| INFORMATIVE | DESCRIPTION |
| Name Of The Department: | Microbiology |
| Year Of Establishment: | 2007 |
| Infrastructure: | A spacious laboratory, preparation room, teaching staff room and Departmental library.
lab is equipped with |
| | • Microscopes |
| | • Horizontal and vertical electrophoresis Units |
| | • Colorimeters |
| | • PH Meters |
| | • Centrifuge machines |
| | • incubators |
| | • Refrigerators |
| | • Lux meter |
| | • Autoclave |
| | • Ovens |
| | • Vertical laminar Air flow unit |
| | • Filtration assembly with vacuum pump |
| | • Computers with internet facility exclusively for students |
| Courses Offered: | • B.Sc. |
| Skill Development/Value Added Courses: | • Certificate course in basic Microbiological techniques |
| | • Certificate course in data analysis and representation |
| | • Certificate course in immunological techniques |
| List Of Faculty Members: | 1) Dr. Kalpita Mulye |
| | 2) Ms. Sayali Daptardar- Patil |
| | 3) Ms. Zahera Momin |
| | Mr Omkar Lele |
| List Of Technical/Administrative staff: | 1. Mrs. Vaishali Pandhere |
| Department has provided Training and Consultancy to following organizations | provided Training and Consultancy to following organizations |
| | • Waste encare Pvt. Ltd., Thane |
| | • Dyanasadhana College, Thane |
| Workshop/Seminar/Conference Conducted. | • National conference on “Biotechnology in diagnostics”” on 6th and 7th January 2012 preceded by two preparatory workshops |
| | • Seminar on “Unveiling life beyond DNA discovery” : 13th July 2013 |
| Students’ Achievements : | The department is having the list of the bright students, who are pursuing their post graduate studies in institutes of high repute. |
| Any Other Noteworthy activities of The Department for students . | • Students are encouraged to take up mini research projects and the work is published in research journals. |
| | • Department regularly organizes lectures by eminent personalities from industries, Research institutions and Academia as Biotechnology- Microbiology Club activity |
| | • Department is involved in grooming students for presentation skills through club activities |
| | • Department conducts regular career guidance sessions for the benefit of students. |
| | • Student’s initiative has resulted in Exclusive Annual Departmental Festival KIOSK |
| | • Department plans regular industrial visits |
| | • Department regularly organizes parents teachers meetings. |
| Recent publications of staff members of the Department: | |
| Title of the paper | Reference ( journal national/ international, year, vol, page #) |
| Biocement: novel approach to explore realms of biological sciences. Sayali Daptardar, Nair A. | Proceedings of National seminar on expanding panorama of microbiology., op 6, pg 37-39 |
| Nosocomial infections: a threat to neonates in ICU, Sayali Daptardar, Dr. Unnati padalia | Life sciences international research journal: volume 2 Spl issue (2015) 250 – 255 |
| Vermicomposting: A Novel Approach For Microbiological Waste Treatment Kalpita Mulye, Aaditya Chhatre, Aniket Bagul, Hanzel Saldhana, Raghavi Murai, Jayashree Pawar |
JBNB volume 3 : 2015: 118-124 |
| Isolation and identification of novel agar digesters in earthworm (Eisenia fetida) gut: Jayashree Pawar, Kalpita Mulye, Darshan Mahajan, Vaishnavi Samant, Tanishka Bagwe. |
JBNB volume 3 : 2015: 125-127 |
| Study of Effect Of Electromagnetic Radiations Emitted By Mobile Tower On Representative Microbial System. V. Thorat, S. Sonawane, J. Talker, E. Talker, A. Raj, J. Pawar K. Mulye, | JBNB volume 3 : 2015: 128-131 |
| Isolation and Identification of LDPE Degrading Organisms from Domestic Sludge Samples. Jayashree Pawar, Kalpita Mulye, Aniket Bagul, Aditya Chhatre | JBNB volume 3 : 2015: 132-136 |
| Formulation and efficacy of hand sanitizer: Elizabeth Talker, Judith Talker, Vinaya Thorat, Jayashree Pawar, Kalpita Mulye |
JBNB volume 3 : 2015: 137 - 141 |
| Application of Xylanase produced by Bacillus megaterium in Saccharification, Juice clarification and oil extraction from Jatropha seed kernel ManjuPhadke, ZaheraMomin. | IOSR Journal of Biotechnology and Biochemistry (IOSR-JBB) e-ISSN: XXXX-XXXX, p-ISSN: XXXX-XXXX, Volume 1, Issue 2 (Jan. – Feb. 2015), PP 38-45 |