OBSERVANCE OF WORLD DOWN SYNDROME DAY, 2025
(
21/03/2025
)
Organized By : Departments - Department of Botany(r)
Activity Location : Mellano Hall
Basic Information Name of Activity: Observance of World Down Syndrome Day, 2025 Nature of the activity: Academic / Co-curricular / Social Outreach / Sensitization / Other: In collaboration with Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics Kerala (SPOK) Date: 21/03/2025 Venue: Mellano Hall, St. Albert’s College (Autonomous) Other Department(s)/Committee(s) involved: Staff Coordinator: Dr. Anisha S & Smt. Drishya K Reghuvaran Student coordinator: Mr. Simon Pereira Details of Resource Person(s): 1) Sri Shaju V Cherian, Senior Prosthetist & Orthotist, Govt. Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram 2) Sri K Hariram, Senior Prosthetist & Orthotist, Govt. Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram Attendance Details No of student Participants: 55 (50 students + 5 Research Scholars) No of staff participants: 6 No of Participants from outside the college: NA Report of the Activity The Department of Botany, St. Albert’s College (Autonomous), Ernakulam was entering into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics Kerala (SPOK) for academic, extension and social outreach activities. The MoU was signed on 21st March, 2025 and as the first activity of the collaboration, the World Down Syndrome Day, which happened to be on 21st March itself, was also observed. Smt. Drishya K Reghuvaran and Dr. Anisha S, Assistant Professors from the Department of Botany were the Faculty Coordinators of the event, Ms. Aswathi S, Orthotist, Govt. Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, was the Coordinator from SPOK and Mr. Simon Pereira was the Student Coordinator. The programme was conducted with an aim to create awareness among students regarding the genetic disorder, Down Syndrome and also, regarding the role played by Prosthetists and orthotists in management of the same. The venue for the programme was the Mellano Hall, St. Albert’s College and it started with registration at 11 am. The event started with a silent prayer. The Mistress of Ceremonies was Ms. Arsha Sebastian, II MSc Botany. Firstly, the MoU was signed by the Chairman, Rev. Dr. Antony Thoppil representing the College and by the President SPOK, Sri K Hariram. The witness signatures were placed by the Principal, Dr. Joseph Justin Rebello and the Head, Department of Botany, Prof. (Dr.) K Madhusudhanan on the side of the College and by Sri Shaju V Cherian, Secretary-SPOK and Sri. H K Patnaik, IPP-SPOK on the side of SPOK. The signed documents were exchanged between the two parties. This was followed by photo session. Following the signing of MoU, the session was taken over by Ms. Aswathi, who introduced the first speaker for the awareness session, Sri. Shaju V Cherian, Senior Prosthetist & Orthotist, Govt. Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram. He presented the topic, “Realize Down Syndrome”. He gave a glimpse of the disease and the complications involved. He also touched upon the global scenario with regard to the disease. The next speaker was Sri K Hariram, Senior Prosthetist & Orthotist, Govt. Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram. He gave a talk on the topic, “Management of orthopaedic issues in Down syndrome”. He tried to convey the mobility issues faced by the patients and the age-related complications inherent in the disease. The sessions were followed by discussion and question and answer. The sessions were very rich and the audience could gain lot of new information from the same. Next was the handing over of mementoes and finally the vote of thanks was delivered by the coordinator, Smt. Drishya K Reghuvaran. The programme got over by about 1:00pm. The event figured in media in the form of report in the daily Deepika (23/03/2025).
View Poster
View Brochure
DR. ANISHA S
Department of Botany(r)
Coordinator
MRS. DRISHYA K.REGHUVARAN
Department of Botany(r)
Coordinator