The special lecture programme is exclusively arranged for the first year students to know the importance of application of computer science in basic sciences on 17th November 2023. Dr. Chandrashekar B.N, Assistant Professor and Head of the department of Chemistry welcomed the gathering and addressed a brief of the topic. He also introduced the event speaker Mr. Ashrafulla H.S, Director of Khudaya Consultancy Services, Channarayapatna. Mr.Ashrafulla delivered a talk on “Scope of Bioinformatics, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence in Chemistry”. Bioinformatics is a combination of computer technology utilized for biochemical research. After covid 19, the scope of subject has been escalated. According to a recent survey around 500 to 600 research papers are being published each day on covid 19 using bioinformatics. Chemo-informatics is a combination of software’s used to develop ligands or lead molecules for drug development. It is the most effective and economical technology which has been used in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry. He asked students of chemistry and zoology to have a sound knowledge of utilization of computers skills for their further research based courses.
