DAV College, Jalandhar under the aegis of Department of Bio-technology organised International Seminar on “Molecular Biology” on 28 September. Professor Yung-Fu Chang, Professor of Molecular Microbiology & Director, Infectious Disease Research Programme, Dept. of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA was the Keynote Speaker on the occasion.

Principal, , HOD, Biotechnology and other members of Staff welcomed the Chief Guest. Principal formally welcomed the Chief Guest, dedicated this Seminar to 102^nd Birth-Anniversary of Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh, who strongly advocated the vast spread of quality education and creation of new knowledges by the youth of India. He said the presence of such an internationally eminent Scientist would encourage the young students to accelerate in the field of science and research.

Prof. Y. Chang discussed the ultra modern Molecular approaches on the development of Johne’s Disease or Paratuberculosis Vaccine. Prof. Chang briefly introduced the audience with the global importance of Paratuberculosis and its zoonotic concerns. As the disease is important not only for economic concerns but also for human health concerns hence development of efficacious vaccine is the must requirement of today’s world in order to secure economic losses and to reduce human exposure to this deadly pathogen. First of all he discussed the use of recombinant Ag85 complex, SOD, 74F Poly Protein etc. as Vaccine candidate in goat and cattle system. The recumbinent antigens were able to significantly raise the immune system of animals and hence the protectivity. He laid the concept of cocktail antigens as potent vaccine candidates. Secondly he discussed the attenuated mutant strain of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratubnerculosis (MAP). The mutants used by were leuD deficient. These mutants were unable to cause disease but raise the immune system of animal significantly. Hence he laid stress on the use of these mutants as vaccine candidates. Finally he discussed the use of recombinant Salmonella typhimurium expressing MAP antigens as vaccine candidate. He emphasize that this approach can meet the cost constraints of the recombinant antigens. In conclusion he laid stress on the molecular vaccine to control disease.

He appreciated the entire infrastructure of DAV College, Jalandhar in general and Dept. of Biotechnology in particular. He also offered to involve Dept. of Biotechnology, DAV College, Jalandhar to carry out future vaccine research in collaboration. The lecture was followed by long interaction where students and teachers satisfied their queries.

The scientific session was followed by the cultural session by students of Biotechnology Department, wherein Ana, Rajwinder, Swati, Poonam, Surabhi, Rupinder, Iti and Niti performed traditional Giddha. Priyanka performed Katthak Dance in honour of the international guest. The DAV College Managing Committee, Staff and Students wished Professor Chang new heights of success in controlling the John’s Disease through the development of efficient vaccine which should further lead to treatment of other diseases amongst the humans and the animals.

An interactive talk on ‘Swine Flu’ was organized by P.G Department of zoology under the aegis of Kashyap Biological Society at D.A.V College Jalandhar on 15^th sep 09. The valuable talk was delivered by District Epidemiologist Dr. T.P Singh, from Civil Hospital. This eye opening talk was attended by members of faculty and students of the College. Various aspects regarding structure, lifecycle, incubation periods, do’s and don’ts, were commented upon. The enlightening talk was followed by an interactive session in which students cleared their doubts and misconceptions regarding this disease and manifestation. Dr. T.P Singh Sandhu was catagoric instating that prevention is best cure and panic driven uptake of medicine by fit human, can only empower the virus to become immune to the drug. This would further complicate the problem as only one drug “Tami Flu” is available whereas remaining one still be obtained from developed countries.

An extension lecture on Food Processing was organized on 12th September, 2009 by Food Tech Deptt. Dr. Dalbir Singh Sogi from Food Sci & Tech Deptt. GNDU, Amritsar was the Chief Guest. Prof. Bhartendu Singla, Head, Food Sci &Tech Deptt. Delivered the inaugural address stressing the importance of Food Processing in creating new job avenues.

Prof. RK Prashar, Vice Principal, DAV College welcomed the Chief Guest along with the Staff.

