Natl. seminar on “Recent Innovations in Applied sciences”

Imphal, March 19: One day national seminar on “Recent Innovations in Applied sciences” was organized by the applied science and agriculture department of Aryans Group of Colleges, Chandigarh at its campus. Dr. TR Sharma, Executive Director, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI) , Mohali Punjab was the chief guest on the occasion while Dr. Yogesh Nangia, Director (R&D), Nangia Nanolab Pvt. Ltd; Dr. BirBikram Singh, Faculty, Sri Guru Granth Sahid World University, Fatehgarh Sahib and Dr. Amit, Faculty, Shaheed Bhagat Singh State Technical Campus were the guests of honour on the occasion. Prof. B.S Sidhu, Registrar, Aryans Group presided on the occasion.
Dr. T.R Sharma as a biotechnologist shared his views on classical genetics and modern DNA world. He discussed about internal rice genome sequencing. He said that researchers are working on if rice would flourish in dry barren soil,mature several times a year and counter threatens from diseases and pests without losing its intrinsic flavor or fragrance.