Applications of Bioinformatics in Drug Designing

Department of Pharmacology in Association with Biovnovem conducted a Hands on workshop on Applications of Bioinformatics in Drug Designing. This workshop was intended to introduce students to the field of Bioinformatics and its applications in real world, implications of software developed for bio-informatics on drug discovery and empower students on drug designing and development. 

Ms.Priya Sankar, CEO of Biovnovem, gave an extensivetalk on bioinformatic tools ,Programmes and databases. Ms.Sivaranjani and Mr.Arun Research Scientists had an elaborative talk on Molecular docking and Drug designing. The students were trained for molecular docking in drug designing. It was a different experience for the students and some of them definitely will inculcate this experience in their future research. The college also has signed an MOU with BIOVNOVEM to have a future prospect in research activities.

National Technology Day -11th May 2017

Saveetha Dental College`s Dept. of Pharmacology joined hands with TwinTech Academy, the leading management consultancy and teaching & training institution committed to dissemination of knowledge for the common good, to conduct a seminar on Information & Communications Technology in Healthcare on the 11th May 2017 at its campus on the occasion of National Technology Day.

Prof. Dr. Sheeja Vargheese, Asso. Dean of Academics, SDCH and Shri A Mahalingam, an academician & healthcare administrator par excellence and Managing Director of TwinTech Academy Business Management Solutions Pvt. Ltd. inaugurated the seminar. He briefed about his institutions and also reminded about the importance of the celebration of National Technology Day.Shri A Mahalingam, an academician & healthcare administrator par excellence and Managing Director of TwinTech Academy Business Management Solutions Pvt. Ltd. inaugurated the seminar. He briefed about his institutions and also reminded about the importance of the celebration of National Technology Day.

He emphasized that suitable technology adoption is a must and would ensure that medical care is affordable and at the same time there is no compromise in ensuring a quality delivery which results in the complete delight of the patient. Such technology adoption and implementation in terms of new state-of-the-art medical equipment is an integral part of medical delivery.

The objective was to deliberate on typical questions raised in the context of deploying adequate technology in the modern healthcare delivery. Prof T. Ramanan, M.Sc.(IT) and MBA Technology Management, a seasoned and multi-faceted professional who brings with him an expertise on diverse areas and subjects like Information Technology, leveraging the same effectively in various industries, product development in satellite industry, IT support, training and business development was the key note speaker at the seminar.

He spoke in detail on the deployment of ICT in various areas of Healthcare like Quality Medical Service Delivery, technology enabled onsite/offline education methodologies; the Clinical Decision Support Systems to supplement the diagnosis process in telemedicine to reach medical care at the door step of the rural poor.

The session presented an in depth picture of how Information & Communication Technology has seamlessly blended into the Healthcare Delivery process and how it has simplified the access and update of medical records of the patient from anywhere/anytime.

Organizing Secretary cum Assistant Professor of Pharmacology Ms T Lakshmi, Ms Anitha Roy, Asst Prof and Dr D Ezhilarasan Senior Lecturer of Pharmacology and over 100 delegates from various institutions attended this unique seminar.

The high power seminar was extremely well received by the participants and drew rich appreciation from both participants and speakers alike.

Hand on Workshop on "The Perfect Slice"

Department of Biochemistry organised a Hands on workshop on "The Perfect Slice" in Watson & Crick Hall held on 12th May 2017. Dr. Tamil selvi, head of anatomy, Sathyabama dental college delivered a guest lecture on "Histotechnology - an overview". Dental council has granted 3 credit points and the students were exposed to slicing, slide preparation and reading the variations.

Edify- Department of Prosthodontics

Department of prosthodontics started their video with a motivational video which touched everyone in the gathering followed by department credentials presentation. 

They had three innovative teaching videos on solidification of metals, lasers in prosthodontics and history and evolution of implants..

They had presented 340 posters in star summit over three days and won 40 awards. Faculty and students had presented papers in national and international forum.

Dr.Dhanraj received the best clinical trainer award and Dr. Thiyaneswaran received the workaholic award. Also Dr.Thiyaneswaran, Dr.Ashok, Dr.Vinay, Dr.Marian Anand , Dr. Preetam received the mentor fee for Australian Implant training course

Work Shop on Clinical Hematology

Department of Biochemistry organised a hands on workshop on clinical haematology on 10.05.2017 at Watson & Crick Hall, SDC. Dr. Kalaiselvi Professor of Biochemistry, Sree Balaji Medical College delivered a guest lecture on new approaches in clinical haematology. Students were taught on peripheral blood smear preparation, automated hemoanalyser and comparison between manual and automated techniques in haematology.
 

