ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION DETAILS

• Genetic Engineering Association was started by the Department in the year 2007 to inculcate in students the importance of working together as a team and to imbibe in them the need for creating awareness on issues persisting in the society and to make them contribute in their own small way for the betterment of society. Understanding the essence and need for quality research in students was a priority of the Association and every year Research Symposium was conducted to instill in them the motivation to perform quality research.  
• President, Vice-President and Treasurer were selected from the Faculty and General Secretary was elected from fourth year B.Tech students. Joint secretaries from each year of the B.Tech batches and one from M.Tech batch were also elected to support the General Secretary to assist in carrying out the Association activities.
• Genetic Engineering Research Symposium for B.Tech and M.Tech students and Rare Disease day on last day of February every year was regularly celebrated every year and co-curricular and extracurricular activities of the students within the Department were also coordinated.
• Scientific competitions among students, symposium, workshops and invited lectures were also conducted to ignite the youn minds of the Department.

EVENTS CONDUCTED :

• Rare Disease Day is usually celebrated on 28^th February was initially organized by a union of doctors and scientists in different countries to spread awareness and shed light on various rare genetic disorders afflicting several people globally. However, Genetic Engineering Association, Department of Genetic Engineering in association with Cambrionics Life, a student startup, conducted an event on Rare Disease day on March 17, 2017, March 1^st, 2018 and Feb 28^th, 2019. The aim of the activity was to create awareness about various rare diseases to the Department students and to other students of SRM University. 
• One day Genetic Engineering Research Symposium is conducted every year between May-June to felicitate and award outstanding research projects of IV year B.Tech (8^th Sem) and II year M.Tech students (4^th Sem) to encourage and instill in them the significance of research contributions and its role in society. Oral presentation and Poster presentation awards are given to both UG and PG students.