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June 09, 2025

NEWS Paper Clipping: World Environment Day-2025

Paper Name:- Prajavani

Date of Programme:- 05.06.2025

Publication Date:- 09.06.2025

Page No.: 3B

June 05, 2025

World Environment day

The Botany and Geography Department collaborated with the Red Cross Unit and celebrated World Environmental Day on June 5th, 2025.

This day is celebrated for raising awareness about our environment. Moreover, it aims to prevent damage to the environment through human activities and protect the Earth. 5th June: World Environment Day serves as a reminder for taking different steps and adopting various ways to safeguard the environment.

The resource person Ravikiran, lecturer in biology, Mandya, delivered a wonderful lecture on the importance of the environment, how it relates to our daily life, why and how to preserve our environment, and also said the theme of World Environment Day 2025 is “Beat Plastic Pollution”. The world produces over 430 million tonnes of plastic annually, with two-thirds being short-lived products that soon become waste and enter the human food chain. As you all know, the environment is most precious for every living being. Without a healthy environment, we are nothing.

The event was presided over by Dr M.K. Manjunath, the principal, who gave a speech about how to protect our environment and how to avoid using plastic.

Everyone should plant one sapling to create a better environment.

Environmental protection is our responsibility, and we need to create awareness about it.

March 20, 2025

Epigenetic Regulation of Plant Development and Stress Responses

The Department of Botany and IQAC together organised a special lecture programme for B.Sc., students. Programme was started with an invocation song by Sinchana K. M and team I B.Sc and inaugurated by watering a plant. Smt. Sowmya C .V, Asst. Professor of Botany, welcomed the guest, and Preksha C. S gave an introductory talk. Then, a lecture on “Epigenetic Regulation of Plant Development and Stress Responses” was given by chief guest Dr. P.V. Shivaprasad, Associate Professor, National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore.

The lecture was based on complete information about history and definitions, and a number of epigenetic regulatory layers are superimposed on the genome. In plants, small RNA regulators play a major role in the establishment and maintenance of epigenetic marks. We are interested in understanding the mechanism of small RNA biogenesis and their functions. Around 70 students and teaching staff participated in this occasion and completed the session with a vote of thanks from Dr. Chandrasheker B N. Department of Chemistry, and the programme was anchored by Ms Lavanya G M, I B.Sc.

December 07, 2024

Essay Competition on World Soil Day

On December 7th, 2024, the department of Botany hosted an essay writing competition for first-year B.Sc. (CBZ) students on the theme of soil importance and Soil Erosion in honour of World Soil Day on December 5th.