ACTIVITIES OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CELL, AIMT

2011

Report on Seminar given by Prof G.U Ahmed of Gauhati University in the topic “Orchid- Its

scope in commercialization”. On 7th may 2011 at Institute seminar hall .

TOPIC: “ Orchid- Its scope in commercialization”

INVITED SPEAKER: Dr. G.U Ahmed, Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Gauhati

University, Guwahati

ORGANISED BY: Biotech club of the Department of Biotechnology, Asian Institute

of

Management And Science, and Asian Institute of Management And

Technology, Guwahati.

BRIEFING OF THE SEMINAR PROCEEDING:

The seminar was inaugurated by the President of Gyanjyoi foundation , Mr. Mayank Thaparia

followed by the lighting of the lamp by the invited Speaker of the seminar, Dr. G.U Ahmed,

Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Gauhati University, Guwahati and the president of

Gyanjyoti Foundation, Mr . Mayank Thaparia. The programe was hoisted by Ms. Jessica Das

who introduced the speaker to the audience The guest speaker was given a warm reception and

felicited with a Gamocha and momento from the institute.

This was followed by Saraswati vandana was rendered by the post graduate students of the

department of Biotechnology, Asian Institute of Management and Science.

The formal session seminar began with a brief account of the activities of the biotech club of

the department by the president of Biotech club, Rintu Dutta. The experience of the students

of the department was narrated by the general Secretary of the club , Mr. Shamim Reza . The

HOD of the Department Of Biotechnology, AIMT and AIMS, Dr. S. Rajalakshmi, highlighted

the accomplishment of the speaker. Dr. Niren Deka , Director of the research & development

section of the institute appraised the audience about the ongoing research activities and projects

of the department.

The guest speaker then enlightened the audience with his lecture where he discussed in detail

about the orchid cultivation in the North East and threw light on many interesting aspects of

Orchid cultivation and the vast potential of research in this field as well as a source of self

employment for the unemployed youth of the region. This was followed by an interactive

session between the speaker and the students where the students participated with great zeal

and enthusiasm.

The program concluded with the vote of thanks by the Mr. Shaumik Bhumiz of the Biotech

club.

SPEAKAR – MR. JAYADITYA PURKAYASTHA

GENERAL SECRECTARY – HELP EARTH

TEACHER IN BIOLOGY, SOUTH POINT SCHOOL, GUWAHATI

TOPIC – “CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE

TO

AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES.”

DATE – 21st OF AUGUST,2010

PARTICIPANTS – ALL THE STUDENTS OF B.Sc BIOTECHNOLOGY

AIMT UNDER GAUHATI UNIVERSITY.

2012-13

1. SEMINAR ON “CONCEPTS IN EMBRYOLOGY”:

Date: 26 March 2013 Speaker: Dr. Jayanta Gogoi, Dept. of Zoology, Arya Vidyapeeth

College

A lecture on concepts of Embryology was delivered by Dr. Jayanta Gogoi, Dept. of Zoology,

Arya Vidyapeeth College on 26 March 2013. This lecture was organized by the Dept . of

Biotechnology of Asian Institutions.

2. LECTURE ON “SOCIAL ISSUES IN TODAY'S INDIAN AND HOW TO

OVERCOME THEM”

Date:7/3/2013. Speaker: Dr. Sunita Aggarwalla, HOD, Dept. of Education, Dispur College

A lecture on social issues in today's Indian and how to overcome them was delivered by Dr.

Sunita Aggarwalla, HOD, Dept. of Education, Dispur College on 7 March 2013. This lecture

was organized by the Department of Biotechnology, AIMT.

3. IGNITED III

A seminar titled IGNITED III on the topic, 'Journalists' hurry to tell and distortion of facts'

was organized by the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication of Asian Institute

of Management and Sciences at the Vivekananda Kendra auditorium, Uzanbazar on

December 8, 2012. Keynote speaker of the seminar was Pro Vice Chancellor of Tezpur

University Dr. Amarjyoti Chaudhury. The special guest of the seminar was Mr Arindam

Bora, News Editor, DDK, Guwahati. The seminar was chaired by the Head of the Journalism

and Communication department.

4. SEMINAR ON MEDIA ETHICS: WHERE WE STAND, A CONTEMPORARY

OUTLOOK:

On 19th Sept, 2012 Partha Prawal Goswami, a senior features writer in 'The Eclectic Times'

discussed on the prevailing scenario of journalism which is being practised by the journalists

at the national and the state level. He also informed the students about how journalists

working with the big media organizations like BBC and CNN present news stories. Besides

giving a PowerPoint presentation on media ethics, Partha who is also a documentary film-

maker showed some videos to the students which depicted how the journalistic ethics are not

being followed by the majority of the media.

5. PTC (PIECE-TO-CAMERA) WORKSHOP:

The PTC Workshop was held on 15 September, 2012. The participants were asked to prepare

scripts on different events and situations to be reported on the spot in front of the camera.

6. SEMINAR ON POLITICAL AND CONFLICT REPORTING:

A political and conflict reporter from the English daily Seven Sisters Post, Arup Saikia had

covered major conflict issues in Assam. Having covered the Nalbari blast, NC hills

insurgency and ethnic riots, reporter Arup Saikia gave an insight to conflict reporting and

what are the things that a reporter should and should not do while reporting in sensitive areas.

The participants showed a keen interest in such kind of reporting and took a note

7. SEMINAR ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME. BY DR.

D. D. MALI, FORMER DIRECTOR, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF

ENTREPRENEURSHIP:

Dated: 21/5/2012 Resource person: Dr. D.D. Mali, Former Director, Indian Institute of

Entrepreneurship

A session on Entrepreneurship: By Dr. D.D. Mali, Former Director, Indian Institute of

Entrepreneurship. An interactive session on Entrepreneurship was organized by Gyanjyoti

Foundation, highlighting the need and importance of Entrepreneurship in the current times.

