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Disclaimer: The views expressed by the Authors in the Articles published in “Saigenesis” are their Own. The

Editorial Board is in no way responsible for any liability arising out of the contents/Text of this Publication.

1.Editorial

5.Science sense

7.Editorial Board

6.Popcorn

3.Campus Events

4.Do You Know

2.Welcoming our VC

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“STAY HUNGRY AND STAY FOOLISH !!!”

Verily the premature demise of the technology icon Steve Jobs, is an irreparable loss to the world. The Computer wizard of this century and creator of the Apple, Next, Pixar etc…….has created a Vacuum in the gadgets world.

“Follow Your Heart “

“ Don't Live Someone else Life “

“Don't allow others Noise to submerge your innermost Voice”

“Don't emulate the others success and their results”

His Life's motto is the undisputable success mantra. He always advocates especially the youth to “ Stay Hungry and Stay Foolish” in all aspects of life which displays the motivational drive and humility. Most of us are satisfied with our job. But the various jobs are crowned in this world because of Steve Jobs attitude and gesture. His Life has coined new meaning to the technology world.

“Keep it Simple and short “ – the hallmark of Steve's Science and a phenomenal feat of him benefitted by the entire Human race.Fortune did not favour the Humanity and the tech world in not acquiring many innovative inventions that would have blossomed in the years to come from the grey matter of Steve Jobs , the tech savvy who died at the tender age of 56 years.

A gruesome villain to this Science Genius Life was THE PANCREATIC CANCER which conquered him for 8 years and untimely succeeded in snatching away the gifted scientist from all of us on October ,2011. He was an ardent fan of Mahatma Gandhi and had an ever aspiring inquisitiveness and curiosity to dwell in the India's spirituality !

“An Apple a day, keeps the Doctor away” – a familiar saying. No wonder It's not an exaggeration ,“Jobs Apple away even a day, keeps the beholder from the tech updates at bay”! He lived by his preachings. We Wish our Medical Fraternity to, “Stay Hungry and Stay Foolish” forever for a medical miracle to happen thereby the victims crippled by the Pancreatic Cancer can be protected and saved. That day when it Dawns, Steve Jobs in Blue Jeans and Tees showers his Blessings and thanks from Heaven ….!!!

Cheers!!!

Dr.Balaji Rajagopalan, Prof &Head, Biochemistry.

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Winners of the World Health Day QuizVI & VII Semester Students

Welcoming Our VCSri Balaji Vidyapeeth University has now a dynamic &

able leader in Dr. K.R. Sethuraman who has taken over as the Vice-Chancellor. Basically a faculty of Internal Medicine from JIPMER, served there for 25 years (1981-2006) and significantly contributed to the field of medical education. He has over 40 indexed publications to his Credit. His stint abroad as the Dean of a medical school for 7 years has enabled him to gain vast experience to share with us. Our institution with great pride and immense pleasure, welcome our new Honourable Vice-Chancellor Dr. K.R. Sethuraman and looking forward to work under his able guidance and leadership.

In order to spread awareness about hypertension and lifestyle diseases among the undergraduate th thmedical students of 6 and 7 semester, Department of Community Medicine observed World Health Day on

08/04/2013. This year World Health Day Theme was on HYPERTENSION.th thA quiz competition was conducted among all the students of 6 and 7 semester who were grouped in

14 group each consisting of 8-10 students. The quiz consisted of questions pertaining to multiple topics about the lifestyle diseases for a comprehensive understanding about the topic. The winner group was suitably rewarded at the end. The awards were sponsored by Dr. Jegadeesh Ramasamy.

Campus EvensTHWORLD HEALTH DAY – 7 APRIL 2013

Welcome our new Honourable VC

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DEPARTMENT OF ANATOMYRD1. 3 MAY, 2013 CME ON CLINICAL ANATOMY

GUEST LECTURE :Dr. W.M.S.JOHNSON M.D. Ph.D.,

Prof. Dept. of Anatomy.

Sri Balaji Medical College &Research Institute

ON

Importance of Anatomy in Clinical Practice

: Dr. B. BALASUBRAMANIAN, M.D.(Intern.Med.), D.T.C.D.

Associate Professor Dept. Of Medicine

Shri Sathya Sai Medical College & Research Institute.

