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Department of Biotechnology

 

 

 

Department of Biotechnology- Ministry of Science and Technology

Star Status/ STAR Scheme

 

Objective of the Scheme

  • Strengthening undergraduate Science Education.

Year of Award

  • 2014

List of Departments supported under the Scheme

 

1

Department of Biotechnology

STAR Status

2

Department of Chemistry

STAR Status

3

Department of Computer Science

STAR Scheme

4

Department of Electronic Science

STAR Status

5

Department of Environmental Science

STAR Scheme

6

Department of Geology

STAR Scheme

7

Department of Microbiology

STAR Status

8

Department of Physics

STAR Status

9

Department of Statistics

STAR Scheme

10

Department of Zoology

STAR Status

 

Focus of the Scheme

 

1

Promotion and propagation of Interdisciplinary activities. Establish the concept of Add On Practical’s to enhance Student’s practical skills and go beyond the prescribed curriculum and maximise the number of beneficiaries

2

Create and establish a platform for face to face with scientists, experts in various subjects, theme based lecture series, workshops with researchers and industry and strengthen research and industry activities for undergraduate students.

3

Workshops to strengthen basic techniques and  life skills in all subjects.

4

Organize poster competition, exhibitions and PRAYAS- Popularization of Science for the young minds.

5

Strengthening School Education (Maths and Science)  through Science Education Initiative (SEI)

 

 

Coordinators for STAR Status/ Scheme

 

1

Department of Biotechnology

Dr. Dhanashri Godbole

2

Department of Chemistry

Dr. Parbati Bandyopadhyay

3

Department of Computer Science

Shri. Jeevan Limaye

4

Department of Electronic Science

Dr. Madhukar Zambre

5

Department of Environmental Science

Dr. Preeti Aphale

6

Department of Geology

Dr. Devdutt Upasani

7

Department of Microbiology

Dr. Suneeti Gore

8

Department of Physics

Dr. Alka Deshmukh

9

Department of Statistics

Smt. Charuta Dabir

10

Department of Zoology

Dr. Anukriti Nigam

 

Programme Coordinator

Dr. Samir Terdalkar

 

Advisory Committee

 

1

Dr. Ravindrasing Pardeshi

Principal and Chairman

2

Dr. Garima Gupta

Scientist “E”, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, CGO Complex, Lodi Road, Delhi

3

Prof. Arvind Shaligram

Professor and Head,

Department of Electronic Science

Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune

3

Prof. Bimalendu Nath

Professor, Department of Zoology

 Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune

4

Prof. Satish Pardeshi

Professor, Department of Chemistry

 Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune

5

Dr. Dhanashri Godbole

Department of Biotechnology

6

Dr. Parbati Bandyopadhyay

Department of Chemistry

7

Shri. Jeevan Limaye

Department of Computer Science

8

Dr. Madhukar Zambre

Department of Electronic Science

9

Smt. Preeti Aphale

Department of Environmental Science

10

Dr. Devdutt Upasani

Department of Geology

11

Dr. Suneeti Gore

Department of Microbiology

12

Dr. Alka Deshmukh

Department of Physics

13

Smt. Charuta Dabir

Department of Statistics

14

Dr. Anukriti Nigam

Department of Zoology

15

Dr. Samir Terdalkar

Programme Coordinator

 

 

 

 

 

DBT STAR College Scheme/ Status

List of Add On Practicals

 

Course Code

Name of Course

BT (1)

Basic techniques  in Plant Tissue Culture

  1. Concept of nutrients required for plant growth
  2. Preparation of stock solutions and media
  3. Inoculation
  4. Hands On training on working in under aseptic conditions in Laminar air flow
  5. Nodal sector culture and embryo culture (Maize)

BT (2)

Advanced Animal Tissue Culture Techniques

  1. Introduction to animal cell culture
  2. Concept of Primary Culture
  3. Importance of sterile and aseptic handling
  4. Preparation of lymphocytes by density gradient centrifugation
  5. Initiation of Primary culture (adherent) from chick embryo

BT (3)

Hands  on Protein Separation Techniques

  1. Introduction to various aspects of proteins and protein purification techniques
  2. Role of various reagents used
  3. Laboratory work- cell disruption technique, centrifugation and isolation of proteins, fractionation by ammonium sulphate precipitation
  4. Reagent preparation and protein separation by SDS PAGE
  5. Analysis of protein profile on Gel Documentation system

BT (4)

Propagation of virus in chick embryo model and enrichment and isolation of bacteriophages

  1. Significance of viral inoculation and propagation in chick embryo
  2. Different techniques of marking inoculation sites
  3. Hands On training on inoculation in allantoic cavity, chorioallantoic membrane and amniotic cavity by inoculating stain.
  4.  Determination of  proper inoculation at proper site by harvesting the embryo
  5. Concept of enrichment and isolation of bacteriophages, dilution of phage lysate and enrichment with host culture on agar.
  6. Observation of isolated plaque and determining the plaque forming units

BT (5)

Basic Cell Biology for Mathematics, Statistics, Physics and Electronic Science Students.

  1. Types of Cells
  2. Functions of Cell
  3. Study of cells under microscope
  4. Staining methods

BT(6)

Effect of ETBr and UV on laccase production in Fungi

Skill: Ability to assess DNA mutagenic effect indirectly

BT(7)

Tracking the embryonic development of chick till hatching

Skill: Ability to observe and ascertain embryonic development and different embryo staging parameters

C (1)

Organic Chemistry

  1. Separation of binary mixtures using common organic solvents.
  2. Distillation of  these volatile solvents under reduced pressure using rotary evaporator (depression in boiling point)

C (2)

Physical Chemistry

  1. Determination of E Max of Beta Radiation using GM Counter
  2. Determination counting error of GM Counter

C (3)

Inorganic and Analytical techniques

  1. Magnetic Susceptibility of inorganic compounds
  2. Thermo Gravimetric Analysis of inorganic compounds
  3. Purification of organic solvents by distillation using still – head

C (4)

Biochemistry

  1. Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of biomolecules
  2. Clinical biochemistry (blood grouping, urine analysis for glucose, protein and ketone bodies)

C (5)

Enzymology

  1. Extraction of  invertase from yeast and entrapment in calcium beads.

C(6)

“Scientific Graphing”

Skill: How to follow acid base titrations pH-metrically. The result of pH Vs ml. of titrant added was plotted on an excel sheet and resultant graphs were plotted in linear, logarithmic and exponential scales by using MS excel.

