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Newsletter of Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (DU)

June 2019

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From the Editor’s Desk

Glimpses

Bridges Committee

Patron:

Shri. V. R. VenkataachalamChancellor

Advisory Board:

Prof. P. V. VijayaraghavanVice-Chancellor

Prof. K.V. SomasundaramProfessor of Eminence &Advisor (Academic)

Prof. S. RangaswamiProfessor of Eminence inMedical Education

Editor-in-Chief:

Dr. Sheela Ravinder S.

Editor:

Ms. Hemalatha C. R.

Co-Editor:

Prof. Antony Leo Aseer P.

Editorial Board:

Dr. Abhinand P. A.

Dr. Archana P. Kumar

Dr. Ganesh V.

Dr. Nithya Jagdish

Prof. Prakash Boominathan

Prof. Sandhya Sundaram

Dr. Sreelekha B.

Secretarial Assistance:

Ms. Stella Augustus

Ms. Geetha R.

Photography:

Mr. Anand Kumar A.

Art & Design:

Mr. Arunagiri S.

Printing:

Mr. Velayudam S.

Beloved Readers,

Let us stay connected…

The NIRF rankings of our university in various fields have ascertained our competitive

excellence in the field of higher education. We have always strived to excel in all the

parameters included like teaching, learning, resources, research, professional practices and

outreach activities.

The celebration of International Yoga Day with various events in the campus was

a forerunner to implementation of yoga in our daily routine. Yoga practices aid to relieve

stress, practice harmony within and declutter the mind, helping us to become more focused.

Yoga can provide both instant gratification and lasting transformation by preparing the

mind and body for long-term health.

Tamil section highlights the pivotal role a mother plays in nurturing her children. For

every one of us there is a mother behind who fostered us to reach our full potential. Let

us make the most of every opportunity to take special care of her and show how much

we appreciate and love her.

Sheela Ravinder S. Editor-in-Chief

II yr., MASLPMs. Chetna A.,

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Cover Photo Courtesy:

Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) - India Rankings 2019 - Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (DU), Chennai.

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The

wa s stcelebrated on 21

Jun. The events

included:

· Workshop on

'Yoga for Well-

being'

· Training program on 'Mental Health and Well-being through

Yoga' for the inmates of Rehoboth Special School in th thParaniputhur, Chennai from 13 to 20 Jun.

· Training session on 'Health and Well-being for Senior Citizens'

at Sri Padmavathy Old Age Home, Mangadu. 50 elderly benefited

· Mass yoga demonstration on 'Yoga - Common Protocol'. 921

students, faculty members & staff participated

International

Yo g a D ay

The Internal Quality

Assurance Cell (IQAC)

organized a

th from 19 to s t21 Jun . The peer

team was chaired by

Dr. S. Rangaswami,

Former Vice-Chancellor, SRIHER (DU). Other experts were

Prof. Sivasubramanian, Former Vice-Chancellor, Bharathiar

University, Coimbatore; Dr. C. Thangamuthu, Former

Vice-Chancellor, Bharathidasan University; Dr. Ciddi Veeresham,

Former Principal & Professor of Pharmacy, Kakatiya

University and Prof. Seema Hallikermath, Dental Sciences, KLE

University (DU).

Preparatory

Peer Team Visit for

NAAC

Dept. of Pathology

organized

, an advanced

h e m o s t a s i s

wo r k s h o p f r o m t h t h13 to 15 Jun.

A handbook on

the proceedings of the workshop was released. 43 PGs and

consultants from India and abroad attended.

Hemotask

2019 - Hemostasis A

to Z

The

was organized by

the Dept. of Surgical th thOncology on 8 & 9 Jun.

P r o f . V. S h a n t a ,

C h a i r m a n , C a n c e r

Institute (WIA), Chennai was the chief guest. 120 delegates

attended.

st1 International

Conference on Cancer

Rehabilitation in South

India

The MedHOPE Foundation and the Dept. of Pediatrics along with

the Division of Pediatric Hemato-Oncology organized a th on 6 Jun. 117 bags of blood were collected.

Blood

Donation Camp

Dept. of Oral Medicine &

Radiology organized

to commemorate 'World No thTobacco Day' from 30 May to

st1 Jun. 79 patients were

screened of which, two patients

were diagnosed with oral

cancer, 10 with oral precancer and six with tobacco related

oral lesions. All the patients were given tobacco cessation

counseling.

