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Newsletter of Sri Ramachandra University

th11 Anniversary Issue – July 2019

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From the Editor’s Desk

Congratulations

Bridges Committee

Patron:

Shri. V. R. VenkataachalamChancellor

Advisory Board:

Prof. P. V. VijayaraghavanVice-Chancellor

Prof. K.V. SomasundaramProfessor of Eminence &Advisor (Academic)

Prof. S. RangaswamiProfessor of Eminence inMedical Education

Editor-in-Chief:

Dr. Sheela Ravinder S.

Editor:

Ms. Hemalatha C. R.

Co-Editor:

Prof. Antony Leo Aseer P.

Editorial Board:

Dr. Abhinand P. A.

Dr. Archana P. Kumar

Dr. Ganesh V.

Dr. Nithya Jagdish

Prof. Prakash Boominathan

Prof. Sandhya Sundaram

Dr. Sreelekha B.

Secretarial Assistance:

Ms. Stella Augustus

Ms. Geetha R.

Photography:

Mr. Anand Kumar A.

Art & Design:

Mr. Arunagiri S.

Printing:

Mr. Velayudam S.

Beloved Readers,

Let us stay connected…

The launch of two novel B. Tech. courses at SRIHER will aid to blend engineering and

technology with medical science. The program will prepare the students with appropriate

skills and competencies for a global role and make a practical impact on the society.

The student council is the voice of the student body and the elected members work for the

progress of the student community. The council provides students an opportunity to develop

leadership qualities by organizing and carrying out various activities and projects.

The undergraduate conference, 'Optimus' organized by the students enables students to

develop independent critical thinking skills along with communication skills. It also influences

valuable learning objectives that have lasting influence as undergraduates prepare for

professional service. Let us move forward together with the intellectual passion instilled in us

by the various academic programs in the campus.

Sheela Ravinder S. Editor-in-Chief

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Cover Photo Courtesy:

Ms. Chetna A.,II yr., MASLP

Dr. Leena Dennis JosephAssociate Dean (Students)

Dr. A. SeethalakshmiAssistant Dean (Students)

Faculty of Nursing &Faculty of Management

Dr. Lakshmi VenkateshAssistant Dean (Students)

Faculty of Allied Health Sciences

Dr. J. SrikanthAssistant Dean (Students)Faculty of Pharmacy &

Faculty of Physiotherapy

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Sri Ramachandra Center for H e a l t h P r o f e s s i o n a l s Education in collaboration with the Hull University, UK conducted an

t h on 27 Jul . The workshop was led by Prof. Makani Purva, Chair of Standards for Simulation Based Education Committee, Hull University and Dr. E. J. Sree Kumar, Anesthetist, SRMC. The workshop included interactive lectures, scenario writing, demonstration activity and debriefing training. 26 faculty members participated.

Online Workshop on Simulation Education

A National Undergraduate

C o n f e r e n c e -

w a s

organized by II year

students of SRMC & RI t h t hf r o m 4 t o 6 Ju l .

The ch ief guest was

Shri. T. K. Rajendran, Retired Director General of Police, Chennai.

The conference included 15 workshops and other events. 650

delegates across the country participated.

S R M C

O P T I M U S ' 1 9

Dept. of Rheumatology

organized a

th on 28

Jun. The guest speakers were

Dr. J. Euphrasia Latha,

Immunologist, Rajiv Gandhi

Government General Hospital, Chennai and Dr. D. Therese Mary,

Immunologist, Government Thoothukudi Medical College,

Thoothukudi. The workshop focused on 'Processing ANA Slides

and its Interpretation'. 50 participants including Immunologists and

Rheumatologists across the state benefited.

State Level

I m m u n o f l u o r e s c e n c e

Workshop with a CME

S r i R a m a c h a n d r a

E n g i n e e r i n g a n d

Technology (SRET) was stinaugurated on 31 Jul.

