Institute of Management Studies, Ghaziabad

(University Courses Campus)

Report of Lab/Industrial Visit

The educational visit has its own importance in a career of a student who is pursuing a professional degree. The main objective of the lab visit is to provide students an insight into the practical applications of what they are learning in theory because; theoretical knowledge is not enough for making a good professional career. With an aim to go beyond academics, IMS School of Biosciences, provided a golden opportunity to its students of M.Sc. Biotechnology, Second Semester to visit Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute (VPCI), New Delhi on 30th March 2022. The visit was planned and executed by Dr. Umesh Kumar, Chairperson, IMS School of Biosciences and Prof. Akanksha Jain.

The Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute (VPCI) is a unique postgraduate biomedical institution devoted to research, teaching and patient care in the field of chest diseases. It is funded by the Department of Health and Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India and regulated by the University of Delhi The Institute is ideally located in the heart of the main campus of the University of Delhi, providing the requisite academic environment.

The main objective of visit was to provide a scientific platform to exchange information on the recent advances in the field of pulmonary diseases like Asthma, COPD and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The institute is having national facility for Allergy testing. Dr. Vishwajeet Rohil, Professor & Head, Department of Clinical Biochemistry along with Dr Sanjay Goel welcomed the faculties and students and felicitated the visit.

Dr. Sanjay Goel from Clinical Biochemistry Department took all students around the lab where they displayed sophisticated instruments used in the research laboratory e.g. HPLC, PCR, Gel doc, 2D Electrophoresis, Western Blot etc.

Dr. Anuradha Chowdhary, Chief, Mycology Lab briefed the students about National Reference Laboratory and the facilities like MALDI TOF, Culture lab, Automated DNA Sequencer, etc. The students explored different sections of Mycology laboratories, where Dr. Jayeeta explained routine lab experiments and research work on DNA Sequencer, Real-time PCR, Thermocycler, BACTAC, Biosafety cabinet class A2, Horizontal Autoclave, Fluorescence Microscope, CD4 count machine, automated bacteriology system, etc.

Beyond the academics, this visit has provided a practical perspective to the students. It helped to combine theoretical knowledge with practical exposure. Overall, this educational tour provided an opportunity for all the students, to develop their research and scientific vision in their future scientific careers by getting excellent exposure to research in the host institute.

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