2. STUDENTS EVENTS IN DEPARTMENT OF ANATOMY

Symposium on :th thMarch 30 - Stomach and Liver April 6 - Small intestine and Large intestine

th thApril 19 - Duodenum, Pancreas and Portal vein May 6 - Spleen and Kidney thMay 9 - Ureter, Urinary bladder and Posterior abdominal wall

th . Conducted Quiz on 25 May 2013 for the I M.B.B.S students 2012-13 batch

DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY

Three students have joined as postgraduate (MD pathology) in department of pathology for 2013 – 2016 session.

NAME OF PG STUDENTS

1. Dr. HEMANATHAN.G

2. Dr. ISHWARYA.S

3. Dr. SABA YASMIN

Pathology postgraduate students attended an interactive thseminar on histopathology slide discussion on 17 June

(17/06/2013) at SRMC & RI, Chennai.

SEMINARSst th thSession I (21 students) was conducted on 1 , 5 & 6 of

April, 2013, chaired by Dr.

nd thSession II (21 students) was conducted on 22 , 26 of thApril & 4 of May 2013, chaired by Dr.

N.Venkatadri, Prof of Pharmacology

st ndWinners: 1 Prize: Alwyn, 2 Prize: Nandhini

Nasreen, Prof of Internal Medicine

st ndWinners: 1 Prize: Sruthi.S, 2 Prize: Arya.V.Sankar

QUIZ

DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY

21 students (7 teams) participated in the Intercollegiate Biochemistry Quiz Competition at Madras Medical

ndCollege on 2 May, 2013.

The following projects were submitted to ICMR and Rs.10,000 cash reward was received.

1. Rapid diagnosis of MTB- Ms. Monica Roselin And Dr. Karthika Jayakumar

2. Bacterial & Fungal profile of mobile phones used by HCW- Ms. Keerthana and Dr. Sridhar

3. Incidence of intestinal parasitic infestation & anemia among school children in Ammapettai 2012- Mr. Suyambu Raja and Mr SunilKumar Jada

The Microbiology Department conducted SEMI-thFINALROUND QUIZ COMPETITION for the 4

semester (120 Batch) students ON 22/06/2013 and 11 students were selected for the Final round.

The Microbiology Department in collaboration with hospital infection control committee conducted HBV

th th programme (Second schedule) from 8 and 9 of May 2013, in which Doctors, Medical Students and various paramedical staffs were vaccination with first dose of HBV.

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When Andreas Vesalius, a Flemish medical student at the University of Padua during the late Renaissance, began to dissect human cadavers with meticulous care, he soon came to realize that some of the structures about which Galen had written were either incorrectly described or existed only in animals. Enlisting the aid of a young apprentice of Titian, Stephan van Calcar, he published a magnificently illustrated volume in 1543—when he was 28 years old—de Humani CorporisFabrica, whose title is best translated as “On the Workings of the Human Body.” By exposing Galen's errors and adding many new findings, this book clarified the understanding of anatomy and function in ways never previously imagined and began to loosen the ancient icon's stifling hold on medical thought. Being both contentious and aggressively ambitious, Vesalius did not shrink from attacking Galenic theory at every opportunity, which earned him as many enemies as disciples, subverted his career, and eventually resulted in his ignominious death.

Outline

I. Every so often, a book appears in the history of medicine that becomes a turning point. This part is as much about such a book as about a man. The man is Andreas Vesalius and the book is De Humani Corpus Fabrica, or “On the Workings of the Human Body.”

A. Fabrica has been interpreted to mean not just “structure” but “workings.” Vesalius was as interested in the functions of the human body as he was in the anatomy itself.

B. Published in 1543, Fabrica gave the world its first accurate knowledge of anatomy and a method by which it could be studied.

C. Vesalius provided directions by which anyone with appropriate instruments and access to cadavers could perform dissections.

D. Vesalius's book began the process of debunking Galen, though this would take centuries.

E. Although Vesalius's text brought about the change, the work of its artist, Jan van Calcar, a protégé of Titian, is what is most commented on today.

F. The story of this book and of Vesalius himself is also the story of a series of events representative of the Renaissance, including:

1. A return to interest in the human body

2. A return to Greek learning

3. The rise of the universities, which were the focus of Renaissance thought.

II. The first university to focus on medical teaching was the school of Salerno, founded in the 9th century, which later became the model for others of the Renaissance.

