Media Release
Mangaluru, Feb 12: The departments of Microbiology and Zoology of St Agnes College (Autonomous), here jointly organized a lead lecture series, comprising of four guest lectures by leading professionals in the respective fields, for the students of Life Sciences, on February 12 under the star college scheme, DBT, Govt of India, New Delhi.
The programme was held at the Conference hall, Sophia block. It began at 9.30 am with a prayer song by the students of final year degree class, followed by lighting of the lamp by the dignitaries. The dignitaries present for the inaugural programme were Dr Venkatesh Sanjeeva, Consultant Surgeon and Specialist in Breast Diseases, Sr Dr Maria Roopa AC, Joint Secretary, St Agnes Institutions and Dr Geetha Nazareth, coordinator, Star College Scheme.
MC for the programme, Namitha Agnel from final year degree class, briefed the gathering on the schedule of the programme on behalf of the organizers. Prajwal Rao, head of the department of Microbiology welcomed the dignitaries and introduced the keynote speaker Dr Venkatesh Sanjeeva to the audience.
Dr Venkatesh Sanjeeva in his keynote address enlightened the audience on the topic 'Breast Diseases', wherein he briefed the gathering on various diseases produced in breasts and how to differentiate them from breast cancer. He spoke in detail about the various forms of breast cancer, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of the same.
The other speakers for the day were Dr Mamatha Ballal, Professor, department of Microbiology, KMC, MAHE, Manipal, Dr Bharat Prasad A S, Professor, department of Ageing Research School Of Life Sciences, MAHE, Manipal, Dr Vidyashree Kamath, Gynaecologist, KMC, Mangaluru and Dr Prerna Hegde, Dietician, KSHEMA, K S Hegde Charitable Hospital, here.
Dr Mamatha spoke on the topic 'Microbiome', Dr Bharat enlightened the students on the topic 'Careers in the field of Life Sciences', Vidyashree Kamath, Gynaecologist, KMC, Mangaluru spoke on 'Adolescent Health and Hygiene' while Dr Prerna spoke on 'Significance of nutritional food in maintaining health'.