ELECTION OF THE OFFICE BEARERS

The election of the office bearers for the Zoology association,2018 -2019 was held on 20th June 2018. Athira Menon T. of 3rd DC was elected as the association secretary.Anna Susan Roy was elected as the 1st DC representative,Jomol Joshy as the 2nd DC representative, S.A.Marathakarani as the 3rd DC representative and Kavya Anilkumar as the P.G representative.

              

Dr. Helvin Vincent and Ms.Cynthia Mathew Thaliath were nominated as the Staff Advisors of the association.

INAUGURATION OF ZOOLOGY ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES

Inauguration of the activities of Zoology Association was done by Dr. A. V. Reethamma, Retd Head of the Zoology Department of Maharaja’s College on July 4, 2018 by handing over a bowl of fish to Dr. Helvin Vincent, Staff Advisor of Zoology Association.After the inauguration, Dr. Reethamma delivered a talk conveying a thoughtful message highlighting the importance of zoology in life.

PRIZES FOR INTERCOLLEGIATE COMPETITION AT BHARATH MATA COLLEGE, June 2018.

Students of Zoology department participated in the intercollegiate competition at Bharath Mata College, Thrikkakaraas part of the World Environment day celebrations on 5th June 2018. Sreenandana B. of 3rd DC won the first prize for painting competition. K.A Vaani of 3rd DC and Aneeta of 2nd DC won the 2nd and 3rd prizes respectively for the essay competition.

 

 

 

 

 

FRESHER’S DAY

The fresher’s day was conducted on 20th June 2018 and 1st DC students were welcomed to the department.

SEMINARS CONDUCTED AS PART OF DBT – STAR COLLEGE SCHEME, JUNE 2018.         Two seminars were conducted for 3^rd DC students as part of the DBT – STAR college scheme. First seminar was on Genomic DNA isolation, conducted on 21st June 2018.The resource person was Dr. Anju T.R. Assistant professor of Department of Biotechnology,Newman College. The second seminar was on Electrophoretic techniques, conducted on 28th June 2018. The resource person was Dr. Smitha S. , Assistant Professor of Department of Zoology,Sacred Heart College,Thevara.

PRIZES FOR INTERCOLLEGIATE COMPETITION AT AL-AMEEN COLLEGE EDATHALA

Students also participated in the intercollegiate competition and seminar on Plastic pollution held at Al-Ameen College, Edathala on 25th June 2018. Navina Mable Francis of 3rd DC won 1st prize for poster designing. Athira Menon T and Parvathy K.R of 3rd DC won 3rd prize for quiz competition.

INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON “EMERGING TRENDS IN BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH AND CURRENT CHALLENGES IN ARTIC SEA MONITORING”, JULY 2018.

The Zoology Department hosted an International Seminar on “Emerging trends in biophysical research and current challenges in Arctic sea ice monitoring”, on 13^th July, 2018. The seminar was formally Inaugurated by Dr.Vishnu Nandan, Scientist from Cryosphere Climate research group, University of Calgary, Canada by handing over a sapling symbolizing life to Principal Dr. Sajimol Augustine.

The seminar had four sessions handled by four eminent resource persons.

The first session was the keynote address by Dr.Vishnu Nandan on the topic “Diminishing Artic sea Ice: Why should we care about it? Current challenges in artic sea ice monitoring”. The various research options in Cryosphere Climate research was also discussed.

The second session was addressed by Dr. Anu Gopinath, Assistant Professor, KUFOS on “Organic matter characterization from Artic Fjord sediments”.

“International cooperation in Artic Research –Opportunities and Challenges” was the topic of the third session delivered by Dr. K Ajith Joseph, Executive Director, Nansen Environmental Research Centre, KUFOS, Amenity Center,Kochi.

The final session was handled by Dr. Nandini Menon N, Senior Scientist, Nansen Environmental Research Centre, Kochi on “Remote Sensing and marine phytoplankton –An introduction”.

OVERALL 2^ND Position in ZOOFEST AT BHARATHA MATHA COLLEGE, THRIKKAKARA,  AUGUST 2018.

The students of zoology department of St Teresa’s College participated in the Zoofest 2018 conducted by Zoological society of Kerala on August 04, 2018 held at Bharatha Matha College, Thrikkakara. Various competitions were conducted for respective classes. A total of 25 students participated from zoology department. The students received prizes for various competitions.

St. Teresa’s College secured 2nd position in the overall championship.

