Four Murthul students to attend workshop in Virginia

by Haryananewswire (Balbir)

CHANDIGARH, MAY 8

James Medicine University, Virginia, America  has invited   four students of Bio-technology Department of Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal to attend a workshop.

            While stating this today, a spokesman of the University said that about Rs one crore have been spent on the modernization of the laboratories of Bio-Technology Department so as to provide international level facilities to the researchers here. Mainly, the laboratories of Bio-informatics, genetic technology, plant bio-technology, micro-biology, molecular biology and enzyme bio-technology had been modernized.

          He said that the laboratories of the Department were competent enough to carry out any international level experiment. Now, the researchers of the university could conduct research work with foreign universities on various subjects. He said that an agreement had been signed with Finland for research and analysis. In the year 2011, ten students of Malaysia participated in the ten-week workshop held in the university. During the workshop, the student representatives from Malaysia carried out research on various subjects.

            He said that in the year 2012 American Society for Micro-biology sent Prof. Louise Temple for two weeks workshop in the university. As many as 34 researchers from Bio-technology Department and various other universities of the state participated in this workshop. The expenditure of this workshop was borne jointly by the university and American Society.

            He said that 15 Ph.D. students, 40 M.Tech. and 200 B.Tech. students were engaged in the research work  on various subjects. He said that in this year, a representative of five students from Malaysia would participate in the workshop to be organized by the university. This would enable the researchers of the university share their research experiences with the foreign researches.