School of Science, organized a two day event "OPEN DAY” on 5th and 6th December 2014 to provide an opportunity for prospective students currently studying in Final year graduation to visit SOS to see their courses and activities. The Open Day was attended by 275 students from various colleges like Wilson College, Thakur College, Bhawan’s College Andheri, Vaze College, Xavier;s college, KC College, to name a few. Students were from various subject streams like Microbiology, Chemistry, Biotechnology, Botany, Zoology, Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals. The event was spread over 4 sessions, 2 on each day and it started with welcome and introductory speech by Dr. Dhananjaya Saranath and Dr. Nancy Pandita. Contemporary research at SOS includes Microbiology & Biotechnology, Stem cells research, Neuroscience, Translational cancer research, Medicinal plant research, nanotechnology, Translational phytochemistry and Analytical Chemistry. During the event, students of SOS conducted hands-on demonstrations and showcased some of the interesting and innovative research taking place across the SOS. Each demonstration was of 10-15 minutes and it highlighted the technology used in research in respective areas. Students from various colleges got an opportunity to walk in through our various labs that include Molecular Biology lab, Microbiology lab, Instrumentation, Phytochemistry and Analytical Chemistry laboratories. Excellent feedback was received from the students and faculties who attended the event.