After that, Dr. Mali discussed the emerging opportunities of entrepreneurship as a career

option. Some examples of real life entrepreneurs who have become successful even in their

later lives were also

8. WORKSHOP ON “ATTITUDE MANAGEMENT & PERSONALITY

DEVELOPMENT”

May 2012 Speaker: Miss Loopa Mudra Borah founder of the NGO Walk Along, Bangalore

One-day workshop on attitude management & personality development was conducted by

Miss Loopa Mudra Borah founder of the NGO Walk Along, Bangalore.

9. WORKSHOP ON “SCIENTIFIC REPORTING AND TACTICS OF REPORTING”

April 2012 A lecture on scientific reporting and tactics of reporting by Mr. Sidananda,

reporter from the Sentinel and Ajir Asom was organized at the AIMT seminar hall.

10. SEMINAR ON MICRO-STRIP PATCH ANTENNA DESIGN AND ITS

APPLICATION:

Dated: 14th Aug 2012, Speaker- Mr. Himangshu J. Das

Mr. Das started his presentation on the topic mentioned above. The entire presentation was

very interesting along with presentation of the gamut of micro-strip patch antenna design and

its application.

11. WORKSHOP ON T.V PRODUCTION:

A workshop on TV production was organized at AIMT for the students. The guest faculty of

the programme was Ms. Shaheen Ahmed a noted film maker and a former associate of UTV.

2013-14

1. NATIONAL LEVEL SEMINAR ON SERICULTURE IN ASSAM:

A one day seminar on the topic “Problems and prospects of sericulture in Assam” was held at

the Asian Institute of Management of Technology (AIMT) in collaboration with National

Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) on December 3, 2013 with a

vision to focus on the problems currently faced by weavers, producers and would also inform

the entrepreneurs and NGOs about the future employment potential in sericulture. . The

seminar was attended by more than 200 youths and a number of experts, scientists and policy

makers in sericulture. As part of the programme the seminar was inaugurated by Mr. Gaurav

Gogoi, youth leader and director of “Farm 2 food”. In his address as Chief Guest Mr. Gogoi

spoke at length about the economic potential of sericulture and urged the youths of today to

blend classical methods of sericulture with newer technology in order to become

internationally competitive. Mr. M. Mukherjee, Deputy General Manager of NABARD in his

speech as guest of honour highlighted the different roles of NABARD for rural development

.Prof. M.C. Kalita of Gauhati University in his speech as guest of honour spoke about the

need of such seminar for bringing together researcher, administrator, banker and youths to

achieve the social goals. Professor Niren Deka, principal of AIMT and convenor of the

seminar in his welcome speech expressed the priorities of sericulture in future employment

potential in sericulture. The Keynote Speaker of the seminar was Mr. Sarat Deori, Joint

Secretary, Central Silk Board, who talked about present status of Sericulture in North East

India and also analyzed its challenges and its Socio-Economic prospects. The technical

sessions were addressed by eminent scientists Dr. S.N. Chaudhury( NEIST retd.), Prof. Niren

Deka(AIMT), Dr. A.K. Sahu( Regional Muga research station, Boko), Dr. B. Chaudhury,

CMERI, Jorhat, Prof. Probodh Bora, College of Veterinary Science, Assam Agriculture

University. Mr.Gaurav Gogoi also unveiled “BIOVibes” the departmental magazine of the

Biological sciences of Asian Institute of Management and Technology which is under

Gyanjyoti Foundation.

2. SEMINAR ON “LEGAL SECURITY CYBERSPACE”

Date:5 December, 2013.· Speaker:Mr. Neelotpal Deka LLB (GU), LL. M. (UK), MA, MCJ

(GU), ICLHR (France), GCIPR (Geneva) PGDs : Cyber Law (ILI), International Law (ISIL),

Human Rights (ISIL), Environmental Law (ILI)

The seminar dealt with serious legal security issues in cyberspace from hacking, spoofing,

defamation and privacy in cyberspace, importance of IP address, copyright violation and

B2B, B2C, C2C business issues and P@P software.

3. AWARENESS SESSION ABOUT MISUSE OF INTERNET AND

DEMONSTRATION OF REMEDIAL SOFTWARE BY TAJ TECHNOTECH:

Date: 21st November, 2013 Presented By: “Invisible Cop & Discover Brain” Taj Technotech

AT Road, Guwahati.

INVISIBLE COP SOFTWARE is computer network activity recording-monitoring-capturing

software. The demonstration/awareness was very fruitful, interesting and encouraging to the

students.

4. INGITED-IV: SEMINAR ON “PROACTIVE ROLE OF MEDIA IN THE NORTH

EASTERN REGION OF INDIA”

Date: 18th November, 2013.The Department of Mass Communication, AIMT also conferred

this year's recipient of the title Upcoming Journalist of the Year Award, 2013 to Mr. Utpal

Sarma, a staff reporter in the Assamese daily Amar Asom for his notable contribution in the

field of journalism. Asian Institute of Management and Technology under the aegis of

Gyanjyoti Foundation instituted this award in the year 2012 to encourage young journalists in

North East India. The seminar was informative and interactive. Apart from the students,

many journalists also came to participate in the seminar which made the seminar highly

interactive and interesting.Teresa Rehman, delivered her inauguration speech of the seminar.

5. GUEST LECTURE SESSION ON “ROLE AND RELEVANCE OF PR IN PUBLIC

SECTOR ORGANISATION”

Date: 26th October, 2013 Venue: Dept. of Mass Communication, AIMT

The main aim of the guest session was to introduce the emerging trend of setting up of a

Public Relation department in public sector organization with a motive to get noticed in the

media and henceforth get goodwill. The session was very informative and it was highly

interactive. All the students and the faculty members of the dept. interacted with the guests.

6. SEMINAR ON BIODIVERSITY AND ITS AWARENESS:

Date: 19/3/2014 Resource Person: Mr. A.K. Johary, Director, Assam State Biodiversity

Board

Mr. Johary in his lecture highlighted the importance of biodiversity to the fulfilment of

human needs. Biodiversity refers to the variety of life forms at all levels of organization, from

gene to species, from individuals to the ecosystem and habitats and the processes therein.