A. Most Greek medical knowledge at the time was in the hands of Jewish and Arabic physicians. Teachers and students at the universities came from these, as well as Catholic, backgrounds.

B. By the 11th and 12th centuries, as Arabic texts were being translated into Latin, scholars congregated in various cities to study together. These became communities of scholars in which the students had as much authority as the professors.

C. Universities were open to all sorts of scholars, not just Catholics; therefore, they were not as tightly dominated by the Church as might be expected.

D. The University of Padua was among the first of these institutions and was even less restrictive than most, because it lay within the Venetian Republic, which traded with the East and all over Europe. The university eventually became one of the great centers for studying medicine in the 16th century, with students from every European country. Students were organized into nations, each of which elected a “president” to intervene with university authorities.

E. Adding to the freedom at the universities was the fact that the Catholic Church gradually recognized its own interest in allowing dissection of the human body to a degree.

1. A high prelate might die unexpectedly, and the pope would allow a dissection to look for the cause of death.

2. In 1482, Pope Sixtus IV was petitioned by one of the German schools to use the corpses of executed criminals for dissection to confirmGalenic anatomy. Sixtus, who had been a student at the University of Bologna, issued a papal bull allowing local bishops to determine whether the bodies of executed criminals or others who died without wills could be given to universities for doctors to dissect.

Do You KnowANDREAS VESALIUS PART THREE- HISTORY OF MEDICINE

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III. Where did Vesalius come from, and why did he want to do dissections?

A. Vesalius was the fifth generation of a line of doctors. He grew up close to an area called Gallows Hill, where criminals were executed and left to rot. As a child, he would look at bodily structures and take bones apart; he became interested in living anatomy.

B. By age 10 or 11, Vesalius was taking animals to dissect. He focused not just on the structure of the body but on how the muscles and, possibly, digestion worked.

C. At 15, Vesalius went to the local university, where he spent four years.

D. He then went to the great University of Paris, where he studied Hippocrates and Galen. He devoted his second and last year there to Galenic anatomy.

E. He returned home to get a bachelor's degree in medicine.

F. In 1537, Vesalius returned to Padua and earned a doctoral degree in a year, along with a reputation as an excellent technical dissector.

G. He became a professor of anatomy and surgery the day after he graduated, at age 23.

H. Vesalius didn't like the way he had been taught anatomy.

1. He did dissections himself, rather than having an assistant do them, while he read from Galen, with a skeleton hung next to the body to use as reference.

2. He also obtained animals (dogs, cats, monkeys) to vivisect.

3. Meanwhile, young van Calcar drew everything that seemed to be new and unexplained in Galen.

4. Vesalius discovered things he hadn't expected. The anatomy he saw didn't look like the depictions in the old texts.

5. Vesalius teamed with the artist to produce a more accurate book, and in 1538, the two men created six huge anatomical plates, with Vesalius's text alongside. This transitional work was the start of their creative collaboration.

IV. Students were powerful in the universities, and they began to invite Vesalius to come and spend time demonstrating what he had learned.

A. He demonstrated with a man called Corti, who was an expert in Galenic anatomy.

B. Vesalius would find things in Galen and demonstrate why they were wrong. This spurred him to return to Padua and begin work in earnest on developing a new anatomical text with van Calcar.

C. In 1543, this book was ready for publication. It was a masterpiece from every viewpoint: book publication, pedagogy, medicine, and art.

D. Some of the errors Vesalius found in Galen and disclosed in the book included the following:

1. He realized that Galen had dissected only animals, thus making errors regarding human anatomy.

2. The insertions and positions of many muscles were wrong.

3. Most important was the fact that there was no rete mirabile, the keystone of Galenic theory, where pneuma converted to psychic pneuma.

4. Vesalius wrote, “Galen was deceived by his monkeys.”

E. The book itself, written in Latin, has instructions for performing one's own dissections. This is different from Galen, who directed people to look to him.

V. Vesalius was attacked on all sides because he refuted Galen.

A. He shared certain personality characteristics with Galen; he was vain, contentious, and sure of himself. He was angry with the great professors who attacked him because he refuted Galen.

B. In December 1543, Vesalius did his last public dissection in Padua. He burned every bridge to the Padua academic community by destroying all his papers.

C. He left to become physician to Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor. This couldn't have happened suddenly; it was probably planned for some time.

