some more photos during surendirans thesis submission

Surendiran has submitted his PhD thesis on Friday, 7 August 2009.
Here are some photos of the occasion

99th Science Club Meet

Mr. M.R. Shridharan Convener Science Club welcomed the members, introduced the speakers and theme, and finally delivered formal vote of thanks.




DATE : SATURDAY, JULY 4TH, 2009

TIME : 10:00 A.M. 1:00 P.M.

VENUE : 423 HALL, INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL
SCIENCES, TARAMANI

THEME : MICROBES TO MAMMALS : SCALING THE LIFE
FORMS FINAL PHASE



Lead Speakers and Topics


Mr. Pratheesh C Mammen
(Research Scholar, Dept. of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Pondicherry University ) Birds: Indicators of Change

Mr. R. P. Kumarran
(Consultant, Marine Mammals, Ministry of Earth, Govt. Of India ) Marine Mammal Research in India


Ms. Ratula Dey.
(Research Scholar, Department of Anthropology, Univ. of Madras ) Anthropos: Genesis and Journey

Ramesh Marriage Photos

These fotos were taken using my cell fone 1.3 MP camera.

The 97th Science Club Meet

The 97th Science Club Meet was held in B.M Das Hall in CLRI Chennai on 02.05.2009. As usual Dr. M.R. Sridharan, the Science Club convener for the past 8 years welcomed the gathering for this informal regular meeting.

Speakers and Topics

Dr. R. Ganesh Jeevan (Scientist,EXCEL,CLRI): A Comprehensive Perspective on Chemical Analysis of Leather


Dr. C. Sethuraman, Scientist, CSIO, CSIR Madras Complex): Instrumentation for Energy Optimization in Leather Industry



Dr. M. D. Naresh, Scientist, Biophysics Lab, CLRI): New and Appropriate Techniques to Assess Physical Properties of Leather.


Mrs. R. Venba, Scientist, Leather Processing Division, CLRI who supposed to present on Instrumental Techniques in Leather Dyeing could not make it up today.
It has been announced that Dr. N. Mathivanan has completed 1 year as the co convener of the club. Dr. Mathivanan has talked about his intimacy with the Club for years and the benefits of the club. He and Convener M.R. Sridharan insisted that there should be more participation of students. The meeting has ended only at 2 o clock and later has dispersed for lunch after the group photo.

Fifth International Conference on Biopesticides

Dr. N. Mathivanan, Team Leader of Biocontrol and Microbial Metabolites Lab has participated in the Fifth International Conference on Biopesticides at New Delhi during 26-30 April 2009. He has been invited to present a talk on successful promotion of Trichoderma sp. from land to lab for farmers practice.

Chennai science Festival 2009

Chennai Science City, like very year , is organizing Chennai science Festival 2009 at Anna University now. It was inaguared by Hon. Higher Education Minister Mr. Ponmudi on 19th February 2009 and will exhibit various scince related stalls till 22 Feb 2009. Our laboratory is exhibiting the message Gift of Nature and Biology for Every one at stall numbers 35 and 36. It has more than 60 participants and comprising of more than 100 stalls.