The main objective of the seminar is to make students aware of the importance of

biodiversity.

7. SEMINAR ON “VIRUSES-HOW TO GROW AND DETECT THEM IN

LABORATORY

Date: 5/11/2014 Speaker: Dr. N.N. Barman, Professor, Department Immunology and

Microbiology, College of Veterinary Science, AAU

Dr. Barman, an eminent scientist in the field of microbiology delivered a talk on how to detect

grow microbes in the laboratory. Students of microbiology and biotechnology were immensely

benefited from his talk.

8. NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INDIAN CAPITAL MARKET:

Date: 7th March, 2014

The participants of this seminar were Mr. Gaurav Motwani (NSE Official)· Prof Dilip Kr.

Baruah (Retired Principal Cotton College)· Dr. Gautam Mazumder (Associate Professor,

Cotton College)· Dr. Devajit Mahanta (Convenor)It was a great achievement on the part of

the organizers to present the National symposium on Indian capital market. Several aspects of

Indian Capital Market were discussed in the presence of an august gathering. The audience

and participants got enlightened in various relevant issues of the Indian Capital Market.

Participant clarifying doubt on the topic Speaker explaining the topic A section of crowd

9. A GUEST LECTURE ON “A GLIMPSE OF BIOTECH PARK AND

ADVANCEMENT IN UV-VIS SPECTROPHOTOMETER”

Date: 27th September, 2013. , Resource Person: Dr. Bula Choudhury, Dr. Madan Gopal

Barthakur, Mr. Kumar SauravDey Guwahati Biotechnology Park(GBP)

A glimpse of Biotech Park and advancement in UV-Vis spectrophotometer was given by Dr.

Bula Choudhury of Guwahati Biotech Park. Objective of the session was to give a glimpse of

Biotech Park to all the students of Biological Sciences and to apprise the student about the

modern technology available in the field of biotechnology and mode of functioning of

Biotech Park. GBP is a visionary project launched by the Government of Assam to create

facilities for educators, researchers and business class to work collaboratively for upliftment

of science and technology of the region.

10. SEMINAR ON “ECONOMIC CONDITION OF INDIA - W HERE WE ARE

LAGGING AND HOW WE CAN DO BETTER IN OUR ECONOMY”.

Date: 9 September, 2013, Speaker: Dr. Amiya Kr. Sharma, Executive Director of "Rashtiya

Gramin Vikas Nidhi (RGVN)

Dr. Sharma spoke on the causes for de valuations of Indian Rupee. He explained the positive

factors and the negative factors of India that is having an impact on Indian Economy like

population, Per Capita Income, Human Development Index etc. The session was an

interactive session and was fruitful.

11. GUEST LECTURE SESSION ON MEDIA TECHNOLOGY:

Date: 6th September, 2013. Speaker: Mr. Bisnu Saikia , Research scholar, Dept. of Mass

Communication, Gauhati University The session was very informative and it was highly

interactive.

2014-15

1. GUEST LECTURE BY Ms USHA DEWANI:

Date: 20th February, 2015. AIMT was privileged to have Ms Usha Dewani, an independent

film maker to share her experiences and also give valuable inputs to the students to pursue

their career in various fields of Mass Communication, especially Development

Communication Usha Dewani is a post-graduate in Mass Communication from Gauhati

University, and has made documentary films on diverse subjects. She works with Project

Survival Media, as part of which she makes video stories on local solutions and survival in

the face of climate change. She is a member of New Ways, a group that uses comics as a

communications tool. At present she works with India Water Portal as a consultant, and is

based in Guwahati, Assam.

2. SEMINAR ON “SETTING UP OF A MANUFACTURING UNIT”

Date: 29th January, 2015.An in house seminar on setting up of manufacturing unit was

organized by the department in the college campus. The seminar was conducted by Avishek

Purkayastha as the resource person. The students of AIMT participated in the seminar.

3. “PICTOGRAM” 2014

Date: 22nd November, 2014.Asian Institute of Management and Technology has organized

an inter-college photography exhibition cum competition in the name of 'PICTOGRAM 14'

in association with Nikon School, on November 22 (Saturday) at Artist Guild, Chandmari.

The themes for the competition were- Child Right, Cleanliness, Urban Poverty, Shades in

Nature and Street Food. The exhibition was inaugurated by Mr. Mukul Gogoi, Director of

Assam Tourism while Mr. Anupam Nath, Mr. Manas Paran and Mr. Atul Lahkar judged the

photography competition. Before the exhibition, a two-day Photography workshop was th

thsuccessfull y conducted in the premises of AIMT on 11 and 12 of November th th2014

followed by another workshop at Gauhati University on 13 and 14 of No vember 2014. More

than 200 students from different colleges of Guwahati had participated in the workshop.

4. B-TOWN PRODUCER SHAHNAAB ALAM AT AIMT.

Date: April26, 2014 AIMT was privileged to have Mr. Shahnaab Alam, an eminent film

producer to share his experience in the B-town as a film maker. Shahnaab Alam (Born on

28th November, 1971 in Guwahati, Assam) is an independent Producer, developing and

executing various film projects. He also gave valuable inputs to the students about film

making.

5. SKILL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE:

Skill development is a major government initiative to empower youths with different

employable skills. Towards this aim AIMT faculties are giving training to local youths in IT,

Marketing and communication under different schemes launched by Government agencies.

6. SEMINAR ON CLOUD COMPUTING

Date: 12/11/2014 Presented By: Mr. Manash Gogoi HOD of Computer Science Department.

