Guest Lecture on Recent trends in SARS-CoV-2 vaccine development on December 29th 2021

A Guest lecture was organized by the Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, BFC on December 29th 2021 using the online platform MICROSOFT TEAMS. The purpose of the event was to provide knowledge about various vaccines and its development against COVID 19. The resource person Dr. Monisha Dhiman, Professor and Head Department of Microbiology, Central University of Punjab hosted the session. She was welcomed by Ms. Harneet Kaur Dandiwal Assistant Professor Biotechnology Department. Total 55 Students of B.Sc. Medical, Biotechnology (Hons), M.Sc. Botany, M.Sc. Zoology and 7 faculty members of Biotechnology Department attended the lecture.

Dr. Monisha Dhiman started the session with the introduction of Virus and its impact on humans. Further she added on about evolution of CoV in animals, that is from bats to animals and then in humans. She told about biology of SARS- CoV-2 and its characteristics. Moving on further she discussed about Vaccine development and its different phases. Also, the efficiency of different vaccines and its manufacturing was discussed in detail and illustrated about various challenges that occurred during the development of these vaccines. Overall session was quite valuable to the students, as they learnt many new things. At the end of the session, a Q/A session was kept in which students cleared their doubts with Dr. Monisha Dhiman and Dr. Monisha answered all the queries in a compassionate manner.

At the end of the session, vote of thanks was delivered by Dr. Ritu Pawan, Head Department of Biotechnology and Assistant Professor Dr Deepika Bhatia, along with this Dr. Zaved Ahmed Khan, Dean Faculty of Science, BFC also had an interaction with the guest and delivered important information to the students.

Online Alumni Meet on 28th Aug, 2021

Faculty of Sciences in association with Almuni association of Baba Farid College organized "online Alumni Meet" for Year 2019 and 2020 passout students of B.Sc. (Non-Medical, Medical, Biotechnology, CSM), BCA, PGDCA, M.Sc. IT, M.Sc. IT (LE), M.Sc. Physics, M.Sc. Zoology, M.Sc. Botany, M.Sc. Chemistry, M.Sc. Mathematics on dated 28th Aug, 2021. It was a wonderful event for the students to refresh their memories. Dr. Tejinder Singh(Head, Department of Computer Science) welcomed all the alumni for responding to the invitation from college and being present for the alumni meet in spite of their busy schedule. Each one of the alumni shared their memories. This was followed by speeches by alumni from different batches. All Heads of the concern departments were present there and they shared their views with alumni. The event managed by An alumna Mr. Bishroop Dutta, Co-coordinator, Alumni association of Baba Farid College. He is also working as Assistant Professor in department of chemistry, BFC.

The event was stimulating and enjoyable as well as students learned a lot as all members shared their new ideas and information. Alumni also express their views regarding necessities of skill in students for fulfilling the demand of industry and expressed how BFC helped them to get a good job.

Nazia, Supreet, Tammana alumni of Biotechnology department Shared their views regarding golden memories of college. Tammanna Also shared moments of trip during college life and she Thanked all the teachers of department for their guidance.

Paras, alumna of Computer Science department who is working in Deloitte Company, said that BFC is a best college in northern region because he got wonderful experience of earning by learning projects at the time of study in BFC. He praised the teachers and said that teachers are our second parents. Anu, Ronica Alumni of Computer Science department also shared their views.

Kirti, Alumna of Physics department who is working in Infosys company, shared her unforgettable moments of class environment, cultural and sports activities. She praised teaching methodology of teachers of physics department. Rekha, Sania, Navneet Alumni of Physics department also shared their thoughts of college life.

Sukhdeep Alumna of Mathematics shared her views regarding experienced teachers of college and their valuable guidance.

Many other alumni of Baba Farid College also shared their views towards their teachers and Baba Farid college. Most of them are working in top Software companies, Industries in India and in other countries. They expressed that how the working experience of live projects helped them to understand industrial environment in advance for getting a good job. They appreciated the placement and cultural activities of college for building of confidence. Most of the students talked about how practical exposure in BFC helped them to get a job.

The session was concluded by the vote of thanks by Dr. Ritu Pawan(Head, Department of Biotechnology), BFC to all the alumni present in the meeting.

The Principal, Baba Farid College appreciated the efforts of Alumni association and congratulates them for this successful meet. The event was a great success in its prime motive of connecting alumni.

Biodiversity and its Conservations: The Life Support Systems on Earth

Department of Botany, Faculty of Sciences, Baba Farid College, Bathinda continued online students Expert - Interaction programme and contributing in India’s digital Information technology mission during this lockdown period. An Online Webinar was organized by the Department on dated Monday 18th May 2020 (09:00 am – 11:00 am) the Expert speaker was Dr. Avneet Pal Singh, Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Punjabi University, Patiala - 147 002 on the “Biodiversity and its Conservations: The Life Support Systems on Earth”. Over 60 students of M.Sc. (Botany/Zoology) B.Sc. (Biotechnology), B.Sc. (Medical), and B.Sc. (Hons in Biotechnology) along with faculty members participated in the webinar. The talk planned was to motivate the students and make awareness about importance and futures prospective in the conservation of plant and animal biodiversity. The main objective of the talk is to provides the scientific insights about the definition and interpretation of the concept of biodiversity, in the state of the art in biodiversity research and in the application of the concept in actual management and sustainable use. Dr Singh talked about the broad spectrum of aspects of biodiversity and conservation and told that the biodiversity of the world is believed to decrease at such a speed that one speaks of a “biodiversity crisis”. By ratifying the Convention of Biological Diversity (UNEP, 1992), many governments have agreed to “develop national strategies, plans or programs for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity”.

This will create an impulse in the faculty as well as students in biodiversity and conservation research. Dr. Singh provided the recent landmark studies in this field along the recent data studies and their importance. Student got knowledge about area wise biodiversity on Earth, how fast is it changing, the effect of global change climate change on biodiversity, the importance for the life kinds on the earth. The biodiversity implies more ecological stability and possibilities to set attainable goals for biodiversity, kinds of sustainable use of biodiversity and strategies, plans or programs to reached goals. The lecturer was very informative and interactive as many queries were asked by students and well answered by Dr Singh. This will support the students in their practical and theoretical aspects, create research interest in the conservation of biodiversity. It also provides the knowledge about benefits to the society such as recreation and tourism, of potential use to the scientific community, life support systems on earth and genetic diversity of plants.