Invited lecture on “Ocean Biodiversity”

An invited lecture was organized for students of the department on the 8th of June 2021.

The session was handled by Ms. Anju R, Research Scholar, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) Cochin. She is also an alumni of the Department of Zoology, Nirmalagiri College.

Thank you Anju for such a lively and informative talk!!

Viral Zoonoses

An invited lecture on “Viral Zoonoses” was delivered by Dr. Jobin Jose Kattoor, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Animal Disease Diagnosis Laboratory, Division of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University.

More than 75 students and alumni of the Department participated in the webinar. Dr. Ousephachan KV, Principal Nirmalagiri College and Dr. Jimly C Jacob (HoD, Zoology) were present during the meeting.

Thank you Dr. Jobin for the lively and informative session.

The lecture was organized by Dept. of Zoology and Kerala government Veterinary Officers Association (Kannur Unit) to commemorate the World Zoonoses day (July 6th).

Webinar Series 2021

Department of Zoology is organising a series of talks during the odd semester. First talk on “future after zoology” was held on 27-07-2021. Expert educationalist Mr. Kiran, delivered the lecture.

On 28-07-2021 at 7.30 PM Indian Standard Time (IST) we will have a talk on “Viral Zoonoses”, by Dr. Jobin Jose Kattoor, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University.

More talks will be announced as soon as we have confirmation from the speakers.

Special Talk on Biodiversity Conservation

A talk on Biodiversity Conservation was delivered by Sri. Sudheesh A.T., Project Fellow, Kerala State Biodiversity Board.

The talk covered various aspects of ecology and biodiversity. Importance of organisms to the environment, the ecological services, behaviour of animals and the need for environment conservation, biodiversity conservation etc. were points of discussion. All students from the Dept. of Zoology and other interested students participated. The talk was conducted in the auspices of the Bhoomithrasena club, Nirmalagiri College.