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BVDU-
Department of PlantBiotechnology
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Department of Plant Biotechnology
Teaching staff profile
Name Designation Qualification.Experience
(Yr.)
Date of
joining
Publications
P K Ranjekar Professor Ph.D. 15 01/06/06 175
G D Sharma Professor Ph.D. 20 03/10/06 151
E A Singh Asso. Professor Ph.D. 13 01/08/03 8
N T Meti Asst. Professor Ph.D. 8 26/09/04 1
Supporting staff
Name Designation Qualification. Experience (Yr.)Date of
joiningAsha Mohite Lab assistant B.Sc.B.Ed. 5 20/04/07
H.R.Jadhav Lab attedant H.S.C. 8 03/07/03
Deshmukh Peon
Classrooms & laboratories
Facility Number Area (Sq. ft)Working
Capacity
Plant biotechnology(UG) 1 22.21 X 38.61 24
Plant- biotechnology(PG) 1 28.77 X 28.77 12
Growth room (UG & PG) 1
22.21 X 38.61Banana tissue culture: inoculation room 1 4
Growth room for plantlets 1 -
Media preparation room 1 -
Classroom 1 28.77 X 28.77 60
Shed Net 1 30m x 10m -
Equipments
RGITBT
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Instrument Make
Plant Biotech (PG)
Major
Cooling centrifuge -01 Remi
Laminar air flow -02 Envair Electrodyne(1) Microfilt (1)
Autoclave with Bracket -01 Lab Hosp
Cold cabinet -01 Remi
Glass bead sterilizer -03 Lab hops
Stereo Microscope -01 Kyowa
Light Microscope -01 Olympus
Hot Plate -01 lab Hosp
Double Distillation Unit -01(Glass)
Incubators -01 (BTI) Bio Technics India
Microtome -01 Micro
Minor
Balance -01 Capsoms
Stop Watch -02 Racer
Microwave oven -01 LLOYD
pH meter -01 Toshniwal (1)
Lux meter -02 LT Lutron
Water bath -01 Lab Hosp
Hygrometer -02 Optilab
Ultrasonicator -01 PCI
Slotted Rack Local -01
Botany Lab (UG)
Major
Laminar air flow -01 Envair Electrodyne
Power Supply -01 Genei
Refrigerator -01 LGHot air Oven -01 (BTI) Bio Technics India
Glass bead sterilizer -02 Denl-eq(1), Labhops(1)
Compound Microscope -01 Olympus
Minor
Vertex mixer -01 Neolab
pH meter -02 Global(2)
Microscope -15+3(Environment) Olympus
Micropipette -5T -1f Accupipet
Micropipette -50T- 1f Accupipet
Micropipette -500T- 1f Accupipet
Micropipette -25T- 1f Accupipet
Micropipette- 20T- 1f+1v=2 Accupipet
Micropipette -200T- 2v Accupipet
Micropipette 10T- 2f+1v=3 Accupipet
Micropipette 100T- 2f+2v=4 Genei
Micropipette -1000T- 2f Accupipet
Magnetic Stirrer -01 Neolab
Hot Plate -03BTI -2, Bio Technics India & lab Hosp
-1
Distillation Unit -01 lab Hosp
Dissection Microscope -15 Olympus
-Remi
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Teaching, Research & Extension Activities
Regular practical courses:
For F. Y. B. Sc., S. Y. B. Sc. and M.Sc. II Sem IV students in Fundamental of Botany, Plant
tissue culture, Plant Biotechnology, Genetics & Recombinant DNA Technology
Departmental publications in 2009-10
1. Kamble, S. Y., More,T.N., Patil, S. R., Singh, E. A. and S. G. Pawar (2009) Ethnobotany of Thakar
tribe of Maharashtra.J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 33(Suppl.) 95-122.
2. Kamble,S.Y., Patil,S.R., Sawant,P.S., Sangeeta,P. Sawant and Singh, E. A. 2009. Traditional
medicines used by tribes of Pune and Thane districts for the treatment of upper respiratory tract
disorders.J.Econ.Taxon.Bot.33 (3) 682-687.
3. Kamble,S.Y., Patil ,S.R., Swant ,S.P.,Sangeeta ,P. Pawar,S.G.,and Singh, E. A. 2010, Studies on
plants used as traditional medicines by Bhilla tribe of Maharashtra State. Indian Journal of Traditional
Knowledge, (9) 591-598.
4. Singh E. A., Kamble S.Y. and Bipinraj, N. K. 2010. Medicinal plants from newly reported Devraies
(sacred groves) in the Pune district. In press for publication in Indian Journal of TraditionalKnowledge. New Delhi (India).