SRET has started two

Bachelor of Technology

(B. Tech) programs. The

incoming batch of 120 students along with the parents and family

members attended.

D e p t . o f P s y c h i a t r y observed the

with the theme, 'Health for Justice, Jus t i ce for Hea l th ' – 'Underlining the Importance

of a Holistic Approach involving Health, Human Rights, Criminal thJustice and Social Service Institutions' on 26 Jun. A skit

competition on the topic, 'Make Health your 'New High' in Life' was conducted. 295 students, faculty members & staff participated.

International Day against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking

The inaugural

ceremony of the

f o r

SRIHER (DU)

w a s h e l d o n n d2 J u l . T h e

ex-President of

the Student Council 2018-'19, Mr. Aditya J. P., CRRI handed over

the torch of legacy and responsibilities to the newly elected

Student Council team members 2019-'20. The team along with the

new president, Ms. Shree Krishnamoorthy, final yr., MBBS, received

the badges from Dr. P. V. Vijayaraghavan, Vice-Chancellor,

Dr. S. Anandan, Dean, Medical College and Dr. K. Balaji Singh,

Dean of Students. The function continued with a musical

performance by Mr. Veerabadren

Mylappan on the keyboard and Mr. Alen Jiji Tom on the violin.

Students Council

2 0 1 9 - ' 2 0

M.B.B.S., III yr. students -

SRMC & RI, an MCI Nodal Center conducted a

for the cur r iculum committee members of co l leges allotted to our nodal center

th stand SRIHER (DU) faculty members from 29 to 31 May. 30 faculty members attended.

C u r r i c u l u mImplementation Support Program (CISP)

Dept. of Rheumatology observed the

by organizing the SRMC Lupus Meet 2019 with the theme, 'Lupus Pregnancy and Fertility

th issues in Lupus' on 27 Jun. The invited faculty members were Prof. C. Panchapakesa Rajendran, Rheumatologist, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Kattankulathur, Prof. R. Porkodi, Rheumatologist, Meenakshi Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, Kanchipuram and Dr. N. Pandiyan, Reproductive Medicine & Andrology, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Chennai. The events included:l Interactive patient education programl Panel discussion on Lupus and its managementl Scientific session l Quiz for UGs & PGs 226 participants including UGs, PGs, physicians, Rheumatologists and patients attended.

World Lupus Day

Happenings

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Date Event

27.07.'19 Ms. Sri Jayanthi K., Chief Perfusionist has been elected as the Vice-President for the Indian Society of Extra Corporeal Technology for the term 2019-2022

th 24.07.'19 Association of Pharmacy Professionals (APP) 8 Annual Convention on Research & Innovations in& Pharmaceutical Sciences organized by the APP West Indies International Branch and Tamil Nadu25.07.'19 State Branch in collaboration with APP Molpharm Division held at Ooty

st· Ms. C. Mythri, IV yr., B. Pharm. - 1 prize in poster presentation

st23.07.'19 Association of Pharmacy Professionals (APP) 1 Indo-Jordan Conference organized by APP Brazilian International Branch and Tamil Nadu State Branch in collaboration with APP Drug Design Medchem at School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, VISTAS, Pallavaram, Chennai Poster Presentation

st· Dr. X. Fatima Grace, Asst. Prof. - 1 prize

nd· Prof. K. Sujatha - 2 prize Poster Competition

st · Ms. Bijisha Baburaj Nair, B. Pharm., III yr. - 1 prize

nd· Ms. P. G. Bhavishi, M. Pharm. (Pharmaceutics), II yr. - 2 prize

19.07.'19 National Level Seminar on Exploring Innovations: Evolving and Emerging Nursing Roles held at Apollo College of Nursing, Chennai · Dr. S. Rajeswari, Reader & HOD, Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecological Nursing won the

st1 prize in poster presentation 18.07.'19 National Conference on Regulatory Challenges in Pharmacovigilance and QbD organized by the& Dept. of Pharmaceutical Analysis, SRM College of Pharmacy, SRM Institute of Science and19.07.'19 Technology, Kattankulathur

nd· Mr. P. Sarang, IV yr., Pharm. D. - 2 prize in poster presentation

12.07.'19 Annual Conference of the Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry chapters of the Indian Association of& Pathologists and Microbiologists - TAPCON 2019 held at Chennai

st13.07.'19 · Dr. Manjusha Mullappali P., final yr., MD Pathology - 1 prize in PG quizst

