Morung Express News
Mokokchung | March 30
In a first in Mokokchung district, a biotechnology lab was inaugurated at Mayangnokcha Government Higher Secondary School by the Deputy Commissioner of Mokokchung, Sushil Kumar Patel IAS on March 30. The lab was sponsored by the Government of India’s Ministry of Science & Technology, Department of Biotechnology under its Biotech Labs at Senior Secondary Schools (BLiSS) program for North Eastern states of India.
The deputy commissioner while speaking at the launching ceremony appreciated the government of India for sponsoring the lab and emphasized that biotechnology is today one of the most sought after fields and that there is amble employment opportunity in biotechnology. He also expressed contentment that the lab was established in the platinum jubilee year of the school. It may be mentioned that Mayangnokcha School is the oldest school in Mokokchung and the second in Nagaland, established 1941.
Other highlights of the programme included the principal of the school Arenla delivering the welcome address and a special number by students of the school. The event also saw a paper presentation on the topic ‘Introduction to plant tissue culture and bio technology’ by Prof. Dr. Chitta Ranjan Deb, Department of Botany, Nagaland University who is also the mentor of BLiSS program in the school. Later, a workshop on the topic ‘prospects of ericulture in Nagaland’ was conducted by Dr. Merenjungla, Zoology department of the school. Science students of Queen Mary HSS and Senayangba GHSS also attended the programme today. It is learnt that Mayangnokcha GHSS and Dimapur GHSS were identified by an expert committee of the ministry for the establishment of the labs under BLiSS program.
The lab inaugurated today is fully furnished with state of the art equipments and the school authority has informed that interested students and research scholars can have access to the facility. It is equipped with a binocular microscope and 15 compound microscopes, a bacteriological incubator and a hot air oven, laminar airflow cabinet, a digital PH meter as well as necessary chemicals and glassware. The lab is also equipped with computer along with internet connectivity. Meanwhile, the convener of the school’s platinum jubilee planning committee and ADC Mokokchung, Bendanglila has informed that the jubilee celebrations would be held in the month of September. She also called upon all the alumni of the school to cooperate and contribute in all ways possible so as to make the jubilee celebrations a grand success and to usher the school to a higher level of excellence.