5. Rekha R., Pallavi M. and Neelambika M. (2010). Micropropagation of Strawberry (Fragaria x
ananasa Dutch.) cv. Sweet Charlie via auxillary shoot proliferation from runner tips (communicated
to Annals of Plant Biology).
6. Pallavi M., Rekha R. and Neelambika M. (2010). Micropropagation of Strawberry (Fragaria x
ananasa Dutch.) cv. Sweet Charlie via somatic embryogenesis from petiole segments (communicated
to Indian Journal of Horticulture).
7. Rajapure V. A., Bipinraj N. K. and Kothari R. M. BT crops in India, Plant physiology & Molecular
Biology of plants (communicated).
Ongoing research projects:
In-house project on micro-propagation of banana.
Micro-propagation of Strawberry for cultivation in Maharashtra.
Micro-propagation and commercialization of few medicinally important plants In Collaboration
with IRSHA, BVU, NAIP (ICAR).
M.Sc. students research cum training program
M.Sc. Projects 2010-11:
In vitro regeneration and plant establishment studies in seedling parts ofMurraya koenigii (L)
Sprengby Mr. Deepak Suryavanshi and Prashant Patil
Micropropagation of strawberry ( Fragaria x ananasa Duch.) cv. Sweet Charlie
Callus induction studies in Bryonia laciniosa and antimicrobial activity
In vitro studies on Vitis vinifera L. with reference to plant regeneration, somatic embryogenesis,
flowering and meristem culture by Ms. Priti Kurade (YMC, Pune)
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Gmelina arborea and Oroxylum indicum: Induction of calli on liquid medium and its
antimicrobial activity by Ms. Dhanashri (YMC, Pune)
M. Sc. Dissertations 2009-10
In Vitro Studies OnBryonia Laciniosa.L And Antimicrobial Activity Of Callus Extract. By
Jadhav Ravikiran & Dalvi Rutuja
In Vitro Regeneration And Plant Establishment Studies In Seedling Parts Of Murraya Koenigii(L) Spreng. ByDipak Suryawanshi & Prashant Patil
Germplasm Collection And Micropropagation Of Strawberry. By R. Rekha & Pallavi Mandave
B.Sc. Review Writing (2009-10)
Liver Transplantation Prospects & Problems Banarase Rashmi
Biodiesel Production FromPongamia pinnata Geetika Srivastava
Plants For Bioremediation Of Waste Water Jaspreet Kaur
Rich Sources Of Vitamin B1 and Its Applications Kumari Sneha
Amla Cultivars, Composition, Cultivation & Application Mahesh Kumar Dadlani
Anti Inflammatory Herbal Remedies Nivangune Simantini
Present Status Of Tissue Culture Industry In India Preethi Bhat
Micronutrients: Their Role In Agro-Biotechnology Priyanka Karn
Baby Foods: Principles, Production And Preservation Puneet Kaur Brar
Herbal Remedies for snake & Scorpion Bites Shivangi Yadav
Strawberry Cultivation Sutar Vijaylaxmi
Feasibility Of Tissue Culture For High Productivity Of Strawberry Tripali Kumari
Tinospora cordifolia: Applications For Health Industry Vivek Kumar
Highlights of the department of Plant biotechnology 2009-10
The project under the Earning while learning scheme, 1,50,000 tissue cultured plants have
been produced and supplied to the farmers in different parts of Maharashtra and Karnataka by
involving about ten PG students under the guidance of Dr. Sharma and Dr. Meti.
Teaching schedule for the session 2009 and 2010 has started for the subjects like Fundamental of
Botany, Plant tissue culture, Environmental biotechnology , Genetics, Recombinant DNA Tech.for UG in the month of June
One day visit to farmers field located nearby Mahabaleshwar with M.Sc. students involved in
different aspects of strawberry projects for the survey, collection of different varieties of mother
plants as well as interaction with growers along with three staff members Dr.Singh, Dr. Bipinraj
and Dr. Meti
Practical courses in Fundamental of Botany, Plant tissue culture and RDT have started from the
month of July by Dr. Meti and Mr. Vikram, Dr. Singh
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Paper setting for the final annual examination for the year 2009-2010 for the subjects like
Fundamental of Botany, Plant tissue culture, Environmental biotechnology, Agricultural
biotechnology and Plant biotechnology for UG and PG course with the cooperation of external
examiners-November and December by Dr.Singh, Dr. Meti, Dr.Pawar
Ashwagandha plants raised through in vitro ovule culture were successfully transferred to the
botanical garden of College of Ayurved, BVDU for their field trials under the NAIP project-
December by Mr.Suresh
Training related to plant tissue culture of strawberry plants had been given to six higher
secondary school students of Bharati Vidyapeeth English Medium School for attending science
exhibitions at district level- November Dr.Meti and Mr. Suresh
The syllabus for UG and PG for the subjects Botany, Plant tissue culture, Environmental
biotechnology and Plant biotechnology has been revised Dr. Ranjekar, Dr. Sharma and Dr. Meti
Laboratory manual for PG Plant biotechnology has been completed by Dr. Meti and Mr.
