Challenges in Medicine

As future healthcare professionals, students must know the ins and outs of medicine development and production. To give them a clearer picture, Brainware University’s Institute Innovation Council & Department of Allied Health Sciences invited Dr. Kunal Sarkar(FRCS, MNAMS) on June 3, 2020 for a webinar on “Challenges in Medicine”. Dr Sarkar is the Senior Vice Chairman & Senior Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at Medica Superspeciality Hospital, Kolkata. He explained that such long trials are needed to closely monitor vaccines and drugs and their effects on human systems.

Pathogens and their interaction with Humans

On 5th June 2020 a webinar on the topic "Role of Life Sciences in understanding the changing world of Pathogens & their interaction with Humans" was organized by Brainware University C2C Department in association with Dr.Deborshi De(Founder & Director - Vedaantic Organic Research Foundation) to discuss the crucial role of this field in public health development. An extremely accomplished academician and scientist, Dr De is a facilitator at United Nations' flagship capacity-building programme, UNCTAD-Empretec (Empretec). Through his quirky hand drawn slides, he explained how climate change, malnutrition, and money play into shaping human immunity.

What we don’t know about Pathological Myopia?

The Department of Allied Health Sciences, Brainware University invited Mr. Jothi Balaji. J(Senior Lecturer & WIFCO Program In-charge— The Sankara Nethralaya Academy, Sankara Nethralaya Chennai) as the guest speaker for our webinar on “What we don’t know about Pathological Myopia?” on 6 June 2020. Our guest speaker informed the students in case of pathological myopia nearsightedness is a result of a major alteration of the shape or globe of the eye hence it is often irreversible. Added to this, people of East and South Asian descent are predisposed to such disorders making it an even bigger concern.

Personnel Monitoring & Thermoluminiscent Dosimeter

As a part of the continuous enrichment programme, Department of Allied Health Sciences, Brainware University organized a webinar on “Personnel Monitoring & Thermoluminiscent Dosimeter” on June 8, 2020. Our guest speaker Mr Raushan Kumar(Assistant Professor and Course Coordinator, Department of Radio Imaging Technology, College of Paramedical Sciences, Teerthankar Mahaveer University, Uttar Pradesh) spoke lucidly about the ways in which daily small doses of radiation can accumulate and cause severe health problems in the long run.

Design Method for Industrial & Consumer Products

In midst of the pandemic when on-site internships and industry visits are far from possible The Innovation Institute Council of Brainware University and Brainware Group of Institutions brought students a new kind of opportunity. We invited Rahil Ahmar(Engineering & Design Consultant, SENNVOLL) for our webinar on “Design Methods for Industrial & Consumer Products” on 11 June 2020 to discuss how industrial and consumer products are designed.

Protien Reliability Analysis and In Silico Modeling of Natural Inhibitors

The Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Brainware University organised a webinar on “Protien Reliability Analysis and In Silico Modeling of Natural Inhibitors for SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease(Mpro): A Probable Solution for COVID-19” on June 11, 2020 to discuss the process of drug synthesis and diagnosis of this deadly infection. Our guest speaker Dr. Supratik Kar(Post Doctorate Research Associate, Interdisciplinary Center for Nanotoxicity, Jackson State University- MS,USA) discussed in details how computer aided drug designs, virtual screening, and other in-silico approaches are being used to find suitable drug testing candidates.

Digitization and Copyright: Issues & Challenges

Brainware University Central Library and the Library of BGI-SDET, jointly organize a Webinar on "Digitization and Copyright: Issues & Challenges” on 15th June, 2020. The Key Speaker was Dr. Barnali Roy Choudhury (Assistant Professor, DLIS, Netaji Subhas Open University), former Librarian of Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose College, Kolkata. She focused on issues relating to development and implementation of Open Educational Resource (OER) policy, OEP/OER Repository and developed Open Educational Resource (OER) Repository of Netaji Subhas Open University under the Project supported by CEMCA-COL.

COVID-19 impact: Grooming Students for Post Pandemic Job World and Challenges

To help students prepare for the future, the Department of Campus to Corporate, Brainware University organized a Virtual Leadership Talk Series on “COVID-19 impact: Grooming Students for Post Pandemic Job World and Challenges” on 15 June 2020. Our esteemed guest panelists Prof. Sanjay Deshpande (Academic Advisor- Prime Focus Academy), Ms. Poulomi Goswami(HR Manager, Yellow Cloud Productions Pvt.Ltd), and Mr. Sankara Subramanian. T(2D Supervisor, BOT VFX) discussed various aspects in which students have to be competent in order to land the dream job.

