Guest Speakers & Resource Persons - Hands-on Training cum Workshop on Basic Techniques in Animal Handling & Research by Anatomy SDC

Department of Anatomy & BRULAC, Saveetha Dental College has organized a one day workshop on “Hands-on Training cum Workshop on Basic Techniques in Animal Handling & Research” on 4th March, 2023.

The scientific lecture session had 3 separate lectures by Dr. Mydhili, Dr. M. Karthik Ganesh and Dr. K. Meenakshi Sundaram. After the lecture session the entire participants were divided into small batches and made to visit the animal house facility batch by batch. Dr. K. Meenakshi Sundaram and Dr. G. Mydhili co-ordinated and trained each batch separately. The hands-on session ended with overwhelming positive feedbacks from all the participants including faculties, research scholars and students of institutions inside and outside of our college.

IPR Awareness program (Under National Intellectual Property Awareness Mission) - Creative India, Innovate India by Anatomy SDC

Organized by the Department of Anatomy, SDC on 10 th Mar 2023 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. The online IPR Awareness program (under National Intellectual property awareness mission 2.0) was organized by the Department of Anatomy, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals and held on 10 th Mar 2023 from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm. The program started at 10:00 am. Dr. Lavanya Prathap, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Anatomy, SDC started the program with welcome address. Dr. Maria Leena, Assistant professor (Research), Department of Anatomy, SDC coordinated this awareness program with office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trademarks (CGPDTM), Government of India. She has explained about this program and introduced the nominated trainer, Dr. Jhansi Lakshmi Parimi. TIFAC trainer. There were around 126 participants from different colleges. Among them 98 were faculty members, 13 UG/PG students, and 15 research scholars. Participants were from 55 different universities/institutions. The program was held for 2.30 hrs. All the participants will receive e-certificate from CGPDTM office.

As part of the celebrations of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (75 th Anniversary of Indian Independence), the CGPDTM has launched NIPAM 2.0 to impart awareness and training on Intellectual Property Rights. This online program imparted awareness and training on IPR to the Indian faculties, scientists,and students, The nominated trainer explained details on Patent, Design, trade mark, Copyrights, and geographical integration. She explained about patent filing, how and what can be patented, significance, Indian Patent act, how to identify IP, what forms to be filled and fee structure and time line for processing and patent life time. Importance of design, trade mark and copy right, procedure to get it and time line were explained.

IPR Awareness Programme (Under National Intellectual Property Awareness Mission) by Anatomy SDC

The Department of Anatomy, SDC organizes the IPR Awareness program (under National Intellectual property awareness mission 2.0) on 10th Mar 2023 at 10 am.

Registration link : https://forms.gle/qpz45nF8zdFPJk5K6

We invite all faculty, research scholars and students to participate in the awareness mission.

E-certificate will be provided by Intellectual property India and Controller general of patents designs and trademarks, Govt of India. to the participants after completing the evaluation form at the end of the program.

Thank you!

Hands on Workshop in "Basics of Animal Handling techniques & Research" @ BRULAC, SDC by Anatomy SDC

Dear all, Greetings!

The Department of Anatomy, Biomedical Research Unit and Laboratory Animal Center (BRULAC), invites you to a Hands on Workshop in Animal Handling techniques.

Date: March 4, 2023. Venue: Department of Anatomy, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals.

Registration Link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc48GP3xI5qVeoU9kdNa5k8e9GIQeNPiNyN4KZKNZzXsGyVBA/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0

Guest Lecture - By Dr. S. Karthikeyan, Ph.D - Innovation in Battery Development and Impedance Studies for Energy Storage Systems by Anatomy SDC

Department of Anatomy conducted guest lecture entitled “Innovation in Battery Development and Impedance Studies for Energy Storage Systems” by Dr. S. Karthikeyan, Ph.D., Post Doc from University of Twente, The Netherlands, and Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Madras Christain College, Chennai on 4th February 2023 at 12.00noon in Decennial Hall, Saveetha Dental College, SIMATS.   

