Jalandhar March 16 (Jaswinder Singh Azad)- PG Department of Bio-informatics, Biotechnology, Physics and Chemistry of Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya organized an educational visit to IISER, Mohali, under the able guidance of Principal Dr. (Mrs.) Ajay Sareen. This visit has been planned to impact practical exposure of various scientific instruments and strategies to the science students under the aegis of the DBT Star College Scheme of the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology. Dr. Harpreet Singh Head PG Department of Bioinformatics, Ms. Hemlata Assistant Professor in Chemistry and Ms. Tanuja, Assistant Professor in Physics accompanied a group of 44 students to IISER Mohali.
The visit aimed to familiarize students with the research facilities at IISER, Mohali and to inspire students through interaction with faculty and researchers to know about various research projects being carried out at IISER. A guided tour of the campus allowed students to explore various laboratories and research facilities including Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) facility, Chemistry lab, physics lab, and Microbial Biotechnology & Fermentation lab.
Students also visited the High Performance Computing Facility which is used to analyze huge amount of genomic and other biological data using Bioinformatics approaches. The visit increased the awareness in students about various scientific discipline and their applications. The entire group extended heartfelt thanks to the Director Prof. Anil Kumar Tripathi, Dean Internationals and Outreach Prof. Amit Kulshrestha for giving them this unique opportunity and their hospitality. Special thanks were also extended to Ms. Bharati from the outreach team, IISER Mohali for her guidance in planning and conduction of this educational visit.