D. That position didn't work out as Vesalius had expected. A number of doctors were advising the king, many of whom were Galenists.

E. The emperor abdicated, and Philip II assumed the throne, but he wouldn't let Vesalius leave.

F. Vesalius got permission to go on a pilgrimage and died in a shipwreck be believed that cannot be personally verified on a small island in the Mediterranean on his return voyage.

G. Vesalius left us the first accurate anatomy text ever written. But he also demonstrated the importance of skepticism: the idea that nothing should believed until it is experimented.

Compiled by Dr. N.VENKATADRI Prof. of Pharmacology

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Know the ECOBotanical Name : Vitex trifolia Linn

Common name : White chaste tree, Samhalu (Hindi), Vella Nochi (Tamil)

Native: India, Afghanistan, Philippines, Srilanka.

Phytochemicals present:

Aucubin agnuside, alkaloids nishindine, hydrocotylene, glycoflavonoids orientin, isoorientin, 4'pentamethoxyflavone etc…

Traditional medicine:

Arthritis, headache, sinusitis, vermifuge, early spleenomegaly etc.

Scientific findings :1 21. Mosquito Larvicidal activity , Hepatoprotectivity ,

antimicrobial etc.

References :

1. Kannathasan.K, Senthilkumar.A, Venkatesalu.V, Mosquito larvicidal activity of methyl-p-Hydroxyl-benzoate isolated from the leaves of Vitex trifolia Linn. Acta Trop. 2011 Oct-Nov; 120(1-2):115-8.

2. Anandan .R, Jayakar .B, Karar .B, Babuji .S, Manavalan.R, Kumar RS. Effect of ethanol extract of flowers of Vitex trifolia Linn. on CCL4 induced hepatic injury in rats. Pak J Pharm Sci. 2009 Oct; 22(4):391-4.

This small tree identified was on the hit in the local dailies when Chennai city administration decided to give saplings to all the residents to grow in their home so as to

eradicate the menace of mosquitoes in the city. Potential natural mosquito killer? It's amazing to note that this tree is still left unexplored for medicinal uses scientifically although being used in traditional medicines like Ayurvedha and Siddha. Hope is there still for us to explore scientifically.

Hits on search engines as of 08-07-13,1.30 pm:

1. Pubmed - 04

2. Google scholar - 544

3. Scirus - 194

4. Science direct - 70

Submitted to Know Thy Eco by,

Ms. V.Abinaya, III MBBS.

Botanical name : Memecylon umbellatum

Common name : Ironwood, Anjani(Tamil), Alli(Hindi),Paasaan(local name)

Native : India, Andamans, Srilanka.

Phytochemicals present : Tannins, glycosides, triterpens, steroids etc

Traditional medicine: Gonorrhea , astringent, antidiarrhoeal etc

Scientific findings:11.Antibacterial , Anti-inflammatory, Hypoglycemic

2effect etc.

References :

1. Tamizhamudu Elavazhagan, Kantha D. Arunachalam. Phytochemical and Antibacterial Studies of Seed extracts

of Memecylon edule. International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Vol. 2(4), 2010, 498-503.

2. Amalraj T, Ignacimuthu S. Evaluation of the hypoglycaemic effect of Memecylon umbellatum in normal and alloxan diabetic mice. J. Ethnopharmacol. 1998 Oct; 62(3):247-50.

My close watch on the areas near the foothills of the Bairavar Hill near our Shri Sathya Sai Medical College campus revealed me these short trees that bloomed with bunches of beautiful purple flowers covering the entire branches. With curiosity struck on the fluorescence emitted by these tiny flowers I wished to document this small tree. Locals call these “Paasaan Kozhai” with no medicinal utilization. It was more amazing to find that only 4 articles were there in Pubmed and all are from India. Leaves and flowers are explored little and I believe this is a highly potential plant for antidiabetic drug research. I wish the readers to aim High.

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Hits on search engines as of 08-07-13,8.57 pm:

1. Pubmed - 04

2. Google scholar - 474

3. Scirus - 146

4. Science direct - 36

*Above document was scrutinized for plagiarism using VIPER.

M.I.Glad Mohesh, M.Sc, Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology.

AN UNSUNG HERODr. Carlo urbani was a dedicated and internationally respected epidemiologist from Italy. He died due to the infection of new SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) virus which he identified. He took the risk voluntarily and succumbed to it bravely.

