NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ANDHRA PRADESH

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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ANDHRA PRADESH Mentor institute: NIT Warangal SRI VASAVI ENGINEERING COLLEGE CAMPUS TADEPALLI GUDEM DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY INAUGURAL CEREMONY OF THE BIOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION ( ) The Biotechnical Engineering Association (BEA) has been prosperously inaugurated on the 9 th September BEA had a humble yet prosperous beginning in 2016.With fresh faces, tantalising tasks and a vehement vision, BEA set its own bar of standard in fulfilling the technical and non-technical necessities of all its prodigies. The association has come up with a distinct and diverse agenda, yet again. Our vision was and will be to explore the interdisciplinary field of Biotechnology and its role in various other fields of engineering. This is an association organized by the undergraduate students of Department of Biotechnology. Students are soul and strength of this association and would be organising guest talks, conducting paper presentations, group discussions, proposing working models and research hypotheses. The chief guest of the inaugural function was Dr. Ch. Mohan Rao, honourable JC Bose National Fellow and Former Director, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology(CCMB), Hyderabad. The inaugural has also witnessed the guests of honour, Dr. Onkara Perumal P., Head of the Department (HOD) and Dr. Asim Bikas Das, Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal. The stimulating and thought-provoking words of the chief guest entangled the students with sheer passion. Our guests of honour from the mentor institute, NIT Warangal and Prof. P. Nageswara Rao, HOD, Science and Humanities, NIT Andhra Pradesh have also addressed the students with their priceless inputs on association activities. The executive body of BEA, Department of Biotechnology, NIT Andhra Pradesh for the academic year led under the supervision of Dr. K. Shilpa as Faculty Advisor and Dr. Mahesh Kumar Sah as treasurer consists of the following students: General Secretary: Additional Secretary: Joint Secretary: Executive Members: Ms. Kavitha V Mr. P Ramakrishna Reddy Ms.T. Harshini Mr. Subham Tripathi Ms. Lakshmi I. J. Ms. J. Sravya Mr. Pindi Ganesh Sagar Ms. T. Devika Mr. Tarun Raj V Ms.Jhansi Preetham Mr. Gujjala Anil Vikas Mr. Pilli Akhil Ms. P. Y. N. L. Kiranmayi

2 Invariable events have been organised as a part of the association Along with some of the previous year s activities, this year s agenda primarily includes: 1. AWARENESS ABOUT THE FIELD OF BIOTECHNOLOGY AMONG OTHER BRANCHES: An initiative to provide awareness about the course and its importance in the field of engineering and technology. It also ensures on wiping out the misconception of biotechnology as a field exclusively of biological sciences. 2. INTEGRATION OF MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES WITH BIOTECHNLOGY and PROMOTING IDEAS Converging biotechnology with other disciplines would bring out new inventions and also create a whole new technology.bea provides a platform to share knowledge and acknowledges it by bringing those ideas into limelight. 3. ESTABLISHING SYNERGIES We plan to interact with students of our mentor institute NITW and incorporate their best practices and views in our curriculum to perform research work and publish papers in symposiums. 4. CAREER COUNSELLING: BEA plans on organizing events on career counseling by inviting distinguished Alumni of Department of Biotechnology from the mentor institute NIT Warangal where students would get to know their experiences, discuss career pathways and various opportunities post engineering. 5. PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT: As presenting an opinion with confidence is essential to thrive in any field, our association would organize events where students can present their opinion on a given topic and conduct group discussions 6. MAGAZINE PUBLICATION: An interesting add on to the previous year s agenda is the proposal to publish a magazine which would consist of association related activities, fun facts of biotechnology, biotechnology inspired photography, arts and many more. The association broadly would make students come closer to current trend of science and technology in the field of Biotechnology. It would nurture the innate talents of students and would provide to them a wider perspective of life, in both, academically and nonacademically point of view.

3 Lamp Lightening: Top left corner: Dr. Ch. Mohan Rao, JC Bose National Fellow; Top middle: Prof. P. Nageshwar Rao, HOD, Science & Humanities, NIT Andhra Pradesh; Top right corner: Dr. Onkara Perumal. P, HOD, Deparment of Biotechnology, NIT Warangal; Bottom left corner: Dr. Asim Bikas Das, Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, NIT Warangal; Bottom right corner: Dr. G N Nikhil, Ad-hoc faculty, Department of Biotechnology, NIT Andhra Pradesh. Invocation Song: Left: Lakshmi I J, Joint Secretary, BEA, NIT Andhra Pradesh; Right: P Y N L Kiranmayi, Executive Member, BEA, NIT Andhra Pradesh Dr. K Shilpa, Faculty advisor, BEA , NIT Andhra Pradesh introduced the BEA executive body to the gathering

4 Kavitha V, General Secretary, BEA delivering her agenda for being nominated as general secretary of Biotechnical Engineering Association. Left to Right: Prof P.Nageshwara Rao, Head of Department (S & H), NIT Andhra Pradesh; Chief guest: Dr. Ch. Mohan Rao, JC Bose National Fellow; Guests of Honour: Dr. Onkara Perumal. P, HOD, and Dr. Asim Bikas Das, Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, NIT Andhra Pradesh respectively. Dr. Mahesh Kumar Sah, Treasurer, BEA , introducing the Chief guest, Dr. Ch. Mohan Rao to the gathering. Dr.Ch.Mohan Rao has taken the festivity of the event to a greater extent by delivering a zealous speech to the students. He gave a thoughtful and precious insight on how the association could have diversified activities. His guidelines to attain success in the field of biotechnology were legit an eye opener for the students.

5 Dr. Onkara Perumal P. (Left) and Dr.Asim Bikas Das (Right) have also disclosed their provocative ideas that could lead to the betterment of the association. They have shared some phenomenal experiences that they have experienced in their lives. Their talk left the students with a deep impact. Prof. P. Nageshwar Rao presenting mementos to Chief guest: Dr. Ch. Mohan Rao (J C Bose National Fellow, CCMB, Hyderabad) and Guests of honour: Dr. Onkara Perumal. P (HOD, Department of Biotechnology, NIT Warangal) and Dr. Asim Bikas Das (Assistant professor, Department of Biotechnology, NIT Warangal) Dr. G N Nikhil, Ad-hoc faculty (Course Coordinator), Department of Biotechnology, NIT Andhra Pradesh Bottom Row: The Dignitaries and Faculty of Department of Biotechnology, NIT Andhra Pradesh Top Row: Members of BEA The Dignitaries, Faculty of Department of Biotechnology and students from Department of Biotechnology, NIT Andhra Pradesh