A National Level webinar on ‘CHEMICAL AND LABORATRY SAFETY’ was organized by the Department of chemistry along with the Chemsparx club of Carmel College of Arts Science and Commerce for Women, on 22nd July 2020. Dr. Celia F. Braganza was the webinar Coordinator.The webinar session began at 11.00 am (IST), The Invited speaker, Ms. Glynis Fernandes, Assistant Manager, at the Department of Quality Control, Sanofi India Ltd. Verna- Goa. We received over 400 registrations from across India.
The participants were students from different colleges across India, Research scholars, Faculties of Sciences and Laboratory Staff. The YouTube Live Channel for was used for broadcasting. Ms. Cheryl Alvares, Head, department of Chemistry welcomed the session, followed by the informative talk.
It was a 50 minutes LIVE session, broadcasted on Carmel College YouTube Channel, seen by over 400 viewers. On the link https://youtu.be/NQtlTNBxMDI
The speaker gave and informative talk on Safety Data Sheets for chemicals, interpretation of the chemical pictograms, glassware and chemical disposal, Safety tools and good laboratory practices.
We received an overwhelming response the talk was followed by a Question and answer session from the participants. Dr. Daniel Coutinho concluded with the vote of thanks. The Department is very thankful to the Technical team Dr. Anson, Mr. Meetal and Mr. Mariston.
The participants of the webinar filled a feedback form and were acknowledged with an e- certificate of participation.