03 Mar 2016|Gurgaon (Manesar) | Amity University Gurgaon
Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Gurgaon organized a Guest Lecture by Prof. Govindjee, on 3rd March, 2016
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Amity Institute of Biotechnology organized a Guest Lecture by Prof. Govindeejee, Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Plant Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA on 3th March, 2016. The topic of the guest lecture was “Photosynthesis: Past, Present and the Future”. Prof. Rajendra Prasad, Director (Amity Institute of Biotechnology) gave a warm welcome to the distinguished guest of the event Prof. Govindjee. He also mentioned Prof. Govindjee’s major contributions in understanding the process of photosynthesis.
Prof. Govindjee started his lecture with a bunch of balloons depicting the evolution of oxygen in the process of photosynthesis from the water molecule and not from that of carbon dioxide molecule. He discussed the history of photosynthesis research by quoting examples of Noble Laureates. He emphasized on the importance of photosynthesis that it gives us oxygen; food, energy, fuel, drugs, building material and we hope to make hydrogen from it and much more. He said “we shall improve it in ways that will allow us to survive in spite of increasing human population, and global climate change”. Prof. P.B. Sharma, Honorable Vice Chancellor, Amity University Haryana thanked Prof. Govindjee for his elaborate lecture on photosynthesis by presenting a memento of Amity University, Gurgaon.