 

Class	Events	Name of student	Prize
III DC	DISSECTION	Mary Emy K.E	I
		Michelle Vincent	II
	POWER POINT PRESENTATION	S. A Marathaka Rani	II
	QUIZ	Parvathy K.R and Mariya Liz Correya	II
II DC	CAPTION WRITING	Fincy James	II
		Nithyashree J.K	III
	SUMMARY WRITING	Anjali Yadav	I
	SCIENTIFIC DRAWING	SreekuttyShaji	III
I DC	POSTER DESIGN	Jaquiline Jose	I
	READING	Anna Susan Roy	II

HOSTED Sr. ROSALIND MEMORIAL INTER- COLLEGIATE QUIZ COMPETITION, AUGUST 2018.

Sr. Rosalind Memorial inter-collegiate quiz competition was organized by the Dept. of Zoology, in association with the Rotary Club, Ernakulam on 9th August 2018. Students from 13 colleges participated. After the preliminary round 6 colleges were selected in the main round and Mr. Ajimon P. P. was the Quiz Master.

The first prize was bagged by Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, 2nd prize was secured by Maharaja’s College and 3rd prize by Christ College, Thrissur. Cash prize, memento and certificates were distributed to the prize winners by Rev. Sr. Dr. Vinitha, Director of the College during the valedictory function.

WILDLIFE WEEK,  DECEMBER 2019

Inauguration of the wildlife week was conducted on the 13^th of December. As part of this inauguration, the Zoology department of St. Teresa’s college conducted a talk to raise awareness among the youngsters regarding the significance of birds. The talk was on ‘Common Birds Around Us’ by Mr. Basil Peter.He is an active member of the Animal Protection Committee and an avid photographer. UG and PG students of the department attended enthusiastically.

19 Various competitions were held in the following Wildlife Week for the U.G and P.G. students of Zoology Department.

Spell bee, Memory game, Jumbled words, Caption writing, Power point presentation, Pencil drawing, Best word, Pictionary, Poster designing, Photography, Face painting, Debate, Quiz, Painting, Radio talk, Brochure preparation, Power point preparation, Best aquarium setting and Most creative class were the competitions held.

 

Sl. No.	COMPETITIONS	FIRST PRIZE	SECOND PRIZE	THIRD PRIZE
1.	SCIENTIFIC SPELL BEE	Krishna G Nair 1st PG	Ann Mercy Jacob 2nd DC	Shristi K 3rd DC
2.	MEMORY GAME	Shabnam Farisha 1st PG	Meera Jose 1st PG	Nandini Sagar 1st PG
3.	JUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE	Devika Sivan 1st DC	K A Vaani 3rd DC	Ann Mercy Jacob 2nd PG
4.	CAPTION WRITING	Shabnam Farisha 1st PG	Marathaka Rani 3rd DC	Aneeta Ann 2nd DC
5.	PPT PRESENTATION	Sreeleksmi Anand 3rd DC	Marathaka Rani 3rd DC	Achu Oommen 1stPG
6.	PENCIL DRAWING	Sreekutty Shaji 2nd DC	Aswathy A R 2nd DC &Gopika R Menon 1stDC	Archa Sagar 1st DC & Athira Menon  3rd DC
7.	BEST WORD	K A Vaani 3rd DC	Shabnam Farisha 1st PG	Athira Menon 3rd DC
8.	PICTIONARY	K A Vaani 3rd DC	Athira Menon 3rd DC	Mariya Liz 3rd DC
9.	POSTER DESIGNING	Sreekutty Shaji 2nd DC	Jaqueline Jose 1st DC	Sharen Peter 2nd PG
10.	PHOTOGRAPHY	Nityasree 2nd DC	Gopika Menon 1st PG & Marathaka Rani 3rd DC	Achu Oommen 1stPG
11.	FACE PAINTING	Navina Mable 3rd DC	Sreekutty Shaji 2nd DC & Athira Menon 3rd DC	Archa Sagar 1st DC & Archana t Anil I DC
12.	DEBATE	Marathakarani & Mareena Christi 3rd DC	Mitchell Beveira & Sharen Peter 2nd PG	Nityasree & Fincy James 2nd DC
13.	QUIZ	Athira Menon & Parvathy K R 3rd DC	Gopika Menon 1st PG & Mitchell Beveira 2nd PG	Veronica Antony and Nityasree 2ndDC
14.	PAINTING	Kavya C P 1st PG	Sreekutty Shaji 2nd DC	Ophelia 2nd PG
15.	RADIOTALK	Mitchell Beveira 2nd PG & Fincy James 2nd DC	Mareena Christy 3rd DC	Archana Anil 1stDC
16.	BROCHURE PREPARATION	1st DC	PG & 3rd DC	2nd DC
17.	PPT PREPARATION	S A Marathaka Rani III DC	Mariya Sonet 2nd PG	Srishti k III DC
18.	AQUARIUM SETTING	1st DC	3rd DC	PG
19.	MOST CREATIVE CLASS	PG	1st DC	3rdDC

CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION, DECEMBER 2018.

