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Nitte University Technology Enabling Centre (DST NU-TEC) is one among the 10 centres established at the national level. DST has provided the support for setting up state-of-art networking equipment and infrastructural facilities to the centre.
The DST Technology Centre, Nitte DU and Nitte University Centre for Science Education and Research (NUCSER) jointly celebrated World Food Day 2024 on 16th October 2024 at the Seminar Hall in NUCSER. The theme for this year was ‘Right to food for a better life and a better future’. Dr Vinod Kumar MG, Radboud University Medical Centre in Nijmegen, The Netherlands was the chief guest for the program. Prof. Dr Anirban Chakraborty, Director NUCSER welcomed the gathering and introduced the chief guest and the resource persons, Prof. Dr Iddya Karunasagar, Advisor (Research & Patents), Nitte DU and Prof. Dr Indrani Karunasagar, Director (DST TEC & Projects), Nitte DU to the gathering and also briefed about their contributions to the scientific community. Dr Mamata BS, HOD Assistant Professor, Department of Food Safety and Nutrition mentioned the importance of World Food Day to the audience gathered. Later, the chief guest of the event, Dr Vinod Kumar MG addressed the gathering and the importance of research to tackle challenges arising in the food sector. He also mentioned the importance of gut microbiome on the health of an individual. Prof. Dr Iddya Karunasagar gave a lecture on the topic ‘One health for better food, better life and better future’. In his talk, he spoke about the setup and launch of FAO, its objectives and programs. He highlighted the status of food security and nutrition in the world and the challenges faced in ending hunger. He emphasized the need to follow international best practices from farm to fork and comply with standards set by international standard setting bodies like Codex Alimentarius Commission, World Organisation of Animal Health and International Plant Protection Convention in line with the World Trade Organizations Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) and Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Agreements. Prof. Dr Indrani Karunasagar addressed the gathering on the topic ‘Right to quality food and water’. In her talk, she mentioned various types of hazards in food and water like physical, chemical and biological agents and the health hazards they can lead to in animals and humans. She also provided examples of various incidents of foodborne illnesses and toxicities due to a lack of food and water safety measures. She cautioned against the use of harmful chemicals as flavoring agents, coloring agents and preservative agents and cited various regulations and bans on them in recent limes as a health care concern. Dr Akhila DS, Assistant Professor, NUCSER proposed the vote of thanks. Around 120 participants, including faculty of NUCSER, research scholars and students, attended the event.
Last updated: 2024-10-18 11:15:24
Gulbarga University, kalaburgi in association with DST-TEC (NU), Mangalore, is organizing a one-day workshop on Enabling Translation of Research into Technologies. The workshop's motto is to guide the researchers and academicians in bringing their research into technology or products. Dr Iddya Karunasagar (Advisor (Research and Patents) Nitte, DU) and Dr Indrani Karunasagar (Director (Projects & DST-TEC), Nitte DU) will be the keynote speakers.
Last updated: 2024-09-25 03:53:33
The Central Areca nut and Cocoa Marketing and Cooperative Society (CAMPCO) had funded a project to study if the whole areca nut has toxicity at cellular and organismal level. DST TEC enabled this funding and the activities were carried out at Nitte University Center for Science Education and Research (NUCSER) and the AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences (ABSMIDS). A consolidated project report on evaluation of the effect of areca nut aqueous extract on cultured cells, in drosophila and zebra fish models as well as detection of oral cancer in populations chewing areca with other ingredients was presented by the scientists of NUCSER and ABSMIDS to the CAMPCO Management team on 25 June, 2024 at 10.00 am at DST TEC. Prof. Dr Indrani Karunasagar, Director (Projects & DST-TEC), Nitte DU, welcomed the gathering and gave the opening remarks, and Prof. Dr Iddya Karunasagar, Advisor (Research & Patents), Nitte DU, introduced Dr B V Sathyanarayana to the gathering. Dr B V Sathyanarayana, Managing Director, CAMPCO; Dr Keshava Bhat, Head of Areca Research and Development Foundation (ARDF) and Mrs Reshama Mallya, General Manager, CAMPCO and Mr Krishna, Agricultural officer were present. The core investigators of the project Dr Anirban Chakraborty, Department of Molecular Genetics and Cancer, Director, Dr Anurag Sharma, Department of Environmental Health and Toxicology, Dr Sudarshan Kini, Department of Bio & Nanotechnology, NUCSER; and Dr Audrey M Decruz and Dr Thara Chandran, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Dr. Pushparaj Shetty, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and Oral Microbiology, ABSMIDS along with the research scholars presented the findings from the project. Overall, the results suggest that aqueous extract of areca nut is not toxic at cellular and organism level and in the community study of population chewing only cashew, no oral cancer was detected.
Last updated: 2024-08-17 04:09:09
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"I am happy to note that DST-Technology Enabling Center of Nitte University is launching a website to communicate with stakeholders. I hope the website will be useful to academia, industry, startups, entrepreneurs and others interested in technologies. I also hope that the website will facilitate academic and industry networking leading to the development of technologies that are useful for the society."
"It is gratifying to know that the DST-Technology Enabling Centre at NUCSER, in spite of COVID-19, is carrying out noteworthy research bringing together technologists, medical and engineering scientists to develop biomedical devices and food processing ventures which is the need of the hour. Congratulations. May God bless you and your team in all your endeavors."
"Institutional networking is the key to create an enabling environment for translational research and technology development. I wish the DST Technology Enabling Centre at the Nitte (Deemed to be University), Paneer campus all the best in their endeavours to bring educational institutions and industries together to facilitate development of innovative solutions that can benefit society at large."
"Nitte (Deemed to be University) is proud to host the DST-Technology Enabling Center that is intended to network with institutions and industries to facilitate translation of research findings to viable technologies. I am confident that the DST NU-TEC at Nitte will strive hard to go beyond the set targets in the activities and communicate effectively with all partners"
"The DST- Technology Enabling Centre has a place of pride among the many innovative centres of excellence established in our university. The DST NU-TEC will be a translational innovation centre for providing solutions that address market requirements. I wish that NU-TEC emerges as a one-stop centre for providing business solutions for the Indian industry by stimulating innovation and effective technology enablement."
"DST NU-TEC facilitates our stride towards Atmanirbhar Bharat. Academia is the prime source for the generation of new knowledge and its conversion to wealth and NU-TEC envisages an effective institutional mechanism for translation of the R&D output of the region into technological wealth. I wish all the very best to the dynamic and enterprising staff members who are taking forward this exciting new venture."
