World Earth Day was commemorated on 22 April 2022 on the theme of ‘Invest in our Planet”. The event was organized by Department of Biotechnology, School of Bioengineering, SRMIST Kattankulathur in association with Unnat Bharat Abhiyan 2.0 SRMIST and SRM Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship Centre (SIIEC), Institute Innovation Council (IIC). A virtual guest lecture was conducted at 11 A.M. to raise awareness on conservation of nature and climate change mitigation. The speakers are Dr.P. Ravichandran, Prof and Head, Department of Plant Sciences, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Thirunelveli, Tamil Nadu and Team AEREM, An Eco-innovation start up incubated at SIIEC, SRMIST.
The
gathering was welcomed by Prof. R.A.Nazeer, Head, Department of Biotechnology,
School of Bioengineering. The speaker was introduced by Dr.B. Samuel Jacob,
Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology.
Prof.
Ravichandran during his talk shared an ample amount of information on conserving
the extremely endangered tree, grass and medicinal plant species that are
available in the Western Ghats. Many medicinal plant varieties were identified
and biotechnological tools like plant tissue culture, protoplasm fusion and
artificial propagation of these medicinal varieties. He have emphasized the
students and research community should come forward in conserving the nature by
application of modern technologies thereby theextinction maybe avoided.
Team AEREM, Co-Founder Mr. Atul J Abraham briefed about the consequences of CO2 on human health and environment. The urge for maintaining the indoor air quality is need of an hour in a closed office or ecosystem. Their patented product that used Algae as a CO2 sequestering agent could be a future product that maintains the indoor air quality at the same time solving the crisis sustainably.
There
are about 125 participants that includes B.Tech, M.Tech and Ph.D., attended the
event and the sessions were quite interactive. Dr.B.Samuel Jacob gave vote of
thanks.
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