The department organised the Christmas get together on 19^th December 2018.Various competitions were conducted in which the students participated with a lot of enthusiasm. The programme started off with the Christmas carol competition, for which the PG won the first, 3^rd years and 1^st years bagged the 2^nd and 3^rd prizes respectively.

A live crib competition was also held in which PG, 3^rd years and 1^st years won 1^st,2^nd and 3^rdprizes respectively.

A quiz on the theme Christmas also had an active participation, in which the 3^rd years won the 1^st prize and PG and 2^nd years won the 2^nd and 3^rd prizes respectively. The recipe writing competition added more fun to the festivities, for which the first prizewas won by Amitha Maria of 3^rd year and Mitchelle Beveira of PG won the 2^nd prize.

ALUMNI MEET, JANUARY 2019.

The Alumini meet of  Zoology department was conducted on 12^th January 2019. Old students from various batches attended the meet and interacted with their teachers. Former Heads of the department Smt. Nalini Prasad, Rev. Sr. Francis Ann and Smt. Gladys Francis were also present.Dr. Lalitha Ramamurthy,alumni of 1978 batch, currently working as Professor at Wisconsia University, Madison, Canada shared her experience of working abroad and inspired the recently passed out batches of students to take up research.

Nazrin P A and Gulshan Ashraf of 2011 batch were crowned as Miss Alumni.

Career Guidance –  Talk on Scope and Careers in Medical Coding, JANUARY 2019.

A career guidance class on the scope and the career options in medical coding was held on 16^th January,2019. It was given by the Arown Academy, Kochi. Students of 3^rdUG  and 1^st PG attended the class.

 PARISTHITHIKAM PROJECT

The Plastic free Cheranalloor Project, implemented by Department of Zoology & Bhoomithrasena club, St. Teresa’s College ( Autonomous), Ernakulam under the “Paristhithikam Project” of Directorate of Environment  and Climate Change, Government of Kerala, 2018-2019 was executed  in the Cheranalloor Grama Panchayat, Ernakulam with the objective of making  the village a model one with minimum use of plastic.

Overall Championship – FEST- OIKOS-2019 held AT Sacred Heart  College, Thevara, January 2019.

Students of the Department of Zoology participated in the “Oikos-2019” organized by SH College Thevara on January 16th and 17th, 2019 and won the overall championship trophy for the same. Prize winners are as follows

Class	Events	Name of student	Prize
PG	POSTER DESIGNING	Kavya C P	I
	ANIMAL TATTOO	Kavya C P	I
III DC	POSTER DESIGNING	Sreenandana	I
	PPT PRESENTATION	S. A Marathaka Rani Sreelekshmi Anand	II
	RADIO TALK   DISSECTION	Mareena Christi Jazima C A Michelle Vincent	II   II

AWARENESS TALK ON POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN DISEASE (PCOD).

A talk on Polycystic Ovarian Disease by Dr. Anand Gopalakrishnan, Founder Director of Vihaara wellness centre was conducted on 24^th January, 2019. Students of Zoology and Maths department attended the talk and was inspired to follow a Healthy Diet to decrease the chance of the disorder.

STUDY TOUR 2019 (BELUR,CHIKMAGALUR,DANDELI AND MALPE)

A total of 45 students of 3^rd year U. G. and 2^nd PG zoology attended the 5 day study tour to Belur,Chikmagalur, Dandeli and Malpefrom 23^rd  to 27^th January . The students were accompanied by two teachers,Dr. Soja Loius and Ms. Cynthia Mathew. The Journey commenced on 23^rdJanuary at 6 pm from the college campus.

 

 

PRIZES SECURED for WORLD WETLAND DAY COMPETITION AT COCHIN COLLEGE, FEBRUARY 2019.

Poster designing competition was held at Cochin College on 6^th February 2019,in connection with the world wetland day. Parvathy Somasundaram of 2^nd PG and Kavya C. P. Of  1^st PG secured the 1^st and 3^rd prizes respectively.