Oral

Cancer and Precancer Camp

Dept. of Psychiatry observed

the thon 24 May. More than 80

people participated. The events

included:

· Skit competition for faculty

members, staff and students

· B r o ch u r e & h a n d o u t

distribution

· Video presentation

· Drawing competition for patients

World Schizophrenia Day

Dept. of ENT, Head and

Neck Surgery conducted the

on t h25 May. 40 delegates

participated.

th14 Ramachandra Temporal

Bone Dissection Course

Happenings

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BridgesSri Ramachandra College of Nursing in collaboration with Golden Butterflies supported by CanKids KidsCan agency organized a seminar

rdon on 3 May. Inaugural address was given by Dr. Hemal Kanvinde, Trustee, Golden Butterf lies, Children's Palliative Care Foundation. Dr. Aarthi Surendranath & Dr. Rejiv Rajendranath, Senior Consultants, Integrated Cancer Care Group, Apollo Hospitals and Ms. Aneka Paul & Ms. Nandhini Sundar, Trustees, Golden Butterflies, were the guest faculty. 166 students and faculty members attended.

Pediatric Palliative Care

SRMC & RI, an MCI nodal center conducted a for the curriculum

committee members of colleges allotted to our nodal center and nd thour faculty members from 2 to 4 May. 30 faculty members

attended.

Curriculum Implementation Support Program (CISP)

Date Event

23.06.'19 National Level PG Contest - Pieze Awe Challenge conducted by Acteon India Pvt. Ltd. at New Delhi Winners

st1 Place· Dr. Nithyakalyani Ramesh & · Dr. R. Kamaleeshwari, II yr., MDS Cash award: Rs. 50,000

nd2 Place· Dr. V. Nivedha & Dr. D. Smriti, II yr., MDSCash award: Rs. 30,000Voucher worth Rs. 2,00,000 was awarded to the Dental College

19.06.'19 CME on 'Liquid Based Cytology' by Dr. Namitha, Coordinator, BD Global Medical Affairs, New Delhi

12.06.'19 National Conference - Accumbens 2019 conducted by Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education & Research, Kanchipuram

st· Ms. Kirthika A., III yr., MBBS was awarded the 1 place in Case Presentation

08.06.'19 Chengalpattu Academic and Research Meet 2019 held at Chengalpattu Medical College and Hospitalst

· Ms. Kirthika A., III yr., MBBS was awarded the 1 place in Case Presentation02.05.'19 CME on 'New Approach to Learning Molecules of Life' by Dr. Dinesh Puri, Director, Professor &

Head, Dept. of Biochemistry, UCMS, New Delhi26.04.'19 Prof. Sandhya Sundaram, HOD received a Letter of Commendation for Batch – 2018 for her poster

titled, 'Crossing the Brain Barrier – the Semi- Didactic Way' as part of the MCI's Advance Course in Medical Education at St. John's Medical College, MCI's Nodal Center for Faculty Development, Bangalore

Department/Faculty

Periodontics

Pathology and Gynecology

SRMC & RI

SRMC & RI

Biochemistry

Pathology

SportsrdMr. Enoch Newton Joseph, 3 yr., BPT won gold medals in 100 m and 200 m track events at Medi-Olympics held at

thMontenegro, Europe on 25 Jun.

Our University Cricket Men's team won the Thiruvallur District IV Division League Championship 2018 – rd2019 on 23 Jun. and was promoted to the III Division. The team members included:

Name

Mr. Aditya B. Final yr., MBBSMr. Ilanjiyan M. Final yr., MBBSMr. Sharan Sakthivel M. Final yr., MBBSMr. Aman Prakash III yr., MBBSMr. Vassanth K. S. II yr., MBBSMr. Roonie Chauhan Singh II yr., MBBSMr. Mano Ranjith M. Final yr., M. Pharm.Mr. Opplliniwash M. Final yr., M. Pharm.

Name

Mr. Karthik N. Final yr., M. Pharm

Mr. Suriya S. Intern, B. Sc. (Sports and Exercise Sciences) Mr. Subramanian S. Intern, B. Sc. (Sports & Exercise Sciences)

Mr. Eniavan Spartacus V. S. Intern, B. Sc. (Sports and Exercise Sciences)

Mr. Ratheesh R. III yr., AHS (Microbiology)

Mr. K. J. Vijay Tutor, Chest & TB

Mr. J. Jones Daniel Staff Nurse, Psychiatry Ward, G-Block

Mr. Rangaraj S. II yr., BPT

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Our University students won the following trophy in STANLEA '19 inter-medical collegiate tournament from th th13 to 17 Jun. at Stanley Medical College, Chennai.

