एम.व्ही.पी. समाजाचे

के. टी. एच. एम. महाविद्यालय, नाशिक

(के.आर.टी. कला, बी.एच. वाणिज्य व ए.एम. विज्ञान महाविद्यालय.)

MVP SAMAJ'S

K.T.H.M. COLLEGE, Nashik

(K.R.T. Arts, B.H. Commerce and A.M. Science College.)

Botany Department Profile

 

1.      Name of the Department: Botany

 

2.         Year of Establishment: 1969                           

 

3.         Names of   Programmes/Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil.,  Ph.D. etc.)

 

UG

PG

Research

Other

B.Sc.

M.Sc

Ph.D.

       Additional 10 credit courses for PG students

·      Human Rights and Value Education

·      Internet Cyber Security

·      Skill Development : Renewable Energy

           

4.         Names of Interdisciplinary Courses and the departments/units involved :

            Bamboo Propagation and Management

            Ethnobotany

 

5.         Annual/Semester/Choice Based Credit System (Programme wise):

Semester

Semester

Credit  System

As Per Rule and Regulation of S.P.P.U

F.Y. B.Sc.

S.Y./T.Y. B.Sc., M.Sc.

M.Sc.

Ph.D.

 

6.         Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments:

Our faculty members are actively engaged in teaching of various topics related to the fundamental of botany of department of biotechnology. 

 

7.         Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc: NIL

 

8.         Details of Courses/Programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons: NIL

 

9.         Number of Teaching Posts:

 

Sanctioned

Filled

Teaching Posts

13

12

* Out of Total filled post: 01- Professor and  11- Assistant Professor

 

10.       Faculty Profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization

Name

Qualification

Designation

Specialization

No. of Years of

Experience

No. of M.Phil/ Ph.D.

Students

Guided

Dr.Shrikant M. Khalkar

(Head of Department)

M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.

Professor

Mycology

33

          --

Mr. R.K.Patil

M.Sc.

Assistant Prof.

Mycology

26

--

Dr. Ramakant K. Patil

M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.

Assistant Prof.

Angiosperm Taxonomy

26

-

Dr. V. B. Sonawane

M.Sc. B.Ed., M.Phil., Ph.D.

Assistant Prof.

Mycology

18

-

Dr. D.S. Khandbahale

M.Sc., B.Ed., SET, Ph.D.

Assistant Prof.

Angiosperm Taxonomy

14

--

Dr. S.V.Deore

M.Sc., B.Ed., M.Phil.,NET, Ph.D.

Assistant Prof.

Angiosperm Taxonomy

11

--

Dr. K.U. Gaikwad

M.Sc., B.Ed., SET, NET-JRF, Ph.D.

Assistant Prof.

Cytogenetics

11

-

Dr. N.S. Rayte

M.Sc. M.Phil., Ph.D

Assistant Prof.

Angiosperm Taxonomy

09

--

Dr. S.C. Bidve

M.Sc., M.Phil.,Ph.D. SET

Assistant Prof.

Plant Biotechnology

08

           --

Mr. V. B. Thombare 

M.Sc., NET-JRF, SET, DT.Ed

Assistant Prof.

Advanced Seed Technology

05

--

Dr. S.D. Shinde

M.Sc., B.Ed, SET, Ph.D.

Assistant Prof.

Angiosperm Taxonomy

03

 

Dr. S.M. Khan

M.Sc., Ph.D., SET, GATE

Assistant Prof.

Angiosperm Taxonomy

03

          --

Smt. D.G. Nerkar

M.Sc., B.Ed., SET

Assistant Prof.

Angiosperm Taxanomy

02

-

 

11.       List of Senior Visiting Faculty:

Name

Designation

Area of Research/Expertise

 Dr. M.D. Sonawane

Professor

Angiosperm Taxonomy

 Dr. K.N. Gaikwad

Professor

Mycology

 Dr. S.S. Kambale

Assistant Professor

Angiosperm Taxonomy

 

12.       Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (Programme wise) by temporary faculty

Programme

Total Workload of Department

Total workload of  Permanent Faculty

Lectures Delivered by Temporary Faculty

Practical Classes Handled by Temporary Faculty

No.

%

No.

%

B.Sc.

180

136

28

58.33

32

24.24

M.Sc.

107

14

27

90

60

77.92

 

13.       Student -Teacher Ratio (Programme wise)

Level

Class

Number of Teachers

Student –Teacher Ratio

UG

B.Sc. Students Strength FY/4+SY/3+TY)

(244/4+ 148 /3+47) = 157

11

14.27

PG

M.Sc Students Strength (Part-I+ Part-II)

(25+17) = 42

06

7

14.       Number of Academic Support Staff (technical), Administrative Staff; Sanctioned & Filled

Number of Support Staff (Lab Assistant and Lab Attendant)

 

Sanctioned

Filled

Lab Assistant

01

01

Lab Attendants

03

03

15.       Qualifications of Teaching Faculty with DSc/D.Litt/Ph.D/MPhil/PG.

Qualifications of Teaching Faculty

Ph.D.

M. Phil.

PG with SET/NET

PG

10

06

08

01

            Note:  Some M.Phil./ Ph.D. degree holders have also cleared NET/SET

 

16.       Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received : NIL

Name of the Faculty

Title of Project

Name of Funding Agency

Grant Received (Rs)

Status (Minor/ Major)

         
         

17.  Departmental project funded by DST-FIST, UGC, DBT, ICSSR, Etc. and total grants received:

Name of the Faculty

Title of Project

Name of Funding Agency

Grant Received (Rs)

Status (Minor/ Major)

Dr. V.B. Sonawane

Studies on Ethnobotanical and some Medicinal Plants from Trimbakeshwar Taluka District Nashik (MS), India.

