First Foundation Day of BRIC was celebrated on 9-10 th November 2024 at National Institute of Immunology (NII), New Delhi. A delegation of 18 members, including our Director,3 faculty, and 14 students, represented RGCB at the foundation day celebration.

On the 9th, three teams from RGCB participated in the Race from Science to Entrepreneurship (RaSE) competition. Team 1: Mentor: Dr Debasree Dutta; Team members: Sai Adarsh Sahoo, Fathima Hameed, Anjali Devarajan, Namrata Chatterjee, Anasua Dey Concept: Epigenetic panel for detection/identification of breast cancer subtype and its progression

Team 2: Mentor: Dr Karthika Rajeeve: Team Members: Reena Sarah Jacob, Udhaya Bharathy S, Rajalakshmi K.G, Diksha Singh Concept: Discovery of a Stem cell activator

Team 3: Mentor: Dr Anish Kundu; Team members: Mookul Samaddar, Abhijeeth M Nair, Gopika Satheesh, Aishwarya M A, Kaviya S Concept: An antifungal synthetic peptide derived from osmotin protein

Our team also participated in various sports competitions on day 2. In mixed doubles, the team involving Fathima Hameed won the first prize. In volleyball, the team involving Mookul Samadar won the first prize.

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