Handique Girls’ College, Guwahati

Cloud computing is a computing paradigm, where a large pool of systems are connected in

private or public networks,to provide dynamically scalable infrastructure for application, data

and file storage. With the advent of this technology, the cost of computation, application

hosting, content storage and delivery is reduced significantly. Cloud computing is a practical

approach to experience direct cost benefits and it has the potential to transform a data centre

from a capital-intensive set up to a variable priced environment.The idea of cloud computing

is based on a very fundamental principal of , reusability of IT capabilities'. The difference

that cloud computing brings compared to traditional concepts of “grid computing”,

“distributed computing”, “utility computing”, or “autonomic computing” is to broaden

horizons across organizational boundaries. The entire presentation was very interesting and

informative for everyone who had attended the seminar, as it was discussed on the

importance and the technology behind “cloud computing”. Students were very interactive

with the resource person after the end of his presentation.

7. SEMINAR CUM WORKSHOP ON “PROTECTING FACEBOOK ACCOUNTS

FROM HACKERS”

Date: 30/4/2014 Presented By: Mr Ripunjoy Sarma, Asst. Programmer, NIC.

The entire presentation was very innovative & awesome providing a lot of knowledge and

encouragement of their technologies. The resource person also included a video depicting the

side effects of internet and thus creating an atmosphere of awareness amongst the students.

2015-16

1. A ONE DAY NATIONAL SEMINAR ON “IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON

AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED FIELDS OF NE INDIA” AT AIMT

A one day seminar on the topic “Impact of climate change on agriculture and allied fields

of NE India” was held at the Asian Institute of Management of Technology (AIMT) in

collaboration with National Bank for agriculture and rural development (NABARD) on

November 13, 2015 with a vision to focus on the vulnerability of agriculture, sericulture and

tea production to climate change and its adaptation and mitigation measures in the north

eastern region of India. The seminar was attended by more than 200 youths and a number of

experts, scientists and policy makers in agriculture, sericulture and tea sector.

As part of the programme the seminar was inaugurated by Professor G.N. Hazarika,

Director,Research, Assam Agriculture University, Jorhat, Assam. In his address as Chief

Guest Prof. Hazarika spoke at length about the impact of climate change on agriculture and

the application of climate smart crops to adapt to the climate change and urged the youths of

today to blend classical methods of agriculture with newer technology in order to become

internationally competitive. Mr..Ranjit Kumar K.G, Assistant General Manager of NABARD

in his speech as guest of honour highlighted the different roles of NABARD for climate

change adaptation measures. Dr. Dipjyoti Rajkhowa of ICAR research centre for North-

eastern Hill Region, Umiam, Meghalaya in his speech as keynote speaker spoke about the

role of water management and the application of biochar in mitigating climate change.

Professor Niren Deka, principal of AIMT and convenor of the seminar in his welcome speech

expressed the priorities of scientists in adaptation of agriculture, sericulture and tea to climate

change. Dr. N.C. Talukdar, Director, Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology,

Guwahati in his speech as guest of honour spoke about the role of climate change in

biodiversity of the North-eastern region of India. The technical sessions were addressed by

eminent scientists Like Dr. N.S. Azad Thakur (ICARNEH, Umiam,Meghalaya), Prof. Niren

Deka(AIMT), Dr. A.K. Das( ICARNEH, Umiam, Meghalaya), Dr. Kaberi Mahanta (AAU,

Jorhat), Mr. Soni Ramdas, Scientist, Central Silk Board, Govt. of India, Dr. J.K. Roy,

Professor, AIMT and Mr. N. Talukdar(AIMT)

2. LECTURE ON” JOYMOTI-NARRATIVES OF A WORLD CINEMA”

Date: 20/1/2015 Speaker: Altaf Majid, Film maker

Altaf Mazid a noted film maker delivered a lecture on ‘Joymoti-Narratives of a World

Cinema’ to the students of Mass Communication, AIMT.

3. LECTURE ON” MEDIA & PHOTOGRAPHY”

Prabal kumar Das, Associate Director, Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Cultural Studies

delivered a lecture on ‘Media & Photography’ to the students of Mass Communication,

AIMT

4. SEMINAR ON “EBOLA VIRUS”

Date: 05/10/15 Speaker: Mr. S.A.I. Choudhury, HoD Biotechnology, Dimoria College

Mr. Choudhury delivered a talk on Ebola virus which causes haemorrhage as it damages the

immune system and organs. Ultimately, it causes levels of blood-clotting cells to drop. This

leads to severe, uncontrollable bleeding. The Ebola virus does not have a cure or vaccine at

this time. Instead, measures are taken to keep the person as comfortable as possible.

5. SEMINAR ON “PLANT GROWTH PROMOTING RHIZOBACTERIA (PGPR)

FOR PLANT HEALTH AND PRODUCTIVITY”

Date: 16/5/2015. Speaker: Prof. D.K. Jha, Dept. Botany, Gauhati University

Prof. Jha spoke about his work on role of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria in plant

health and productivity. These microbes are helpful in the overall improvement of plants. His

talk was inspirational to the biotechnology and microbiology students of AIMT.

6. SEMINAR ON “RECENT ADVANCES IN MEDICINAL PLANTS OF NORTH

EAST INDIA-CASE STUDY ZINGIBERACEAE”

Date:4/3/2015. Speaker: Dr. Latha Rangan, Dept. of Biotechnology, IIT, Guwahati

Dr. Rangan spoke on her work done on different members of the family Zingiberaceae.

Found in the NE India. She inspired students with her talk and invited students of AIMT to

participate in training workshops conducted by IITG.

7. SEMINAR ON “GENOMICS AND BIOINFORMATICS”

Date: 26/11/15 Speaker: Dr Akan Das, Guwahati University

Dr. Das delivered a talk on applications of Bioinformatics in genomics. Bioinformatics is both

an umbrella term for the body of biological studies that use computer programming as part of

their methodology, as well as a reference to specific analysis "pipelines" that are repeatedly

used, particularly in the fields of genetics and genomics. Common uses of bioinformatics

include the identification of candidate genes and nucleotides (SNPs). Often, such identification

is made with the aim of better understanding the genetic basis of disease, unique adaptations,

desirable properties (esp. in agricultural species), or differences between populations. In a less

formal way, bioinformatics also tries to understand the organisational principles within nucleic

acid and protein sequences. It has proved to be quite beneficial for our 5th semester students

of biotechnology and Microbiology.