Edify- Department of Pedodontics

Pedo EDIFY version three, started with a technical video demonstrating a dual use casting pot. Followed by award distribution to Dr.Ganesh Jeevanand who bagged all three awards namely Most punctual, Most Workaholic and most number of procedures guided. With a brief introduction by Dr.Sujatha, the education videos on space maintainers and avulsion were explained by Dr.Mahesh Ramakrishnan and Dr.Kandasamy respectively. The department achievements were highlighted by D.G.Deepa and Dr.EMG Subramanian promised on the future plans of the department. Dr.Dhanalakshmi shared her memories as a Postgraduate student and the making of EDIFY version 3. The department did not forget to thank everyone in the EDIFY meet, in their own way thanks giving was done by distributing a momento.

Hands on workshop on MONITORING AIRBORNE PATHOGENS IN HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT

Department of pharmacology organised a hands on workshop –Monitoring air quality in hospital environment to under graduate students of saveetha dental college in collaboration with technical expert from Marina Lab R & D ,Chennai.Around 30 students participated in the Lecture given by Dr.N Udayaprakash ,Director ,Marina Labs R & D and Dr Bhuvaneshwari ,Head Dept .of Plant Biotechnology ,Loganathan Govt College ,Ponneri.

Ms.N.Sripriya an Industrial expert performed an Hands on Training in the evaluation of air quality to the students. The programme completed successfully with the active participation of the students.

On this Ocassion an MOU was signed between Saveetha Dental College & Marina Labs R & D for collaborating various research work,publishing papers and for patent .The students will get benefitted for utilising their labs for short term research projects.

Seminario in Personal Excellence

Department of Biochemistry in association with Skillpedia, Oxford, UK conducted a Webinar entitled “Seminario in Personal Excellence “ on 27th April 2017.  Dental Council has awarded 2 credit points for this program. Skill experts,were Ms. Rajeeswari, Director, Skillpedia, UK and Ms. Lina Akbar, CEO, Coach me 2 success, UK. It was a very interactive session interspersed with activities. Seminario gave an insight into moving towards personal excellence and becoming the best possible version of ourselves. 

Edify- Department of Periodontics-27/4/2017

 The theme of the meeting was -Throwback Thursday!! The edify highlighted the events and progress of the department from October 2016-March 2017.

Prior to the meeting the edify awards were distributed. The workaholic and punctuality awards were won byDr.Sheeja and the best clinical teaching award was won by Dr.Kaarthikeyan.

     The OP statistics for the undergraduate and postgraduateclinics were presented. The co curricular activities of the department was also put forth. The highlights were the innovative teaching videos done under the topics “Periodontal regeneration” using an animation software “Maya” and the other one on “ Papillon-Lefevre syndrome” .

    Innovations in the postgraduate clinical training included a video showing the design and usage of 3 new instruments , namely the modified Periotemp probe, tissue holding forceps and a flap holding forceps. The edify meeting progressed withavideo recap of all the CDE programs and conferences (National and International) organized and participated by the staff and students of the department. The Oral hygiene day celebrations of the department was also shown in a video footage. The edify was concluded on a lighter note with a video describing the iBookexperience of faculty.  

    The edify presentation as well received by our Director of Academics , Dr.Deepak Nallswamy and other faculty. Deepak sir also mentioned that it was the best edify so far. 

Workshop & Hand-on training on "Laboratory Animal in Scientific Experimentation and Research” (LASER)

Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals feeling pleasure to share the happiness of successful completion of workshop & hands-on training on “Laboratory Animal in Scientific Experimentation and Research” (LASER) by the Department of Biomedical Research Unit Laboratory Animal Care and Dental Research Cell (BRULAC& DRC) which was aimed to train the PhD scholars and MD postgraduates. The program was inaugurated by the Director Dr. Deepak Nallaswamy, along with the presence of chief guest Dr. S. Ramesh professor& Head Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, TANVUS and the session guest speaker Dr. S.Balarama Kaimal Assistant professor, Saveetha Medical College. The director Dr. Deepak Nallaswamy addressed the gathering and articulated the importance of animal research in the medical, dental and other research streams. Followed by the inaugural ceremony the gracious presence and enlighten lectures from the chief guest and guest speaker has given an impact on participants on different aspects in Animal Research. While in the hands on session the participants were demonstrated and allowed to handle the animals in the specialized techniques like establishing research models, blood collection, organ collection, brain dissection, learning, memory, motor co-ordination, assessment of animal behavioral, laboratory CARE and maintenance by the scientist in charge Dr. D. Ezhilarasan other scientists Dr. M. Karthik Ganesh, Mr. N. Ashok Vardhan and the veterinarian in charge Dr. T.Muralidaran of the BRULAC& DRC department. The guests and participants very well appreciated the BRULAC& DRC department and the management of Saveetha Dental College and Hospital for conducting such a fruitful workshop.The Controller of Research (UG) Dr. P. Gopinath extended the thanks on behalf of BRULAC& DRC for the support from the director, chief guest, guest speaker and the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital in the success of Workshop.

