UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI  SANCTIONS GRANT FOR 4 MINOR RESEARCH PROJECTS

Six teachers from Joshi- Bedekar college had applied for grant for minor research projects in response to call for proposals by the University of Mumbai July 2006. All the 4 proposals sent were approved and a total grant of Rs. 49,000 was sanctioned by the University of Mumbai. The titles of the projects accepted and the grant received are as follows :

Sr. No.	Name of Teacher & department	Title of research project	Grant sanctioned
1	Prof. (Mrs.) Priyamvada Tokekar Politics dept.	Voices from the past :- Views of  Women Social Reformers – 19th century Maharashtra	Rs. 8,000
2	Prof. (Mrs.) Suchitra A. Naik Philosophy dept.	Understanding & helping suicidal teenagers	Rs. 10,000
3	Prof. (Mrs.) Radha Natarajan & Prof. (Mrs.) Smita V. Bhide Geography & Statistics dept.	Assessment of the aptitude for entrepreneurship in under-graduate girls of Thane city.	Rs. 15,000
4	Prof. (Mrs.) Ruchita S. Rane & Prof. (Mrs.) Mugdha Kulkarni Sanskrit dept.	Understanding the traditional Medicine System in the Colonial Period – A study through Manuscripts.	Rs. 16,000

This is feather in the cap not only for the individual teachers and their departments but also for the institution. The institution takes pleasure in congratulating all the teachers and wishes them well in the conduction of their research.