Department News

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.

To create awareness on Organ donation on World Organ Donation Day, Department of Zoology, The IIS University organized a guest lecture and slogan writing competition on 12 August 2016 from 9.30-10.30 in Srijan hall. Eminent speaker and social activist Dr. Anita Hada delivered a talk on the facts and myths about organ donation. Dr. Hada is associated with Mohan Foundation Jaipur, a NGO who volunteer people for organ donation.  Organ donation is a noble act which can save thousands of lives every year. In organ donation one person is donor the other is recipient. There are two types of organ donors first live donors and second deceased donor. A live donor donates blood, bone marrow, skin, liver, kidney, and pancreas on the contrary a deceased donor is one who donates organ after death (either cardiac death or brain death). In both cases person can donate skin, heart, cornea, liver, kidney, pancreas and lungs with the consent from his family members. The organ donation is a voluntary act, done with proper legal procedure and is free of cost. A donor can be a neonate to 96 year old person.

The availability of donor is shared on a portal Rajasthan network of organ sharing. The matching between donor and recipient is done by blood grouping, HLA testing and other assays. After a match is found the transplant is done under medical supervision. Mohan Foundation has enlightened lives of many recipients who suffer from organ failure, accidents and other chronic diseases. The donor spreads the happiness even after his/her departure from this mortal world.   Dr. Hada’s lecture was an eye opener for the ignorance which the audience had about organ donation. The lecture enlightened youngsters and spread the awareness for a noble cause of organ donation. Dr. Hada rightly quoted in her lecture “Ek kamoshi anek muskaan aao karein angdaan”. 

After the lecture students wrote slogans on organ donation and best slogans was picked by the jury and the pledge to spread the awareness among people especially youth who are still unaware about the pious cause of organ donation is partly fulfilled. In this mortal life we can make others smile through organ donation which is also reflected in one of the slogan writing which read ‘Souls go to heaven not the body donate the organs to help the needy’.