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COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT

MICROBIOLOGY DEPARTMENT

BIOTECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT

CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT

MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT

ELECTRONIC SCIENCE DEPARTMENT

PHYSICS DEPARTMENT

STASTISTICS DEPARTMENT

ZOOLOGY DEPARTMENT

BOTANY DEPARTMENT

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ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY THE DEPARTMENT - BIOTECHNOLOGY SCIENCE

General information about the Department:

The Department of Biotechnology came into existence with the commencement of BSc Biotechnology course during the academic year 2002-2003 as per the Pune University norms and M. Sc. (Biotechnology) course in the academic year 2007-08. Four batches of degree students have passed since then with almost 100% result.

The Department already has three well-established laboratories for conducting B. Sc & M.Sc. (Biotech) courses, with a built up area of 5,800 sq. ft. There are instrument rooms, media preparation room, and separate inoculation and incubation rooms for animal and plant tissue culture. A separate well equipped laboratory, an instrument room, inoculation and culture rooms (Total built up area of 2,500 sq. ft.) is available exclusively for conducting MSc classes and Practicals. There is well-stocked departmental library with about 700 books and journals.

SALIENT FEATURES OF THE DEPARTMENT

• Qualified, skilled, dedicated staff with hands-on research experience in interdisciplinary sciences.
• Visiting faculty from reputed research institutes, industries and Universities.
• Spacious laboratories with best infrastructure and equipments.
• A separate well stocked departmental library with reading room.
• Internet access for the students with all the software's required for the curriculum.
• Guest lectures by experts, seminars, exhibitions, quiz competitions etc. for overall development of the students.
• Research training in various reputed Biotechnology institutes and industries.
• Excellent curriculum including Theory, Practicals and Research project.

OUR VISION

To continuously upgrade knowledge and technical base, to be always at par with the global advancement so that the national interest of our country is taken care of.

Teaching Faculty:

S. No.	Name of the Faculty	Qualification
1.	Dr.(Mrs) Rekha Gupta Head of the Department	MSc, MPhil, PhD, Post-Doctoral Research at NCL, Pune
2.	Dr. Shalini Mathur	MSc, PhD, NET
3.	Dr. Geeta Morwal	MSc, MBA, PhD, DIT
4.	Dr. Vinay Kumar	MSc, PhD, SET
5.	Mr. Pinakin Wagh	MSc, NET
6.	Ms. Vrunda Krishnaswamy	MSc, SET
7.	Dr. Pooja Rana	MSc, PhD, NET
8.	Mrs. Manmeet Makhija	MSc, SET
9.	Ms. Aditi Deshpande	MSc, NET
10.	Mrs. Uttara Oak	MSc
11.	Mrs. Swapna Salvi	MSc

 

Departmental Activities:

• Workshop on syllabus
• Seminars
• BIOZONE
• Expert Lecture Series
• Educational Visit
• Science Exhibition
• Career guidance lectures
• PTA and Alumni meeting
• Celebration of National Festivals

 

Guest Lectures by eminent Researchers and Academicians:

Dr. W. N. Gade	Professor, Department of Biotechnology, University of Pune, Pune
Dr. J. K. Pal	Prof. & Head, Department of Biotechnology, University of Pune, Pune
Dr. G. S. Chinchanikar	Professor, Department of Botany, University of Pune, Pune
Dr. B. P. Kapadnis	Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Pune, Pune
Dr. R. L. Deopurkar	Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Pune, Pune
Dr. P. K. Dhakephalkar	Scientist, Agharkar Research Institute, Pune
Dr. M. V. Khadilkar	Scientist, Haffkine Biopharmaceutical Corp. Ltd., Pune
Dr. R. K. Singh	Scientist, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
Dr. N. P. Malpathak	Associate Professor, Department of Botany, University of Pune, Pune
Dr. M. S. Patole	Senior Scientist, National Centre for Cell Sciences, Pune
Dr. V. R. Gunale	Former Prof.& Head, Department of Botany, University of Pune, Pune

 

List of Biotech department students, who passed UGC-CSIR-NET examinations during last five years

S. No.	Name of the student
	Prachi Boraste, NET-JRF (All India Rank holder)
	Chetan Rawal, NET-JRF(All India Rank holder)
	Sheon Mary, NET-JRF
	Trupti Thite, NET
	Aditya Mulay, NET
	Chaitanya Dingre, NET-JRF (SPM- Ranked amongst first 50)
	Rahul Nagmal, NET
	Rakesh Joshi, NET-JRF (SPM- Ranked amongst first 50)
	Aditya Sarode, NET
	Rakeshkumar, Gupta NET
	Aditi Deshpande, NET
	Shraddha Basheti, NET
	Anand Patwardhan, NET-JRF (1st RANK holder in All India rank of CSIR)
	Smriti Mittal, NET-JRF (SPM Awardee)
	Avanti Sambary, NET
	Shardul Joshi, NET
	Yogesh Oswal, NET
	Snehal Raskar, NET
	Vaishali Nimhan, NET
	Vijay Akhade, NET
	Prasad Bhagat, NET

Bioinformatics Lab

Workshop on Biotechnology

Biotechnology Laboratories

Experts Lectures

Participation in NSS Camp and Cultural and Academic events

Celebrating the festivals

Participation of students in SCIENCE EXHIBITION

Students’ Educational and Industrial visits

Workshop organizationPTA MeetBIOZONE 2010

Success of Biotech MSc II students in NET exam (Dec 2010) and University of Pune exam (June 2010)