Vikram
Plant tissue culture demonstration has been given to the students of Pharmarcy College of
Signhagad Institute in four batches- Feb.by Dr. Meti
Plant tissue culture demonstration has been given to the students of biotechnology of Sinhagad
Science College, Pune in two batchs- March by Dr. Meti
UG ( F.Y.) students visited Mahabaleshwar for collection of botanical specimens along with
Dr.Singh,
UG ( S.Y) and M.Sc sem IV students visited pollution control board laboratory at Wakadewadi,
waste water treatment plant at Koregaon park and KF Bioplants at Hadapsar as a industrial tour
under the supervision of Dr.Singh and Mr.Vikram
The practical course for PG students have started from August by Dr. Meti
Eight M.Sc students of RGI and two of YMC in six groups have started their research cum
training projects from June and successfully completed their experimental work in the month ofMarch under the guidance of Dr. Ranjekar and Dr. Meti
Sixteen UG students have completed their review writing related to medicinal, biofuel and fruit
yielding plants under the guidance of Dr. Sharma, Dr. Meti, Dr.Singh,Mr. Vikram
F.Y., S.Y and T.Y. theory and practical courses have been successfully completed in the subjects
Botany, Plant tissue culture, RDT (practical), for UG and their journals have been certified.
Theory course in Environmental biotechnology, Agricultural biotechnology and Genetics have
also been successfully completed by -Dr. Sharma, Dr. Meti, Dr.Singh, Mr. Vikram
Tulasi Agro Services at Dharwad, Karnataka has collaborated for marketing of 20,000 banana
plants per month under the leadership of Dr.Kothari, Dr. Sharma and cooperation of Dr. Meti Interaction with farmers at Yavatmal by NAIP project assistant Mr. Suresh
Mr. Suresh working as a project assistant in NAIP under the guidance of Dr. Meti has
suceesfully completed three days corse in advance techniques in Microscopy as resource person
by providing his experimental live plant cells to the course and enlightening all the participants
Submission of a project proposal for DST on Micropropagation of strawberry by
Dr.G.D.Sharma, Dr. Meti, Dr. Singh
Submission of three research papers for scientific journal by Dr. Meti
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One paper has been published by Dr. Singh
Successful completion of NSS programe at Lavale village for six days under the leadership of
Dr. Singh
GK test under the leadership of Dr. Singh
Interaction with banana growers for the supply of banana plants by Dr.Sharma, Dr. Meti
Workshops/Conferences attended by faculty
Dr. E. A. Singh
National Seminar on Diagnostic Techniques Organized by Y.M.College, Bharati Vidyapeeth
University, Pune (March 2010)
73rd Refresher course on Healthy youth for healthy India, Organized by Ministry of Youth Affairs &
Sports, Govt. of India, New Delhi at Ahmednagar College, Ahmednagar (March 2009).
Medicinal plants from newly reported Devraies (sacred groves) in Pune District. Global Ayurved
Conference and Health Expo. Organized by College of Ayurved, BVDU, Pune (Jan.2009).
Dr. N. Meti
Global Ayurved Conference, College of Ayurved at Bharati Vidyapeeth University ,
Pune, from January 9-11, 2009.
Short course on In-vitro techniques and application of molecular markers in banana and
plantains at NRCB, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, from 20 th-30th Nov, 2009
National Conference on Horticultural Bio-Diversity for livelihood, Economic
Development and Health Care at UAS, Bangalore from 29th -31st May2010
RGIBT, Department of Plant Biotechnology 2009-10
M. Sc. students during their Plant biotechnology practical course
PG students at plant tissue culture practicals UG students at plant tissue culture practicals
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UG and PG students at K F Bioplants during their industrial visit
UG and PG students at waste water treatment plant
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UG and PG students at water pollution control board laboratory
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M.Sc. students results of their research cum training projects
Micropropagation of strawberry via axillary shoot proliferation
Study Tour to Mahabaleshwar 2009-10
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Extra-curricular activities
Extension activities
National Service Scheme (N.S.S.)