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Dr. Amruta Gadge Proved Bose-Einstein Prediction With A New Breakthrough
Dr. Amruta Gadge Dr. Amruta is an ex-student of St. Xavier’s College in Mumbai. She graduated with Physics in 2009 and topped the Mumbai University in Physics. She then did her masters at the University of Pune and then acquired PhD from Nottingham University in UK. She also worked at the Tata Institute of Fundamental…
COVID19 – Social Outreach by St. Xavier’s College
St. Xavier’s College has provided its hall, canteen foyer and the XIMR terrace to the BMC to set up a 160-bed quarantine centre. This for people who had contact with Covid-19 patients, and then have tested negative, but need to be under observation for 14 days. Since these are healthy people they are likely to move…
Arinjay Banerjee plays key role in isolating COVID-19
Dr. Arinjay Banerjee graduated (2012 batch) in Microbiology and Biochemistry from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, did his M.Sc from the National Institute of Virology and Ph.D. on bat viruses at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. Arinjay Banerjee, a scientist who specializes in coronaviruses and bats helped isolate the SARS-CoV-2 virus [the agent responsible for COVID-19],…
Prem Bhatia Award 2019
The Prem Bhatia Awards, instituted in the memory of the late Mr. Prem Bhatia, the eminent journalist, have gone this year to yet another three exceptional journalists reporting on politics and environment and development issues respectively. Rajdeep Sardesai the well known media personality, and Consulting Editor India Today Group has been selected for The Prem…