8. DOCUMENTARY SCREENING BY STUDENTS

Date: 25/3/2015

A Documentary Screening was held in the Department of Mass Communication, AIMT on 25

March 2015. A total of 3 documentaries made by 36 students from the BMC 2nd semester

(Gauhati University) batch were screened. The students were divided into 3 groups and each

group was assigned a specific theme for the documentary. The 3 themes were- Water

Conservation, Afforestation and Impacts of Climate Change. The students were asked to

make the Documentaries as a part of their syllabus for Environmental Science.

Two faculties from the Department- Mr. Dibyajyoti Sarmah and Ms. Ananya Gogoi- acted

as the judges for the screening. The Documentary on Afforestation was adjudged the best

Documentary out of the three.

9. SEMINAR ON ROLE OF IMAGE PROCESSING IN EARLY DETECTION OF

CANCER

Date: 26/9/2015 Speaker: Mrs. Kangkana Bora, Professor, Central Computational and

Numerical Studies, Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology

The students were also enhanced with the knowledge as to how Image Processing becomes

important and can be employed in automated cancer prediction system. Many existing

techniques have been employed in recent years for the prediction of cancer at initial stage.

Image Processing plays significant role in cancer detection when input data is in the form of

images, some techniques used in Image Processing for information retrieval are Image

acquisition, Noise Removal, Segmentation, and Morphological operations etc. From this

seminar the students could get an overview of different algorithm for classification and image

processing used in the field of cancer prediction. The main focus is on using different

classifiers combined with different segmentation algorithms for nodule detection.

Overall seminar was very informative where the students could get an idea of the role of Image

Processing in early detection of Cancer.

10. SEMINAR ON SPEECH RECOGNITION AND ITS AREA OF RESEARCH

Date: 19/11/2015. Speaker: Mr. Anniruddha Deka, Asst. Prof. Royal School of Engineering

and Technology, Guwahati

Mr. Deka delivered a talk on the above mentioned topic which was liked by the students

11. SEMINAR ON “UPCOMING TREND IN THE IT INDUSTRY AND YOUR

EMPLOYABILITY KEY FACTORS”.

Date: 4/7/2015 Speaker: Mr. Santosh Kumar Deb Associate Vice President – Huawei

Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.Head of Managed Services Department, GSDC India

The seminar was very fruitful, interesting and encouraging to the students as well as to the

faculties. Students have shown enthusiasm for such a seminar based on the the below facts--

Fastest Changes in Communication Industry in last 15+ years

Disruptive Innovations.

1995 telecom company vs 2015

Highest opportunities.

12. A Seminar on Android Development

Date:1/4/2015 Presented By :Mr. Gautam Kr. Das, Resource Person from Anugan Softech,

Guwahati.

The Seminar on Android Development was very fruitful, interesting and encouraging to

the students as well as to the faculties. Students have shown enthusiasm for such a seminar

that too the topic, Android Development and eagerly looking for another one in coming

days.

2016-17

1. SEMINAR ON “GENE: ITS STRUCTURE AND EXPRESSION”

Date: 5/2/2016 Speaker: Mr. Sanjib Kumar Das JRF of Biotech Hub, Department of Botany,

B.P. Chaliha College, Nagarbera

Molecular biology and biotechnology is having an increasing impact in many other areas of

biology including bioremediation, environmental clean-up, animal husbandry and aquaculture.

Mr. Das delivered a talk on applications of molecular biology in engineering of organisms to

break down and detoxify pollutants, in commercial fisheries salmon have been engineered to

express growth hormone – as a result, these transgenic fish grow faster than wild-type fish, and

can therefore come to market faster, cattle and sheep have been engineered to express valuable

pharmaceuticals in their milk and could be engineered to have a greater muscle to fat ratio.

The specific techniques used in molecular biology are native to the field but may also be

combined with methods and concepts concerning genetics and biochemistry, so there is no

big distinction made between these disciplines.

2. SEMINAR ON “AN INSIGHT INTO THE MECHANISMS OF T-CELL

MATURATION, ACTIVATION AND DIFFERENTIATION”

Date: 8/03/2016 Speaker: Dr. Anusree Mahanta, Department of Molecular Biology and

Biotechnology, Tezpur University

Immunology is the branch of biomedical science that deals with the response of an organism

to antigenic challenge and its recognition of what is self and what is not. Dr. Mahanta dealt

with the subject of defence mechanisms including all physical, chemical and biological

properties of the organism that help it to combat its susceptibility to foreign organisms,

material, etc. The speaker described how understanding the immune system also gives us the

potential to develop therapies that control infectious disease (this includes vaccines, of which

a great many have now been developed), cancer, and other diseases resulting from the

malfunction of the immune system.

3. SEMINAR ON “CHANGING TRENDS IN MODERN BIOLOGY: GENE TO

GENOMICS”

Date: 31/03/2016 Speaker: Miss Lipika Lahkar, Department of Botany, Handique Girls

College,

Miss Lahkar delivered an insightful talk on how genetics and genomics are different. Genetics

is the study of heredity, or how the characteristics of living organisms are transmitted from one

generation to the next via DNA, the substance that comprises genes, the basic unit of heredity.

Genetics dates back to Augustinian friar and scientist Gregor Mendel, whose studies of pea

plants in the mid-1800s established many of the rules of heredity. Genetics involves the study

of specific and limited numbers of genes, or parts of genes, that have a known function. In

biomedical research, scientists try to understand how genes guide the body’s development,

cause disease or affect response to drugs.

Genomics, in contrast, is the study of the entirety of an organism’s genes – called the genome.

Using high-performance computing and math techniques known as bioinformatics, genomics

researchers analyze enormous amounts of DNA-sequence data to find variations that affect

health, disease or drug response. Traditionally, public health applications of genomics have

focused on rare diseases, such as those identified through newborn screening programs. Much

of the future promise of genomics rests on its application to common diseases.