Caries Activity Test

The department of microbiology, Saveetha Dental College had successfully conducted an hands-on workshop for dentists titled “ CARIES ACTIVITY TEST”  on 22.4.17. An informal inauguration was conducted welcoming the guest speaker and the delegates. The program started by 9.00 Am with lecture highlighting the importance of caries activity test for dentists. Two speakers delivered their lecture, Dr. S. Shyam, Reader, Meenakshiammal Dental college and Mr. N.P.Murali dharan, Reader, Saveetha Dental College.

The workshop was attended by a restricted 60 registered delegates who attended the lectures and was followed by demonstration of performing caries activity tests. Then the delegates were guided to do caries activity test on their own. They were shown the cultures done to demonstrate the role of various bacteria in the pathogenesis of dental caries. We have sought for CDE points from Tamilnadu dental council.

MOU WITH LIFE CARE PHYTO LABS

The purpose of the MoU is to utilise the herbal extracts they market for the research study for faculty and students . Life care phyto lab basically an manufacturing, R & D laboratory which focus on quality of the herbal medications. 

As an major part of MoU , there will be student and faculty participation in the industrial collaboration for utilising their laboratory and involve in govt funded projects as well as short term research projects in Saveetha Dental College .

“The Body & The Mind - Its All About You”:

The Department of Anatomy organized a workshop on Health and fitness at M.M convention centre in Saveetha Dental College on 1st of April 2017 had a total of 277 participants. Students & Staff from our college and other Medical, Dental & Nursing colleges also participated in it including parents and other health care professionals.

The participants were welcomed by an inspiring dance by the I BDS students. The work shop was inaugurated by Director of Academics Dr. Deepak Nallasamy, Dr. Ramakrishnan, Cardiothoracic surgeon, Apollo Hospitals, Dr Sheeja Varghese, Associate Dean of Academics and Mrs. Thenmozhi, Head, Department of Anatomy.  

Inaugration was followed by a guest lecture by Dr. Ramakrishnan, Cardiothoracic surgeon, Apollo Hospitals on “Input life into your Heart for a healthy output”. After a healthy snack break the participants had hands on training on self stretching in “Flex Stretch & Extend” By Mr. Yuvaraj Babu, Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy.

Dr. Karpagam krishnamoorthy, Lecturer,Department of Anatomy gave advices on diet in her talk “Eat what you need and not what you greed”. This was followed by a talk by Professor.   Dr.EMG. Subramanian, Head of Pedodontics on “Fit bit with EMG”.

 To conclude the workshopDr. Karpagam and students gave a demonstration of Muscle Toning Exercises . Feedback from students of other colleges was got; Participation certificates were given followed by a Healthy Lunch to end the workshop.

Hands on workshop - Grant writing and patent filing

Dept of pharmacology organised a hands on workshop on grant writing and patent filing on 15th April 2017.Dr Chamundeswari ,principal ,college of pharmacy ,Sri Ramachandra university delivered key note address on importance of writing a grant proposal and its impact to the development of the organisation and Dr Ezhilarasan , Dr.Thirumalai kumaran also delivered guest lecture on grant writing and showed few sample proposal and made the students to perform hands on training related to drafting the grant proposal for ICMR ,DST ...

The patent drafting and filing was an interactive session which held in the afternoon session .Dr.Subramaniyan ,Deputy controller of patents ,patent office ,guindy delivered an informative lecture and it was an eye opener for the faculty and students about the patent and IPR .

There were over 52 participants from various colleges in Tamilnadu like Adiparasakti dental college ,SRM Dental College ,Asan Dental college ,Meenakshi Amal Dental college ,Sathyabama Dental College , faculty ,graduates & post graduate students -Endodontics department actively participated in the workshop and it was an grand success .

IADR 2017- Sanfrancisco

Research is formalised curiosity; it is something one opts to do or not to do. we chose to diligently seek knowledge while pursuing a passion; by taking part in the International Association of Dental Research (IADR) 2017, that focuses on advance research for improvement of oral health worldwide, which took place from the 22nd till the 25th of March in San Francisco, California, USA.

On the 20th of March, staffs and students of our College, set course to San Francisco to attend the general session of the 95th IADR Conference. The participants published their respective papers and posters in the general session, resulting in a tremendous response from the other Universities. The number of posters and papers that were presented by the other Universities were immense and witnessed an active interaction platform. The participants got to interact with international practitioners at the top of their respective fields, which enabled them to gather greater knowledge not only from the field of Dentistry but also from other scientific fields. Dr. James David Raj was awarded with the 2017 IADR Hatton Divisional Award.

