Gwalior Plus

Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Madhya Pradesh Gwalior organizes a five days National Workshop on “Latest Techniques in Molecular Biology, Genetic Engineering and Computational Biology” from 13 th October 2014 to 17 th October 2014 . Today i.e. on 13 th October 2014, the workshop was inaugurated by lamp lighting and Saraswati Vandana. In the inaugural ceremony, Ex-Professor Jiwaji University, Gwalior Prof. (Dr.) R. Mathur was the chief guest and Prof. (Major) Dr. Asha Mathur, Ex-Principal, Govt. KRG PG College, Gwalior was present as the guest of Honour. On this occasion the Organising Secretary of National Workshop Prof. (Dr.) Rajesh Singh Tomar gave a brief about the workshop programme. He told the audience that in the workshop recognised scientists and academicians from reputed Institutes & Organization will be delivering their lectures on Latest Techniques in Molecular Biology, Genetic Engineering and Computational Biology followed by demonstrati...

“Sanitation is more important than political freedom” inspiring from these words of Mahatma Gandhi, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi has launched a massive public awareness campaign on cleanliness, “Swachchh Bharat Abhiyaan”. To pay tribute to the Father of the Nation, Amity University Gwalior has also participated in this massive campaign. In the Swachchh Bharat Abhiyan initiated on Bapu’s birthday acting Vice Chancellor of Amity University, Prof. (Dr.) R S Tomar has called upon the teachers, staff members and students to take a pledge of Clean Campus, Clean, Gwalior and Clean India and administered the pledge to all the participants. All the teachers, authorities, staff members and students actively participated in this campaign and started the Swachchh Bharat Abhiyan by cleaning the area of Block-A of Amity University, Gwalior.

Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Gwalior organised Popular Lecture Series on Biotechnology sponsored by DBT, New Delhi. First lecture was delivered on 23.09.2014 by Dr. Manoj Prasad, Senior Scientist, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi .  He delivered his talk on “ Biotechnological Applications for Agricultural Development and Food Security in India ”. Students of different schools actively participated in the lecture.           Dr. Prasad discussed the recent findings of his research on foxtail millet. This crop was regarded initially as neglected crop as a model system with rich genetic and genomic resources. He emphasized on the development of genomic resources at large-scale and providing unrestricted access to the research community. This would certainly accelerate molecular breeding for crop improvement. During his lecture, he discussed the crop’s potential abiotic stress tolerance an...