Dr. DS Sogi told that Indian Food Industry is the sunrise industry that registered double digit growth in the last financial year. He told in great detail about new Food Preservation Technologies that preserve the food for a long time with minimum loss to nutrients.

Prof. Pankaj Gupta Conducted the stage & Prof. Anu Gupta Thanked the audience Prof Jaswinder. Prof. Harleen & Prof Rimple were also present along with the Students of Food Science & Technology.

An Extension Lecture on “Plant Biotechnology” was organized by Biotechnology Department, DAV College, Jalandhar. Dr. Sharda M Potukuchi from Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, expert of International Repute was the Expert Speaker and also Guest of Honour. The session was started with the welcome note by Principal, and HOD, Biotech. In the lecture Guest Speaker highlighted the importance of role of Biotechnology in exploring Medicinal Plants. She further highlighted that India only share 2.3-5% of the global medicinal plant industry. Hence she stressed on the raise of research in India with such a high diversity of plants. She also discussed the optimization of tissue and culture techniques for endangered Indian medicinal plants. Students of Biotechnology Department had a long discussion with the expert to satisfy their doubts. The session was ended with the vote of thanks by Dr. Renuka Malhotra. Other Faculty members of the department (Mr. Sanjay, Ms. Sumiti, Mr. Jagdeep and Ms. Sheenu) were also present in the one day seminar.

Journal of Political Science - April 2009

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DAV College Jalandhar’s NCC Army Wing under Officer Paramjit Singh bags Annual Sahara Scholarship of Rs. 12000/- sponsored by Sahara Group of Industries. He is among the 35 achievers at National Level, who have the distinction to bag this scholarship for excellence in Academics and NCC. Under Officer Paramjit Singh is a student of B.Com.-III (Prof.) and a Cadet of NCC (Army Wing). His performance in the Academics and NCC enable him to get this reward. He is the only cadet from Jalandhar selected for this honour. Lt. Col. Tarlochan Saini, C. O. -2, Punjab Batalian NCC, Specially honoured under officer Paramjit for this achievement. The College NCC Army Wing incharge Prof. Major S K Tuli and Lt. Sameer Sharma said that this is the third consecutive achievement of Sahara Scholarship. Earlier Vivek Bhardwaj (session 2006-07), Harman Abhinandan Sharma (2007-08), Now Paramjit Singh (2008-09) won this rare distinction. The College Principal congratulated under officer Paramjit Singh, Major S K Tuli & Lt. Sameer Sharma for this great achievement.

15.2.2009: 16th SAIL Nehru champion colleges hockey tournament came to an end at the Northern Railway Hockey Stadium in Gwalior, a city 250 kms south of Delhi, with defending champion DAV College, Jalandhar defeating the Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar by a whopping 7-1 score, on Saturday.

Lakhwinder Singh of DAV College, who was Man of the Match yesterday in the semis, again won the honour today, for his hattrick.

As the score board stands by, the proceedings were dull on the turf in contrast to the Friday proceedings. Both the semis played on Friday went down to the wire, the results settled through one-on-one tie-break.

Prof. Manu Sood, manager of the DAV College, was a happy man, as he wanted to teach the losing side a lesson. “They hosted the Inter-University in Haridwar, and we were virtually chased out of the competition due to rogue elements in their campus. Now we got a chance to prove our worth”, said otherwise reclusive Sood.

Haridwar team won the Interuniversity championship in January at home, defeating Punjabi University 4-2. It was a record Tenth Time for the DAV College team to walk away with the Nehru Champion Colleges Cup out 16 that has gone into the annals.

As was introduced in the previous two Premier Hockey Leagues, the one-on-one tie breaks won the hearts of the spectators. Three out of four quarterfinals and two semis, in all five out of six matches were decided by the new goalkpeer vs forwards duel. Gwalior crowd had sufficient of them.

Though it did not matter much for the teams, levying of Rs.50 for green cards, Rs.100 for yellow card and Rs.500 for red card -- this was done to bring better discipline on the turf – was keenly followed by the crowd.

