Department News

On 4^th October 2018, during wildlife week, 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 students were also enlightened by the NGO-RAKSHA about the importance of venomous and non-venomous snakes.  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 preserving them.

M.Sc. students of Zoology of IIS (Deemed to be) University, Jaipur went for a “Workshop on Foldscope Microscope” on 29^th October, 2018, organized by “Vivekanand Global  University”. In this workshop students learnt assemblage of the parts of microscope, and the working of foldscope microscope in day to day life. Foldscope is an ultra-affordable, paper microscope, designed to be extremely portable, durable, and to give optical quality similar to conventional research microscopes (magnification of 140X and 2 micron resolution).  Foldscope brings hands-on microscopy to new places. It is low-cost scientific tool that globally expand access to science and break down the price barrier between people & the curiosity and excitement of scientific exploration.

The Department of Zoology, The IIS (Deemed to be) University, Jaipur, organized a guest lecture on “Philosophy and Physiology of pineal gland and melatonin” on 29^th January 2019. The Guest speaker was Prof. Chandana Haldar, Professor and Former Director, Institute of Science and Head Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. In her talk, she emphasized on Pineal gland physiology, Philosophy and importance of melatonin in human health. She also explained the relationship of melatonin with reproduction and immunity and also emphasized on photo-periodic transducer/Neuroendocrine Transducer/Hormone of darkness. Her lecture was very informative and it was a very good learning experience for students and faculty as well.