Online Life
Feb 2, 2021 | Berhampore, WB | More
The 1st yr. int. PhD students are still at home and are waiting to be called back to campus. After joining IISER, I was very excited that I would finally get to visit and stay in a different state. More so because it is a beautiful place like Trivandrum, Kerala. Right now we are having a lot of online classes and recorded lectures, keeping us busy. However, to say the least nothing can replace the interaction b/w professors and students in a classroom.
A couple of courses have not been offered yet beacuse the mode of instruction is online. These are mostly lab courses and courses requiring extensive computation power. However, the academics have informed that they will be offered during the 3 months long summer vacations. The response from students has been lukewarm so far, as the summer is also when people join labs for internship. Nevertheless I really liked a couple of courses so far, these includes: BIO314 (advance genetics and genome biology), BIO314 (biochemistry), BIO3201 (genome stability), BIO322 (immunology) and BIO321 (structural biology).
Hopefull we will be called back to campus by early April. The campus as is mentioned on the iiser tvm website is indeed a picturesque place and is located in the western ghat forests. Once we are back on campus, I plan to make good use of this page and share pictures and stories of our daily lives. Through this small initiative, I hope to reach out to the students about the excitement of scientific pursuits!