4. SEMINAR ON “APPLICATION OF MICROBES IN GREEN ENERGY

PRODUCTION WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON BIOHYDROGEN”

Date: 28/03/2016 Speaker: Miss Payal Mazumdar, Department of MBBT, Tezpur University

Miss Mazumdar spoke about benefits of biohydrogen will help earth to move forward for a

sustainable energy economy. It was also focused as such that the use of biohydrogen greatly

reduces pollution, . This is a green and renewable energy that helps in conserving fossil fuel

usage.

5. SEMINAR ON “HEALTH REPORTING”

Date: 24th of February, 2016 Speaker: Ms. Rubee Das Consulting Editor, Dainik Janambhumi

The resource person, Ms Rubee Das, have had extensive experience in the field of health

reporting and offered valuable inputs on covering the varied aspects of health reporting. She

focused mostly on Tuberculosis (TB) and its growing menace in India. Talking about the

various signs and symptoms related to this infectious disease and breaking many myths

surrounding the disease, Ms Das sensitized the audience present. She also highlighted the fact

that there is a marked difference in being infected by the TB infection and having the disease.

“Most of us have already inhaled the bacteria causing TB by now as it is present in the air we

breathe. But people with a stronger immunity will have a better resistance and not fall prey to

the disease. In only about 10% of the population, the bacteria multiples and takes the form of

a disease. Hence, young children and people with a poor nutrition and poor immune system

are susceptible to the disease…” informed Ms Das. She further went on to discuss the

symptoms related to the disease and how badly does it affect humans. She gave an overview

of the number of cases reported in India, the preventive steps taken by the Government of

India like National TB program and Revised National TB Control Program (RNTCP), etc.

She further went on to divulge issues regarding the ethical reporting on TB cases. The different

aspects that she highlighted includes- Giving a balanced view, Using appropriate language,

Respecting privacy, Ethics of child reporting, Careful interpretation of data, Demystify,

Objective reporting, etc.The lecture also included few activity sessions with the students

assessing their interest and knowledge in the field of health reporting.

6. NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON SCIENCE FILMS

Date: 9th to 11th March, 2016 Organizer: Vigyan Prasar, DST, Govt. of India & Regional

Science Centre, Guwahati

A three day workshop was organized at the Regional Science Centre, Guwahati to make

students of Mass Communication aware about Science film making. The workshop was

addressed by Sri Nimish Kapoor from DST, Shri Basudev Mandal the curator of the Regional

Musuem,and Dr Arup Kumar Misra the Director of Assam Science Technology and

Environment Council, Dr Bharati Bharali the faculty from department of Mass

Communication of Gauhati University delivered on “science communication through films

with special reference to Northeast”. The most important resource persons were Shri Nandan

Kudhyadi and Shri Matiur Rahman, both the senior science film makers were felicitated.

Shri Nimish Kapoor talked about “why and how of science communication”. Shri Nandan

Kudhyadi continued his session on “Content research and visualization for science films”.

Shri Matiur Rahman continued his session about the “practical aspects of production and the

use of camera in film making”. This session was joined by Mrs Poonam Chaurasia where she

demonstrated the used of cuts, jump cuts and many other tricks in film making. Many

intricacies involved in making of short science films

. The films produced by the students of AIMT were widely applauded and two of the films,

named ‘A Journey’ was said to be the Best Film of the workshop and another scripted by a

student of AIMT was said to have the Best Script. The workshop being a national level one,

was very beneficial as the students were exposed to experts of various fields, as well as able to

build a strong networking base. Some of the students were also involved in different projects

thereafter, and they are also engaged to work with the professional team.

7. SEMINAR ON COMMUNICATION RESEARCH:

Date: 17th February, 2016 Speaker: Dr. Sanjay Paul, Professor in the department of Mass

Communication at Assam University

In this information driven world, finding information and collecting data for analysing need

systematic and objective methods of research procedure. Studying in any subject or in Social

science requires clarity of concepts, better understanding of theoretical knowledge of scientific

behavioural studies. Research in communication also follows the same trait of procedure that

is used in social science research.

Therefore, main motive of the lecture was to teach the students the research procedure and the

correct method of preparing the research proposal. Dr. Sanjay Paul who had served as an Asst.

Professor in the department of Mass Communication at Assam University and presently

working as special correspondent in ETV. Based on the practical application of communication

research, Dr. Paul gave an overview of various methods and tools that are utilize in the subject

undertaken. The correct approach to identify the problem and how to formulate the research

design has become the main topic that he discussed extensively. Beside, Dr. Paul had also

families the students the common research problems that can occur during the study. The other

topics which he had also elaborated were on the various limitations which can overcome and

how the literature review can be the building blocks of a study.

8. SEMINAR ON RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Date: 27th January and 28th January, 2016 Speaker: Ms. Jyotisikha Dutta, Senior

Research Fellow, Women’s Studies department of the Gauhati University

Research Methodology is a vital aspect in research, and understanding of its imperatives was

felt necessary for the final year MAMC Semester 4 students of the department approaching

their vital dissertation assignments. Considering the relevance of the subject it was decided,

that both the MAMC Semester 4 as well as MAMC Semester 2 students on campus be oriented

with practical application of what is otherwise a vast subject of study in itself. The two day

event conducted by Ms. Jyotisikha Dutta, Senior Research Fellow, Women’s Studies

department of the Gauhati University, saw enthusiastic participation of students from across

the two batches. Altogether 26 students from across the two batches participated in the

workshop and felt immensely benefitted from it. The workshop exposed the students to

different methodologies of research with specific elaboration of the approaches/

methodologies. Screening of PPTs and classroom assignments helped the students derive a

better gauge of the subject.

9. SERVICE BRAND ACTIVATOR PROJECT

Date: 8/10/2015 to 12/11/2015 at Sony Ltd, Guwahati

Sony hired the services of BBA / MBA students from AIMT for a period of 36 days to

manage Sony’s service program during the peak puja sale. This profile is termed as Service

Brand Activator. Students were deployed at different outlets, where Sony products are being

sold, and worked under hard core retail environment- their key area were not into sales.

