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Science & Technology should be used to bridge the gap in the society

* Dr. Nandini Kannan urges SRMIST students to never stop doing research on the occasion of Research Day

STAFF WRITER faculty called the ‘SRM Centre
for Clinical trials & Research’.
About 146 researchers
were presented with medals In her speech, Dr. Nandini
at the Research Day held at Kannan said, “Science and
SRM Institute of Science technology should be used to
and Technology (SRMIST), bridge the gap in the society,
Kattankulathur. Chief Guest of including climate change.” She
the event Dr. Nandini Kannan, encouraged students to take up
Executive Director, Indo-US international collaborations.
Science and Technology Forum “Global challenges call for global
honoured the researchers and collaborations and partnerships,
released the CD of the abstracts bringing together the best and
on the occasion. brightest scientists, engineers
and entrepreneurs to work
Present on the occasion were together.” She elaborated that Dr. Satyajit Mohapatra from SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre (SRM MCH&RC)
SRMIST’s Vice Chancellor such collaboration will provide was honoured on the occasion of Research Day at SRM Institute of Science and Technology.
Dr. C. Muthamizhchelvan, access to unique perspectives and
Pro VC (Medical) Dr. Lt. Col approaches, leverage the limited top international institutions, it challenge that universities face is done to promote interdisciplinary,
A. Ravikumar, Registrar Dr. resources and infrastructure, also encourages high performing preparing the global workforce multidisciplinary learning among
S. Ponnusamy, COE Dr. K. share insights and knowledge, Indian universities to set up of tomorrow. “Automation/ research scholars.” Presenting the
Gunasekaran, other Directors and finally allow one to create campuses in other countries.” emerging technologies are research statistics he said that at
and Deans. new networks and a globally- Highlighting the challenges and radically changing the workplace. SRMIST a lot of collaborative
opportunities in higher education,
Among those honoured was engaged workforce. She added she said, “Universities should Therefore academic institutions research is encouraged among
need to be nimble, flexible, faculty. He also urged students
Dr. Satyajit Mohapatra from that the new National Education move towards a technology- and adapt to keep pace with to submit quality papers.
SRM Medical College Hospital Policy encourages international driven, outcome-based model, these new technologies.” She
and Research Centre (SRM students to study in India, it also incorporating new Pedagogy concluded by saying that students “SRMIST has a huge
MCH&RC) who brought in provides greater mobility to through flipped classroom, and faculty should never stop infrastructure and labs and these
funding of rupees 1.6 crores. Dr. Indian students to visit, study MOOCs, Online Assessment, doing research. need to be used efficiently. We
Satyajit was also the Principle at, transfer credits to, or conduct hands-on instruction, Just in Time have several centres of excellence.
Investigator of the COVAXIN research at institutions abroad. Teaching, team-taught courses to Vice Chancellor Dr. C. This year we opened two such
trial held at SRM MCH&RC. The “It also facilitates research/ foster inter-disciplinarily, research Muthamizhchelvan in his centres one for energy and the
hospital has recently opened a teaching collaborations and in undergraduate programs and presidential address said, “At other for the environment.” -
5000 square feet hi-tech research faculty/student exchanges with so on.” She added that the main SRMIST, Research Day was added the VC.

Webinar on recent advances

in the field of Journalism

THASHWINI.V
AMRISH ROHAN

The webinar on “Recent
Advances in the Field of
Journalism” was organized by
Department of Journalism and
Mass Communication (JMC),
SRMIST accompanied by Aparna Karthikeyan interacting
Young Journalists’ Association with the students
on 11-Feb-2022.
Mr. Shiva Shankaran (HOD,
Aparna Karthikeyan an JMC, CSH). About 120 Students
author, writer, and Independent and 40 faculty from outside the
Journalist was the speaker for University participated in the
the first session. She writes webinar which was held via Poster of webinar on “Recent
for The Hindu, and she’s also the Zoom Platform. Advances in the Field of
a Senior fellow of People’s Aparna Karthikeyan, the Journalism”
Archive of Rural India (PARI), resource person started the which were posted in the chat
Scroll, Caravan and other media session by interacting with box by the students and other
outlets. She was awarded the the students about her past participants. Her answers were Poster of webinar on “Recent Advances in the Field of Journalism”
2015 National media award by works in PARI and how she clear, interesting and it was
National Foundation for India started traveling in Tamil Nadu very useful for everyone who The second session of the webinar was headed by Prof. Surbhi
for her work on “Vanishing covering stories about livelihood attended the session. Her session Dahiya, Course Director, Department of English Journalism,
livelihoods of rural Tamil Nadu “. of people from rural India and created an awareness about the Indian Institute of Mass Communication-New Delhi. She spoke

The event was inaugurated also shared her experiences in livelihoods of people of rural about the recent advances of journalism, the evolution of modern
by Dr. Duraisamy (DEAN) the journalism field. As the India who toil for survival and journalism, advances of artificial intelligence in journalism,
CSH , Dr. Albert Anthony session came to a conclusion, she overcome numerous challenges career in future online journalism. At the end of the session, she
Raj(Deputy Dean) CSH, and started to answer the questions in their day-to-day lives. answered various questions posed by the participants.