· Dr. S. Binitta, II yr., MD Pathology - 1 prize in poster presentation09.07.'19 Dr. Maleka Hashmi Greenwood, Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University, UK delivered a talk on

'Advances in Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy’25.07.'19 CDE on 'An Update for Dentists in Oral Cancer Detection and Prevention' in association with the

Tamil Nadu Head and Neck Surgeons Association (THANSA) by Dr. S. Kannan, Consultant Head and Neck Surgeon & Dr. C. Rayappa, Head & Senior Consultant - Apollo Specialty Hospitals, Chennai; Dr. S. Jagadesh Chandra Bose, Head & Senior Consultant, Dept. of Surgical Oncology & Dr. Solomon F. D. Paul, Head, Dept. of Human Genetics, SRIHER (DU)

16.07.'19 CME on 'Chronic Kidney Disease Uddanam – CKDU' by Prof. T. Ravi Raju, Former Vice-Chancellor, Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada and Prof. Vivekanand Jha, President, International Society of Nephrology

28.06.'19 First Congress of USAN – Upper GI Surgical Society of ASEAN held at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam& Presentations29.06.'19 · Dr. S. M. Chandramohan, Director - International Programs - 'Surgery for GEJ Cancers'

· Dr. Sandhya Sundaram, Head – 'Gastric Cancer in India: Pathologist's Perspective’· Dr. Jayanthi Venkataraman, Head, Dept. of Hepatology – 'Understanding Esophageal Motility -

So Near yet so Far' · Mr. Keerthivasan R., CRRI – 'Challenges in Management of Second Malignancies in Patients

who had undergone Treatment for SCC Esophagus: A Single Team Experience’· Ms. Shree Krishnamoorthy, IV yr., MBBS – 'Abdomen in the Chest: An Unusual Complication

following the Warranting Emergency Surgery' and 'Reconstructive Strategy after Failed Management in Esophageal Perforation in Corrosive Stricture in a Six Year Old Child'

· Ms. Aishwarya Madhugiri Sharma, IV yr., MBBS - 'Comparative Analysis between DOTANOC vs. CT in the Staging of Gastric Carcinoids'

· Ms. Aparna Venkatesan, IV yr., MBBS - 'Relationship of Blood Group and Gastric Cancer: A South Indian Experience'

· Ms. Deeksha Muralidhar, IV yr., MBBS - 'Gastric Cancer in the Young: A Disturbing Trend in the Indian Population’

· Mr. K. Abijith Vasan, IV yr., MBBS - 'Endoscopic and Pathological Correlation of non - H. pylori Chemical Gastritis in the Indian Population’

Department/Faculty

CTVS

Faculty of Pharmacy

Faculty of Pharmacy

Faculty of Nursing

Faculty of Pharmacy

Pathology

Physiotherapy

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Nephrology and Community Medicine

Pathology

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· Ms. G. Rajanandhini, IV yr., MBBS - 'Do Chemicals Play a role in H. pylori Chronic Gastritis: A Pathological Audit in the South Indian Population’

· Mr. Vishnu J. M., III yr., MBBS - 'Histopathological Spectrum of Esophageal Lesions in a Tertiary Care Center’

· Mr. Yogesh Sinha, III yr., MBBS - 'Clinico-pathological Profile of Primary GI Lymphomas' · Ms. Gayathri Karthikeyan, III yr., MBBS - 'Role of Pet CT in CA Stomach in the Indian

