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Seminar/Webinar

Finishing school for M.Sc. Biotechnology

Title of the seminar: Finishing school for M.Sc. Biotechnology

Date: 21st July 2021-26th July 2021

Mode: Virtual Mode

Participants: Students of batch 2019-2021

Resource persons:

Dr. Sanjay Nene, CEO, Innovation Biologicals Pvt Ltd, Adjunct Professor in Biochemical Engineering, AICTE, Pune.
Mrs. Kirti Aphale, Founder Director – Q-Edge Consultancy and Training, Pune.
Dr. Prabhakar Kulkarni Ph.D, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), NeoDx Biotech Labs Pvt. Ltd.
Dr. Yogita Bhamare, ELTIS, Symbiosis, Pune.
Ms. Sakina Bombaywala (SSBS Alumni, 17-19 Batch).
Mr. Sarvesh Surve (SSBS Alumni, 16-18 Batch).
Dr. Sanjeev Gupta, Ph.D., Sr. General Manager and HeadAdvanced Biotech Lab (R&D Biosimilar) Ipca Laboratories Ltd., Mumbai-India

Entrepreneurship - Consumer centric design for food business

Title of the workshop: Consumer centric design and beyond for food business

Date: 11th Jan 2020

Time: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm

Venue: Symbiosis School of Biological Science (SSBS), Symbiosis International University (SIU), Symbiosis Knowledge Village, Lawale Campus Pune -412115

No. of attendees: 11

Resource persons:

Mr. Girish Chitale –President, NAFARI & Director, Chitale Dairy.
Dr. Vinay Rale, Director, Symbiosis School of Biological Science (SSBS),Symbiosis International University (SIU),Pune
Mr. Santosh Khawale, Founder, DesiColab, Pune
Mr. Vinay Oswal, Director, NAFARI, Pune
Mr. Santosh Khawale, Founder, DesiColab, Pune
Mr. Sagar Patki, Independent Packaging Designer
Mrs. Shilpa Chougale, Strategic Graphic Design Consultant
Mr. Nitin Banait, Process Industry Consultant.
Mrs. Manasi Khandpekar, Entrepreneur and Graphic Designer
Mr. Santosh Khawale, Founder, DesiColab, Pune.
Panel Members
Mr. MadhuNair, Director, Enhance LifeSciences.
Mrs. Radhika Hedaoo, Assistant Professor, Nutrition & Dietetics Program, SSBS –SIU.
Mr. Sagar Patki, Packaging Designer.
Dr. Nishant Tikekar, Head -Symbiosis Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

A short note on the workshop

The workshop entitled as “Consumer centric design and beyond for food business” was organized by Symbiosis School of Biological Sciences on 11th January 2020. The workshop was aimed at offering insight into how design intervention at various functions and stages of development could be useful for food business. The new dimension of designs unexplored so far were also the subject of presentation and discussion in the workshop. Overall, the workshop gave the entrepreneurial minds to explore how design can be helpful in building wonderful products, services, and experiences that the customer would love to buy.

The workshop was attended by students, faculties and invited speakers. Audience got to hear well known academicians and industry experts about their views and experiences on the Consumer centric design for food business. Speakers gave talks under following titles:

Why Packaging Design Matters
Building Brand Experience by Design
New Technologies for Food Business
Story -From Design to Brand Creation"
Design Thinking for Food Business”

The workshop ended with a panel discussion on “Opportunities for Design in Food Industries and Possibility of Value Creation”.

Title of the seminar:Finishing school for M.Sc. Biotechnology and M.Sc. Nutrition and Dietetics

Date: 30th May 2019

Time: 9:30 am – 1:00 pm

Venue: SIT Seminar Room (3rd Floor), Symbiosis School of Biological Science (SSBS), Symbiosis International University (SIU), Symbiosis Knowledge Village, Lawale Campus Pune -412115

No. of attendees: 38

Resource persons:

Mr. Rajanish Prabhu, GM, Contract Design and Management at Sodoxo India.
Dr. Nishant Tikekar, Head, Health Tech, Symbiosis Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Symbiosis International (Deemed University)
Dr. Amit Kumar Tiwari, Head, Intellectual Property, Symbiosis Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Symbiosis International (Deemed University)
ELTIS (English Language Teaching Institute of Symbiosis) Team, Symbiosis International (Deemed University)

A short note on the seminar:

On 30th May 2020, a half day seminar entitled as “Finishing School” for the MSc students (batch 2017-19) of Biotechnology and Nutrition & Dietetics programs was organized by Symbiosis School of Biological Sciences. The purpose of the seminar was to offer information, advice, and career-guidance on entrepreneurship. Eminent speakers from the field were invited for the same. The seminar was organized at Symbiosis Institute of Technology seminar hall. The programme started sharply at 9.30am and ended around 1.00 pm. Students were encouraged to have one on one discussion with the invited speakers. The opening lectures were conducted by Mr. Rajneesh Prabhu. He elaborated on the finance for entrepreneurs. Dr. Nishant Tikaker explained about entrepreneurship opportunities in Symbiosis. Dr Amit Tiwari explained about the scope of intellectual properties as a career. The last but not the least session was conducted for writing skills for better job opportunities by ELTIS team.