C(7)

Paper chromatography- separation and identification of metal ions using paper chromatography technique

Skill: Separation of metal ions using chromatography

C(8)

Isolation of lycopene from tomatoes and determination of lambda Max.

Skill: Extraction of natural products and use of  UV spectrophotometer

C(9)

Green synthesis of 4- nitro-2-hydroxy benzoic acid using calcium nitrate

Skill: Green synthesis (avoiding the use of nitric acid)

C(10)

Learning Chemistry with CHEM Draw software and models

Skill: use of CHEM draw software and prepare models and 3D visualization of molecules

C(11)

Adulterations in milk

Skill: Identify the adulterants in milk samples

CS (1)

Modeling and Simulation Tools

Learning software tools for report generation of any  Science data

ES (1)

Use MATLAB for scientific computing

  1. Basics of MATLAB Programming
  2. Modeling using Eigen values and Eigen vectors
  3. Circuit analysis in MATLAB
  4. Exercises in MATLAB
  5. Development of GUI (Graphic User Interface)
  6. Image processing in MATLAB
  7. Case Studies

ES (2)

Use CAD package for preparation of PCB layout - Analog circuits

  1. Express PCB Software
  2. Use of Express PCB CAD Software for drawing Schematics and making PCB Layout.
  3. Use of Express PCB CAD Software for drawing Schematics and making PCB Layout
  4. Use of Express PCB CAD Software for drawing Schematics and making PCB Layout of Transistorized Circuits
  5. Use of Express PCB CAD Software for drawing Schematics and making PCB Layout of Opamp Circuits.
  6. Use of Express PCB CAD Software for drawing Schematics and making PCB Layout of Digital Circuits

ES (3)

Study the characteristics of Temperature sensors

  1. LDR as light sensor
  2. Microphone as acoustic transducer
  3. LM-35 as Temperature sensor
  4. Photodiode as Light Sensor
  5. Adder-Subtractor
  6. Astable multivibrator using IC 555

ES (4)

Introduction to PLC hardware

  1. Introduction to PLC Simulator.
  2. To develop a ladder diagram for Combinational Circuit using PLC simulator Logosoft/ Picosoft for combinational circuit.
  3. To develop a ladder diagram for various applications using PLC.
  4. To develop ladder diagram for timer based applications.
  5. To develop a ladder diagram for Bottle Filling Plant using PLC simulator and Implement on PLC

ES (5)

Real World Interfacing for smart Instrumentation

  1. Interfacing of  LED to AVR
  2.  Interfacing 4×4 Keypad to AVR
  3. Use of ADC of AVR
  4. Study of PIC Microcontroller Board and LED Interfacing
  5. Interfacing of 7-Segment Display
  6. LCD Interfacing Stepper Motor Interfacing
  7. Intensity Control of LED using PWM

ES(6)

Implementation of logic gates on PLC

Skill: Logic development for automation applications

ES(7)

Implementation of Timers and counters on PLC

Skill: PLC programming

ES(8)

Implementation of temperature controller using ON-OFF Control  on PLC

Skill: Implementation on PLC

EVS(1)

Waste Water Treatment and ETP

Skill: Designing skills and technical skills development

EVS(2)

Watershed Management

Skill: Case studies discussed and practicals related to Well

inventory, Drainage analysis were conducted.

GEO(1)

Hands on training practical in Gemmology

Skill: Identification of gemstones.

MB (1)

Basic Microbial Techniques for Non Microbiology Students

  1. Collection of samples
  2. Staining techniques
  3. Streaking
  4. Plating out
  5. Motility
  6. Sterilization
  7. Disinfection

MB (2)

Immunological Techniques for Antigen - Antibody Interactions

  1. Qualitative detection of antigen-antibody by agglutination
  2. Double diffusion techniques
  3. Radio - immuno assay

MB (3)

Introduction to Basic Molecular Biology Techniques

  1. Plasmid DNA isolation
  2. Bacterial DNA isolation
  3. Agarose Gel electrophoresis
  4. Restriction digestion of DNA
  5. Ligation of DNA
  6. Competent Cell Preparation and transformation

MB (4)

Pharmaceutical techniques

  1. Sterility testing
  2. Microbial limit test
  3. Antibiotic assay
  4. Vitamin assay
  5. Environmental monitoring
  6. LAL test

MB(5)

Techniques in molecular biology and immunology.

Skill: Plasmid isolation,purification and immuno electrophoresis.

P (1)

Introduction to Nanomaterials and Nanoscience

  1. Introduction to nanomaterials
  2. Synthesis of metal nanomaterials
  3. Synthesis of semiconductor quantum dots
  4. Synthesis of metal oxide/ polymeric thin films by wet chemical method
  5. Deposition of thin films by dip coating technique
  6. Contact angle measurement of deposited thin films
  7. Deposition of thin films by spin coating technique
  8. Hydrothermal synthesis of metal oxide nanoparticles
  9. Characterization of synthesized nanoparticles - XRD

P (2)

Basic Course in Observational Astronomy

  1. Introduction to night sky and use of stellerium
  2. Handling telescope mounts and fabrication of reflector and refractor
  3. Spectrum analysis- unit I
  4. Using astronomy softwares for messiner objects
  5. Use of virtual observatory (VO) and WWT (World Wide Telescope)
  6. Fabrication of Spectroscope and its Use
  7. Spectrum Analysis-II
  8. Night Sky observation and telescope alignment

P (3)

Course in Radiation Physics

  1. Determination of energy of gamma ray for unknown gamma ray source
  2. Measurement of energy resolution of gamma ray detector
  3. Verification of gamma ray intensity
  4. Measurement of absorption coefficient for aluminum foil using gamma rays

P (4)

Scientific Model Making

Understanding the basic principles behind the project/ model making, designing models, engineering drawing of the model and preparing the working model.

  1. Real Mirror
  2. Optics Demo Kit
  3. Staircase Lighting switch diorama
  4. Nipkov’s Disc

P(5)

Poisson’s ratio of rubber tube.

Skill: Measurement skills of elastic constants

P(6)

Boyle’s Law apparatus.

Skill: Measurement of pressure and volume.

P(7)

Searl’s method for viscosity.

Skill: Fluid mechanics

P(8)

Fibre optics kit.

Skill: Communication through optical fibre.

P(9)

Vibration magnetometer and deflection magnetometer.

Skill: Measurement of magnetic properties

P(10)

Kundt’s tube

Skill: Acoustic measurement.

