavat Memorial Mahajana Post Graduate Education Centre, PG Wing of SBRR Mahajana First Grade College(A), Mysuru.Qualification: B.Tech., M.Tech.,;Courses offered: Database Technologies, Discrete Mathematics, Big Data Analytics, Digital Forensics; Current research interests: Digital Forensics; Network Security

Target audience and number of participants/ beneficiaries

Target audience was students of M.Sc. Biochemistry 1st semester (total participants: 35).