The objective of DBT Star College Project is to upgrade practical skills of undergraduate students of all science disciplines particularly in the area of Life Sciences, to improve critical thinking, provide hands-on (experimental) experience and to develop science temper in undergraduate students. Tulsian, Principal (Acting), Ramjas College being the Chairman .,Dr. Suman Govil, Advisor, DBT ,Dr.
Garima Gupta, Scientist ‘D’, DBT , Two Scientific Advisors; Prof. Paramjit Khurana, Plant and Molecular Biology, South Campus, University of Delhi and Prof. Y.Singh, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi. R. S. Jolly (retired scientist) from IMTECH, Chandigarh and Prof. Ashwani Kumar (retired Professor) from Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow
Dr. Sukanya Lal, Coordinator, DBT-Star College Project, Ramjas College
Four Departmental Coordinators;
Dr. Suman Sharma (Department of Botany, Ramjas College),
Dr. Poonam Dwivedi (Department of Chemistry, Ramjas College),
Dr. Shashi Bala (Department of Physics, Ramjas College) and
Dr. Charu Dogra Rawat (Department of Zoology, Ramjas College)
Four Staff Advisors;
Dr. Kartiki Bhatnagar (Department of Botany, Ramjas College)
Dr. Sana Ansari (Department of Chemistry, Ramjas College),
Dr. G.S. Chilana (Department of Physics, Ramjas College) and
Dr. Devi Lal (Department of Zoology, Ramjas College)
Along with the infrastructural upgradation of the laboratories, workshops have been organised on various topics such as Analytical chemistry , Genomics etc. Eminent scientists from various fields were invited to deliver lectures on topics like ‘Forensic sciences’; ‘Drug discovery and commercialization’; ‘Plant Biotechnology’; ‘Bioenergy and Bioplastics’; Fabrication of superconducting films’ ‘Radiation Injuries and Recent updates on Development of Medical Bioshields from Himalayan plants’ etc. Also, educational trips of students are organized time to time for better grasp on the subjects. Last Year , an excursion to CIMAP (CSIR Institute of Medicinal & Aromatic plants), Lucknow was conducted to increase the exposure to various medicinal plants, their processing and medicines released in the market by R&D department. In 2016 , An interdisciplinary trip (organized by all departments under DBT-star College Project) was organised to visit Bani School, a Govt. School in Himachal Pradesh and a 3-day Innovation Camp was organized where lectures were delivered by Prof. Rup Lal, Prof. Om Prakash Sharma, Miss Kalpana along with students and by other members of the team to ignite young minds. In addition practical exercises, quizzes, debates and question answer sessions were organized to encourage them.
