Botany

Department of Botany

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Faculty Members:

Sr. No.	Name of the staff	Qualification	Designation	Specialization	Teaching Experience	Research Experience
01	Dr. R.J. Sawant	M.Sc., Ph.D.	Asst. Prof. & Head	Plant Taxonomy	27 Years	18 Years
02	Dr. P.P. Sharma	M.Sc., Ph.D.	Asst. Prof.	Plant Taxonomy	12 Years	22 Years
03	Dr. B.T. Pawar	M.Sc., Ph.D.	Asst. Prof.	Plant Pathology	07 Years	14 Years

Department at a glance:

Established in 2001.
Consistent excellent results.
About 400+ students admitted for Bachelors degree.
Recognized Research Center with 3 Guides and 14 Ph.D. students.
Well-equipped UG and Research laboratories.
Modern teaching aids like L.C.D. Projector used for teaching.
Teaching staff with strong research back ground
Completed 3 Major Research Projects and 2 minor research projects.
Departmental Library facility with around 200 books/journals.
Internet facility with 10 mbps connectivity by BSNL.

Programs Offered:

Sr. No.	Name of the Program	Course Level	Students admitted (2016-17)
Sr. No.	Name of the Program	Course Level	Male	Female	Total
01	B.Sc. F.Y.	U.G.	127	79	206
02	B.Sc. S.Y.	U.G.	89	67	156
03	B.Sc. T.Y.	U.G.	81	37	118
04	Ph.D. in Botany	Research	09	05	14
Department Total			306	188	464

Research Guidance:

Sr. No.	Name of the Research Guide	Recognized by (University)	Ph.D. Students		M.Phil Students
Sr. No.	Name of the Research Guide	Recognized by (University)	Completed	In Process	Completed	In Process
01	Dr. P.P. Sharma	Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad	05	07	-	-
02	Dr. R.J. Sawant	Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad	-	05	-	-
03	Dr. B.T. Pawar	Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad	-	01	-	-
Total Research Student			05	13	-	-

Research Projects:

Sr. No.	Principal Investigator	Minor/ Major	Topic/ Title	Funding Agency	Project Period		Remark (Ongoing/ Completed)
Sr. No.	Principal Investigator	Minor/ Major	Topic/ Title	Funding Agency	From	To	Remark (Ongoing/ Completed)
01	Dr. P.P. Sharma	Major	Digitized inventory of medicinal plant resources of Maharashtra (Nasik & Anagar)	RGSTC (DST)	2009	2013	Completed
02		Major	Bioprospection of under utilised plant resources for management of insect, pest/vector.	UGC	2009	2011	Completed
03		Minor	Bioprospection of plants for Natural Dyes. Funding Agency UGC, Pune.	UGC	2013	2015	Completed
04	Dr. R.J. Sawant	Minor	Traditional knowledge and Plants- Ethonobotanical Studies of Toranmal Plateau of Nandurbar district, Maharashtra “	UGC	2013	2015	Completed
05	Dr. B.T. Pawar	Major	Genetic diversity and control of Xanthomonas campestris pv. mangiferaeindicae	UGC	2012	2015	Completed

Publications by the Department:

Sr. No.	Name of the Teacher	Research Papers Published in Journals			Books Published		Total
Sr. No.	Name of the Teacher	International	National	State	Books	Chapter in Book	Total
01	Dr. P.P. Sharma	57	18	00	05	00	80
02	Dr. R.J. Sawant	03	16	00	02	00	21
03	Dr. B.T. Pawar	36	06	00	00	01	43
Department Total		96	40	00	07	01	144

Participated & presented research papers in Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, Symposia etc:

Sr. No.	Name of the Teacher	No. of Conferences/ Seminars				Total
Sr. No.	Name of the Teacher	International	National	State	Workshop	Total
01	Dr. P.P. Sharma	08	27	02	05	42
02	Dr. R.J. Sawant	03	22	07	21	53
03	Dr. B.T. Pawar	04	23	05	02	36
Department Total		14	72	15	30	131

Seminars/ Conferences/ Workshops etc. organized by Department:

Sr. No.	National/ State Level etc.	Topic / Title	No. of Participants	Funding Agency	Duration
Sr. No.	National/ State Level etc.	Topic / Title	No. of Participants	Funding Agency	From	To
01	State Level	Approaches towards Changing Scenario of Teaching and future Prospectus	74	M.S.P. Mandal	19/09/2010	19/09/2010
02	State Level	Effective Teaching in Botany	83	M.S.P. Mandal	12/08/2012	12/08/2012
03	State Level	Recent Advances in Plant Sciences	81	M.S.P. Mandal	14/08/2014	14/08/2014

Various Guest Lectures Delivered by Staff:

Sr. No.	Name of the Teacher	No. of Lectures/ Academic Sessions			Total
Sr. No.	Name of the Teacher	International	National	State	Total
01	Dr. P.P. Sharma	-	07	12	19
02	Dr. R.J. Sawant	-	-	02	02
03	Dr. B.T. Pawar	-	-	05	05
Department Total		-	07	19	26

Future plans of the Department:

Sr. No.	Proposed Activity
01	To introduce need based vocational courses such as Biofertiliser & nursery techniques
02	To organize national level seminar on Biodiversity and its conservation
03	To submit proposal for funding of major/minor research projects
04	To arrange guest lectures
05	To undertake the botanical Tours
06	To start PG courses (M.Sc. Botany)