S(1)

Using “R” software (Use in three different practical’s) (three levels: beginners, intermediate and advanced)

Skill: Use of “R’ software and applications

Z (1)

Introduction to General Laboratory Procedures

  1. Centrifugation techniques
  2. Paper chromatography
  3. Microscopy
  4. Use and calibration of pH meter
  5. Use of colorimeter (Demonstration of Beer Lambert’s Law)
  6. Use of Autoclave
  7. Demonstration of Gel Electrophoresis

Z (2)

Basic Methods in Cell Biology

  1. Detection of mitochondria by using Janus Green B
  2. Observation of Cyclosis by using Congo red
  3. Cell viability by  dye exclusion method (trypan blue)
  4. Detection of DNA by using methyl green pyronin

Z (3)

Haematological Techniques

  1. Total WBC Count
  2. Total RBC Count
  3. Haemin Crystals
  4. Differential WBC count
  5. Hameoglobin by using haemoglobinometer

Z(4)

Isolation and identification of bone marrow cells

Skill: procedure for isolation of cells, slide preparation and identification

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DBT STAR College Scheme/ Status

 

List of Hand’s On / Skill Based Programmes

 

Sr.No

Title of Workshop/ Seminar

1

Hands On Training programme on “Transformation” and “Basic Bioinformatics Tools”

2

Seminar on “Conservation of Sacred Grooves”

3

Seminar on “Introduction to Big Data Modelling and Management Systems”

4

Seminar on “Intellectual Property Rights” for Science Teachers and Students

5

One Day Workshop on “Scientific Writing” for Science Students

6

One Day workshop on “Microscale Techniques” for Chemistry Students

7

One Day Workshop on “Laboratory Safety Measures” for Laboratory Assistants

8

One Day Workshop on “Instrumentation Maintenance” for teaching and Non Teaching Staff

9

One Day workshop on Use of Various Instruments used in Radiation Dosimetry for Students

10

One Day Seminar on “Medical Dosimetry, Radiation Dosimetry and Radiation Protection”

11

Hands on Workshop on Different Synthesis Methods of Nanoparticles

12

Hands On Workshop on “Chick Embryo YSM (Yolk Sac Model) for Angiogenesis

13

Hands On Workshop on “Stem Cell Technology”

14

Soft Skills Training for Life Science Students

  1. Computational approach to study Biology
  2. Hands-on Training of various Computational tools to interpret Biological Data
  3. Presentation of Biological Data in various forms like reports, slideshow and posters
  4. Internet search for survey of related literature

15

One Day Workshop on “Vector Borne Diseases” in collaboration with National Institute of Virology, Pune.

16

Three day observation session of Geminides Meteor showers in December. Observations accepted by the International Meteor Organization.

17

Frontiers in Physics IX – 19th & 20th January 2016,

Speakers: Prof. Arun Nigawekar, Former Vice Chancellor, Pune University &Former Chairman, UGC, Prof. Anvar Sukrov, New Castle University, U.K., Dr. Peter Kamphius, CSRIO, Australia, Prof. Ramprasad Mukhopadyha, BARC, Mumbai.

Prof. Ajith Kembavi, Former Director IUCAA, Pune, Prof. Sunil Mukhi, Head, Department of Physics, IISER, Pune, Dr. Sudipto Muhuri, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune and Dr. Aparna Deshpande, IISER, Pune.

 

Field Visits

 

Biotechnology
  1. Place: Bhigwan Dam and Sonai dairy;

Outcome: Bird community sampling and preparation of  inventory of avifaunal species and their abundance.

  1. Place: Industrial visit to a milk-processing plant;

Outcome: Students learnt about various adulteration tests for checking milk quality, cheese, paneer and shrikand preparation units. Importance of hygiene and quality maintenance in this plant was observed by students.

Chemistry
  1. Place: Saideep Moulding Industries, MIDC Ranjangaon, Shirur. Dist. Pune;

Outcome: To understand the application of various polymer products in automobile industry.Students thoroughly understood various processes like moulding in manufacturing of different plastic parts of automobiles like mud-guards, indicators, speedometers etc.
  1. Place: Pune District Co-operative  Milk Producers Society Ltd. Kartaj . Pune;

Outcome: To know the different processes the milk undergoes right from its collection from farmers to the packaging. Students understood processes like pasturisation., homogenization of milk. Manufacturing processes in cheese, butter manufacturing, packaging of milk and its products was observed by students.
  1. Place: Radient Colours and Coatings. Nanded Phata . Pune.;

Outcome: To understand chemistry behind manufacturing of colours and coatings. Students understood processes like varnish and ink manufacturing, premixing of pigments, resins, solvents, additives during dye manufacturing. Students were made  aware of quality control processes and testing of materials.
  1. Place: Mulik Industries, Ambejogai and Oswal Traders , Pune.;

Outcome: To understand the chemistry involved in household industries like perfumery , essence stick industry. The manufacturing unit and equipments were studied by students.
  1. Place: Plant Tissue culture Laboratory, Mahatma Phule College of Agriculture, Pune.

Outcome: To understand the role of nutrients in plant tissue culture. Students identified various macro and micro nutrients essential for plant tissue culture, propagation and filed studies.

Environmental Science
  1. Place: Ujani Backwater (Kumbhargao) BhigwanBaramati ,

Outcome:  Wetland Birds studies and on field practical of Light Penetration using secchidisc

            and identification of  wetland birds.
  1. Place: Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary.

Outcome: To study and assessplant diversity and species abundance studies.

  1. Place: National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa.

             Outcome: Visit the Institute and know about various research programmes, different

             departments of NIO and interact with Scientists.

  1. Place: Panshet Restoration Site.           

       Outcome :Students learn about restoration objectives, planning,  procedure and

       implementation of  restoration activity.
  1. Place : Konkan (Kalinje, Harihareshwar, Shrivardhan, Raigad District)

Outcome: Students learnt about ex-situ conservation and ecotourism development at village level. Students also learned about importance of mangrove ecosystem to shoreline communities as well as benefits of organic farming.
  1. Place : Soil Survey Department Pune District, Pune.

Outcome: To study instrumentation techniques and methods of soil collection preservation and analytical techniques. Demo of Mission Soil Health Card of Central Government was exhibited/ demonstrated by the officials and importance of mission was explained to students.
  1. Place : Solid Waste Transfer Station Ghole Road Ward Office, Pune,

Outcome : To study waste collection and local transfer of waste for disposal purpose and waste handling and management of Pune city.
  1. Place : Energy Studies Centre, SavitribaiPhulePuneUniversity, Pune.

Outcome: To study the renewable energy harnessing techniques.

