On the occasion of the
GOLDEN JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS
of
The Southern India Education Trust &
The Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed College for Women
The Department of Post - Graduate Studies
And
Research in Human Science
cordially invites you to a
National Conference on “HUMAN SCIENCE FOR THE GENERATION NEXT”
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[Conference on Community, Sports & Clinical Nutrition, Nutritional Biochemistry, Food Microbiology, Biotechnology, Human Development and Family Studies, Interior Design and Decor, Textile Science and Fashion Designing]
Date: 13th and 14th July 2006About Human Science
Food, clothing and shelter are the fundamental needs of a human being. Human Science explores a way of knowing human physiology, human nutrition, human needs and the best way to meet those needs by applying scientific interventions. Human Science defines, through research, the role of foods, clothing, shelter, physical and mental development of a human being and its components in optimizing human health. Students develop an understanding of the scientific concepts and principles in the contexts of physical, earth/space, and living systems that can be applied to solve human problems.
The Department of Human Science focuses on research towards understanding how the human development, the dietary components (food), the textile industry (clothing) interact with physiological, sociological and environmental factors and affect the health of the population so diversified by gender, ethnicity, lifestyle and environment. Human science also brings to light the importance of interior decoration (shelter) and thus caters to all the needs of a human race. Technological development is not linear, but exponential, and this explosive rate of change means that human life will soon be irreversibly transformed. Our ultimate concern and the primary objective of this national conference is in the best interest of the next generation.
Keeping the above in mind, the Department of Human Science has brought out an Inter-disciplinary National Half Yearly Research Journal entitled “Indian Journal of Human Science” since July 2005. The Department will launch the release of the first few copies of the journal during this seminar.
The Host College
The Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed College for Women is one of the premier educational institutions in the state of Tamilnadu. The institution was established and started functioning in the year 1955 and was founded by the late legal luminary and the reformer, the then Judge of the Madras High Court, Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed assisted by his illustrious wife, Hajani Fathima Akhthar Sahiba and like minded colleagues with the mission of providing higher education to women, especially to the girls of the minority community. The College is located in the heart of Chennai on an extent of about 16 acres, abutting Anna Salai. By virtue of its arterial location, the college is connected with a well-lit road and rail transport system providing easy transportation and conveyance facilities.
The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has accredited the College and accorded it a “five – star” status. NAAC has commended the College with the remark that “the College has always been kept open for all eligible women students from all parts of the country irrespective of caste, creed and religion, encouraging, empowerment and overall development of women.
The College today has forty departments with a student’s strength of about 6,000 and staff strength of about 300 in both day and evening sessions. There are fourteen UG, six PG departments and three Research Departments guiding students for research and Doctoral Degrees in the day college and thirteen UG and seven PG departments in the evening college. In this year 05-06, UGC has sponsored seven job oriented certificate courses in the Arts, Science and Commerce streams.
Profile of the Department
The Department of Human Science is four decades old and offers B.Sc. Nutrition, Food Service Management and Dietetics, B.Sc. Nutrition, Food Service Management and Dietetics with vocational subject Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics and B.Sc. Interior Design and décor at the UG level and “Textile Science and Fashion Designing” and “Human Development and Family Studies” at the PG level. It has now grown to a full-fledged research department offering M.Phil. and Ph.D. Programmes. The Department has successfully conducted several seminars, workshops, conferences, UGC minor and major research projects, and refresher courses with sponsorship from UGC, DST, Agha Khan Foundation (Geneva), NCERT, ICSSR, ICAR and IDRC (Canada). The Alumni of the Department are spread all over the world and have made a mark as Nutritionists, Dietitians, Professors and Entrepreneurs.
Textile Science and Fashion Designing
The major challenging areas of the ongoing research in the Department are fiber studies, mechanics of knitted and woven structures, fabric finishing processes, textile design, fashion designing and garment construction.
Human Development and Family Studies
The thrust areas of research include early childhood education, special education, child labor, street and migrant children, juvenile delinquency, children with special needs, school drop outs, problems of old age and problems of today’s youth.
The ongoing full - time and part - time Ph.D. programme on Inter - Disciplinary basis includes Foods and Nutrition, Clinical Nutrition, Community Nutrition, AIDS awareness, Women’s empowerment and subjects related to Human Science (Home Science).
Two Add-On certificate courses entitled “Sports Nutrition Consultancy” and Textile Designing, Dyeing, Printing and Entrepreneurship” were started in the year 2005 –’06.
A second Department of Interior Design and Décor was started in the evening college during the academic year 2004-2005 with strength of about 28 students in the first year of B.Sc. ID.
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Focus of the Conference
Theme of the Conference: Contemporary research in Human Science for the Generation Next – Inter- disciplinary approaches.
Information and guidelines for Paper Presentation
Research papers are invited from scientists, medical professionals, dietitians, faculty, industrial delegates, research scholars and students on the latest developments in different aspects of Clinical, Community and Sports Nutrition, Nutritional Biochemistry, Food Microbiology, Biotechnology, Human Development and Family Studies, Interior Design and Decor, Textile Science and Fashion Designing.
Persons interested in presenting papers are requested to kindly note and comply with the following:
- Please mail your abstract with a maximum of 250 words on A4 size paper immediately i.e. before 31st May 2006. The full-length paper in CD should be submitted by the 15th of June 2006.
- Please fill up the registration form enclosed and send it along with the abstract and the registration fee by DD in favor of “The Principal, JBAS College for Women”.
- A second circular will be sent to the persons whose address and registration fee is received.
- All travel and accommodation arrangements are to be kindly made by the delegates themselves.
- Duration for each oral presentation will be 7 minutes (a maximum of 15 PowerPoint slides) and 3 minutes for discussion.
- Once the abstract is accepted, a reminder will be sent and the full paper should kindly be sent along with a CD.
- Papers without the registration fee will not be considered.
- Prizes for the best papers presented will be given.
- Papers received for presentation, if found suitable, will be published in the National Journal “Indian Journal of Human Science”.
| Advance registration (Before 31st May, 2006) |
Spot Registration | |
| (Rs) | (Rs) | |
| Conference Delegates & Faculty | 750.00 | 1000.00 |
| Research Scholars | 400.00 | 500.00 |
| PG & UG Students | 300.00 | 400.00 |
Guidelines for Poster Presentation
Posters are invited from participants on the following themes.
• Prevention is better than cure - HIV/AIDS.
• Girl child is no less than a boy - Eliminate her not.
• Prevalence of nutritional deficiency diseases in India - with original photographs.
• Designer wears for the Generation Next.
Landscaping - Commercial/Residential.
- Posters have to be of 60cm x 90 cm size in English. The college will provide the mounting material.
- Only printed posters in one single sheet are allowed. Let the information be brief. Posters can have large sized colorful pictures, figures and captions.
- The poster presenter will be responsible for mounting up and removing the poster. Place for mounting the poster will be provided.
- Only registered participants are allowed to present the posters.
- Poster presenters are expected to stand near their posters during poster viewing session.
Judges decision will be final for the selection of the best poster.
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