Dr. Sameer Bhole, the Clinical Director of Oral health services, SydneyDental Hospital, was in appreciation of the system practiced in Saveetha Dental College. The staffs and students of the college take pride in attending this prestigious conference and obtaining awards for the priceless efforts that had been implied. 

MoU with School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vels University

MOU between Saveetha Dental College, finest institutions in the world with a unique curriculum with a blend of the best practices and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vels University known for 25 years of service in Pharmaceutical Education and research with its state-of-the art infrastructure and experienced faculty members mainly aims in novel drug formulations for management of oral mucosal lesions especially potentially malignant disorders thereby attempting to treat such patients at early stages to prevent malignant transformation.

The School of Pharmaceutical Sciences had represented the formulation of various drug delivery systems for the treatment of various dental disorders/ diseases. These formulations were usually tested in animals for their effectiveness. This collaboration will lead to new way for the real time study of the therapeutic effectiveness of the novel drug delivery systems in the patients. The development of drug loaded in-situ gels for treatment of dental disorders will be novel approach in which the formulation remains as liquid dosage form until it is administered on to the patients’ site, where it is converted into a gel. It is estimated that about 50% of school children are suffering from Dental caries and more than 90% of adults are having periodontal diseases. Many such affected sites out of reach for application of the semisolid formulations. Hence the development of optimized new insitu gel formulation which improves the rate and extent of action of drug loaded, and thereby enhancing the overall quality of treatment of patients. 

Saveetha Dental College proved its track record in providing quality treatment for the patients and this Research collaboration will definitely open the new avenues to reach great heights in patient service and to train students of both the universities with unsurpassed skills in Clinical, Academic and Research domains.

MoU with TwinTech Academy Business Management Solutions

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on Friday between Saveetha University (Among the nation’s prestigious seats of education covering a diverse range of subjects that include Medicine, Dental Surgery, Engineering, Physiotherapy, Nursing, Law and Management) and Chennai`s leading trainer and well known solution provider - TwinTech Academy Business Management Solutions Pvt. Ltd on 03rd April 2017.

The collaboration would help in pooling the expertise and experience of these institutions in their respective areas to enhance the quality of the management program being offered and give the cutting edge to the managerial skills of the students of Saveetha Dental College.

Under the provisions laid by the MoU the collaborating institutions would conduct Student Internships programs. Career-Centric Skills Enhancement Programs (C-SEP), Faculty development Programs, jointly participate as members in Saveetha`s Expert Committee to explore and incorporate the latest advancements in the science and art of management and add a real time element into the courses, they will also jointly organize seminars, conduct Continuing Education programs in various healthcare and management areas.

The Management of Saveetha Dental College declared the appointment of Mr A Mahalingam of TwinTech Academy Business Management Solutions as a Distinguished Adjunct faculty on the occasion and issued a formal letter for the same as part the MOU.

SPACE IMMUNOLOGY

The CDE Program was organised by Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology in collaboration with Department of Biochemistry on 12.4.2017 at Decennial Hall and it was first of its kind bridging the gap between Dentistry andBasicMedical Sciences.

Dr T.N.Uma Maheswari,  Professor , Dept of Oral Medicine was the organising Chairman ,Dr Vishnu Priya, Professor, Dept of Biochemistry was the Organising secretary and Dr Maragathavalli and Mrs. R.Gayathri were Joint secretaries of this CDE program.

Dr.P.Shanmugasundaram, Director, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vels university was the Guest of Honour and he was invited for MOU signing between Saveetha Dental College and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vels University.

Dr Santhosh Kumar, Professor andHead , Dept of Pharmacology, Vels University delivered a invited talk on Space Immunology and Dr Krishnan, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Saveetha Medical College, Saveetha University delivered a talk on Targetted immunotherapy and its clinical implications.

Dr Satheesh Kumar, Professor and HOD, Department of Pharmaceutics, Vels universitywas the chair Moderator of the scientific session. 

Registration was made free and there were 140 registered delegates and 2 DCI credit points were allotted for this innovative CDE Programme on Space Immunology.

MoU with Institute of Bio- Medical Research

SDC Signed Memorandum of understanding with Institute of Bio- Medical Research , a In house R& D unit recognized by Department of scientific & Industrial research, Ministry of sciences & technology, Government of Indian on 8th April 2017. The MoU paves a platform for research in stem cell Biology, Embryology and Human Genetics for Undergraduates and Post Graduates.

Workshop in Current Trends In Clinical Immunology

Department of Biochemistry organised Hands on workshop in current trends in clinical immunology on April 6th 2017. Dental Council has awarded 6 credit points for the workshop. Undergraduates and postgraduates were exposed to immunological techniques like immuno histochemistry, double immuno diffusion, single radial immuno diffusion, SDS - PAGE.The students were awarded for their active participation in the workshop.