The sun shone like powdered gold over the sky of the Global Peace Auditorium, Brahma Kumaris Shanti Sarovar, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, on October 1, 2022 at the XXII Convocation of the University of Hyderabad (UoH). The University of Hyderabad gave away the coveted degrees to 4800 students enrolled in various programs and graduated in 2020, 2021…
Prof. Vinod Pavarala, Senior Professor of Communication and UNESCO Chair on Community Media, has returned from a productive eight-day academic visit to the UK from September 20-28, 2022. CR-CIT Workshop at Totnes Prof. Pavarala was invited to conduct a one-day workshop at Totnes in South Devon on the Community Radio Continuous Improvement Toolkit (CR-CIT)…
Ibrahim Badusha C, PhD candidate, Department of Political Science, School of Social Sciences, working under the supervision of Prof. K K Kailash, has been selected to present a paper at the Circle Graduate South Asia Conference 2022 organized by Canada India Research Centre for Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), Guelph University, Canada, to be held during…
The obligatory role of ethylene in inducing ripening in fleshy fruits is well known. Due to the essential nature of ethylene in ripening, its biosynthesis and signaling pathways are well studied in fleshy fruits such as tomato. Several ripening-induced ethylene response factor (ERF) genes, the most downstream regulators of the ethylene signaling pathway, have been…
The Centre for Women’s Studies at the University of Hyderabad organised a symposium titled “Queer Futurity in Post-NALSA and Post-377 India” on the 7th of September 2022, which also commemorated the reading down of Section 377 of the IPC by the Supreme Court of India on September 6th 2018. The symposium was held in hybrid…
Reagene Innovations, a start-up company incubated at Aspire BioNest, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, was presented best Research Award at the Advances in Molecular Diagnostics and Precision Medicine International Conference in Chennai from 15 – 17 September, 2022. The award was in recognition of their work on designing 3D bioprinted human models of COVID-19…
Former Ambassador Gurjit Singh delivered a distinguished lecture at the University of Hyderabad’s Political Science department on the topic, “India Africa Economic and Development Partnership” on Thursday, September 22. Appointed to the Indian Foreign Service in 1980, he worked as an ambassador to Germany, Indonesia & ASEAN, Ethiopia, and the African Union. During this lecture…
Millets are small-seeded grains rich in nutrients, bioactive molecules, and various health-benefiting factors. Also, millets are climate-resilient as they are cultivated in harsh environments. They can withstand heat, drought, pathogen and pest infection, and poor soil nutrition; at the same time, they are less dependent on synthetic fertilizers, systemic irrigation and pest/weed control. Thus, millets…
The UoH HARMONY Team member participated in Study Visits/ Conferences in Vilnius (Lithuania) and Zaragoza (Spain) during September 5-14, 2022. Dr. S Shaji, the UoH HARMONY project member and Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science participated in Study Visits and Conferences between September 5 and 14 at Mykolo Romerio University (MRU) in Lithuania and University…
Manoj Jayakumar of the Department of English presented a paper titled “Playing the Imperial Gothic in Spec Ops: The Line” in the conference “From ‘Early Access’ and ‘Open Worlds’ to Game-Cons and Clans: The Production of Spatiality and Community in Contemporary Gaming” held from the 14th to the 16th of September at the University of…