Department Programs UG & PG Programs: Research Programs: B. Sc. Biotechnology, Chemistry, Microbiology Ph. D. (Full time) Biotechnology B. Sc. (Hons.) Biotechnology Ph. D. (Part time) Biotechnology Integrated M. Sc. Biotechnology M. Sc. Biotechnology GITAM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE Technical Committee Chief Patron: Patron: Prof. A. Subrahmanyam Prof. M. Saratchandra Babu NATIONAL E-CONFERENCE ON Dean of Science Principal, GITAM Institute of Science Conveners: Co-Conveners: “EVOLUTION AND ADAPTATION: CURRENT SCENARIO" Prof. M. Anitha Dr. P. Kiranmayi Department of Biotechnology, GIS Department of Biotechnology, GIS (EACS-2020) Prof. B. Veerendra Kumar Dr. Ch. Satyanarayana Swamy 10th & 11th December, 2020 Head Dept.of Biotechnology, GIS Department of Biotechnology, GIS Organizing Secretary: Dr. G. V. Sireesha Department of Biotechnology, GIS Members: Prof. S. V. Rajagopal Dr. E. Prabhakar Dr. N. Akhileshwar Dr. P. Shanmukh Anand Dr. B. Sirisha Dr. M. V. S. Mahesh Kumar Dr. N. Sai Kishore Dr. M. Ram Kumar Dr. P. Sudha Rani Dr. K. Siva Kumar Dr. Rahul Kumar NO REGISTRATION FEE ORGANIZED BY Registration Link: https://forms.gle/nvSNXeePWf3srNFq8 Last Date for Registration: 6th December, 2020 Department of Biotechnology GITAM Institute of Science For details contact GITAM (Deemed to be University) Dr. G. V. SIREESHA Rushikonda E-mail: [email protected] Visakhapatnam - 530045 Phones: +91 9704005302 | +91 0891-2840460 www.gitam.edu About GITAM (Deemed to be University) Speakers Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM), is a deemed to be university Dr. Rakesh Mishra, FASc, FNASc under section 3 of the UGC Act 1956. GITAM is a premier educational institution in the Director country established with a vision to impart futuristic and comprehensive education of global CSIR - Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology standards with a high sense of discipline and social relevance in a serene and invigorating Hyderabad environment. GITAM is located at Visakhapatnam and has two offcampuses at Hyderabad and Bengaluru. GITAM is offering multidisciplinary programs at UG, PG & Doctoral levels. It is one of the deemed to be university that has been accorded 12-B status by UGC facilitating Prof. LS Shashidhara, FASc, FNASc the university to receive funds from different funding agencies. GITAM was awarded Bhatnagar Awardee Category-I graded autonomy by UGC-MHRD. GITAM was accredited by NAAC with “A+” Professor of Biology grade and approved by AICTE. Over the last 40 years, GITAM has achieved many milestones Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune and established a mark of its own in the field of higher education. Prof. Amitabh Joshi, FASc, FNASc About the Department Professor of Evolutionary and Organismal Biology Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research The Department of Biotechnology was established in 1997 and offers B.Sc., B.Sc. (Hons.), (JNCASR), Bengaluru M.Sc., 5 year Integrated M.Sc., along with Ph.D. programmes. The department has excellent infrastructure facilities like audio visual class rooms and well equipped spacious laboratories with state of the art equipment for conducting teaching and research in the frontier areas Dr. Anindita Bhadra like Animal biotechnology, Plant biotechnology, Microbial Biotechnology, Industrial Behavioural and Ecology Lab biotechnology and Environmental biotechnology. The department has many projects funded Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) by UGC, DBT, DST, DAE etc. The faculty consistently publish their research results in peer Kolkata reviewed journals of international repute. Innovative teaching methodology and extensive lab practical training adapted by the department are helpful for the students to qualify various Dr. Vinita Gowda national level exams and get recruited by reputed companies. Department of Biological Sciences Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Evolution and Adaptation: Current Scenario Bhopal The beauty of nature exists in its diversity. Evolution broadly explains the origin of life and Dr. Subhash Rajpurohit its divergence from single cell organisms to multicellular organisms. Several mechanisms Division of Biological and Life Sciences interplay in the evolution,adaptation and interdependence of different life forms. The father of evolutionary biology Charles Darwin once reckoned “Although much remains obscure, Ahmedabad University and will long remain obscure, … I am convinced that Natural Selection has been the main Ahmedabad but not exclusive means of modification”. This holds true even today. Though we successfully explored extra-terrestrial space hitherto, we are yet to understand the complexity of Dr. Sanjeeta Sharma Pokhral biological processes. This conference becomes more relevant in the presentday context of Centre for Ecological Sciences viral genome evolution and their adaptive behaviour. The motive behind the conference is Indian Institute of Science (IISc) to make students understand the nature and our place in it. Bengaluru.