Some are born great, some achieve the greatness, some have the greatness thrust upon them. He is of second category. He achieved greatness by sacrificing his life to the welfare of humanity. His courage is monumental in the history of mankind.

Mahatma Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Mother Theresa and many more people dedicated their lives for the good of the people. Dr. Carlo urbani is also one of the brave man who perished in selfless service to save the life of people. He will be remembered by the whole world as a true soldier who fought the war on SARS virus till his death.

Sakthi Mani, Valiants, 2011

Science Sense“Testing HbA1c is a practical way of Diagnosing Diabetes”

For decades Diabetes Mellitus is being diagnosed, by estimating the level of FBS,2hr PPBS,RBS, or doing GTT in venous blood samples. HbA1c has been in use since 1980s as an indicator of glycaemic control in people with Diabetes.

The aim of this article is to highlight the use of HbA1c in the diagnosis of Type 1,Type 2 diabetes as well Metabolic syndrome (1) ,apart from using as an indicator of control of blood glucose levels.

The basic principle , glucose molecules get attached to haemoglobin in RBCs, whenever the blood glucose levels are high. If the Blood Glucose is higher ,the more binds to RBCs and the higher level of HbA1c in Diabetes.

The advantages of use of HbA1c over FBS,OGTT are, No fasting sample, less time consuming, less biologic variability and superior technical benefits.

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The A1c assay has several advantages over the other tests ( 2 )

The diabetes should be diagnosed when A1c is 6.5%

A1c is indicated in children in whom DM suspected

Risk for diabetes based on glycaemia is a continuum.

The Clinical states- Pre-diabetes, IFG and IGT fail to capture this sequence.

Those with A1c levels below the threshold for diabetes, but above 6%, should receive effective preventive care.

HbA1c might be used as a diagnostic criterion for Metabolic syndrome, if 5.65% ( 3 )

Lowering Hb A1c reduces risk of chronic complications Diabetes like

Nephropathy,Retinopathy,Neuropathy and Ishemic Heart diseases. (4)

Reference Values of HbA1c :

1) < 5.6 %- ----- Normal

2) 5.7 %-6.4%-- PreDiabetic

3) > 6.5 % ----- Diagnosis of Diabetes

4) < 7 % - Good control.

5) 7.0 %- 8.0%- Fair control

6) > 9% -------- Poor control.

Advantages of HbA1c (3 )

1) Convenience & less day-to-day variation

2) No need to rush the sample, because of greater

stability3) Can be done at anytime of the day, no meal issues

4) An index of long-term control over 120 days

5) Not affected by diet, exercise, emotion ,stress.

6) Missed drugs / default on diet, very useful

7) Very useful in DD of stress hyperglycemia

The Estimation of HbA1c is not routinely done in developing countries, because of the Cost, and limited availability as a diagnostic tool. Measuring HbA1c level has limitations and may not be reliable in the following conditions.

1) In A & E, to test for hypoglycemia or Hyperglycemia

2) Dosage of Insulin or OHA cannot be adjusted

3) Haemoglobinopathies .

4) Severe Anemia

5) Gestational Diabetes

6) Abnormal RBC turnover, Haemolytic anemia

7) Serum Opalescence-

8) Uremia etc;

To translate the level of HbA1c to the patients, in terms of the real blood glucose in milligram, the following formula can be used.

Conversion of HbA1c to eAG** :

(28.7 x A1c)-46.7= eAG

Conclusion :It has been proved beyond doubt that, Hb A1c can be used as a tool to diagnose diabetes by several studies from all over the world. But it is harder for the developing countries to use this, because of higher cost. So the low- income countries to diagnose the diabetes, have to rely upon the estimation of blood glucose, not HbA1c% even though it is more advantageous than conventional methods.

Ref : 1) J Korean Med Sci. 2012 September; 27(9): 1057–1061. 2) International expert committee on report Diabetes Care, Vol. 32, # 7, July 20093) Advantages of HbA1c Bloomgarden, Z. T. (2008).Diabetes Care 31(10): 2062-94) Lancet-1998; 352 : 853-857** Ref : AD AG study Diabetes Care 7 June-2008- Estimated average Glucose.

Dr.B.Balasubramanian,Asso. Professor, Dept of Gen.Medicine

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CONGRATULATIONS!!!

NEW APPOINTMENTS

“No smoking campaign” poster competition held at Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth University.

