Inauguration of Inter-University Centre of Excellence

Dec 01, 2009: The State Inter-University Centre of Excellence in Computational Biology & Bioinformatics at Centre for Bioinformatics, University of Kerala has been inaugurated on December 1st, 2009, by eminent scientist Dr. Pawan K. Dhar of Riken Genomic Sciences Centre, Japan. The function was presided over by Dr. A. Jayakrishnan, Vice Chancellor, University of Kerala. Hon’ble Minister of Education & Culture, Shri. M.A. Baby was the chief guest at the ceremony. Dr. Oommen V. Oommen, Professor, Dept. of Zoology made the welcome speech and Dr. Achuthsankar S. Nair, Hon. Director, Centre for Bioinformatics presented a brief report on Centre of Excellence status. Dr. A.R. Rajan and Mr. A.A. Rasheed, Members of Syndicate, University of Kerala, paid felicitations. Vote of Thanks was proposed by Dr. Mathew M. Oommen, Head, Dept. of Zoology. The State Inter University Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics shall serve as an inter-university facility for advanced research and education in the inter-disciplinary area of computational biology and bioinformatics, utilizing the synergy of all Universities in Kerala and also catering to all Universities in Kerala.

The inaugural function was followed by a public speech by Dr. Pawan K. Dhar on “Making of a Scientist”. The talk was focused on how to prepare for a professional scientific life starting from searching the right topic, writing the project, planning experiments, mining the literature, analyzing the data, documenting results and communicating science.