children of Kathmandu Valley” <strong>in</strong> Nationalconference of Indian association ofPreventive and Social Medic<strong>in</strong>e held on 22-24 th Feb. 2007 at AIIMS, New Delhi.Dr. Varidmala Ja<strong>in</strong>, presented paper entitled“Sequlae of Japanese Encephalitis <strong>in</strong> KailaliDistrict of Nepal” <strong>in</strong> National conference of Indianassociation of Preventive and Social Medic<strong>in</strong>eheld on 22-24 th Feb. 2007 at AIIMS, New DelhiMr. Alok Mukerjee and Mr. HimanshuPandey, presented a poster on ‘M<strong>in</strong>i matrixtablets of Domperidone maleate’ at NationalSem<strong>in</strong>ar on Controlled & Targeted drugdelivery: Nanotechnology, at Deptt. of Pharm.Sciences, Dr. H.S. Gour Vishwavidyalaya,Sagar. (M.P).on 17 th -18 th March, 2007.Mr. Gaurav, attended two days NationalSem<strong>in</strong>ar and presented a poster on “Controlled& Targeted drug delivery: Nanotechnology”, atDeptt. of Pharm. Sciences, Dr. Hari S<strong>in</strong>gh GourVishwavidyalaya, Sagar. (M.P) on 17 th -18 thMarch, 2007A paper titled “Antioxidant activity ofMethylebetul<strong>in</strong>ate and petroleum etherextract of Hyptis Sauveolvns poit L<strong>in</strong>n” byMr. P. Venkatseh was published <strong>in</strong> Journal:SFRR- India Bullet<strong>in</strong> Vol. 5 (2007) pp.31-35.Dr. Neena Gupta presented paper entitled“Study on abortion complications of ruralwomen and role of husband as motivat<strong>in</strong>gfactor” at Bangalore <strong>in</strong> the Internationalconference from <strong>July</strong>, 2007A paper titled “Problem faced by femalecommunity health volunteers <strong>in</strong> RupendehiDistrict of Nepal” by. Dr. Neena Gupta andDr. G S<strong>in</strong>gh was published <strong>in</strong> M<strong>in</strong>dscapes abook published at the <strong>in</strong>ternationalconference at NIMHANS, 2007.Mrs. Archana Chandra attended nationalconference on technical advances andemerg<strong>in</strong>g societal imprecations andpresented paper entitled “Role of ITapplications <strong>in</strong> health care sector” atRourkela held <strong>in</strong> March 2007. A paper entitled “Harness<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>formationcommunication Technology for ruraldevelopmental: an Indian experience” by Mrs.Archana Chandra was accepted forpresentation at International conference <strong>in</strong>management go<strong>in</strong>g to be held at Lethunia, Europe.Gospel & Plough Theological College Rev. Dr. P.J. Navitt, HoD G&PTC,completed his research under the guidance ofDr. Edward Masih.BOOK PUBLISHEDDepartment of HorticultureBarche, Swati & Kirad, K. S. (2007).Vegetable at a glance, Kalyani publishers,Ludhiana. ISBN 81- 272-3430-3TRAINING PROGRAMMEDepartment of HorticultureMr. Devi S<strong>in</strong>gh attended a w<strong>in</strong>ter school tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>gheld at Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture& Forestry, Solan (H. P.) on vegetable breed<strong>in</strong>gand protected cultivation of vegetable crops from5 th to 25 th February, 2007.Dept. of Molecular Biology & GeneticEng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>gThe follow<strong>in</strong>g faculty members have completedtra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g on Genotoxicity Markers <strong>in</strong> fish atNational Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources,Lucknow from February : 15-21, 2007.S. Suhas<strong>in</strong>i, Mr. P. Ashok Kumar, Mrs. P. Karpagam.RESEARCH NEWSDepartment of Genetics and PlantBreed<strong>in</strong>gAggies Dhan 2 (clustered rice) INGR No.04064 and IC 396397 is novel mutant l<strong>in</strong>e of paddy(Oryza sativa L.). It has multiple caryopses i.e.hav<strong>in</strong>g 3-4 spikelets per node, 45-55 clusters perpanicle (photograph enclosed). It was derivedfrom sonachur (an <strong>in</strong>digenous local variety)through <strong>in</strong>dividual plant selection. The mutant l<strong>in</strong>e28
