Departmental Activities:

1. Departmental Exhibition- A Departmental exhibition was conducted to showcase the significance of microbiology in day-to-day lives. Students of other departments were explained about the omnipresent existence of microorganisms and how these play key roles in our lives.
2. Nutrifest- As a part of nutrition week celebrations, the departments of life sciences have organized a nutrifest where the students themselves prepared healthy foods from millets and served it to the visitors of the fest. The students also explained about the importance of millets and how introduction of these foods in our daily lives would benefit our health.
3. Hepatitis Day- We have a developed a habit of observing important days in the field of microbiology. As a part of that, Hepatitis Day was celebrated by the final year students of MZC. Ms. Ch. Nandini explained to the students about the disease, its prevalence, the causative agent, pathogenesis, and how it can be prevented. It was an interactive session with the final year students and faculties participating.
4. Detox Day- With the ever increasing risk of accumulating toxins in the body due to various reasons, it is essential to educate people about detoxing. As a part of this initiative, the departments of life sciences have observed detox day, where the students prepared detox drinks and explained about the health benefits. It was a very interesting session to understand how these work.

5. Genomics workshop- The students of MZC and BZC final year were given a training on genomics through a workshop. PMRF fellows from the University of Hyderabad were invited to train students in genomics for a couple of days. The students were then taken to the University for a hands on experience in the isolation of plasmid and genomic DNA. The students visited various labs and interacted with professors. The whole program was for four days where the students learnt about bioinformatics tools and also obtained a hands-on experience on DNA isolation and visualization.