            Demonstration of solar cells and actual working of solar panels and monitoring its output

           through internet.

  1. Place : Bird walk KavadiPaat, a wetland near Pune. 

      Outcome : Identification of  migratory bird species inhabiting wetlands near Kavadiphata near

     Pune.
  1. Place : A River walk- Jeevitnadi, Pune.

       Outcome :To study effect of pollution on Mutha River and various social, cultural aspects of

      river with Pune  City.

  1. Place : Geological Survey of India.      

Outcome : To understand basics in geological data processing. Students learned about basic techniques of geological aspects and their application in environmental sciences.

Geology
  1. Place : Saswad, Purandar Taluka.             

Outcome : Data collection for hazard zonation, geophysical investigation and hydrogeological interpretations
  1. Place : Aneghat and Nighoj region.    

Outcome : Study of geomorphic features and Deccan trap basalts and identification of types of basalts and different geomorphic features in the field

Microbiology
  1. Place : Indira College of Pharmacy, Tathwade Pune. 

Outcome : To study various instruments and its applications in pharmaceutical industry like formulation of drugs and operations of various instrument like tableting machine, HPLC GC-MS etc.

Physics
  1. Place: IISER, Pune, Physics Lab visit.    

Outcome: To learn new laboratory techniques, manuals, experimental set ups and interaction with their laboratory assistants and attendants.
  1. Place: Inter University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune.

Outcome: Exposing FY/TY B.Sc. students to National institutions and exhibitions.
  1. Place : Pune Chinchwad Municipal Corporation- PCMC Science Park.

Outcome: Exposure to science museum  and working models.
  1. Place : Science and Technology Park, SPPU, Pune.   

Outcome : To work as volunteers on Science Day explaining exhibits

Statistics
  1. Place : SAS Company, Hadapsar, Pune    

Outcome : Training for SAS  and Introduction of SAS to the faculty of Department of Statistics 

Zoology
  1. Place: D.Y.Patil College, Pune.                 

Outcome: To get an insight of Laboratory techniques in practiced in animal tissue culture lab. Learnt various protocols and interacted with the scientist working in the field of animal tissue culture.

 

Other Skill Enhancement Programmes

 

Biotechnology

  1. Training programme on 19th January 2019 for Vidnyanvahini (NGO) members. The training programme was conducted by the department  to demonstrate handling and utility of foldscope (paper microscope). The participant age group was on an average 70. These people in turn train students in remote areas and facilitate use of relatively modern techniques.
  2. An interdepartmental workshop for TY students was conducted on the topic, “Clinical Research: Scope and Applications” by Smt. Vaishali Deshpande. Guidelines and regulations of clinical research were  introduced to the students for the first time.
  3. Undergraduate students of Biotechnology department prepared collages on various topics, viz.,  “Superbugs”, “Man Flies Nature Cries”, “Stem cell Technology” and “Celebrities of Biotechnology”.  About 50 students participated and 30 collages were displayed. As an appreciation three prizes in each group were bestowed by “Apte Memorial Award”.

Electronic Science

  1. Workshop on “PCB and RFIC design on Advanced EAD Tool” ,9th March 2017
  2. Workshop on “Digital Design using Verilog”,  on 1st , 7th& 9th September 2017
  3. Workshop on “PCB Design”, on 27th& 28th July 2018
  4. Workshop on “IOT with Rasberry Pi” , by Electro Cloud Tech Hub on 2nd February 2019
  5. Workshop on “ RTOS” on 16th February 2019

Environmental Science

  • Film Screening and Interaction with S. Nalla Muthu, Director and Producer, Clash of Tigers.2nd January 2019.Teachres and students of other colleges along with Fergusson  college students involved in the program
  • Colloquium on Sacred Groves in association with Maharashtra VrukshSamvardhini has been conducted on 11th February 2019.Commnwealth Award winning Documentary screening “Sacred Groves: Traditional treasure-trove of Environment” has been done. Number of NGOs from Pune and Mumbai area has been involved.

Physics

  1. Workshop on Introduction to Electrochemistry (Lecture Cum Demonstration)

Programme from Monday, 3rd Dec 2018 to Friday, 7th Dec 2018 (5 days) supported by Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India.

Total no. of undergraduate students benefited from interdisciplinary courses including Physics, Chemistry, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Microbiology: 35

  1. Unravelling the Cosmos, Exhibition4th& 5th Sept. 2018 : Open to all other colleges and schools: Nearly 60 students volunteered for the event in making / explaining the exhibits and around 850+ people visited the exhibition in two days.
  2. Meteor shower observations: 13th /14th Dec.2018: Geminids meteor shower observed from Sinhagad Fort by 56 students. Observations submitted to international Meteor Organization.
  3. NASA International Asteroid hunt program during Jan 2019.   6 students
  4. 100 hours of Astronomy event was celebrated all over the world including in our department as part of International Astronomical Unions 100 year completion during 10th -13th February 2019. Events included: Talks in 8 schools / 3 colleges, observational sessions for general public. Astronomy survey was also carried out on 375 participants to test how general public from non-science background is informed about basic astronomy.  More than 1400 people benefited from the entire event.
  5. Celebrating Women Scientists in Astronomy 11th Feb 2019: Sonal Thorne and  Poonam Chandra (IUCAA) delivered lectures.

 

Zoology

  1. One day Interdisciplinary hands on workshop on “Basics of Biological Techniques”

Introduction to Instrumentation, Principles and Applications

No. of beneficiaries: 40

2. A one day hands on workshop on “Techniques In Sericulture” was conducted by Sericulture

    department, BIAF, Pune.

     No. of beneficiaries: 120

3. A two day hands-on and add- on workshop on “Amphibians as model system in understanding

     biological phenomena” in association with department of Zoology, SPPU, Pune. Animal

     Model: Indian Skipper Frog (Euphlyctiscyanophlyctis).

    No. of beneficiaries: 35

4. Add on workshop was  conducted “First aid in laboratory and Good Laboratory practices” in

     association with GM College of Paramedical Science, Pune.

No. of beneficiaries: 52

5. Two  day hands-on/add-on  workshop on  “Cell Culture “ in association with Cell Culture

    Laboratory of Dr. DY Patil University, Pune.

    No. of beneficiaries: 25

6. Four  day workshop on Introduction of Python to Programming, and Basic Statistics and R

    Programming was conducted in association with Department of Computer Science for life

    sciences students.

No. of beneficiaries: 22

 

DBT STAR College Scheme/ Status

Guest faculty/ Face to Face with Scientists

First Phase

 

Sr. No.

