Mysuru, February 18, 2020: The Postgraduate Department of Biotechnology, JSS College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Ooty Road, Mysuru, had organised a two-day regional level workshop on “Fermentation Process, Chromatography, and DNA Amplification”, under the aegis of the Karnataka Innovation and Technology Society, Dept. of IT, BT and S&T, Government of Karnataka, on February 18 and 19, 2020.
On the first day Dr. Dharmaprasad, Managing Director, M/s. Prosetta Bioconformatics Pvt. Ltd., Mysuru, inaugurated the Symposium and delivered the keynote address. In his address, he spoke about the job opportunities available in the areas of Research and Development, Biopharma, Clinical trials, Regulatory affairs, Medical writing, Project Management, etc. He emphasized the different skills that are required like analytical thinking, assay methodology, design of experiments, troubleshooting, soft skills, critical thinking, observation skills, etc., and advised the students to possess these skillsets.
Prof. B. V. Sambashivaiah, Chief Executive, JSS College of Arts, Commerce, and Science, Mysuru, presided over the function. On the occasion, he gave insight on the importance and applications of fermentation process, chromatography and DNA amplification in life sciences subjects, particularly biotechnology.
The principal of the College Prof. M. Mahadevappa welcomed the guests. Dr. N. D. Rekha, Organizing Secretary of the workshop proposed a vote of thanks. Dr. B. Y. Sathish Kumar, HoD, PG Department of Biotechnology and the convenor of the workshop were present.
Prof. B. S. Gowrishankar, HOD, Dept. of Biotechnology, Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumakuru, and Prof. Ramachandra R Kini, DoS in Biotechnology, University of Mysore, Mysuru, participated as the resource persons of the technical sessions.
About 50 undergraduate and postgraduate students from the life sciences department of different colleges participated in the workshop.