Rather post sales, they needed to interact with the customers to note down their contact

details and the purchase details. For this activity, the students were paid a sum of Rs 12700

(gross) approx. plus Rs 700 for Mobile Expenses for 30 days- apart from this they were also

covered under statutory benefit of PF and ESIC and accidental insurance coverage of Rs 1

lac. Our service team will take up from this point.

10. WORKSHOP BY NANO INFORMATICS

Date: 4/3/2016

There was an IT workshop and hand on training on 04thMarch 2016 software

developers of Nano Informatics.The topic of discussion and training was that of Web

Development and varied techniques used during the development of a web site was shown

by the resource person and software professional Mr Saquid Ahmed, Nano Informatics. The

session was anticipated by a lot of inquisitive queries of the students. Overall the session was

very informative and it served the purpose of the students who got the knowledge of how a

website could be developed and the various requirements related to it

11. SEMINAR ON NANOINFORMATICS

Date: 25/2/2016 Speaker: Mr. Saquid Ahmed, Nanoinformatics

Three resource IT Professionals of Nano Informatics discussed various topics were

discussed by the resource person. More emphasis were based on Web Development which is

the current and most revolutionary topic in IT. Also knowledge related to Networking

concepts were imparted to the students. Mr Saurav Borbora , IT consultant , Nano

Informatics discussed about the current scenario of IT outside the world. The session was

approached by a lot of inquisitive queries of the students. Mr. Atiquere Rahman, the

Managing Partner and the IT Career consultant, discussed among the students the career

prospects of IT and the varied fields related to it. The three resourceful personalities also

shared their experience in the IT field which provided a strong mental support to the students.

Overall the session was very informative and it served the purpose of the students

who could understand and related their own course and knowledge with the opportunities

available.

PUBLICATIONS:

1. N. Deka(2013) Isolation and molecular characterization of a novel virus infecting

muga silkworm(Antheraea assama)( presented in the National seminar on Problems and

prospects of sericulture in Assam, Guwahati, Dec 3, 2013)

2. N.Deka(2015) Impact of climate change on sericulture industry of the North Eastern

region of India (presented in the National seminar on Impact of climate change on

Agriculture and allied fields of NE region, Guwahati, November 13, 2015 ISBN No: 978-93-

5265-446-8)

3. Deka,U., Talukdar,N. and P. Deka (2015) A study on rain water harvesting approach in

urban setting with special reference to Guwahati(presented in the National seminar on Impact

of climate change on Agriculture and allied fields of NE region, Guwahati, November 13,

2015 ISBN No: 978-93-5265-446-8)

4. Sonowal,R.R. (2016), ‘Impact of ICT on Journalism: A case study from Meghalaya’,

in Journal of Advance Research in Journalism and Mass Communication’, Vol 2, No 3&4

(2015), ISSN - 2395-3810

5. Sonowal,R.R (2016), The Philosophy behind the Festival of Meghalaya’, in International

Journal of Research in Social Sciences (IJRSS), Volume 6, Issue 3 (March 2016), ISSN: 2249-

2496.

6. Sonowal,R.R & Tiwari P.K. (2015), ‘Exploration of Khasi Film: A Case Study’ in

‘Shodh Prerak: A Multidisciplinary Quarterly International Refereed Research Journal’,

Volume V, Issue 3, July 2015, ISSN 2231 – 413X

7. Sonowal,R.R (2015), ‘Evolution of Print Media in Meghalaya’ in ‘Asian Journal of

Multidisciplinary Studies’, Volume 3, Issue 3, March 2015, ISSN: 2321-8819 (Online), 2348-

7186 (Print)

8. Sonowal,R.R & Das, P. (2014) ‘A comparative study on the coverage of women issues

in Meghalaya’ in online journals of ‘Indian Journal of Experimentation and Innovation in

Education’ Volume 3/Issue 3, May 2014. ISSN: 2278 1730

9. Sonowal,R.R (2014) Book Review on ‘Showcasing the Press of the North-Eastern India’

in University News, 52(10) March 10-16, 2014. ISSN-0566-2257

10. Sonowal,R.R (2014) ‘Magazine exclusively for women: A Case from Meghalaya’ in

‘Media and Women, different emerging perspectives in the way of development’, Sunrise

publication, India, P. .436-448. ISBN: 978-93-80966-35-9

11. Sarmah, D. & Anbarasan, P, (2013), ‘Portrayal of India in popular Hollywood

narratives: A study of post 9/11 films’, in Vidura.

12. Lahkar, S. & Ray, A, (2009), ‘Communicating science at the grassroot’, in ‘Science

meet communication’, Published by NCSTC (DST,GoI) and K.K.H.S.O.U., Guwahati.

13. Chowdhury, H. A study on Project Appraisal Procedure followed by Assam Financial

Corporation (AFC) published in a journal named NEF Journal of Management and

Commerce bearing ISSN 2231-492X

14. Chowdhury, H. ‘Risk Management as a Crucial Managerial Tool for Modern

Financial Institutions’ published in a journal named NEF Journal of Management &

Commerce bearing ISSN 2231-492X

15. Chowdhury, H. ‘Green Marketing- A Step towards attaining Sustainable

Development and its Implementation in Indian Business Organizations’ published in a

journal named NEF Journal of Management & Commerce bearing ISSN 2231-492X

16. Ilm, T.(2015)Resource Constraint Estimation using Performance Metric with respect

to LEACH Protocol in WSN. Published In: Vol. 3, Issue 11, IJIRCCE.