News Paper Article - Hands on Workshop - Basics of Animal Handling Techniques & Research by Anatomy SDC

The Department of Anatomy & Biomedical Research Unit and Laboratory Animal Center (BRULAC), Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals conducted a “Hands on Workshop - Basics of Animal Handling Techniques & Research” on 17th December 2022. The Hands on Workshop was published as “Newspaper Article” in many daily newspapers such as News Today, Telugu News Times, Sakshi, etc. Its an add-on achievement to the Department headed by Dr. Lavanya Prathap.

BMS Greatest and Latest Guest Lecture Series - By Prof. Dr. M. Arivanandhan, Centre for Nanoscience and Technology, Anna University by Anatomy SDC

Greetings,

Department of Anatomy is conducting a guest lecture for the “Greatest and Latest Guest Lecture series” entitled “Nanostructured Materials for Energy Harvesting Applications” by Prof. Dr. M. Arivanandhan, Professor, Centre for Nanoscience and Technology, Anna University, Chennai on 3rd December 2022 at 12.00noon in Decennial Hall, Saveetha Dental College. All are welcome!

Thank you.       

Guest Speakers & Resource Persons - Hands-on Training cum Workshop on Basic Techniques in Animal Handling & Research - 22.11.2022 by Anatomy SDC

Department of Anatomy & BRULAC, Saveetha Dental College has organized a one day workshop on “Hands-on Training cum Workshop on Basic Techniques in Animal Handling & Research” on 22nd November, 2022. The session started after registration of all the participants. The inaugural function was moderated by 3rd Year B.Sc Students, Ms. M. Bhavadharini and Ms. Blessy Gifta. The Inauguration function commenced with the invocation song “Tamil Thai Vazhthu”. Glimpses of Animal House Facility were showcased on-screen as a small video to the august gathering. The Welcome Address was delivered by Dr. K. Yuvaraj Babu, Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy. Event Report was given by Dr. Lavanya Prathap, Associate Professor & Head, Department of Anatomy. The guests were addressed by Dr. Sheeja Varghese, Registrar (Academics), SIMATS, Dr. Aravind Kumar, Dean, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals and Dr. M. Raman, Professor & Senior Veterinarian, Department of Microbiology, SDC. The session concluded with the Vote of Thanks by Dr. M. Karthik Ganesh, Assistant Professor & Scientist, Department of Anatomy.  The inaugural function ended with “National Anthem”.

The scientific lecture session had 4 separate lectures. The first lecture was given by Dr. M. Karthik Ganesh, Assistant Professor & Scientist, Department of Anatomy & BRULAC, SDC on the topic “In Vivo Animal Experimentation in Biomedical Research”. The talk was very informative to the research aspirants which contained many experimental and surgical photos which turned out to be a visual treat to the participants. The 2nd lecture was on “Experimental Drug Targets in Rats and Mice with respect to Human Biology by Dr. K. Meenakshi Sundaram, Assistant Professor & Research Scientist, BRULAC. The participants received good insights in various animal experimentation modalities and got clarified with several research queries with the Scientist. The 3rd session was an online International webinar on “Three R’s of Human Animal Experimentation” given by Dr. T.S. Mohamed Saleem, Assistant Professor - Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Riyadh ELM University, Riyadh-KSA. The talk highlighted the 3 R’s, ethical concerns, humane end points, etc., of experimentation in human and animal research. The final session was delivered by Dr. M. Raman, Professor & Senior Veterinarian, Department of Microbiology, SDC on the topic “Laboratory Animal Diseases and Diagnosis”. Professor briefed on all major zoonosis of animal origin and basic infections and diseases in animals for research and in Animal House Facility. He also explained in detail about various national and international fellowships, PDF schemes available for researchers.

After the lecture session the entire participants were divided into 4 batches and made to visit the animal house facility batch by batch. Dr. K. Yuvaraj Babu, Dr. M. Karthik Ganesh, Dr. K. Meenakshi Sundaram and Dr. G. Mydhili co-ordinated and trained each batch separately. Then all the 4 batches were taught with mice, rat and rabbit handling. All the oral gavage, various modes of injections, etc., were trained hands-on with volunteered participants. Blood collection modes were demonstrated in common for all. Finally the animals were euthanized and all the organ collection was demonstrated in Wistar rats as per approved protocol and CPCSEA guidelines. The hands-on session ended with overwhelming positive feedbacks from all the participants including faculties, research scholars and students of institutions inside and outside of our college.