Workshop on “Officiating in Athletics” – 18-19 January, 2008

In its constant endeavor to inculcate and develop sports culture on the campus, JNU Sports Office organized a two-day workshop on “Officiating in Athletics” on 18–19 January, 2008. Ms. Damayanti V. Tambay, Dy. Director, PE welcomed the guests and participants and briefed them about the objectives of the workshop. Mr. Rajinder Singh (IAAF certified Lecturer, Senior Indian Athletics team coach) and Dr. Namita Saini (Lecturer, Physical Education, Instt. of Home Economics, DU) gave very informative lectures and conducted on field training on various track and field events. Dr. Vikram Singh, Assistant Director, PE conducted interactive session on technical aspects of measurements of the track and track events. Resource material regarding the latest rule changes, latest world records was developed and disseminated among the participants, which was greatly appreciated by one and all. The workshop was well attended by about 35 participants that included Physical Education teachers from different schools of Delhi, and some participants from the JNU community. Prof. R. Kumar, Rector, gave away the certificates to successful participants.

Damayanti V. Tambey, Deputy Director, PE

Exploring Nanotechnology

An Indian microbiologist is trying to use nanotechnology to help identify an opportunistic pathogen that colonises recto-vaginal areas in up to 50 per cent of women worldwide and causes several life-threatening diseases in infants. Atul Zohri, Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, JNU is keen to develop a mechanism to identify Group B Streptococcus (GBS) bacteria that cause pneumonia, sepsis and meningitis in newborns and is responsible for significant morbidity in pregnant women and the elderly.

Dr. Johri, along with scientists from the Queensland Institute of Medical Research in Australia, is working on a project to make use of nanotechnology for rapid, more sensitive as well as efficient detection of the GBS bacteria in pregnant women.

“In the U.S., the UK and France, there is a mandatory test for detection of GBS in pregnant women between 35-37 weeks of their pregnancy. If the bacteria are detected in their samples, four hours before the birth of the child penicillin shots are given to the women through intravenous injections so that they can prevent the bacteria from infecting the baby and causing pneumonia and meningitis,” informs Dr. Johri.

In India, he claims, there is no such test or even much knowledge about the existence and prevention of GBS. The fact that a large number of childbirths in the country happen outside the health centres is another cause for worry, he adds.

“Timely detection of GBS can save a lot of babies in India. The problem is that in India, common people are not even aware of such a micro-organism, diseases that it causes, and that it is so easily preventable. GBS has nine serotypes. In India, Type I-A and Type III are predominant. After they made the test mandatory, the number of children getting infected with such diseases in the Western countries has come down significantly,” adds Dr. Johri.

He is also working with the Australian researchers to develop one universal vaccine for the GBS.

Dr. Johri had collected data on the GBS serotypes prevalent in the National Capital Region of Delhi, he presented during a conference at Lisbon in 2006.

JNU Science Festival

The Jawaharlal Nehru University organized the “JNU Science Festival 2008” on 29 February 1 March, 2008. This festival was attended by all science school faculty and students. In particular, JNU Science Festival promotes inter-disciplinary research through the maximum utilization of in-house talent. The cutting edge topics discussed during the science festival included diverse areas ranging from the atom to the cell. These were: Emergent Technologies; Chemistry in Biology; Dynamics of Environmental Processes; Computational Tools in Science; and Health & Disease.

One of the main highlights of the festival was an open session to discuss the promotion of inter-science-school collaboration-both in teaching and research. This was a step towards JNU’s ambitious plan to have core courses run centrally through common time-table which will be available for all students.

On the occasion of science festival, JNU also launched the Advanced Instrumentation Facility (AIF), which will be used by the faculty/students of the University.
 

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Obituary

We are sad to inform you of the demise of Prof. R.G. Gupta, School of Computer and Systems Sciences, and Shri. Baby George, Pharmacist. We extend our condolences to the bereaved families.

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