2023-2024

Completed 1 Week FDP –Education 4.0 organized by TLC Ramanujan College University of Delhi Invited for Chiguru 2024 Annual event of YFS To judge Science Experiments, 100 Science Models done By Govt School children Cordinated Chota Scientist Program in collaboration with YFS reaching out to 18schools with 250+ volunteers Research Publications@2023   Published one paper in scopus indexed Journal Phytochemical Profiling of Some Important Indigenous Plants 1*A. M. Sylaja, 1Sadaf Kalam, Ann’s Research Project 2022-23 (status) Screening work is completed, working on publishing a Review paper Interdisciplinary project sanctioned 2022-23 3 Months STEM Internships completed at DRILS by Four students of R20 Batch Hafsa Anam. Anupama Gambo and Pranavi Vadla ,Ameena 10,000 scholarship per month for  a period of 3 Months Youth conclave Participation Name of the activity: Presentation by Students on Research topic “The Future of Lifestyle for Sustainability “8 Students presented Workshops/Training Programs organized 2023-24  

1. 06-10-23 Molecular Docking& Drug Designing Workshop
2. 09-09-23 Workshop on Biochemical Separation Techniques-SDS PAGE
3. 24-01-24 One Day Workshop Statistical Tools in Life Sciences & Scientific Paper writing
4. 03-02-24 One Day Workshop on Resume Building and Professional  Networking for successful career in Life sciences

ANN SCISCAPE2K24 –Science Expo organized National Science Day Celebrations as Outreach Activity in 18 Government schools –Chota Scientist Programme Career Counseling in Life sciences career   Workshop in collaboration with Metis Hive 8 Student Projects   and  4 Internships   at Dr. Reddy’s Institute of Life Sciences,5 at Learn To Upgrade 2  at Institute of Genetics

2022-2023

STUDENT CENTRIC ACTIVITIES

• International Expert Talks :2
• National level webinars :2
• Hands On Training /Workshops :4
• Mini projects and ALP:22+3= 25 Projects
• Hans Kreb’s Birthday Celebrations-conducted competitions
• Visit to BIONEST Incubation facilities at HCU
• Journal club activity conducted for Second year Students
• Teaching kits were developed by final year students to demonstrate scientific concepts:6 Kits
• MOU ACTIVITY Faculty exchange programme – Lecture series Activity with St.Pious  College

FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS/PARTICIPATION AM Sylaja (HOD)Successfully completed

• Two week Skill Development Program at CCMB
• Completed 3 FDP OnAdvanced Research Methodology ,DNA Barcoding ,Academic Research Writing
• International short term Certificate course on Microscopy
• National Seminar at HCU

Resource person for One week – “Short term Student Exchange program”  organized by Dept of Microbiology

• Invited for a Guest Lecture-On Advances in  r DNA Technology at Shyamala Devi Degree College
• Research Publications@2022
• Sadaf Kalam has published a Research paper (2022-23)
• Prasad, P., Kalam, S., Sharma, N. K., Podile, A. R., & Das, S. N. (2022). Phosphate Solubilization and Plant Growth Promotion by Two Pantoea Strains Isolated from the Flower of Hedychium coronarium L. Frontiers in Agronomy, 86.
• Ann’S Research Project 2022- Interdisciplinary project sanctioned 2022-23 (status) Preliminary work initiated
• 3 min Thesis competition” on 4.4.2023 Climate change impact on Trichoderma sp and Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.ricini (Third Prize)
• 3 min Thesis competition” on 4.4.2023 Climate change impact on Trichoderma sp and Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.ricini (Third Prize)

Student Research projects:

• 2 ALP projects and 24 Mini student research Projects

2021-2022

• Carl Neuberg Birthday Celebrations: Interactive Fun filled activities organised by senior Biochemistry students for Juniors on 28 th August 2021.
• Manav Scientific Reading and Comprehension Activity for Students-Faculty Led Activity for 15 Days from 27^th Sept to 10 th October 2021.
• Sadaf Kalam has published a Research paper on “Difficulty to culture bacteria in the rhizosphere.”
• Students have Successfully completed 2 ALP projects
• Students have completed 10 day Online Internship Program on Molecular Docking -Basics conducted by Biotechnika( 8th Nov to 18 Nov 2021) ,15 Days Internship program at Institute of Genetics Begumpet from 15 Nov to 30 th November 2021
• Students of BSc II year Pranavi, Hafsa and Anupama participated in Annual National-level science challenge- Mimamsa 2022.