Event Team/Name Position

stBadminton - Men Dr. T. Vibin, II yr., PG Orthopedics 1 Place

Mr. Tusharindra Lal, II yr., MBBS

Mr. Atreya Guru Prasad, I yr., MBBS

ndTable Tennis - Men Mr. Agathiyanathan Venkadaramani, final yr., MBBS 2 Place

Mr. Divakar Gupta, III yr., MBBS

Football - Men Mr. Logesh Durairaj, final yr., MBBS Runners-up

Mr. Sai Chaitanya S., final yr., MBBS

Mr. Arvindan K., final yr., MBBS

Mr. Surya Narayanan S., final yr., MBBS

Mr. Advaith Ram Kumar, III yr., MBBS

Mr. Adithya Narayanan, III yr., MBBS

Mr. Pratheshwaran M., III yr., MBBS

Mr. Siddharth Ganapathi Raju, II yr., MBBS

Mr. Vineet Simhan, III yr., MBBS

Mr. Justin Sunil George, III yr., MBBS

Mr. Sharan Subramanian, III yr., MBBS

Mr. Faris Moinudeen, II yr., MBBS

Mr. Manuel Mathew, II yr., MBBS

Mr. Vishwanath Siva, II yr., MBBS

Mr. Rhoshen M., II yr., MBBS

Mr. Simon Caesar, II yr., MBBS

Futsal - Men Mr. Advaith Ram Kumar, III yr., MBBS Runners-up

Mr. Pratheshwaran M., III yr., MBBS

Mr. Siddharth Ganapathi Raju, II yr., MBBS

Mr. Vineet Simhan, III yr., MBBS

Mr. Justin Sunil George, III yr., MBBS

Mr. Faris Moinudeen, II yr., MBBS

Mr. Manuel Mathew, II yr., MBBS

Mr. Rhoshen M., II yr., MBBS

Basketball - Women Ms. Samyuktha S., final yr., MBBS Runners-up

Ms. Rajalakshmi, II yr., MBBS

Ms. Vaishnavi Reddy Veeranagari, II yr., MBBS

Ms. Shambhavi Ranjan, II yr., MBBS

Ms. Aarushi Grover, II yr., MBBS

Ms. Taksha Meka Satish, II yr., MBBS

Ms. Ishwarya C., II yr., MBBS

Ms. Kavya Reddy B., II yr., MBBS

Ms. Lalitha Smrita B., II yr., MBBS

Ms. Astha Suman, II yr., MBBS

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Global NewsGene Activity Clues to Time of Death

Researchers have identified a specific gene activity pattern that appears in human tissue shortly after death. These

findings, reported in Nature Communications, could one day help crime-scene investigators pinpoint the time of death and improve forensic

analysis.

By examining gene activity in 36 different postmortem human tissues, Roderic Guigó, a Computational Biologist at the Center for Genomic

Regulation in Barcelona, and his colleagues found patterns in the way gene expression increased or decreased with time.

“The response to the death of the organism is quite tissue-specific,” Guigó tells Science. He explains that muscle genes had swift boosts or

drops in activity, while gene activity in the brain and spleen did not change much with time. The researchers also observed that the majority of

the changes occurred seven to 14 hours after death. After that, the transcriptome “seems to stabilize,” the researchers write in the paper.

Ilias Tagkopoulos, Computer Scientist at the University of California, tells “At a cellular level, death is a cascade of events affecting biological

processes at different time scales, and genes control that cascade.” Based on the gene activity patterns, the team developed a computational

model to predict the time of death. The researchers designed algorithms to learn gene activity patterns from 399 individuals and tested them

to see how well they predicted the time of death of 129 others. These were proof-of-concept models but they are now working on making

them more useful in forensic cases.

Currently, medical examiners use body temperature, changes in skin color and rigor mortis to determine the time of death. “Rigor mortis and

body discoloration work fairly well as early indicators, but they are only really good for perhaps some very gross estimates, like a few hours or a

day or so,” says Carolyn Rando, a Lecturer in Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology at University College London. The article notes that

gene activity might be good at pinpointing the time of death in the first 24 hours. In addition to holding information about the time of death,

changes in gene expression may also carry the signatures of the cause of death.

Source: Ferreira PG, Muñoz-Aguirre M, Reverter F, Sá Godinho CP, Sousa A, Amadoz A, et al. The effects of death and post-mortem cold ischemia on human

tissue transcriptomes. Nat Commun. 2018 Dec. 13; 9 (1):490.

Congratulations

Dr. Arunasalam M. DharmarajanProf. & Head in Biomedical Sciences,Vice-Principal in Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Technology & Research

Dr. K. S. SridharanAssoc. Director,Central Laboratory Services

stDr. Ajith Raja, CRI secured the 1 Place in Best Physique and place in Body Building at the Dinakaran Classic 2019 nd rdOpen State level Championship between 22 and 23 Jun. held at CTC Nandambakkam, Chennai.

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Reach Out

Some extinct crocodiles may have been keen to eat greens. An analysis of fossil teeth suggests that plant-eating relatives of the modern

crocodiles evolved at least three times during the Mesozoic Era, which stretched from roughly 252 million to about 66 million years ago,

researchers reported in the journal, Current Biology.