Second Prize: Mr. Thirumalaivasan, Exoticans, 2010

Special Mention: Mr. Nirumalan.P, Valiants, 2011

?Dr. Prabhu, Associate Professor, Physiology has been newly appointed as the Deputy Controller of Examinations, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth University.

PUBLICATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE

1. Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Assessment of

knowledge about obesity among students in a medical college in Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu.

Progress in Health Sciences. 2013;3(1):54-60.

2. Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Knowledge and

practices about Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program among clinicians of a medical college in

India: A cross-sectional study. Progress in Health Sciences. 2013;3(1):94-103.

3. Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Faculty

development program: A boost in medical education. Research and Development in Medical Education.

2013;2(1):1-2.

4. Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Airborne infection

control in healthcare settings. Infection Ecology & Epidemiology. 2013;3:21411.

5. Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Emerging and re-

emerging infectious diseases - Public health perspective. International Journal of Preventive Medicine.

2013;4(6):736-737.

(During April to June):

We Welcome our new faculty!!!

?Dr. Uma Devi.V: Professor & Head, General Medicine

?Dr. Varadaraju: Professor, Surgery

?Dr. Manimaran: Associate Professor, Pathology

?Dr. Wills Sheelaa.G: Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology

?Dr. R.Revathi Shree: Assistant Professor, Pathology

?Dr. Savitri. M: Assistant Professor, Pathology

?Dr. Lavakumar: Assistant Professor, Pharmacology

?Dr. Dilip Kumar: Assistant Professor, Anaesthesia

?Dr. Gnanasekar. N: Assistant Professor, Anaesthesia

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6. Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Self breast

examination: A tool for early diagnosis of breast cancer. American Journal of Public Health Research.

2013;1(6):135-139.

7. Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Community based

monitoring: Reviving hopes realizing rights. Progress in Health Sciences. 2013;3(1):159-161.

8. Saurabh Shrivastava, Prateek Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Public health approach towards

reduction in maternal mortality in South Asia. International Journal of Gynecological and Obstetrical

Research. 2013;1(1):17-27.

9. Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava. Study to assess utilization of antenatal

and intra-natal services amongst women in an urban slum of Mumbai. TAF Preventive Medicine Bulletin.

2013;12(2):157-164.

10. Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava. Tuberculosis: Active case finding survey

in an urban area of India, in 2012. Journal of Research in Health Sciences. 2013;13;(1):19-23.

11. Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava. A study of spousal domestic violence in

an urban slum of Mumbai. International Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2013;4(1):27-32.

12. Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava. Contraceptive practices adopted by

women attending an urban health centre. African Health Sciences. 2012;12(4):461-421.

13. Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava. An epidemiological study of adult female

burns patients admitted in a tertiary care hospital. Progress in Health Sciences. 2012;2(2):21-28.

14. Saurabh Rambiharilal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava. Neonatal Birth weight – A mystery?

Saarbrucken, Germany: LAP Lambert Academics Publishing House; 2012. [ISBN 978-3-659-20860-7].

SAD DEMISE

We deeply regret for the

untimely demise of

Prof of Biochemistry,

who reached the

heavenly abode

at the early hours of th13 June, 2013.

Dr. Ramaswamy Ilantheraiyan

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Popcorn

Abinaya.V, Exoticans, 2010

VADAPOCHAE………!!!

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One of the toothpaste is Colgate and the other is Close-up! Steamed food and Fried food items are cooked daily! Fruits and vegetable salads,Nuts, dhall and simultaneously high flavoured food with more spicy condiments are consumed everyday ! Samsung and Nokia are put into use for texting and calls! Pug and Doberman are part and parcel of the family! Ten Sports and SS Music are the favourite channels of the lot! Enjoy day time Somnolence and Late Night movies ; Early to Bed and Early to rise are practiced in parallel!!

Fish is preferred to Chicken among the Non – Vegans! Addicted to Malls and Coffee shop Hangouts than the Movies !Blue and Red compete with each other for the costumes on formal and casual wear! Silence and Chatter – box are the contrast mannerisms on hourly basis!

Above are the Few Genuine Reasons ??!! for filing Divorces in the Court of Law among the newly married, so called civilized ultra modern couples leading a sophisticated posh LIFE?!

Cheers !!!

Dr.Balaji Rajagopalan,Prof& Head, Biochemistry.

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