KMV organises workshop on Genetic Counselling and Job Opportunities in India

Jalandhar, June 18, 2022: Kanya Maha Vidyalaya (Autonomous) organised a workshop on “Genetic Counselling and Job Opportunities in India”. The workshop was organised by Department of Bio-Technology in collaboration with Institutions Innovation Council of KMV.  

The resource person for the workshop was Deepti Chaudhary. She commenced her talk by introducing the term Genetics and terminologies related to genetics. She talked about categories of genetic disorders mentioning Autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, X-linked recessive disorders. She also talked about occurrence of common disorders, Hypertension, Gout, Diabetes mellitus, cleft lip and palate, schizophrenia, congenital heart diseases and many more. She stressed on the significance of normal Karyotype for healthy life & also discussed how chromosomal abnormalities lead to problems in pregnancy, intellectual disorders, cardiac disorders. She said the main objectives of genetic counselling are to provide family with complete and accurate information about genetic disorders promoting informed decisions by involved family members, clarifying family's options available for treatment and prognosis; explaining alternatives to reduce the risk of genetic disorders; decreasing the incidence and impact of disorders. She introduced who are genetic counsellors and their role. Respecting the right of individual, non-directive approach, keeping privacy of individual and family and maintaining the communication between Counsellor and client are ethics of genetic counselling. She told about different molecular and cytogenetic tests which are done for genetic counselling. She encouraged students to be genetic counsellors in future because it not only helps in getting good jobs and making their future bright, but it is noble cause for the society. During concluding remarks, she took queries of students very smartly and clarified every doubt of students. 

Principal Prof Atima Sharma Dwivedi extended her gratitude towards Dr. Chaudhary for imparting such an important information to the students. Madam Principal lauded the efforts of Department of Biotechnology for successfully organising the workshop.