Population’· Ms. Tanvi Jain, III yr., MBBS - 'Histological Pattern in Indian Gastric Cancer Patients: Is it the

same as west?’· Mr. Pulkit Mehrotra, III yr., MBBS - 'Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumors – A

Clinicopathological Audit’· Ms. Jesse Jeswanth, III yr., MBBS - 'Barrett's Esophagus a Common Entity in India - An

Endopathological Correlation’· Mr. Kapil Dev Nayar, III yr., MBBS - 'Histological Types of Esophageal Carcinoma in the South

Indian population: An Audit' · Ms. Subhashini Ramadurai, II yr., MBBS - 'Association of Intestinal Metaplasia in H. pylori positive

Chronic Gastritis Patients' · Ms. Manisha Choudhury, II yr., MBBS - 'A Study of H. pylori associated Chronic Gastritis:

Correlation between Endoscopy and Histological findings' st08.06.'19 Ms. Nandini Murugan, II yr., MPT (Cardiopulmonary Sciences) won the 1 place in paper

stpresentation in CaRehab - 2019 at the 1 International Conference on Cancer Rehabilitation organized by the Dept. of Surgical Oncology, SRIHER (DU)

Physiotherapy

Faculty of Physiotherapy along with NSS Unit – V conducted a

Physiotherapy Awareness Camp in Karunakarancherry, thThiruvallur District on 20 Jul. Participants were screened for

musculoskeletal, neurological and cardio-respiratory problems.

Participants were educated through video presentations, exercise

demonstrations and individual & group therapy, based on their

needs. 75 participants benefited.

Reach Out

A for school children was thconducted at Annamedu Village on 16 Jul. 45 children

benefited. 50 NSS volunteers participated.

Speech & Hearing Screening Camp

Faculty of Physiotherapy conducted a camp on at Little Drops Old Age Home,

thIyyappanthangal on 24 Jul. The activities involved fall risk assessment, balance training, education on fall prevention techniques and general conditioning exercises imparted through charts, videos and demonstration. 34 inmates benefited.

Fall Risk Prevention and Promotion of Physical Fitness

A was conducted at Annamedu village thon 18 Jul. 75 people benefited. 42 NSS volunteers participated.

Dental Screening Camp

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Global NewsEscaped Moons could become 'Ploonets'

In star systems, some moons could escape their planets and start orbiting their stars instead, new simulations

suggest. Scientists have dubbed such liberated worlds 'ploonets,' - planets of moonish origin and say that current

telescopes may be able to find the wayward objects.

Astronomers think that exomoons — moons orbiting planets that orbit stars other than the sun — should be common, but efforts to find

them have turned up empty so far. Mario Sucerquia, Astrophysicist, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia and colleagues simulated

what would happen to those moons if they orbited hot Jupiters, gas giants that lie scorchingly close to their stars. Many astronomers think that

hot Jupiters were not born so close, but instead migrated toward their star from a more distant orbit.

As the gas giant migrates, the combined gravitational forces of the planet and the star would inject extra energy into the moon's orbit, pushing

the moon farther and farther from its planet until eventually it escapes, the researchers report at arXiv.org. “This process should happen in

every planetary system composed of a giant planet in a very close-in orbit,” “So ploonets should be very frequent”, Sucerquia says.

Some ploonets may be indistinguishable from ordinary planets. Others, whose orbits keep them close to their planet, could reveal their

presence by changing the timing of when their neighbor planet crosses, or transits, in front of the star. The ploonet should stay close enough

to the planet that its gravity can speed up or slow the planet's transit times. Those deviations should be detectable by combining data from

planet-hunting telescopes like NASA's TESS or the now-defunct Kepler, Sucerquia says.

Ploonethood may be a relatively short-lived phenomenon, though, making the worlds more difficult to spot. About half of the ploonets in the

researchers' simulations crashed into either their planet or star within about half a million years. And half of the remaining survivors crashed

within a million years.