Name of Guest Faculty

Affiliation

Topic

1

Dr. Nutan Malpathak

Professor, Department of Botany, SPPU, Pune.

Plant tissue culture techniques and applications

2

Dr. Mohan V. Kulkarni

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, SPPU, Pune.

Protein Analytical techniques

3

Smt. Supriya Patil

Abasaheb Garware College, Pune

Development of GUI

4

Shri. Kaustubh Sakhare

PICT, Pune

Image Processing in MATLAB

5

Shri. Prashant Baylla

PROVIZ Instruments, Pune

Microwind Software for VLSI design

6

Shri. S. S. Dudam

PICT, Pune

Communication Protocols for microcontrollers

7

Shri. Mangesh Edake

Shradhha Engineering, Pune

RTOS fundamentals

8

Shri. D. V. Kulkarni

Director, ITI, Pune

PLC programming

9

Shri. Ashish Bhopale

Shradhha Engineering, Pune

SMT and SMD practices

10

Shri. Sushant Patankar

Department of Microbiology, Biorad Medisys Private Ltd., Pune.

 

11

Shri. Madhav Khare

Director, Shastravahini, Pune.

Scientific Model Making

12

Smt. Sunita Khare

Shastravahini, Pune.

Scientific Model Making

13

Smt. Sherry Chhabra

Inter University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune (IUCAA)

Introduction to Night sky & use of Stellerium Software

14

Prof. Sulabha Kulkarni

UGC- Professor, IISER Pune

Introduction to Nanomaterials and their applications

15

Dr. Dattatraya Late

Ramanujan Fellow, National Chemical Laboratories, Pune

Introduction to Nanotechnology

16

Shri. Varun Bhalerao

Inter University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune (IUCAA)

Handling Telescope Mounts and Fabrication of Reflector and Refractor

17

Shri. Samir Dhurde

Inter University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune (IUCAA)

Spectrum Analysis

18

Shri. Santosh Agade

Inter University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune (IUCAA)

Using Astronomy Software for Messiner Objects

19

Smt. Sonal Thorne

Inter University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune (IUCAA)

Use of Virtual Observatory (VO) and WWT (World Wide Telescope)

20

Dr. Nutan Malpathak

Professor, Department of Botany, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune

Plant tissue culture techniques and applications

21

Dr. Mohan V. Kulkarni

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune

Protein Analytical techniques

22

Padmabhushan Padmashree

Prof. Madhav Gadgil

Role of Environmentalists in Today’s World.

23

Dr. L. S. Shashidhara,

IISER, Pune

Evolution Of Human Cognition

24

Dr. Surendra Ghaskadbi

 

Agharkar Research Institute, Pune

Molecular Regulation of Evolution of body plan in animals

25

Dr. Prasad Bhagat,

National Chemical Laboratory, Venture Centre, Pune

Overview and History of Eukaryotic Genetics

26

Dr. Lalita Limaye,

National Center for Cell Science, Pune

Stem Cells with special reference to Haematopoietic Stem Cells
  1.  

Dr. B. B. Nath,

Department  of Zoology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune

Modern Chromosomal Genetics: Application & Future Perspectives
  1.  

Dr. Deepti Deobagkar

Department of Microbiology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune

Metagenomics and Exploration of Marine Ecosystems
  1.  

Dr. Vasudevan Seshadri,

National Center for Cell Science, Pune

Host Factors contributing to Parasite Infection – Malaria
  1.  

Dr. Nagaraj Balasubramanian,

IISER, Pune

To stick or not to stick that is the question: The Role of Cell Adhesion in our lives
  1.  

Dr. Sanjeev Galande,

IISER, Pune

From Genome to Epigenome: New Perspective for Understanding of Complex Diseases
  1.  

Dr. Maerikar

Puram Ecovision

Solid Waste Management
  1.  

Dr. Suhas Waingankar

CEE, Pune

Filed Survey techniques
  1.  

Dr. Himanshu Kulkarni

ACWADAM, Pune

Watershed Management
  1.  

Shri. Ajunkya Pathak

VKE, Pune

Environment Impact Assessment
  1.  

Dr. Girish Jathar

WOTR, Pune

Biodiversity and Watershed Management
  1.  

Lokayat, Pune

 

Water Crisis- Lecture and Screening of Documentary

GMO’s and Garbage Issue

Radiation and Environment
  1.  
  1.  

 

 

Second Phase

 

Biotechnology

  1. Dr. Radhika Bapat, Head, Department of Behavourial Sciences and mental health, Sahyadri Hospital, Pune; “When to seek help”.
  2. Dr. Nikhil Phadke , Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Genepath, Pune, “Recent Advances in Molecular Diagnostics”
  3. Dr. Shashikant Acharya, Department of Biochemistry, MSU, Baroda, Basic Concepts in Neurochemistry
  4. Prof. Orina Belton, Associate Professor, School of Biomedical and Biomolecular Sciences, Conway Institute, Dublin, “Relation of Diabetes to Atherosclerosis”.
  5. Prof. Jeremy Simpson International, UCD, Ireland. “Relation of Diabetes to Atherosclerosis”.
  6. Dr. Shachi Gosavi NCBS, Bengaluru, “What evolution tells us about protein folding”

Computer Science

  1. Smt. Madhuri Deshpande, Department of Computer Science, S.P.College, Pune, Hands on Training in MySQL Database (3 days)
  2. Shri. Chinmay Thite, Dirrective Apps, Training programme on website hosting using wordpress, Python programming (3 days)
  3. Harshad Gune, Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research, Pune, Use of ICT in Teaching
  4. Dr. S. D. Gore, Department of Statistics and Computer Science, SPPU, Pune (one day), Basics of data analytics with ‘R’.
  5. Dr. S. D. Gore, Department of Statistics and Computer Science, SPPU, Pune (one day), Basics of machine learning with ‘R’.