Title of the seminar: In focus: nutrition and sustainable developmental goals

Date: 12th Jan 2019

Time: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Venue: SIT Seminar Room (3rd Floor), Symbiosis School of Biological Science (SSBS), Symbiosis International University (SIU), Symbiosis Knowledge Village, Lawale Campus Pune -412115

No. of attendees: 46

Resource persons

Prof. Dr. Vinay Kumar Rale, Director, Symbiosis School of Biological Sciences, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India.
Dr. Rajiv Yeravdekar, Dean, Faculty of Health and Biological Sciences, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India.
Prof. Dr. Kavitha Menon, Symbiosis School of Biological Sciences, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India.
Dr. Anuradha Khadilkar, Head, Nutrition Unit, Jehangir Hospital, Pune, India.
Dr. Amul Raut, CEO, Gene Support, Pune, India.
Dr. B. Dineshkumar, Scientist ‘F’, National Institute of Nutrition, Secretary Nutrition Society of India, Hyderabad.
Dr. Subbarao Gavaravarapu, Scientist ‘E’, Deputy Director, National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR), Hyderabad,

A short note on the seminar:

On 12th January 2019, a half day symposium entitled as “In focus: nutrition and sustainable developmental goals” was organized by Symbiosis School of Biological Sciences (SSBS). The purpose of the seminar was to disseminate the knowledge and information about latest nutrition related research and its findings. The symposium was attended by MSc. Biotech and Nutrition and Dietetics students as well as the SSBS faculty members. Welcome address and the inaugural addressed were delivered by the SSBS director Prof. Vinaykumar Rale and the Faculty of Health and Biological Sciences dean respectively. Eminent experts in the field were invited as guest speakers. The talks on topics entitled as:

Current concepts in calcium and vitamin D
Nutrigenomics in India from Theory to application
Nutrition, pollution and its interaction
Nutrition communication and food studies: blending nutrition science with the art of communication

were delivered by DR. Khadilkar, Dr. Raut, Dr. Dineshkumar, and Dr. Gavaravarapu respectively. The symposium was attended by 46 participants.

Title of the seminar: Three-day workshop on Nutrigenomics

Date: 10-12th September 2018

Time: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm

Venue: SIT Seminar Room (3rd Floor), Symbiosis School of Biological Science (SSBS), Symbiosis International University (SIU), Symbiosis Knowledge Village, Lawale Campus Pune -412115

No. of attendees: 38

Resource persons:

Dr. Amol Raut, CEO, Gene Support, Pune, India.
Dr. Satyajeet Khare, Assistant Prof. Symbiosis School of Biological Sciences, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India.
Dr. Sunil Saroj, Associate Prof. Symbiosis School of Biological Sciences, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India.
Prof. Dr. Kavitha Menon, Symbiosis School of Biological Sciences, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India.
Dr. Yashwant Chavan, CEO, Gene Support, Pune India
Dr. R. D. Dixit, Chief Exercise Genomic Counsellor, Pune, India
Dr. Geeta Dharmatti, Chief Nutrogenomics Genomics Counsellor
Ms. Aditi Dev, Head Nutrigenomics Counsellor, Pune, India
Dr. Kedar Joshi, Medical Director, Pune, India
Dr. Maithili Paranjpe, Assistant Professor, Symbiosis School of Biological Sciences, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India.
Prof. Dr. Vinay Kumar Rale, Director, Symbiosis School of Biological Sciences, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India.

A short note on the seminar:

Between 10-12th September 2018, a three-day workshop on nutrigenomics was organized by Symbiosis School of Biological Sciences (SSBS). The workshop was aimed at educating on the basic aspects of genomics, role of nutrigenomics in lifestyle disorders, future of nutrigenomics research etc. The workshop had experts sharing their expertise and experiences on various aspects of nutrigenomics in the form of lectures, discussion of case studies, and panel discussion. The workshop was conducted as a collaborative work between Department of Nutrition & Dietetics Symbiosis School of Biological Sciences and Gene Support, Pune. The workshop was attended by 38 participants

Title of the seminar: National nutrition week

Date: 7th September 2018

Time: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm

Venue: SIT Seminar Room (3rd Floor), Symbiosis School of Biological Science (SSBS), Symbiosis International University (SIU), Symbiosis Knowledge Village, Lawale Campus Pune -412115

No. of attendees: 45

Resource persons:

Dr. Suhas Jog, Associate consultant, Pediatrics, KEM Hospital, panel Consultant at DMH and Sahyadri Hospital, Pune, India
Dr. Vaijayanti Patwardhan, Consultant Gynaecologist & Project Co-ordinator, KEM Hospital Research Centre, Pune, India

Ms. Amrita Desai, Asst. Manager - Lactation Cloudnine Hospital, Pune, India
Ms. Vaishali Madkaikar, Consultant Pediatric Nutritionist Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Pune, India. also, Founder of Nutrition Hub

A short note on symposium:

Symbiosis School of Biological Sciences in collaboration with Indian Dietetics Association (IDA), Pune chapter had organized a CNE to celebrate the National Nutrition Week on 7th September 2018. The theme of National Nutrition Week 2018 was: "Ensuring focused intervention on addressing under-nutrition during first 1000 days of the child: Better Child Health". The CNE delivered an insight on diverse topics in Pediatric Nutrition by eminent speakers. Certificate of participation and a delegate kit were provided to all registered candidates. Over 115 delegates (practicing dieticians and students) participated enthusiastically in the CNE.

Topics for the CNE were as follows:

1000 days - Pediatric Perspective
Breastfeeding - Best feeding
Lactation management: Handling practical problems through case studies
Complementary feeding: Building the foundation for life

Third symposium on emerging trends in biomedical sciences

Title of the seminar: Emerging trends in biomedical sciences

Date: 17th February 2018

Time: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Venue: Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Convention Hall, Hill Top Campus, Symbiosis Knowledge Village, Lavale, 412115, Pune, India.

No. of attendees: 82

Resource persons:

Prof. Abbas Ali Mahdi, Vice Chancellor, Era Medical University, Lucknow, India
Prof. Lindsay Brown, Univ. of Queensland, Australia
Prof. Hariom Sharma, Head, Dept. of Biochemistry, GMC, Bhavnagar, India.
Prof. Pawan Dhar, Dean, School of Biotechnology, JNU, New Delhi
Dr. Rishikesh Behere, Associate Consultant, Psychiatry, KEM Hospital, Pune, India.

A short note on symposium:

Symbiosis School of Biological Sciences organized one day symposium on Emerging trends in biomedical sciences on 17th February 2018. The objective of the symposium was to provide a vibrant atmosphere for students, scientists, and teachers for outstanding scientific discussions, exchange of ideas and disseminate the knowledge in the broad field of Biomedical Research. The topics of the talks were:

Advancing areas in microbiology related to medical care
Mechanisms and therapeutics of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases
Adverse effect of toxic elements on human health
Distribution of sickle cell disease in Indian population & challenge for it’s control
Functional foods for treating metabolic syndrome
Synthetic biology: concepts to emergence of a novel drug discovery platform
Understanding one carbon metabolism and metabolism and epigenetic influences on brain growth.

One day symposium on emerging trends in biomedical sciences

Title of the seminar: One day symposium on emerging trends in biomedical sciences

Date: 3rd February 2017

Time: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Venue: Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies (SIMS), Range Hills Road, Khadki, Pune-411020, India.

No. of attendees: 89

Resource persons:

Dr. Shirshendu Mukherjee, Mission Director, Programme Management Unit, DBT-BIRAC-BMGF Wellcome Trust
Dr. Sanjay Mehendale, Additional Director General, ICMR, New Delhi
Dr. Geeta Dharmatti, Nutrigenomic Diet Expert & Director Geeta Nutri Heal Consultancy, Pune, India.
Dr. Soumen Chakraborty, Scientist ‘E’, Institute of Life Sciences Bhubaneswar
Dr. Narendra Maharaj, Vice President Clinical Development, Lupin Ltd. Pune

A short note on symposium:

Symbiosis School of Biological Sciences (SSBS), organized a one-day symposium on “Emerging Trends in Biomedical Sciences'. for the second consecutive year on February 3, 2017 at the Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies auditorium, Khadki. Over 200 participants encompassing students and researchers from undergraduate to doctoral level were part of the one-day event, which was divided into four sessions spanning an entire day from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. Excellent talks by eminent speakers and experts on areas ranging from nutraceuticals and foodomics to the recent developments in the vaccine and other allied areas of biomedical field in India and abroad, kept the guests and invitees engaged throughout the day.

The Symposium commenced by lamp lighting ceremony, which was graced by Dr. Rajiv Yeravdekar, Dean, Faculty of Health and Biomedical Sciences (FoHBS) and Prof. Vinaykumar Rale, Director SSBS, along with other distinguished speakers. After the inaugural welcome by Dr. Vinaykumar Rale, Dr. Yeravdekar gave a perspective on SSBS as a hub for conducting advanced biomedical research. The first scientific talk of the day was by chief guest and the keynote speaker, Dr. Shirshendu Mukherjee, New Delhi. Dr. Mukherjee spoke about the importance of devising a smart project proposal for funding available for research on various aspects of biomedical sciences. In the next talk, the guest of honor. Dr., Sanjay Mehendale, Additional Director General, ICMR, New Delhi gave a very informative update on studies involved in the development of an indigenous vaccine for Rotavirus as compared to other global counterparts. His decades of experience on health systems research and operations research was evident in his interactive session with the participants following his talk.

