2010
Department of Plant Biotechnology
BVDU- RGITBT
Department of Plant Biotechnology Teaching staff profile Name
Designation
Qualification.
Experience (Yr.)
Date of joining
Publications
P K Ranjekar G D Sharma E A Singh N T Meti V A Rajapure
Professor Professor Asso. Professor Asst. Professor Asst. Professor
Ph.D. Ph.D. Ph.D. Ph.D. M.Sc. NET
15 20 13 8 1
01/06/06 03/10/06 01/08/03 26/09/04 27/07/09
175 151 8 1 -
Qualification.
Experience (Yr.)
Date of joining
5 8
20/04/07 03/07/03
Supporting staff
Name
Designation
Asha Mohite H.R.Jadhav
Lab assistant Lab attedant
B.Sc.B.Ed. H.S.C.
Classrooms & laboratories Facility Plant biotechnology(UG) Plant- biotechnology(PG) Growth room (UG & PG) Banana tissue culture: inoculation room Growth room for plantlets Media preparation room Classroom Shed Net
Number 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Area (Sq. ft) 22.21 X 38.61 28.77 X 28.77 22.21 X 38.61 28.77 X 28.77 30m x 10m
Working Capacity 24 12 4 60 -
Equipments Instrument
Make Plant Biotech (PG) Major
Cooling centrifuge -01 Laminar air flow -02 Autoclave with Bracket -01 Cold cabinet -01 Glass bead sterilizer -03
Remi Envair Electrodyne(1) Microfilt (1) Lab Hosp Remi Lab hops
Stereo Microscope -01 Light Microscope -01
Kyowa Olympus
Hot Plate -01 Double Distillation Unit -01(Glass) Incubators -01 Microtome -01
lab Hosp (BTI) Bio Technics’ India Micro Minor
Balance -01 Stop Watch -02 Microwave oven -01 pH meter -01 Lux meter -02
Capsoms Racer LLOYD Toshniwal (1) LT Lutron
Water bath -01 Hygrometer -02
Lab Hosp Optilab
Ultrasonicator -01
PCI
Slotted Rack Local -01 Botany Lab (UG) Major Laminar air flow -01 Power Supply -01 Refrigerator -01 Hot air Oven -01 Glass bead sterilizer -02 Compound Microscope -01
Envair Electrodyne Genei LG (BTI) Bio Technics’ India Denl-eq(1), Labhops(1) Olympus Minor
Vertex mixer -01 pH meter -02 Microscope -15+3(Environment) Micropipette -5T -1f Micropipette -50T- 1f Micropipette -500T- 1f Micropipette -25T- 1f Micropipette- 20T- 1f+1v=2 Micropipette -200T- 2v Micropipette 10T- 2f+1v=3 Micropipette 100T- 2f+2v=4 Micropipette -1000T- 2f Magnetic Stirrer -01 Hot Plate -03
Neolab Global(2) Olympus Accupipet Accupipet Accupipet Accupipet Accupipet Accupipet Accupipet Genei Accupipet Neolab BTI -2, Bio Technics’ India & lab Hosp 1
Distillation Unit -01 Dissection Microscope -15
lab Hosp Olympus Remi
Cyclo Mixer -01 Environmental Biotechnology Refrigerator LG (280 lit)
LG
COD reflex
Yash Enterprises PTC Research Lab
Rotary Shaker -01
Steel met
Illuminated Rack -01
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Slotted Rack Local -01 Banana Project Laminar air flow -01 Laminar air flow -02 Autoclave -02 Glass bead sterilizer -02 Sartorial balance -01 Electric Balance -01 Local Illuminated Rack -2(2)+1(2) Rack Local -03 Distillation Unit -01
Envair Electrodyne Microfilt Lab Hosp Denl-eq Sartorius Citizen -------lab Hosp
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 Traditional Knowledge. 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 of Murraya koenigii (L) Spreng by 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) 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 On Bryonia 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. By Dipak Suryawanshi & Prashant Patil Germplasm Collection And Micropropagation Of Strawberry. By R. Rekha & Pallavi Mandave B.Sc. Review Writing (2009-10) Liver Transplantation Prospects & Problems Biodiesel Production From Pongamia pinnata Plants For Bioremediation Of Waste Water Rich Sources Of Vitamin B1 and Its Applications Amla Cultivars, Composition, Cultivation & Application Anti Inflammatory Herbal Remedies Present Status Of Tissue Culture Industry In India
Banarase Rashmi Geetika Srivastava Jaspreet Kaur Kumari Sneha Mahesh Kumar Dadlani Nivangune Simantini 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 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 projectDecember 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 of March 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 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 May’2010 Mr. V. A. Rajapure Workshop on Advanced Microscopy by LabIndia & RGITBT, RGITBT Pune, March 2010 BT Brinjal debate by Dr. P. Bhargava, Ferguson College, Pune, April 2010.
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
UG and PG students at K F Bioplants during their industrial visit
UG and PG students at waste water treatment plant
UG and PG students at water pollution control board laboratory
M.Sc. student’s results of their research cum training projects Micropropagation of strawberry via axillary shoot proliferation
Study Tour to Mahabaleshwar 2009-10
Extra-curricular activities Extension activities
National Service Scheme (N.S.S.)