hav<strong>in</strong>g the morphological characteristics like 105- 109.48 cm plant height, 10-12.93 number oftillers, 8.73-10.82 number of productive tillers, 17-19 cm panicle length, 27.5 cm flag leaf length,1.17 -1.21 cm flag leaf width, 53.05 number ofclusters/ panicle, 3.05-3.78 number of spikelets/cluster, 189.47-192.19 total number of spikeletsper panicle, 0.74 cm kernel length, 0.28 cm kernelwidth and 23.0g test weight.The standard agronomic practices <strong>in</strong>cludestransplant<strong>in</strong>g of 25 days old seedl<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>in</strong>to ma<strong>in</strong>field with 2-3 seedl<strong>in</strong>gs per hill with 20 x 15 cmspac<strong>in</strong>g, fertilized with 100:40:40 (NPK) alongwith 20 kg ZnSo 4-tested for both transplantedwetland and direct seeded upland conditions. Thecrop matures <strong>in</strong> 120 – 125 days. Gra<strong>in</strong> yieldrecorded 55q/ ha under irrigation and 34 q/ haunder ra<strong>in</strong>fed conditions.Aggies Dhan 2 tested at multilocations underAll India Coord<strong>in</strong>ated Rice Improvement Projectthrough Directorate of Rice Research dur<strong>in</strong>gkharif, 2006. The culture got follow<strong>in</strong>g results :Aggies Dhan 2 tested for Diseases:Aggies Dhan 2 is highly resistant to rice blast.It is a serious disease of rice and causessignificant and some times total yield losses. Itmay <strong>in</strong>fect the leaves, nodes, panicles, and otheraerial parts of the plant.It is moderately resistant to (a) Sheath rot(b) Tungro virus and (c) Brown spot.Aggies Dhan 2 tested for Insect Pest :Gall midge is a serious pest <strong>in</strong> all the states ofIndia. The symptoms are characterized by theoccurrence of white tubular structures commonlycalled silver shoots or galls which are <strong>in</strong>factmetamorphised leaf sheaths.Aggies Dhan 2 is highly resistant to Gall midge.Stem borer : Stem borer is serious pest of rice.The striped borer, yellow borer, white borer andp<strong>in</strong>k borer are important types of stem borers.Aggies Dhan 2 is resistant to all four types ofstem borers.Brown Plant hopper : Brown Plant Hopper(BPH) is a serious <strong>in</strong>sect pest of rice. Themicroclimate of semi-dwarf varieties under highlevel of fertility is ideal for its multiplication. Undermild <strong>in</strong>festation, there is general loss of vigour,r<strong>edu</strong>ction <strong>in</strong> tiller<strong>in</strong>g and severe <strong>in</strong>festation causesa condition called Hopper Burn and may causecomplete destruction of the crop.Aggies Dhan 2 is resistant to brown plant hopper,white mouth, thrips.Identified two rice mutant l<strong>in</strong>es one is with earlymatur<strong>in</strong>g duration (below 100 days) and other oneis hav<strong>in</strong>g multi-caryopsis future with dark browncoloured spikelets from mutation breed<strong>in</strong>gprogramme be<strong>in</strong>g carried out by Dr. J. DayalPrasad Babu.Department of Microbiology andMicrobial TechnologyResearch on various problems related to Food & DairyMicrobiology, Medical, Industrial, Agricultural andEnvironmental Microbiology is be<strong>in</strong>g carried out <strong>in</strong> Postgraduate and Doctoral thesis works.Ma<strong>in</strong>tenance of approximately 75 stock cultures ofbacteria and fungi with importance <strong>in</strong> the fields ofmedic<strong>in</strong>e/ agriculture/ <strong>in</strong>dustry/ food and dairy.Production extracellular enzymes isolated fromdifferent bacterial stra<strong>in</strong>s were optimized Screen<strong>in</strong>g,isolation and identification of antimicrobial componentspresent <strong>in</strong> the medic<strong>in</strong>al plants were carried out Isolationand characterization of Bacterioc<strong>in</strong> produc<strong>in</strong>gmicroorganisms Screen<strong>in</strong>g of antibiotic resistantpathogens isolated from different cl<strong>in</strong>ical specimensIsolation and identification of agriculturally importantmicroorganismsDepartment of Mechnical Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>gEr. A.K. Rai, Assistant Professor has submittedpaper at ASME Conference to be held at California.The Title of Paper is “Evaluation of Convective heat& Mass Transfer <strong>in</strong> open sun & Green-housedry<strong>in</strong>g”. Accepted for publication <strong>in</strong> Journal.Department of Mathematics and StatsticsThe department is stress<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>in</strong>volvement of<strong>in</strong>terdiscipl<strong>in</strong>ary-topics <strong>in</strong> research-work to applythe results obta<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> different fields.29