Announcer Kamal Kishore often mentioned the stats of these penalties collected, much to the delight of the crowd. The collected amount, about Rs.4000, has not gone into the kitty of the organizers, Nehru Hockey Tournament Society, but was given to the team that did not get any card at all. Good gesture indeed.

Annamalai university team, that had apprehension in the beginning of the competition that the physical intimidation of some teams hampered their natural play, acknowledged in the latter stages that the umpiring qualities improved then on, and were delighted to win the bronze.

This hardline match was also one-sided affair as the Rourkela based Municipal College team caved in to a 1-5 defeat.

According to Kukoo Walia, the Organizing Secretary, the Madhya Pradesh Women Hockey Academy, extended good support towards successful conduct of the tournament. Local Member of Parliament and former Sports Minister of the State, Yasodaraje Scindia gave away the trophy to DAV College.
The Nehru Society organizes the Cup in Delhi, but had to look for alternative venue this time, as both the turfs in Delhi are under renovation.
Based on the performance of the teams here, All India University Union (AIU) has selected an 18-member team. “This team will participate in the World University Games”, Dr. Gurdeep Singh announced.

The concept of Man of the Match was introduced by the Nehru Society this time, an amount of Rs. 40,000 has thus directly gone into the hands of players.
PRIZE MONEY

1. Winners: -- DAV College, Jalandhar -- Rs. 96,000/-

2. Runners-up: -- Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar -- Rs. 56,000/-

3. 3rd Position: -- Annamalai University -- Rs. 32,000/-

4. Man of the Match: -- Lakhwinder Singh of (DAV Jalandhar) -- Rs. 10,000/-
5. Coach of Winning Team: -- Gundeep Kumar -- Rs. 8,000/-

6. Coach of Runners-up Team: -- Kapil Mishra -- Rs. 5,000/-

7. Coach of 3rd Position Team: -- K. Sekar Babu -- Rs. 3,000/-

11.2.09: The placement cell of DAV College Jalandhar alongwith WIPRO (BPO), WIPRO WASE and Barclays Shared Services organized a Placement drive in the college. The recruitment drive was conducted by Ms. Nidhi Malhotra and Mr. Digvijay Singh from WIPRO (BPO). The students different streams participated in the event. The students went through the rigorous process and finally 12 students were selected at package of 175000/- Annually. Similarly WIPRO WASE and Barclays Shared Services organized the Placement drive and finally 7 students were selected at package of 2 lakh annually. Principal, congratulated the students and Dy. Dean Placement Dr. Ashok Kapoor and other members of his team.

National Conference

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Nanomaterials: Synthesis & Applications

Feb. 6, 2009: DAV College Jalandhar under the aegis of Post-Graduate Department of Chemistry organized 2-days UGC, DST, CSIR sponsored National Conference on Nanomaterials: Synthesis & Applications. The conference was inaugurated by Principal R S Sharma, Hon’ble General Secretary, DAV Colleges Managing Committee, New Delhi. Principal extend heartiest welcome to the Chief-Guest, Delegates, Resource Persons and participants, who have come from all parts of the country. He said Nano-science is one of the newest and most significant developments in the present scientific world with its wide-ranging applications in medicine and engineering. A few decades ago, the discovery of semi-conductors brought a technological revolution. A similar revolution seems to be on the anvil with the development of nano-technology. He congratulated the Department of Chemistry which is already a DST-FIST sponsored Department for this brave initiative.

The Chief Guest Principal R S Sharma, Hon’ble General Secretary, DAV Colleges Managing Committee, New Delhi congratulated the Principal, Member of Chemistry Department, Organising committee for this great events. He said that this conference is an effort to the introduction and the awareness of the Nano-technology and its possible impact on present and future technological and other challenges. He said, Such Conferences, also provide a platform for young inquisitive minds to interact, to brainstorm and to learn. It is also a platform to know and be known.