Even with few visible survivors, ploonets could help explain some bizarre exoplanetary features. Moon debris from such crashes could lead to

giant ring systems around planets, like the 37 rings that encircle exoplanet J1407b, the team says. If the ploonet had an icy surface or an

atmosphere before moving close to its star, the star's heat would evaporate it, giving the ploonet a tail like a comet's. Evaporating ploonets

zipping by with a long light-blocking tail could explain strangely flickering stars like Tabby's star, Sucerquia says.

Sucerquia says, “Those structures (rings and flickers) have been discovered, have been observed”. “We just propose a natural mechanism to

explain (them). While the solar system doesn't have any hot Jupiters, ploonethood may be possible here, too. Earth's moon is moving slowly

away from the Earth, at a rate of about 4 centimeters per year. When it eventually breaks free, “the moon is a potential ploonet,” Sucerquia says

— although that won't happen for about 5 billion years”.

The study is a good first step for thinking about what would happen to exomoons in real planetary systems, says planetary astrophysicist

Natalie Hinkel of the Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Plus, ploonet is “a wonderful name,” Hinkel says.

Source: M. Sucerquia et al. Ploonets: formation, evolution, and detectability of tidally detached exomoons. arXiv:1906.11400. Posted June 28, 2019.

Hard-won genetic clues from the bones of Philistines, a people known from the Old Testament for their battles with Israelites, have taken some of the mystery out of their hazy origins.

DNA extracted from the remains of 10 individuals buried at Ashkelon, an ancient Philistine port city in Israel, displays molecular links to ancient and modern populations in the eastern Mediterranean, archaeogeneticist Michal Feldman and her colleagues report. Ashkelon residents carried the southern European genetic signature between 3,400 and 3,150 years ago, but it disappeared rapidly as mating increased with locals, the researchers conclude in a paper published in Science Advances.

Genetic evidence from Ashkelon fits a scenario in which seafaring populations from southern Europe fled, collapsing Bronze Age societies more than 3,000 years ago and settled along the eastern Mediterranean coast, where they were dubbed Philistines. Ancient DNA studies may help to identify the Philistines' precise origins, say Feldman and her colleagues, of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany.

DNA preserves poorly in hot, dry regions such as the Middle East. The researchers managed to retrieve nuclear DNA, which is inherited from both parents, from 10 skeletons: three Late Bronze Age individuals buried at Ashkelon around 3,600 years ago; four early Iron Age infants interred beneath Ashkelon houses around 3,400 to 3,150 years ago; and three later Iron Age individuals buried in a large cemetery next to Ashkelon's city wall roughly 3,100 years ago. Southern European DNA first appeared in the early Iron Age youngsters around the time archaeological finds indicate that Philistines inhabited Ashkelon, but had largely disappeared by the later Iron Age.

Source: M. Feldman et al. Ancient DNA sheds light on the genetic origins of early Iron Age Philistines. Science Advances. Published online July 3, 2019. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aax0061.

Believe it or NotDNA Reveals the Origin of Biblical Philistines

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Deleting one's Facebook account is a drastic measure, but if a user decides to go ahead with it, it is quite a straightforward process. Facebook has features to back up a user's data.

Before deleting one's account, it is advisable to intimate friends and family in advance and also make note of important birthdays, anniversaries and forthcoming events. Finally, one should remember to download all their data (photos, videos and messages) when the account is deleted. This can be accomplished by saving a copy of all data by clicking the down arrow in the Facebook title bar, selecting 'Settings' and clicking 'Download a Copy of your Facebook Data'. One will not be able to retrieve this once the account has been deleted.

Steps to be followed to delete one's Facebook account:

1. Delete your photos and postsAfter deleting the Facebook account, it can take up to 90 days for all the posts and photos to be removed. If one does not want their information to remain, it is advisable to erase all the data by oneself. Social Book Post Manager is a plugin for Chrome that enables one to delete multiple Facebook posts at once. Install the plugin, navigate to the Facebook Activity Log and choose a specific filter (such as 'Posts you're Tagged In'). Then, just click the Social Book Post Manager icon and search for a particular text string and/or date range. Posts that match the criteria will be highlighted in yellow, and clicking the 'Delete' button will erase them. There is no way to restore the data once they are deleted.