Post lunch session began with a talk by Dr. Geeta Dharmatti, Nutrigenomic Diet Expert & Director Geeta Nutri Heal Consultancy, Pune, India. Dr. Dharmatti introduced the concept of nutrigenomics as a new emerging tool to manage a host of lifestyle. In her talk she spoke about communication between food and genes and the importance of genetics in the study of food metabolism. Dr. Anil Kumar, Principal and Scientist and head Tata Chemicals (Tata Innovation Centre) took forward the discussion on healthy eating in his talk in which he discussed the role of nutraceuticals in a healthy life. The last talk was by Dr. Narendra Maharaj, Vice President Clinical Development, Lupin Ltd. Pune. He talked on the process of Drug Development.

Title of the seminar: One day symposium on emerging trends in biomedical sciences

Date: 27th January 2016

Time: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Venue: Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies (SIMS), Range Hills Road, Khadki, Pune-411020, India.

No. of attendees: 58

Resource persons:

Dr. Kalidas Shetty, Associate Vice President for International Partnership and Collaborations, Professor North Dacota University, USA
Dr. Rajnish Kumar Chaturvedi, Scientist, Indian Institute of Toxicology Research CSIR-IITR, Developmental Toxicology Division, System Toxicology Group, Lucknow, India.
Dr. Subbarao GM, Scientist ‘D’, Assistant Director, Extension and Training Division, National Institute of Nutrition, (ICMR), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India, Hyderabad, India.
Dr. Leena Yeolekar, Scientist, Serum Institute of India Ltd. Pune, India.
Mr. Vivek Kulkarni, Technical Manager, Chr. Hansen, Mumbai, India

A short note on symposium:

One day symposium on Emerging Trends in Biomedical Sciences was organized by Symbiosis School of Biological Sciences (SSBS). The overarching theme of the symposium was relevant to the interdisciplinary connections of Biomedical Scientists; to gather and integrate information and address unfinished agendas and challenges in the field of biotechnology, nutrition and food science. Specialized researchers from diverse fields highlighted upon recent advances in Neurobiology, Viral vaccines, Probiotics, food security and various aspects of nutrition labelling. This one-day symposium primarily served as a platform for students, researchers and academicians to sensitize, apprise and disseminate information on recent and emerging trends in the field of Biomedical Sciences.

Title of the seminar: National nutrition week

Date: 1st September 2015

Time: 2:15 pm – 5:00 pm

Venue: Multipurpose Hall (Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Library) Symbiosis Society’s Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Museum and Memorial, Senapati Bapat Road, Pune, India

No. of attendees: 45

Resource persons:

Dr. Umesh Vaidya, Consultant Neonatologist, KEM hospital and Research Centre, Pune India.
Dr. Ashish Bavdekar, Pediatric Gastroenterologist, KEM Hospital and Research Centre, Pune, India.
Ms. Vaishali Madkaikar, Clinical Nutritionist (Registered Dietician), Pune, India.

A short note on symposium:

Symbiosis School of Biomedical Sciences (Department of Nutrition and Dietetics) in collaboration with Indian Dietetics Association (IDA), Pune chapter had organized a CNE to celebrate the National Nutrition Week on 1st September 2015. The CNE delivered an insight on diverse topics in Pediatric Nutrition by eminent speakers. Certificate of participation and a delegate kit were provided to all registered candidates. Over 120 delegates (practicing dieticians and students) participated enthusiastically in the CNE. Topics covered by guest speakers:

“Early life nutrition and health consequences” by Dr. Umesh Vaidya, Consultant Neonatologist, KEM hospital and Research Centre, Pune India.
“Management of Inborn error of Metabolism” by Dr. Ashish Bavdekar, Pediatric Gastroenterologist, KEM Hospital and Research Centre, Pune, India.
“Case Study – Inborn Error of Metabolism” by Clinical Nutritionist (Registered Dietician), Pune, India.

Symposium

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Conferences

“Diabetes One Health” e-conference

International ‘Diabetes -One Health’ e-Conference was jointly organized by Symbiosis School of Biological Sciences (SSBS), Symbiosis International (Deemed University) and Diabetes Unit, KEM Hospital & Research Centre, Pune on March 4 - 5, 2021. This e-Conference was sponsored by Shashtri Indo-Canadian Institute under the Golden Jubilee Conference and Lecture Series Grant (GJCLSG).