About The Event

Under the joint collaboration of Botany and Zoology departments of Chaitanya Science & Arts College, a ten-day value-added course was organized from July 5 to July 15 on the topic of innovative approach to prepare home labs for biological education. On the first day of the program, Prof. Arunan, retired professor of Homi Bhabha Center for Science Education and current coordinator of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, was associated on the virtual platform as the keynote speaker. Veenapani Dubey, retired professor of CMD College, Bilaspur was present as a special guest in the program. The program was inaugurated by the Principal of the college Dr. V.K. Gupta, the director of the college, Virendra Tiwari and guest Dr. Veenapani Dubey by lighting the lamp and offering lotus flowers in front of the statue of Goddess Saraswati. Dr. VK Gupta, Principal of the college gave the welcome address. He said in his speech that on limited resources, we can prepare home lab at home and by increasing the investigative instinct in children, we can make them aware of biological activities. After that, the coordinator of the program, Assistant Professor of Botany Department, Satrupa Gond informed all the participants present in the meeting about the subject matter and outline of the course. The keynote speaker Professor MC Arunan, while giving the basic information of Homelab in his speech, said that Homelab is similar to Gully Cricket, it means that just as we do not need any fixed ground to play cricket. Special guest Dr. Veenapani Dubey said that we can observe the life cycle of a plant, its various stages and biological activities at our own home. As the keynote speaker on the second day of the program, Kiran Yadav from Collaborative Understanding Biological Study guided the participants through online medium. On the third day of the program, as the keynote speaker, Government M.M.R. Head of Department of Zoology of Post Graduate College Champa Dr. VM Aggarwal gave three-stage interaction in ants and on the fourth day he explained about various methods of estimation and conservation of ants. Abhijeet singh, cubist of Homi Bhaba Centre for Science Education Mumbai and Misbah Sheikh, cubist of Homi Bhaba Centre for Science Education Mumbai explained different experiments of Home lab.  On the fifth day of the program, a field visit was conducted under the guidance of Dr. VM Aggarwal at Ropdi, located in village Mudpar. During this, Dr. Aggarwal apprised the participants about the methods of sample collection and its preservation. During this various types of plants and insects were collected. On the sixth day of the program, Professor of Botany Department and coordinator of the program Satrupa Gond gave detailed information about the functioning of biological clock in Bhui Amla plant. As the keynote speaker on the seventh day of the program, Dr. Veenapani Dubey told about the different methods of identification of plants and the characteristic properties of the family through a virtual screen. In the same program, as the second speaker, Dr. Nirmal Awasthi and Siddhi Gyan and Drug Development Institute made them aware about the identification of medicinal plants and its usefulness. As the second speaker, Dr. Sushant Verma, assistant professor of Guru Ghasidas University, told the various methods of identifying birds. As the keynote speaker on the ninth day of the program, Fergus Mark Anthony, a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, presented information about birds and their migration. As the second keynote speaker, Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Nand Dadsena explained about the various methods of preparing kitchen homelab. In the last day of the program, as the keynote speaker, Dr. Garima Tiwari, Associate Professor, Department of Forestry, Guru Ghasidas University, said about the home lab that we can study the biological mechanism by planting trees in the courtyard of our house. Director of the college Virendra Tiwari, Principal Dr. V.K.Gupta, Mrs. Dr. Garima Tiwari, Government M.M.R.College Dr. V. M. Agrawal, Head of Department of Zoology, Champa During the program some students made presentations on homelab models related to this topic done at their homes, in which Rani Gauraha from M.Sc. Zoology 3rd Sem and Thikan Sahu, student of M.Sc. Zoology 4th Sem, made presentations on earthworms Presented experiments. Dileshwari Kashyap of M.Sc.Botany 3rd Sem presented her experiments on fungus culture at home. Nidhi Devdas, a student of B.Sc. 2nd year presented the experiments done on the identification of xylem in balsam plants. B.Sc. Aanchal Leharen, a second year student, presented the life cycle of silkworm and the changes occurring in its various stages through pictures. More than 170 students have registered for the program and more than 100 students have successfully participated in the value added course. All the participants who participated in this program were rewarded with certificates