HOSTED NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY “SCIENTIA 2019” supported by KSCSTE, FEBRUARY 2019.

Zoology department celebrated the National Science Day on 15^th February 2019 financially supported by KSCSTE. Intercollegiate painting and debate competitions were conducted. 21 students from 7 colleges of Ernakulam District participated.

Painting competition

Sreenandana B and Athira Menon T of 3^rd DC zoology, St.Teresa’s College, won the first and second prizes respectively for the painting competition. Haripriya Rajeev of 3^rd DC Zoology,Sree Sankara college Kalady and Anuleksmi  P,CUSAT  shared the Third prize.

Debate competition

Sreelakshmi Anand and Marathaka Rani of 3^rdDC zoology, St.Teresa’s College, won the First prize for debate competition.

Second prize was won by Archana Tresa & Manu Thomas of Sacred Heart College, Thevara.

Albin Sunny and Joel joseph Prasad from CUSAT bagged third prize. Swathi J  of St.Xavier’s College was selected as the best speaker.

A seminar on the topic ‘Science and Logical Fallacies’ by resource person Dr. T.V Sajeev,Principal Scientist from KFRI, Thrissur was also conducted.

TROP ACTIVITY – ZOOLOGY DEPARTMENT  2018-19

I.TROP ACTIVITY on September 2018

UG students of  all the classes of the  Department of Zoology actively participated in the TROP activity.

Rebuild Kerala- Govt. survey of flood:

35 Students  of  I Bsc zoology  Class participated in the Rebuild Kerala Govt- survey of flood affected households of Cheranelloor panchayat on 15-09-18 and 18-09-18.

2. TROP ACTIVITY ON December 2018

Plastic free Cheranalloor:

Students of II  B. Sc. Zoology  were involved in “The Plastic free Cheranalloor”  Project, implemented by Department of Zoology & Bhoomithrasena club, St. Teresa’s College Ernakulam under the Paristhithikam Project of the Directorate of Environment  and Climate Change, Government of Kerala. This project is focused on four main aspects :

• Action research project for promoting eco friendly affordable sanitary napkins promoting sustainable menstrual waste management.
• Action research project for promoting eco friendly affordable diapers promoting sustainable waste management.
• Green them young project for behavioural change among children in Cheranalloor Grama Panchayat for reducing plastic waste and up cycling textile waste .
• Popularizing BhoomithramSanchi in Ernakulam District

21 students of  II ^nd Bsc zoology  Class went to 7 schools across Cheranelloor on 04/12/2018 to take awareness classes and training sessions for encouraging  the school students to prevent the  use of plastic bags and promote cloth bags. Assessment of the contest was scheduled on 14/01/2019 by our Bhoomithasena club members. 21 Bhoomithrasena club members visited the engaged 7 schools in Cheranelloor. The bags were counted and judged. Award distribution ceremony, launch of cloth diapers, sanitary napkins and bhoomithramsanchi exhibition which was organized by Department of Zoology and Bhoomithrasena club of St. Teresa’s College under  Paristhithikam Project of Directorate of Environment and Climate Change was held at  Little Flower U.P. school, Cheranelloor, Ernakulam  on 15th of January at 2:30 PM. Sony Cheeku , Cheranelloor Grama Panchayat President launched the cloth diapers and sanitary napkins and they were distributed among the young mothers .Prizes were distributed among the winners.

3.TROP ACTIVITY AT Reena Memorial Samrakshana Special School, South Chittoor, 2018- 2019.

 III DC Zoology students of St Teresa’s college, Ernakulam, led by Ann Fredy and Natasha Dilip  went to Reena Memorial Samrakshana Special School, South Chittoor, a special school for the children with learning  disabilities on  12/07/2018, 27 /07/ 2018, 29/11/2018 and 22/12/2018. Zoology students along with their teachers taught them to learn letters, numbers and also to draw different shapes . Some students were interested in drawing and coloring.  Our children helped them to draw basic shapes like fruits and other objects and helped them to colour the same. Our children also organized Christmas celebrations for them on 20^thDecember 2018.Throughout the course of time spent among these children our students  learned how to deal with these children  love and understand their world which was far amazing and enriching than what we observed from afar.

4 . Removal  the plastic waste from the premises of  Hill palace, January 2019.

35 students of II  BS.c. Zoology  Class  along with Botany students also participated  in  removing the plastic waste from the premises of  Hill palace , Thripunithura on 19-01-2019.