Key-note Address: Dr. C S Sundar, Head, Material Science Division, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam presented his key-note address. Speaking on the topics Nanomaterials Research - Opportunities & Challenges, he said that We are all riding a “Nano Wave” today, with enormous excitement and considerable expectations of applications in several domains. In his talk he traced, the rapid evolution of this nascent field, that is a confluence of several streams of activities in physics, chemistry, biology, Materials Science and Engineering. Research in nanomaterials is largely driven by applications, and hence is highly context dependent.

Dr. B C Ranu (Indian Association of Cultivation of Science, Kolkata presented his paper on Metal Nanoparticles as Efficient Catalysts. He said that the last decade has witnessed a tremendous growth in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology. The easy accessibility to nanoparticles has prompted investigations on their applications in catalysis. The recent reports showed amazing level of their performance as catalysts in terms of selectivity, reactivity and improved yields of products. He further said that an investigation to explore the potential of palladium and copper nanoparticles in organic reactions, particularly the functionalization of molecules.

Dr. L M Bhardwaj, CSIO, Chandigarh presented his paper on Bionano Materials & Devises. He said that the convergence of nanotechnology with information technology, modern biology and social sciences will reinvigorate discoveries and innovation in almost all sectors of the economy. Both science and the economy in the 21st century will require technological breakthroughs in the control of nanometer scale structure and functions, where the top-down approach of electronics manufacture converges with the bottom-up assembly of biology. At this moment, the scientific questions are being formulated, the required tools are being developed, and the possible applications of nanotechnologies could be revolutionary.

Nano-Biotechnology takes advantage of interfacing functional biomolecules with available devices for development of devices with higher performance in terms of selectivity, sensitivity and economics. The life processes and materials have been perfected by nature in billions of years. The nature has created large variety of molecular devices which are working in living system ranging from micro-organism to human beings. Nature creates these devices by self-assembly process and does not requires billions of dollar lithography based fabrication facilities used in VLSI devices.

Dr. A. K. Ganguli, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi presented his paper on Control of size and shape of nanostructures using the microemulsion method. He stressed that Nanoparticle synthesis is a challenging and interesting area of research especially for obtaining sensors and catalysts based on nanomaterials having useful properties (dielectric, magnetic, and optical).

Dr. R K Khandal, Shri Ram Institute of Industrial Research, New Delhi presented his paper on Nanoscience to Nanotechnolgoy: Scope, Challenges & Opportunities. He said that converting concepts of nanoscience into the know-how of nanotechnology has always been a challenging task, which everyone seems to be pre-occupied with, thanks to the opportunities that exist for such efforts. Inspite of the fact that the fundamental concepts behind nanoscience are quite well understood and appreciated, making nanomaterials based on these concepts have several hurdles to cross. The complexities involved in producing nanomaterials and desired products based on them are immense; to resolve them, one needs to apply interdisciplinary approaches involving multi-phase systems. The extraordinary properties exhibited by nanomaterials drive us to develop almost all devices based on nanomaterials, but this is easier said than done.

The first and foremost step in this process is to define the scope in terms of its degrees and dimensions. Then, the challenges involved at different stages of making the nanomaterials be identified and listed based on the technicalities involved. For each challenge, a path forward using the expertise and experience is determined to develop materials of desired quality. The process of development of nanomaterials, thus, be carried out in such a manner that the outcome is based on science and it is no longer considered as an art!

Similarly the other Scholars Dr. A Banerjee, Indian Association of Cultivation of Science, Kolkata presented his paper on Nanotechnology : A New horizon of Technology, Dr. Sanyog Jain, NIPER, Mohali, presented his paper on Novel Nanocolloidal Carrier Systems for Targeted Drug and Vaccine Delivery, and Dr. G S Chauhan, HPU Shimla traced the different aspects of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology. Nearly 400 delegates from all parts of the country participated in the conference.

Padamshree G.P. Chopra Ji's (President, DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi) message on "New Year 2009".