Research Trends in Advanced Computing

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering Brainware University organised a three day Faculty Development Programme(FDP) on Research Trends in Advanced Computing from June 17 2020 to June 19 2020 to discuss the hottest trends in the tech market. Our three eminent guest speakers were Dr Buddhadeb Pradhan (Faculty, Computer Science and Engineering department, NIT Jamshedpur), Dr. Rajdeep Chakraborty (Assistant Professor, Netaji Subhash Engineering College), and Dr Tanmay Bhattacharya (Head of Department, IT, Techno India Main Salt Lake).

Say NO to Drugs

This June 26 on the occasion of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Brainware University in collaboration with Unnat Bharat Abhiyan came together to “Say no to drugs” and spread awareness about the misery brought by drug abuse in young lives. Our expert speaker Dr Gopeshwar Mukherjee(Dean of Allied Health Sciences, Brainware University), a renowned pathologist with over 36 years of experience strongly urged students to resist the lure of drugs like heroin, LSD, and others.

Brain Computer Interface and Its Applications, Research Issues

There’s no limit to what science can do. To show how technology has seamlessly integrated itself into the health industry, Institution Innovation Council Innovation Ambassador in association with the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering of Brainware University and Brainware Group of Institutions invited Dr. Anand Nayyar (Duy Tan University, Da Dang, Vietnam) for a webinar on “Brain Computer Interface and Its Applications, Research Issues” on 30 June 2020.

IOT and Machine Learning

The Department of C2C Brainware University held a Virtual Leadership Talk on the topic “IoT and Machine Learning” on 30 June 2020 to help our students explore these new arenas. Our guest panel of industry experts like Mr. Sandipan Basu(CEO, B4B Solution, India) and Mr. AsitMahato(Solution Architect, B4B Solution, India.) explained how IoT has made remote information transfer and data sensing as easy as it can be. Amazingly, Machine Learning and integrated Artificial Intelligence programs have taken computerized operations to the next level by lending machines a human touch.

Brainware University is in the Top Five!

Great news!

Brainware University is proud to be recognised as one of the foremost private universities in West Bengal in the EW India Private University Rankings 2020-2021. On the basis of ten judging parameters, considering among other things “Competence of faculty” and “Placement” we are ranked 67th in India and ranked 4th in West Bengal. We shall keep improving and remain steadfast in our commitment of promoting excellence and innovation.

International Yoga Day

Change for the better!

This time it was the students of Brainware University who gave us a lesson on keeping fit and happy during the quarantine! What a proud moment it was to see our students take the initiative for a healthy living. On the occasion of the International Day of Yoga on June 21, 2020 various students demonstrated easy yoga poses that will help kill the boredom and keep our body in perfect shape. Yoga is a excellent practice to connect with your inner mind and consciously cultivate a sense of peace and contentment. When media is filled with pictures of horror and people suffering we can add fifteen minutes of yoga practice daily to ensure we stay fit. It can even be a bonding activity for the family. We thank our students for reminding us to take care ourselves. Following their advice let us promise to promote a healthy spirit and body and spread joy and laughter in the world. Hope is there as long as the heart beats!

Together for Health

In the midst of disease and mental illness to make Yoga a part of our daily lives, on the occasion of International Day of Yoga Brainware University in association with Unnat Bharat Abhiyan invited Mr. Aninday Kumar Das (Yoga Therapist, BangoYogaratnam) for our online yoga session titled “Yoga @ Home: Yoga with Family”. If you thought Yoga simply requires a few exercises to increase fitness then you would be surprised to know that the essence of Yoga involves the complete revitalizing of the mind, body, and spirit. It is through Yoga our soul trapped in the mires of worldly greed, envy, and need, rises from our fleshly bodies and reaches out to the cosmic being who is endless divine, endlessly pure. It is through this oneness, this pure union that calm and health is achieved.

Talk-Tonic

Battle of wits!

The pandemic might have forced students to adapt to a digital classroom but they have not lost their job voices! Our students let loose their opinions and made sure exactly what they thought about the online vs traditional classrooms for the Online Debate Competition organised by Brainware University’s communication club on 19 June 2020. Students from all the university’s departments joined in this battle of wits and intellect. After all, it wasn’t just about letting yourself be heard. One needed to establish their point through proper reasoning. A tough task, but one our students performed with ease.

At such precarious times of the pandemic crisis one unwittingly indulges in pessimistic thoughts and becomes an easy victim to depression, anxiety and fears. One of the greatest challenges during such times is to withhold one’s physical, mental and psychological well-being. Brainware University has left no stone unturned in its efforts to maintain positivity among its students and employees despite the social isolation. In order to support its students in academics so that their education process remains unhampered, it has undertaken an efficient mode of online teaching. The lectures delivered by the teachers are also recorded and duly sent to the students to ensure that no one is deprived of the lessons taught. Moreover, webinars are organized and conducted at regular intervals on varied issues. It is through these online sessions that the organizing committee wishes to spread awareness among one and all not only on how to combat the dangerous times but also of the means to be espoused to adapt ourselves to the post-pandemic world.