●      Online   /Offline   creative activities like Digital Storytelling Podcast on Famous scientists of Biochemistry were done. ●      Virtual Demonstration of Science Experiments from NCERT books of 6 th to 10 th Grade initiated by second year students, videos are being compiled to be uploaded in a you tube channel ●      Career counseling session on “Career prospects in India and Abroad for life sciences students” by our Alumnus Nagajyothi Research scholar at IISc Bangalore. ●      Webinar On “Importance of Profession ready Training and Placement Program Topic: Clinical Research & Pharmacovigilance organised by Dept of Biochemistry in collaboration with CLINI India on 13 Nov 2021 ●      2 Day Online Student Workshop on Topic “Bioinformatics Tools and Techniques” on Nov 19 and 20 ,2021 ●       National Science Day Celebrations organised by second and final year at three Government schools GHS Shaikpet, ZPHS Darga and ZPHS Kulsumpura. ●      On the occasion of National Science Day students of II BBC participated in a Q&A session with Dr Hema latha Director NIN ICMR at All India Radio Office Hyderabad.

• Webinar on “Cancer Awareness and Prevention” organised by Dept of Biochemistry in collaboration with Youth ForSeva on Feb 5 2022 from 12.30 to 2 pm to observe World Cancer day.
• Competitive Exam Guidance session by our Alumnus Niveditha MS in molecular and cell Biology University of Milan on12 March 2022 from 11 am to 12.30 noon.
• TarunaSamyojana @Dr. Reddy’s Institute of Life Sciences: Student Centered initiative to help transform UG Biology education.
• Faculty AM Sylaja participated National level webinars: 2,National FDP: 2,International FDP:1 Short Term course :1, Refresher course :1, Virtual Training :1, National Workshop :1 during the academic year 2021-22.
• Faculty AM Sylaja: Completed NPTEL Course on Environmental Biotechnology in Elite group.Faculty Dr. Sadaf Kalam participated in 2 National level FDPs during the academic year 2021- 22.
• One blog created to share podcast activities done by second year students.
• Day Intercollegiate Level Hands on Training in Molecular Techniques Under DBT Star College Scheme was organized.
• Outreach activity on Eco friendly alternatives and Menstrual Hygiene, Donation Drive in Govt schools was organised in Collaboration with Apna Green Products Under DBT Star College scheme in April first week.
• Winners of Business pitch Idea Competition: Four of our students Tanisha mantry from Final Year BSc BBC and 3 students from Second year BSc BBC Pranavi, Anupama and Hafsa participated in Business Pitch Idea competition organised by ALEAP WE Hub and got selected for the 8-week Training and Mentoring programme to be held at WE Hub.
• AM Sylaja ,HOD and Eco club Convenor :Mentoring students for a National Level project ECHO -Building a Cadre of Green Entrepreneurs-National Project . The Topic of our project is Prakrith Ki Pramithi -Designing Eco Banners from gunny bags, jute and textile waste to replace PVC banner

2020-2021

• Organized National Level and state level Events Under DBT Star College Scheme
• 12 projects were completed by students of second and final year students
• National Level out of 650 participants in Biology and Bioengineering Summer Camp2021 organised by IIT Bombay as part of 19 Day long Summer Camp -Science Communication Workshop. They were awarded a cash price of Rs 1000 Each.
• Krithika along with Tanisha Mantry from BSc II year are shortlisted and working on

projects allotted for an Internship programme at IIT Bombay.

• 10 student of BSc II year participated in Annual National-level science challenge- Mimamsa 2021 and were awarded Certificates.
• Bhavya and Smrithi from BSc Biochemistry Final year have completed one month internship on Immunoinformatics and Drug designing at Bio Axis DNA Research
• Online creative activities like Digital Storytelling Podcast, Designing Digital scrap books on Biomolecules,, e-book on Metabolic Pathways,
• Blended mode of teaching and Learning: Explored Virtual labs/Simulations for teaching Practicals online, Explored Digital tools like Socrative App for conducting Quizzes in online classes.
• Faculty and Students have participated in several National, State level competitions, Workshops, Webinars Short term certificate courses during the academic year 2020-21.
• Alekhya and Tanisha mantry participated in Samyojana 2020 Scientific reading and Presentation programme ( 13 weeks)under Dr.Reddy’s Institute of Life Sciences coordinated by Dr.Anil Challa from Alabama University.
• Two blogs created to share podcast activities done by second and final year students also infographics on Metabolic pathways are posted in the blogs.
• AM Sylaja ,Head ,received Certificate of Appreciation from Youth For Seva on Women’s Day in recognition of contributions towards Environment Education Activities.
• AM Sylaja received Certificate of Appreciation for mentoring students of ECHO Team for National level project ,The Team stood as State level Winners.
• Sadaf Kalam was a resource person at MATS University, Raipur for Invited lecture on: Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) and their potential role in agriculture.
• Sadaf kalam has three publications in scopus indexed journals for the year 2020-21.
• As part of Environment consciousness efforts, Green mitti Internship completed by five students (3 from BBC Final year and 2 from BBCSecond year) on organic farming and upcycling plastic wastes.
• Also one of our student Alekhya form BBC II Year is a member of Journal club of

OMICS Boot Camp initiated by IIT Bombay. She contributes for the designing of Monthly NEWS letter released by the Journal club which focus on latest trends in research, science and technology