17. Ilm, T. (2016) Paper Title: MESSCH An Energy Efficient Routing Protocol for WSN.

Published In: Vol. 5, Issue 2, IJRET

PAPER PRESENTATION AT NATIONAL LEVEL SEMINAR:

1. Talukdar,N.(2013) “Knowledge Revolution Strengthening Entrepreneurial Development in

India”in Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Venue:-Handique Girl’s College, Guwahati

2. Talukdar,N.(2014) “A study on the use of ICT in education with special emphasis in

Assam – practice and knowledge sharing”in UGC sponsored in collaboration with College

Development Council(CDC), Shikshan Mahavidyalaya, Nagaon

3. Talukdar,N.(2014) “Burning need of Entrepreneurial attitude in the North East”in UGC

sponsoredNational Seminar in collaboration with Assam College Teacher’s

Association(ACTA), Goreswar College.

4. Talukdar,N.(2014) “Green Entrepreneurship—An approach to design green society for

sustainable development”in Commerce department of Gauhati University Venue:- Assam

Don Bosco University.

5. Talukdar,N.(2014) “Wetland crisis of Kamrup district of Assam- Issues and Challenges”in

UGC sponsored National Seminar organised by the department of Education, S.B. Deorah

College

6. Talukdar,N.(2014) “The role of the Hajong women in their economy with special reference

to Mymensingh village of Odalguri District (BTAD) OF Assam”in UGC sponsored National

Seminar organised by the department of Political Science, Sipajarh College,Darrang District

7. Talukdar,N.(2014) “India’s position in the global community with respect to Indian higher

education & research”in National Seminar on Higher Education at the Crossroads and rural

Colleges organised by IQAC ,N.H.College,Patacharkushi

8. Talukdar,N.(2014) “The socio economic status of Kaibarta women with special reference

to kamrup(M) district of Assam”in UGC sponsored National Seminar organised by the

department of Assamese, MNC Balika Mahavidyalaya,Nalbari

9. Talukdar,N.(2014) “Financial inclusion: Social responsibility and business opportunity”in

UGC sponsored National Seminar organised by the department of Economics, MNC Balika

Mahavidyalaya,Nalbari.

10. Talukdar,N.(2014) “The Prospects and challenges of MSMEs in NER for Entrpreneurship

Development”in UGC sponsored national Seminar organised by the department of

Commerce, Paschim Guwahati Mahavidyalaya, Kamrup (M).

11. Talukdar,N.(2015) “Women empowerment,vocational education and national skill

qualification framework”in UGC sponsored national Seminar organised by the women’s

studies research cell, Rangia College.

12. Talukdar,N.(2015) “A study on current structure of Indian education and its effectiveness

in Human Resource utilisation and economic development”in Departmentment of Commerce,

GU in association with Commerce and Economics Department of USTM, P.D. Hall, GU.

BOOKS

1. Dibyajyoti Sarmah, Associate Editor, (2011), ‘Natun Prajanmar Prio Kitab’,

published by Dutta Prakashan, ISBN : 9788191093704

2. Dibyajyoti Sarmah, Editor, (2015), ‘Assam year book’, published by New Assam

Academic Centre, Guwahati’.

3. Talukdar, N.(2014) “Green Marketing-A way to express our moral responsibility to

save our planet”in Contemporary thoughts in Management (volume 1) Suprava

Prakashan ISBN 97-81-92438-0-3

RESEARCH PROJECTS & STUDIES:

1. Dr. N. Deka was awarded grant for conducting National level seminar on Problems and

prospects of sericulture in Assam, Guwahati, Dec 3, 2013)

2. Dr. N. Deka was awarded grant for conducting National level seminar on Impact of

climate change on Agriculture and allied fields of NE region, Guwahati, November 13, 2015

3.Dr. Rupa Rani Sonowal served as a Supervisor/Investigator for the study: ‘Impact &

penetration of different Mass Media in North East, and J & K’ by Indian Institute of Mass

Communication, New Delhi under Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of

India. Sponsored by Ministry of Information & Broadcasting.

4. Dr. Rupa Rani Sonowal served as an Investigator and Analysist for the survey of 5%

sample checking SSASMA (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan State Mission Authority of Meghalaya),

Shillong, India.

CONVENER/CO-ORDINATOR OF NATIONAL LEVEL

WORKSHOP/SYMPOSIUM:

1. Dr. Niren Deka, Principal, AIMT was the convener of National Seminar on “Problems and

prospects of sericulture in Assam”held at the AIMT in collaboration with NABARD on

December 3, 2013

2. Dr. Niren Deka, Principal, AIMT was the convener of National Seminar on “Impact of

climate change on Agriculture and allied fields of NE region held at the AIMT in

collaboration with NABARD on November 13, 2015.

3. Mr. Nayan Talukdar, Asst. Professor, Management Dept, co-ordinated “Entrepreneurship

Awareness Programme (EAP)” on 19th to 20th August,2013 at AIMT in collaboration with

IIE,Guwahati.

4. Mr. Nayan Talukdar, Asst. Professor, Management Dept, co-ordinated “An analytical

Study on Indian Capital Market” on 7th March,2014 AIMT in collaboration with National

Stock Exchange Ltd

5. Himadri Chowdhury, Assistant Professor,Department of Management and

Commerce,AIMT worked as a trainer of accountancy in vocational training programme under

ministry of Electronics and telecommunication and ministry of Defence in association with

Gyanjyoti Foudation in the year 2015.

RESOURCE PERSON:

1. Mr. N. Talukdar, Asst. Professor, Management Dept, delivered talk as a resource person on

the topic” How to setup an SSI unit in NER” in the IIE organized workshop on Employment

Skill Development Programme(ESDP) on 29th October,2014 to 27th February, 2015 at IIE.

2.. Mr. N. Talukdar, Asst. Professor, Management Dept, delivered talk as a resource person

on the topic” Entrepreneurship Development and Business Management-Steps, Concept &

Strategy ” in the MSME-DI organized workshop on Entrepreneurship Development

Programme(EDP on 8th February, 2016 at MSME-DI at Guwahati

3. Mr.N. Sarma delivered talk on Android Application Development on 22/8/2013 at the NEF

Law college. He also conducted training government officials under e-governance scheme

regarding Dynamic web page design and User Interface design using VB.Net technology at

the NIRD (National Industry for Rural Development) on 12/09/2013 to 13/09/2013