Professional Activities
I have conducted an outreach program to school students supported by Wellcome Trust Grant. The aim of this event is to make students understand about the importance of the microbial world around them. Given that microorganisms can influence our health, it is important to educate students about food habits e.g. how to promote a healthy gut microbiome, ways to prevent disease, how to properly wash hands. In terms of lab skills, they were taught to handle and visualise microbes using microscopes. Moreover, the students interacted with researchers about the ongoing research in our department from enthusiastic PGR’s and postdoctoral fellows. This is going to be an recurrent event yearly once.