Electronic Science

  1. Shridhar Dudam, Smart Logic Technologies, Web Based Device Control Using Rasberry Pi (one Day)

Environmental Science

  1. Shri. Adesh Gokhale, Workshop on starting program for entrepreneurship development.
  2. Shri. Gurudas Nulkar, Symbiosis International University, Green Economy
  3. Shrikant Parab, Director, Asia Affairs, Delta Group, USA, Best Practices in Waste Management
  4. Dr. Rajani Panchang, Department of Environmental Sciences, SPPU, Pune, Foraminifera.
  5. Smt. Ketkee Ghate, Director, Oikos for Ecological Services, Pune, River Ecology
  6. Madhukar Cholekar, Principal, Vijaysingh Yadav Science College, Kolhapur, Biodiversity Conservation: Issues and Solutions
  7. Prof. John Bull, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, Climate Change
  8. Dr. Chris Bradley, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Hydrogeology
  9. Dr. Yogesh Patil, Symbiosis International University, Pune, Bioremediation of toxic wastes

Geology

  1. Dr. V. V. Peshwa, Professor, SPPU, Pune (retd), Remote Sensing in Geology
  2. Dr. Nirmalya Ghosh, Director (Retd),CWPRS, Pune, Geophysics in Geology

Microbiology

  1. Dr. Dayanand Kannur, Indira College of Pharmacy,Pune, Herbal Extracts in drug industry
  2. Mansi Wagdarikar, Indira College of Pharmacy, Pune, Analytical techniques used in pharma industry
  3. Dr. Madhuri Kulkarni, Indira College of Pharmacy, Pune, Drug Formulation: Principles and Processes in pharma industry

Physics

  1. Dr. Suresh Doravari, IUCAA, Pune, LIGO India Opportunities (one Day)
  2. Dr. Mansa Devi Thirugnanasambandam,  IUCAA, Pune, LIGO India Opportunities (one Day)
  3. Prof. Helen Mason, Professor, University of Cambridge, UK, Parker Solar Probe (one day)
  4. Prof. Anil Bhardwaj, Director, PRL, Ahmedabad, CHANDRAYAN-II
  5. Dr. C. V. Kulkarni, Professor, University of Lanckshire, UK, Role of Lipozomes in life (one day)
  6. Asmita Bhandare, Research Scholar, Max Plank Institute, Opportunities for research (our alumni)
  7. Sherry Chabbra, Research Assistant, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, USA, About NASA(our alumni)
  8. Dr.Abhijeet Borkar, Post Doc. Fellow, Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Opportunities in Astronomical Sciences (our alumni)
  9. Dr. Sachin Jain, ISSER, Pune, Relativistic Electrodynamics, (two days)

Statistics

1. Saurabh Chakraborthy, Symphony AI Chennai, Introductory session, model building and App development (3 days)

Zoology

  1. Dr. Shobha Bhargava, Associate Professor, SPPU, Pune, Pattern formation in developmental biology
  2. Dr. Shaunak Kulkarni, Associate Professor, SPPU, Pune, Evolution of primates

 

 

 

DBT STAR College Scheme/ Status

Mini Research Projects/ Dissertations

First Phase

 

Sr.No.

Title of Project

1

Ecofriendly Synthesis of nanomaterial  and its characterization

2

Synthesis of starch-g-acrylamide hydrogels and its possible applications

3

Study of adsorption of fluorides on groundnut shell ash

4

Phytochemical analysis of C. argenta

5

Synthesis of bioactive pyrazolines by using various catalysis

6

Synthesis of quinolene and its derivatives by using N-doped TiO2 as nonaocatalyst

7

To study the catalytic activity of mixed dicarboxyliate

8

Design, Synthesis and Characterization of ligand and metal complexes with biologically active thiosemicarbazone ligands

9

Synthesis and characterization of Ruthenium(II) complexes of some biologically active thiosemicarbazone ligands

10

Metabolic profiling of C. argenta

11

Synthesis of heterocyclic compunds

12

Ethanol Production by cellulytic bacteria isolated from kitchen and municipal waste

13

Isolation of endophtyic bacteria from tulsi and analysis of their protein content

14

To study medicinal properties of lichen thallus and its isolated mycobiont

15

Optimization of activity of enzymes isolated from carrots and liver

16

Effect of different sound frequencies on development of chick embryo

17

Study of microflora on surface of eggs procured from different sources

18

Screening of antimicrobial activity of different food preservative like sodium benzoate, potassium meta bisulphate and butilated hydroxyl toluene (BHA)

19

E.coli promotion of photosynthesis in chloroplast

20

Which spice inhibits bacterial growth the best

21

Detection of anti-microbial effect of garlic

22

Assessment of the microbial flora on cell phones of science students after laboratory work in college against cell phones of arts and commerce faculty students

23

Application of lactic acid bacteria in improvement of lactose intolerance symptoms

24

Cannibalism: A Social Behaviour in Sporulating Bacillus subtilis

25

Estimation of Antimicrobial Properties of Essential oil based hand sanitizer

26

Biofiltration of Air

27

Waste water treatment for removal of phosphates

28

Study of angiosperms of Pabe Ghat

29

Characterization of nest site selection by white bellied sea eagle

30

Use of statistics in environment conservation

31

Data analysis using psychological tests

32

Projects related to statistical analysis of finance/ social/educational

33

Statistical Analysis of Data related to Economics

34

Medical Statistics

35

Development of fiber optic displacement sensor for sugar concentration measurement

36

To Study the Medicinal Plants (Adathoda vasica, Ocimum sanctum and Asparagus racemasus) for their antibiotic activity

 

Second Phase

Biotechnology

1

Title: To study the behavioral aspects of wild and mutant Drosophila in response to various stimuli

Outcome: Students learned handling Drosophila, their identification and behavioral pattern.

2

Title: “Differentiate between organisms present on packaged organic and vegetables from street vendors”

Outcome: Students isolated and identified coliforms and compared their presence in all samples.

3

Title: “Effect of certain drugs on chick embryo development”

Outcome: Students learned mounting of chick embryo and compare normal and abnormal development in response to various drugs.

4

Title: “Biochemical characterization of unknown strain P2 isolated from kitchen waste”      

Outcome: Students explored the possible identification of novel organism.

5

Title: “Effect of Agnihotra ash on plant and bacterial growth”.

Outcome:  Applying traditional knowledge to current science

6

Title: “Phytoremediation”: A tool for controlling pollution

Outcome:  Application of live plant systems to control pollution

7

Title: “To attempt sea weed cultivation in non- coastal region”.

Outcome: Tapping the protein source and mass production in noncoastal region.

8

Title: Extraction of phenolic compounds and alkaloids from the leaves of Papaya (Cauica papaya)

Outcome: Students could understand and identify secondary metabolites.

9

Title: Study of the protein profile and comparative antioxidant activity of locally cultivated species of Mushrooms

Outcome: Students could learn biotechnology techniques to study the mushroom protein profile

10

Title:Analysis of anti-diabetic properties of Costusigneus.

Outcome: Students explored to determine the medicinal potential of natural source at lab level

11

Title: Checking effects of plant extracts on Drosophila culture.

