REPORT OF THE ZOOLOGY ASSOCIATION

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DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES

The election of the office bearers for the zoology association, 2018 -2019 was held on 20th June

2018.

Athira Menon T of 3rd DC was elected as the association secretary.Anna Susan Roy was elected

as the 1st DC representative,Jomol Joshy as the 2nd DC representative, S.A.Marathakarani as the

3rd DC representative and Kavya Anilkumar aa the P.G representative. Dr.Helvin Vincent and

Ms.Cynthia Mathew Thalathil were nominated as the staff advisors of the association.

INTERCOLLEGIATE COMPETITION AT BHARATA MATA COLLEGE,THRIKAKKARA

As part of the environment day celebrations, intercollegiate competitions were held at Bharath

Mata College ,Thrikakara on 5th June 2018. Students of our department participated and secured

prizes. Sreenandana B of 3rd DC won the first prize for painting competition. K.A Vaani of 3rd

DC and Aneeta of 2nd DC won the 2nd and 3rd prizes respectively for the essay competition.

INTERCOLLEGIATE QUIZ AT MORNING STAR COLLEGE, ANGAMALY .

Our students participated in an intercollegiate quiz on environment with special emphasis on

plastics which was held on 19th June 2018 at Morning Star College, Angamali.

INTERCOLLEGIATE COMPETITION AT AL-AMEEN COLLEGE EDATHALA

Four students from the Zoology Department participated in the intercollegiate competitions and

seminar on plastic pollution held at Al-Ameen College,Edathala on 25th June 2018. Navina

Mable Francis of 3rd DC won 1st prize for poster designing. Athira Menon T and Parvathy K.R

of 3rd DC won 3rd prize for quiz competition.

DBT - STAR college scheme

Two seminars were conducted as part of the DBT - STAR college scheme.

1. SEMINAR ON GENOMIC DNA ISOLATION

First seminar was on Genomic DNA isolation, conducted on 21st June 2018 for the 3rd

B. Sc.

Zoology students.The resource person was Dr.Anju .T.R, Assistant professor of Department of

Biotechnology ,Newman College.

2. SEMINAR ON ELECTROPHORETIC TECHNIQUES

The second seminar was on Electrophoretic techniques , conducted on 28th June 2018 for the 3rd

B. Sc. Zoology students. The resource person was Dr.Smitha, Assistant professor of Department

of Zoology ,Sacred Heart College,Thevara.

REPORT OF INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON “EMERGING TRENDS IN

BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH AND CURRENT CHALLENGES IN ARTIC SEA

MONITORING”

The Zoology Department hosted an International Seminar on “Emerging trends in biophysical

research and current challenges in artic sea ice monitoring, on 13th

July, 2018. The seminar was

formally inaugurated by Dr.VishnuNandan, Scientist, Cryosphere Climate research group,

University of Calgary, Canada by handing over a sapling symbolizing life to Principal Dr.

Sajimol Augustine.

The seminar had four sessions handled by four eminent resource persons. The first session was

the keynote address by Dr.VishnuNandan, Cryosphere Climate research group, University of

Calgary, Canada. The topic handled was “Diminishing Artic sea Ice: Why should we care about

it? Current challenges in artic sea ice monitoring. The various research options in Cryosphere

Climate research was also discussed.

The second session was addressed by Dr. Anu Gopinath, Assistant Professor, KUFOS on

“Organic matter characterization from Artic Fjord sediments.

“International cooperation in Artic Research –Opportunities and Challenges” was the topic of the

third session delivered by Dr. K Ajith Joseph, Executive Director, Nansen Environmental

Research Centre, KUFOS, Amenity Center,Kochi.

The final session was handled by Dr. Nandini Menon N, Senior Scientist, Nansen Environmental

Research Centre, KUFOS, Amenity Center, Kochi on “Remote Sensing and marine

phytoplankton –An introduction.

The seminar officially marked its end by a note of thanks by Dr. Meera Jan Abraham, Associate

Professor, Department of Zoology.

ZOO FEST IN BMC COLLEGE THRIKKAKARA ON AUGUST, 2018.

The students of zoology department of St Teresa’s College participated in the zoo fest 2018

conducted by zoological society of Kerala held at

Various competitions were conducted for respective years and a single group event was

organized. A total of 25 students participated from our department out of which there were 9

students from third year, 10 students from 2nd year and 6 from 1st years. The students received

prizes for various competitions.

3rd years: DISSECTION : Mary Emy K.E – 1ST

Michelle Vincent – 2nd

POWER POINT PRESENTATION : S. A Marathaka Rani – 2nd

QUIZ : Parvathy K.R and Mariya Liz Correya – 2ND

2nd years: CAPTION WRITING : Nithyashree J.K – 3rd

Fincy James- 2nd

SUMMARY WRITING : Anjali Yadav – 1st

SCIENTIFIC DRAWING : Sreekutty Shaji – 3rd

1st years: POSTER DESIGN : Jaquiline – 1st

READING : Anna – 2nd

The overall trophy was bagged by BharataMatha College, followed by St. Teresa’s College and

Sacred Heart College which secured 2nd and 3rd position respectively.

Department of Zoology Hosted an Inter- collegiate Quiz Competition - The

Rosalind memorials quiz competition organized by the dept. of zoology, St

Teresa’s college, in association with the rotary club, ERNAKULAM was

held on Thursday 9th

august 2018. Students from various colleges

participated.

The preliminary round started around 11:30am, which was organized by Mr.

Renjith. After the preliminary round 6 colleges were selected for the main quiz

which was conducted by Mr. Ajimon who was the quiz master. The quiz had seven

rounds. The winners were Mahatma Gandhi university, Kottayam, 2nd

prize was

secured by Maharajas College and 3rd

prize by Christ College, Thrissur.

The valedictory function was held at 2:30pm and Rev. Sr. Dr. Vinitha was the

chief guest and she handed over the prizes to the winners.

Prizes for world population day

Quiz and poster designing