Present day crocodiles are predominantly carnivorous, and have the simple, conical chompers typical of meat eaters. But in the teeth of their

relatives of yore, “there is this tremendous diversity … that we don't see today,” says study coauthor Keegan Melstrom, a paleontologist at the

University of Utah.

Melstrom and his adviser, paleontologist Randall Irmis, studied CT scans of 146 teeth from 16 extinct types of crocodyliforms. (No living

member of the group, which includes modern alligators and crocodiles, eats primarily plants.) A computer program treated the teeth like

miniature mountains, analyzing their shapes and giving each tooth a score that captured its complexity. In general, the most textured

teeth belong to herbivores, while those of omnivores and carnivores are usually less complex. Elongated, sharp teeth help carnivores kill

and eat their prey, but broader, bumpier teeth are more useful in tearing leaves and grinding plants. Among the group of reptiles that

includes today's crocodiles and alligators, the teeth of carnivores such as the modern caiman and the extinct Boverisuchus vorax are simple

and cone-shaped. The tooth of an extinct omnivore has more complexity. But teeth from two ancient herbivores have the most texture,

an indication that those ancient crocodiles ate mostly plants, researchers say.

Some of the fossil teeth were much bumpier than those of plant-eating reptiles alive today, including iguanas, suggesting that the chompers

were also from predominantly herbivorous species. Other teeth looked specialized to crush bones, tear meat or eat insects. “The teeth of

the suspected plant-eaters really stand out,” says Domenic D'Amore, a herpetologist at Daemen College in Amherst, N.Y. “Few studies have

quantified these differences, and this study really shows how different the teeth are.”

Surveying the evolutionary family tree of ancient crocodyliforms, the researchers found that veggie-munching crocs appear to have evolved

at least three times and perhaps up to six times during the Mesozoic period. Ancient crocodyliforms lived in freshwater and marine

environments and on land, says Patrick O'Connor, an evolutionary biologist at Ohio University in Athens. This study starts to figure out the

animals' places in their ecosystems, he says. Since plant-eating crocodyliforms lived in different kinds of environments, herbivory was likely an

important eating strategy, Melstrom and Irmis say.

Source: K.M. Melstrom and R.B. Irmis. Repeated evolution of herbivorous crocodyliforms during the age of dinosaurs. Current Biology. Published online June 27,

2019. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.05.076.

Believe it or NotAncient Crocodile were Herbivores

Android operating system keeps some important data or process running in the background to speed up the app loading process and hence the device performance. This, to some extent is, true. There are times when users download and install a third-party app from Google Play Store and in case it is a resource-hungry app, it tends to keep a lot of background processes running and ends up consuming too much of the available resources that are required to keep the device performance optimized. If a smartphone has more than 6 GB of RAM, there is a chance; the user might not face such an issue, but anything less than that can show some significant lag or delay while loading apps, playing games, etc.

Each app keeps some sort of cache files stored on the RAM of the smartphone to speed up the process of loading the app. Android as an operating system manages those processes automatically as per the standard settings set by the manufacturer or Google. But there is a way to manually limit the background process as per the need.

To limit background process, first users need to enable 'developer' option on their Android smartphones. To achieve that, the following steps can be followed:

1. Open 'settings'

2. Tap on 'about phone'

3. Then tap on 'build number' seven times to enable the 'developer mode'

To limit background process:

1. Head back to the 'settings' main page

2. Tap on 'developer' options

3. Scroll down and tap on 'background process limit' under the Apps section

4. Now, choose from the options -- Standard, No background process, At most one process, At most two processes, At most three and At most four processes.

5. Once selected, it is recommended that all the apps are closed and restart the smartphone for changes to take effect.

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thThe 100 Bridges Monthly Book Review was held on 18.06.'19

Book : Husain: Portrait of an Artist

Author : Ila Pal

Reviewed by : Prof. S. Rangaswami, Professor of Eminence in Medical Education

Forthcoming Bridges Monthly Book Review

July 2019: Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari

Reviewer : Dr. Abhinand P. A., Lecturer, Dept. of Bioinformatics

Needing something more than craze

I ignore my mind's implore

That's the end of my safe pace

As the soul craves for more;

Like a maniac I yelp without help,

As the storm of adrenaline hits

I am lost in the audacity of myself

Brushing my pain into bits.

It is agonizing and awesome

To live where I have never been,

Ditching the days so dumb

Not to bother if I was mean.

In the end, there is none to blame

If I choose to leave my chance,

Face, chase and get insane

Cause life's better if in a trance.

Ms. Lekhana Ramachandran, I yr., MBBS