Outcome:  Study the effect of plant extract on new model system.

12

Title: Soil analysis of four states.

Outcome: Students could analyze the physicochemical properties of soil from different sources

13

Title:  Effects of different frequency on development of chick embryo

Outcome: Students could study the effect of sound on actual live system.

Chemistry

1

Title: Evaluation of antibacterial activity of Ibuprofen derivatives.

Outcome: Designed and synthesized novel ibuprofen derivatives. The derivatives were characterized using NMR, IR and Mass spectrometry. The derivatives displayed  better MIC values with gram negative as well as gram positive bacteria than the control used.

2

Title: Inhibition studies of acetylcholinesterase enzyme using Ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes.

Outcome: Synthesized Ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes of NSAIDs. The complexes were characterized using IR, NMR, Mass  spectrometry and cyclic voltammetry technique. The complexes exhibited appreciable inhibition of acetylcholinesterase enzyme.

3

Title: Molecular interactions of ionic liquids based on Choline and amino acid anions.

Outcome: Molecular structure , electron density topography , vibrational frequencies  and molecular interactions were investigated  using  density functional approach. 

Computer Science

1

Title:  Smart Attendance System.

Outcome: The project has developed smart attendance system for marking attendance of students in classroom (App based).

2

Title:  Online medicine billing shop.

Outcome: Developed for inventory management of medical shops (App based)

3

Title: Gourmet with love.

Outcome: Developed for delivery of food on the basis of calorific values of individuals.

4

Title: Non-linear data structures tutorial.

Outcome: It is a tool that can be used to demonstrate the concepts of non-linear data structures.

Electronic Science

1

Title: Wi-fi based Adventures Sports health monitoring system.

Outcome: Paper present at“International Conference on Internet of Things” organized by

 New Arts, Science and Commerce College, Ahmednagar.

Published in International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews (IJRAR), Vol. No.6, issue no.1, Jan2019, Paper ID: IJRAR 190O036

Environmental Science

1

Title: Environmental Status of Pashan lake, Pune, India.

Outcome:  Baseline data of flora and bird diversity was generated. Water Quality Index of Pashan lake was calculated which shows pollution status of study area and deterioration of lake ecosystem.

2

Title: Livelihood and ecological status of Melghat tribes and Melghattiger Reserve along with their Ethno botanical knowledge

Outcome:  Livelihood assessment of Kodgu tribe has been studied. Their traditional knowledge and their role in conservation of medicinal plants were studied.

3

Title: Environmental and social issues nearDandekarPul slum area of Pune city.

Outcome: Environmental issues faced by people living in slum areas were studied. A detailed survey was carried out and documented. A video documentary has also been prepared.

4

Title: A comparative study of environmental awareness based on Board of Education and age group (CBSE, SSC and ICSE Boards)

Outcome: Present study focused on comparaison of syllabi from different Boards of Education and  identified gaps between these Boards for Environmental Education.

5

Title: Effect of different concentrations of dettol on oxygen consumption of Carassiusauratus(locally available freshwater fish species)

Outcome: Toxicity studies and effects on breathing rate of Carassiusauratusdue to exposure at different concentrations of dettol were studied.

6

Title: Effect of urbanization on the concentration of black kites Milvus migrans.

Outcome:  The study revealed reasons like species’ adaptation ability, opportunistic hunting habit, co-existence with humans etc., are responsible for high number of black kites.

Geology

1

Title: Hydrogeological mapping in Naigaon area, Purandar to demarcate aquifers.

Outcome: Geological log and hydrogeological map was prepared. Two aquifers delineated in the region.

2

Title: Water Quality studies in  Naigaon area, Purandar, Pune.

Outcome: Water Quality data collected and analysed for 15 different wells in the area.

3

Title: Geophysical studies in Purandar region, Pune.

Outcome: Electrical resistivity (Schlumberger method) used for understanding subsurface rock structure in the area

4

Title: Water table data studies in Naigaon area, Purandar, Pune

Outcome: Water level data measured and analyzed to understand the flow and behavious of groundwater in the region.

5

Title: Landslide hazard zonation mapping of Diveghat region, Pune

Outcome: Structural data collected and slope stability analysis conducted.

Microbiology (model making)

1

Ion Pumps

The model explains: Plasma membrane is a network of lipid and proteins that forms the boundary between the cells content and outside of the cell. It is a semipermeable and regulates the material that enter and exits the cell.Ion selective channels are present in plasma membrane of all cells and in intracellular membranes of eukaryotes.They provide mechanism for moving inorganic ions across membrane.

2

Efflux pump MDR-TB

The model explains: Efflux pumps are transport proteins localized and embedded in cytoplasmic membrane of Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria as well as eukaryotic cells and are involved in the extrusion of toxic substrates from within cells into the external environment.

3

Renal transport Na glucose symporter

The model explains: The sodium glucose symporter in renal tubules controls the amount of glucose that should be reabsorbed into the blood at the expense of metabolic energy in the form of ATP.

Physics

1.

Title: Designing fiber optic displacement sensor  for humidity sensing applications

Outcome: Prototype is ready for further experimentation; prototype is ready.

2.

Title: Adsorption analysis of heavy metals from aqueous solutions by graphene oxide (GO) composites as a novel adsorbent

Outcome: The concentration of Mg changes the morphology of graphene oxide (GO). GO was in the form of thin nanosheets, but on addition of Mg led to formation of rods.

Grain size and adsorption increases with addition of magnesium.

Zoology

1

Title: Scat analysis of Leopards in agro pastoral lands.

Outcome: Hair samples of around 10 different species were identified from the scats of leopard collected from Niphad, east forest range. The study revealed that,leopard diet comprised of not only wild animals but also pet and domesticated animals, which indicates the intrusion of this predator in the residential area .Secondary finding were useful to study the predator –prey interactions from the total number of samples being dominated by a particular species from a particular GIS location.

 

 

 

DBT STAR College Scheme/ Status

Faculty Development Programmes

First Phase

 

Sr.No

Title of the Course

No. of Beneficiaries

1

One Day Workshop on “Plagiarism” for Teachers

60

2

One Day Workshop on “Emotional Intelligence” for Teachers and Students

50

3

Hands on Workshop on “Techniques in Animal Cell Culture”

25

4

One Day Workshop on “Advanced Studies in Petrography and Micropaleantology”

25

5

Hands on training Workshop on “Applications of Bioinformatics”

15

6

One Day Workshop on Apiculture conducted in collaboration with Central Bee Research and Training Institute, Pune, Government of India.