2. Delete Facebook for goodOnce the data is backed up, visit Facebook's account deletion page and select 'Delete my Account.' It can take 90 days for everything to be erased from Facebook's servers, but it will be inaccessible from the moment you click the button.

Alternatives to deleting your Facebook account:If one is not ready to completely delete their Facebook account, there are other ways to increase your privacy without cutting it out completely.

1. Review app and site permissions:It is possible that the user has granted permission to some apps and sites, those that they no longer use, and whose privacy policies might have changed since they first agreed to them. To check which apps and sites that are linked to one's Facebook account, open the 'Settings' menu and select 'Apps and Websites'. Scroll down to 'Apps, Websites and Games', click 'Edit' and deactivate any that one no longer uses.

2. Control tagging in photos and postsSometimes, a user may be tagged by a friend in a publicly available photo or post that reveals information one rather not shares. The user can untag photos and posts individually, but it is easier to review tags before they are posted. Open 'Settings', scroll down to 'Privacy Settings' and choose 'Timelines and Tagging'. Scroll down to the bottom and two options will be available – one for reviewing tags on posts before they appear on Facebook, and another for reviewing tags on posts before they appear on the timeline. Toggle both of these on.

3. Turn off face recognitionFacebook can use facial recognition to make it easier to tag people in photos. To deactivate it, open 'Settings', scroll down to 'Privacy Settings' and tap 'Face recognition'. Here, the user can deactivate the setting so one would no longer be identified in photos and videos.

Happiness is that moment spent with friends laughing blissfully; it is believing in the inner beauty of this world; the path to happiness is not really about solving our problems or getting rid of them altogether; it is about those small moments that we experience in our daily life; like the song that has the ability to brighten our day in an instant; that innocent smile of a child that touches our heart; those moments with our friends where we can't help but laugh; a hug from one's mother that comes with the assurance that everything will be alright. It is from these small moments that happiness truly emanates.

In this day and age, we often trade our happiness in the pursuit of success, those small rifts that don't really matter and people who don't realise the grave responsibility of someone else's happiness being contingent upon them. However, it is important that it is the small moments that make life worth living. It is not the destination but the journey that is beautiful; life is like this journey and happiness the only jewel that makes it beautiful.

Ms. Chetana Rajesh, II yr., MBBS

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Alumni CornerAlumni Association of S r i R a m a ch a n d r a Institute of Higher E d u c a t i o n a n d Research organized the

st th1 Annual General Body Meeting followed by an in-house Alumni Meet on 19 Jul. at the University Auditorium. Mr. Abhijith Nair (Violinist) and his team were invited to host a music concert.

T h e A l u m n i Chapter of the Dept. of Speech, Language and H e a r i n g Sciences organized the Annual General

thBody Meeting on 20 Jul. at the Dept. of SLHS.

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stThe 101 Bridges Monthly Book Review was held on 26.07.'19

Book : Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

Author : Yuval Noah Harari

Reviewed by : Dr. Abhinand P. A., Lecturer, Dept. of Bioinformatics

Forthcoming Bridges Monthly Book Review

Aug. 2019: Origin by Dan Brown

Reviewer : Ms. Aishwarya Chander, IV yr., B. Sc. Biomedical Sciences

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We are one amongst youWe are an integral crew,Still every step of our vocationWe prove our worth to the nation.We keep in line with culturesWe keep away from vicesYet why can't we expect sanityWhy do we suffer obscenity?We are the glue that holds,We have a heart that easily meltsYet these hearts can take it toughWe can wade through waters rough.We have roles and so do youLet's share and get throughNever again a girl should dreamI wish I was in a men's team.

Ms. Ann Mathew Theras, III yr., BPT