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MICROBIOLOGY
SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATION
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Teaching
of microbiology at Post Graduate Level was started from the year 1984
and the first batch of M.Sc. was produced in 1986. Thus the subject microbiology
has successfully covered a long distance of 24 years and the session 2008-09
is being celebrated as Microbiology Silver Jubilee Year (2008-09). During
this session the department has organized several programmes, a brief
summary of which is given below:
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| Microbiology Silver Jubilee Celebration (2008-09): Microbiology Silver Jubilee Year (2008-09) was inaugurated by Prof. Swatantra Kumar, Ho'ble Vice-chancellor of Gurukul Kangri University on 16th Sept 2008. Prof. A.K. Chopra (Dean) introduced the faculty of Life Science, and Prof. R.C. Dubey, Head of the Department, presented the 24 years of journey of the subject microbiology and threw light on progress and current activities going on in the department. |
| A 15-days Summer School: A Summer School on Recent Trends in Biotechnology was organized during Sept 16-30, 2008 in which 30 M.Sc. Microbiology/Biotechnology students, research scholars and teachers of Uttarakhand participated the Summer school. This School was inaugurated on 16th February 2009 by Padma Shree, Ex Vice-Chancellor, Prof A.N. Purohit (FNA) and Dr. Rajendra Dobhal, Director UCOST. Prof. Swatantra Kumar (Vice-Chancellor of Gurukul Kangri University) presided the session. Prof. D.K. Maheshwari thre light on the objectives of the summer school. |
| Lecture series: Imminent Scientists/teachers from several universities were invited to deliver lectures for M.Sc. Microbiology/research students on different aspects of microbiology. |
| Blood Testing Week: On 1 Oct 2008,blood testing of Gurukul Vidyalaya students were done. |
| A 5-days Training: The department is also organizing a 5-days Training Course Course on "Microbial fermentation and microbial inoculant preparation for organic farming" from 6 to 10 Feb., 2009 where 30-40 M.Sc. Microbiology/Biotechnology students and research scholars as well as teachers will be selected for this course |
| Gurukul Microbiology Alumni Meet: M.Sc. Microbiology students produced from this department are occupying various positions in the country and also working in various departments in other countries. On the eve of Silver Jubilee celebration the department is organising one Day Gurukul Micro Alumni Meet on 8th Feb., 2009 to discuss various issues in Microbiology. |
Placement |
Placements of Microbiology students is more than 95%.The students are well placed in various institutions/organizations/University in India and abroad. Placement of some of the students indifferent countries/ organization is as below:
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