60

 

Second Phase

Computer Science
  1. Title: 4th India International Science Festival (IISF) 2018

Skill: Workshop taught about how we can share the knowledge of the subject by conducting small experiments and How mathematics and science subjects can be taught to the students with the help of several experiments.

Place: Lucknow

No. of teacher participants: 02

  1. Title: Web Development using Ruby on Rails(FDP)

Skill: Basic topics in Ruby, ruby data structures, control flow and conditionals, methods and arguments, object oriented concepts etc.,

Place: Fergusson College (autonomous)

No. of teacher participants: 34

  1. Entrepreneurship Educators’, Faculty Development programme organized by Wadhwani Foundation, Bangalore (three weeks)

No. of teacher’s trained: 02

  1. Three  Day  workshop on “Understanding Linux Operating System” for teachers (interdepartmental); No. of participants: 31
  2. One Day workshop on “Designing Posters” for presentation at Conferences for teachers (interdepartmental); No. of participants; 50
  3. One day Workshop on “Basics of Machine learning with R” for teachers (interdepartmental); No. of participants: 40
  4. One day workshop on “Use of ICT for effective teaching- learning” for teachers (interdepartmental); No. of participants: 30

Environmental Science

  1. Title :  National Knowledge Conclave on Climate Change

Anil Agarwal Environment Training Institute, AAETI,

Skill :  Climate change adaptation and teaching methods

Place :  Nimli, Rajasthan

No. of teacher participants: 08

Microbiology

  1. Title : Introduction to pharmaceutical techniques

Skill : LAL test, Sterility testing, synergistic and antagonistic action of drugs on bacteria

Place : Pune

No. of teacher participants: 12
  1. Title :Basic techniques in molecular biology and Immunology

Skill : Plasmid isolation, Purification, Agarose gel electrophoresis, RadialImmunodiffusion and Rocket electrophoresis

Place : Pune

No. of teacher participants: 13

Physics

  1. Title:  Science Academies' Course on "Experimental Physics" at Maharani Lakshmi Ammanni College for Women, sponsored by Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi and The National Academy of Sciences India, Allahabad.

Skill :  Course enabled participants, through lectures and laboratory sessions, to enhance their skills in experimental physics and facilitate them to introduce the experiments in their respective curricula

Place :  Bengaluru

No. of teacher participants: 01
  1. Title :  Induction Programme for College Teacher at IISER , Pune (Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching. PMMMNMTT)

Skill :  To orient newly joined Teacher on various aspects of Teaching- Learning, Instructional methodologies, assessment and evolution techniques and use of  ICT

Place :  Pune

No. of teacher participants: 03

 

 

 

DBT STAR College Scheme/ Status

Outreach activities

 

  1. Workshop on Basic Biological Techniques for School Teachers

Basics of Microscopy , Cell Staining Methods , Clinical Biochemistry  and Mounting of Chick Embryo.

 

  1. Basic Techniques in Microbiology for School Teachers

Basic Methods used in Microbiology, Sterilization Process and Handling of Microorganisms.

 

  1. Science Education Initiative (SEI)

SEI is one of the most prominent  activity of teaching maths and science in classrooms of low income schools. Students from Physics (undergraduate) are trained rigorously to teach science and maths to school students and propagate scientific thinking  amongst the students. Our students act as ‘Student Volunteers” to carry out this activity. 45 selected interns / fellows received intensive full day training for 3 weeks in the summer vacations. They received pedagogical and content training along with classroom techniques.

These Fellows were placed in the PMC schools for this year to teach Math’s and Science in  43 schools (low income schools, PMC, Pune).

 

  1. Exhibition on remembering Dr. A.P.J.Kalam (Former President of India)

A two day exhibition on Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam is organized twice in a year. The themes included: Early childhood, Education, Career, Work in ISRO/DRDO, Missiles, Poetry &  his contribution as President of India.

 

 

 

Celebrating 30 Years of Establishment

 of

Department of Biotechnology

Ministry of Science and Technology

Government of India

One day workshop on ‘Technical Writing and Interview Skills’

 

A one day workshop on ‘Technical Writing and Interview Skills’ was organized on 30th January 2016 at C6 Hall of Department of Chemistry between 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM for the final year students of science faculty.

The detailed program is as follows:

 

SOP and CV writing

Mr. Amit Murugkar, Director, Evolve Training and Development, Mumbai

How to face interview?

Mr. Sanjeev Sood, Placement Counsellor, RCF, Mumbai

Technical English

Dr. Shridhar Gokhale, Ex-Head, Dept. of English, SPPU, Pune

Scientific Writing

Dr.  Shashidhar, Principal Scientist, National Chemical  laboratory,Pune.

 

The heads of all the science departments were requested to send the list of interested students to participate in this workshop. 194 students from Biotech, Zoology, Botany, Microbiology, Bio-Chemistry, Environmental Science, Chemistry, Geology and Physics Departments participated in this workshop.

Four interactive sessions were organized during this workshop. The inauguration of the workshop was done in the presence of Hon. Principal Dr. Ravindrasinh G. Pardeshi. In his inaugural speech, Dr. Pardeshi highlighted different initiatives taken by the Fergusson College for the student’s welfare. He also narrated different activities conducted under DBT Star College Scheme. He mentioned the importance of soft skill training for the students entering into professional life.  

The first session of the workshop was conducted by Mr. Amit Murugkar, Director, Evolve Training and Development, Mumbai on the topic SOP and CV writing, during which he mentioned the importance of writing a very effective SOP in order to get selected in overseas Universities. He also explained the difference between CV, Bio data and Resume and how to present you through impressive CV.  During interactive session, he also discussed about the Dos and Don’ts while writing SOP and CV. 

The second session of the workshop was conducted by Mr. Sanjeev Sood, Placement Counsellor, RCF, Mumbai on the topic How to face interview? During this session he guided the audience about how to prepare for interviews. He discussed the general mannerism that should be followed throughout the processes of interview. During the interactive session, he discussed about Dos and Don’ts during the processes of interview.

The third session of the workshop was conducted by Dr. Shridhar Gokhale, Ex-Head, Dept. of English, SP Pune University on the topic Technical English. He explained different aspects of Technical communication. He also demonstrated how to do the effective verbal communication and also how to write grammatically correct sentences. Students also interacted with him at the end of session.

The forth session of the workshop was conducted by Dr.  Shashidhar, Principal Scientist, National Chemical laboratory, Pune.During this session, he guided students about the ethics and methodology of scientific writing. He explained different aspects of abstract writing, referencing, title of the paper, authors etc.