SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Ramapuram Campus, Chennai
College of Science and Humanities
Department of Biotechnology
COVID-19: OVERVIEW AND POSSIBLE CURE FOR GLOBAL PANIC
The Department of Biotechnology conducted a one day webinar on 15.04.2020 titled ‘COVID-19: Overview and Possible Cure for Global Panic’ for UG/PG students, research scholars and teaching fraternity. The Resource person, Dr. R. Sivaramakrishnan, Department of Biochemistry, Chulalongkorn University spoke on the corona virus, its types and classification. Later, he explained the mechanism and mode of infection and talked about the traditional medicines that are practised in our country for such viral infections. Finally, the talk ended with the protection and precautions to be adopted by us against the COVID 19. The online session was attended by around 29 participants. The presentation was followed by a Q & A session. The webinar was convened by Dr. T. Sekar, HOD/Biotechnology and well-coordinated by the faculty members Dr. S. Suresh, Assistant Professor and Dr. A. Rajasekar, Assistant Professor.
