Department News

Dr MS Malhotra consultant and former Deputy Director NIMR New Delhi, delivered a guest lecture on Prevention and Control of Vector Borne Diseases on 16 December 2016 in the AV Hall. He is an medical entomologist who has worked in the field of taxonomy and sibling species of Anopheles, the malaria vector. He enlightened the students on the different aspects of vector control methods and prevention of vector borne diseases. His immense knowledge enhanced the awareness among students to prevent them from mosquito bites and deadly diseases like malaria, dengue and chikungunya.

On 26 September 2016, the Department of Zoology organized an educational trip for students to Nahargarh Biological Park, Kukas and enriched their knowledge about faunal as well as floral diversity. The visit to the park was an enlightening effort to make the students learn in the lap of Mother Nature. The students of BSc and MSc were able to visualize different fauna and their behavioural interactions. The park is an abode for tiger, lions, leopards, wolves, fox, jackals, hyenas, black bear, spotted deer, black buck, sambhar deer, indian gazelle, hog deer, emu, alligators, crocodiles, porcupines, wild boar, langurs and a cascade of butterflies which included plain tiger, lemon pansy, common rose, lime, blue pansy, peacock pansy, common jejebel, white orange tip, pioneer, oriental glass jewel, common yellow, indian palm bob and rounded pierrot. The park also contained numerous species of birds which included rufous treepie, peacock, kingfisher, tailor bird, babbler, bee eaters, indian roller, parakeet, pigeon, laughing dove, red wattled lapwing, drongo, robin, bulbul, and humming bird etc. The trip was an effort to make students aware about wildlife rehabilitation and its protection. Students understood the importance of forest conservation and the role of community in preseving them.

Dr. Ravi Prakash, Professor Emeritus, MD University, Rohtak delivered a guest lecture  to post graduate students on important topics related to field of molecular biology on 29^th  August 2016, in the Department of Zoology. Dr. Ravi Prakash has 29 years of teaching experience with Genetics, Population Genetics as his area of specialization. His experience and knowledge in the subject helped students in understanding the topics related to genetic markers, transposition, gene regulation, and Physical mapping etc. The lecture proved to be of immense help for students in simplifying their concepts about difficult topics of molecular biology.