2019-2020

• 3 Guest Lectures (2 Extension Lectures,1 Career Guidance)
• 2 Day National workshop and competition series in association with E-cell, IIT Mumbai (45 Participants)Topic “Development of Smart Anti- Microbiology Agent to fight AMR” on 13th-14th February 2020.Dr. Danish Ali, from Delhi was the resource person
• 4 Field Trips/ Educational Tour were organised 1.Masqati Diary Farm 2.Handloom Park 3.CCMB Visit on Open Day 4.Dr.Reddy’s Institute of Life sciences
• Competitions Organised 3+3 (Classroom /Intercollegiate level ) Nanoartography: Paint a Nanoimage 2. Biomimicry: Design Infographic-Inventions inspired by Nature. 3. Intracollegiate Bio-Clip- Create your Scientific Animation
• 3 Outreach Activites organised 1.Awareness on Menstrual Waste Management
• Sale of Biodegradable pads 3.Donate a Pad Program in Government schools
• 5 ALP-Student Projects Completed
• Final and second Year Students of BBC have completed 15 days training programme/Internship at Institute of Genetics, Begumpet from May 1st to May 15th 2019
• Mini Student Projects completed :12
• Participation Outside College 4 Events
• MIMAMSA 2020 :A National level Annual Science Challenge for UG
• Students organized by IISER PuneThree teams with four students per team from 1st,2nd and 3rd year of BBC participated in the Prelims –Written test on January 18th ,2020 at College for Integrated studies ,South Campus, University of Hyderabad
• National level Wet lab championship second round was organized at IIT Hyderabad .The Selected four meritorious students of Microbiology and Biochemistry participated in the competition and received special appreciation certificates held on as 28th or 29th Sept 2019

2018-2019

• National Workshop: Organized National workshop and competition series in association with E-cell, IIT Kharagpur (50 Participants)
• Organized 15 Day Training programme in Bioinformatics for Final year students
• Completed 15 Student Mini Research projects
• Four teams (2 students per team ) participated and presented posters at National Symposium organized by Dept Of Biochemistry Osmania University
• 50 students of Biochemistry I,II, and III year participated in Intercollegiate events and were winners in several events
• 15 students attended Training programme on “Menstrual Hygiene Management
• 10 students completed Summer Internship at Institute Of Genetics and Hospital For Genetic Diseases
• Faculty attended 2 National and one International Symposia and presented papers
• Best Oral Paper Award received by Dr.Sadaf Kalam at National Symposium
• M.Sylaja, HOD, completed, got certified in two NPTEL courses, and also was ranked as Topper 2% with a Silver medal from IIT Bombay
• Faculty published four Research papers , Two papers in UGC Listed Journals and two in Ann Quest
• Faculty participated in One FIP and one FDP programme
• Dr .Sadaf Kalam –Life Member of Society for Research In Biological Science
• MOU Signed 02: 1.Green waves Environmental Solutions 2.Green Lace society
• Outreach Activity: Menstrual waste management awareness activities and survey
• Student Progression : 54% of the R15 Batch students are pursuing PG and 15% are pursuing Jobs in Medical Coding
• Devi Prasanna and Sai Prathyusha B.Sc BBC Final Year(R16) Got selected in first round competition series of A two-day National workshop and competition series in association with E-cell, IIT Kharagpur and are now invited to participate in Wet lab Championship National level at IIT Madras
• Razia Shaik of Final Year R16 Batch secured National level JNU CEEB Exam First Rank

Awards and Recognitions 2023-2024

• Faculty and Head Department of Biochemistry Mrs.AM Sylaja was awarded “Best Faculty Award” for her excellent academic and research contribution in enhancing the Teaching Learning Process during the academic year 2022-23 by Nature science Foundation Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
• AM Sylaja is a Recipient of Special Appreciation from TSIC Telangana State Incubation Centre for mentoring Team shortlisted by Youth for Social Impact for their Project idea on Replacing Styrofoam with Biodegradable packaging during Oct-Nov 2022
• AM Sylaja has been awarded with an Appreciation Certificate from WWF World Wildlife Fund for actively mentoring the students for the implementation of ECHO -Building Environment Conservation Heroes Programme 2022

2021-2022

• AM Sylaja has been awarded with an Appreciation Certificate from WWF World Wildlife Fund for actively mentoring the students (winning team who secured first position State level ) for the implementation of ECHO -Building Environment Conservation Heroes Programme 2021
• Sadaf Kalam received Francis Xavier Award for highest number of publications in May 2021-2022

2020-2021

• AM Sylaja has been recognised with an Appreciation Certificate from Youth For Seva Organization on the occasion International Women’s Day 08-03-21 for her contributions towards Environment Education awareness activities and inspiring students to volunteer for such initiatives

2019-2020

• DBT-Star College Scheme Sanctioned to Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, Genetics and Zoology – St. Ann’s College for Women Financial grant received: Rs. 44 Lakhs

2018-2019

• Sadaf Kalam is Recipient of Best Oral Presentation Award in National Conference on- Impact of Biochemistry in Interdisciplinary Research at Osmania University, Hyderabad in September 2018.