BCUD 2016-18

170000

Minor

         

·                     DBT Star College Scheme:

Name of the Department

Heads of Expenditure

Name of Funding Agency

Grant Received (Rs)

Botany

Equipment, Excursions, Visits, Mini Projects etc.

Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi

847241

 

18.       Research Centre/facility recognized by the University: Yes

·           (SPPU, Pune recognized Research Center for M. Phil. and Ph.D.)

Name of the Recognized Research Guide

M. Phil./ Ph.D.

No of Ph.D. students Guided

No of M. Phil students Guided

Completed

Ongoing

Completed

Ongoing

Dr. V.B. Sonawane

M. Phil./Ph.D.

--

03

           --

         --

Dr. D.S. Khandbahale

Ph.D.

--

03

--

--

Dr. R. K. Patil

M. Phil./ Ph.D.

--

--

--

--

Total

00

06

00

--

 

·                    

 

 

 

 

 

Associated Research Guide:

Name of the Recognized Research Guide

M. Phil./ Ph.D.

No of Ph.D. students Guided

No of M. Phil students Guided

Completed

Ongoing

Completed

Ongoing

Dr. K.N. Gaikwad

Ph.D.

01

04

-

-

Dr. V.B. Kadam

Ph.D.

06

01

02

 

Dr. D. S. Borade

Ph.D.

 

03

   

Dr. S. A. Khairnar

Ph.D.

 

03

   

Dr. A. B. Pawar

Ph.D.

 

03

   

Dr. S. A. Andhale

Ph.D.

 

03

   

Dr. K.R. Khandare

Ph.D.

 

01

   

Dr. S. B. Jadhav

Ph.D.

 

02

   

Dr. V. B. Sonawane

Ph.D.

 

03

   

Dr. A. S. Jondhale

Ph.D.

 

03

   

Dr. M. T. Patil

Ph.D.

01

02

   

Dr. S. K. Shinde

Ph.D.

 

03

   

Dr. M. R. Bhamare

Ph.D.

 

03

   

Dr. B. W. Chavare

Ph.D.

 

03

   

Dr. S. S. Kamable

Ph.D.

 

02

   

Dr. S. P. Chavan

Ph.D.

 

01

   

Total

08

39

02

 

 

19.       Publications:

Name of the Faculty

Research Papers

Total Publication

Books

Edited Book

Total Citation

H Index

Impact Factor

International

National

Proceeding

Dr. V.B. Kadam

120

35

08

163

13

01

196

09

-

Dr. Shrikant M. Khalkar

15

05

02

22

03

-

10

-

-

Dr. D.S. Khandbahale

10

03

-

13

-

-

-

-

-

Dr .S.V. Deore

03

-

-

03

-

-

-

-

-

Dr. N.S. Rayate

02

01

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Dr. S.C. Bidve

06

02

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Dr. S.M. Khan

05

-

-

-

01

-

-

-

-

Dr. S.D. Shinde

03

02

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Total

164

48

10

201

17

01

01

09

 
 

 

20.       Areas of consultancy and income generated:

          *   Certain faculty members possess expertise in plant identification and verification. Students from different Science, Pharmacy and Ayurveda Colleges visit for assistance with plant identification.

          * Our college oversees the National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Project, and our faculty member is in-charge of leading this initiative

21.       Faculty as members in  a) National Committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards:

Name of the Faculty

National/International/Other Committee/Editorial Board

Dr. V.B. Kadam

Co- Editorial –International Journal of Bionano Frontier , Bombay

National Advisory Board –International Journal of Plant Archives , Muzaffarnagar (U.P.) 

Associate Editor – National Journal of Life Sciences Bulletin , Satna , M.P.

 National Advisory Board –National Journal of Biosciences Discovery Jalna  Maharashtra

Editorial Board Member – Scholarly and Academic Research Journal of Biosciences and Medicines

Editorial Board Member – The International Journal of Pharmaceutical Research and Biosciences

Editorial Board Member – Indian Horticulture Journal, Srinagar, Kashmir

Editorial Board Member –Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Research

 Editorial Board Member –Journal of Drug Discovery and Therapeutics

Associate Editor – International Journal of Pharmaceutics and Drugs Analysis

Board Member – International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biological Science

Editorial Board Member, World Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Editorial Board Member, World Journal of Pharmacy and Biotechnology

Editorial Board Member- SARJ of Bioscience and Medicine

Editorial Board Member- Arts and Science Research

Editorial Board Member-Current Trends in Pharmacology and Clinical Trials

Editorial Board Member-International Journal of Botany and Research ISSN 2319-4456

Editorial Board Member-Research and Review: Journal of Botany (STM) 0- ISSN 2278 - 2222

Editorial Board Member-Academic Journal of Life Sciences – ISSN 2415-5217

Editorial Board Member-Universal Journal of Agricultural Research 

Editorial Board Member-Archives of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Editorial Board Member-International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews

 Editorial Board Member- International Journal of  Life Science and Pharma Research

Fellowship/ Life Membership of Society of Sciences F.S.Sc.

Fellowship/ Life Membership of Society of Life Sciences F.S.L.Sc.

Fellowship/ Life Membership of Society of Environmental Sciences F.S.E.Sc.

Life Member of Pharma Research Laboratory

Academic Counselor  - Indira Gandhi National Open University Regional Centre –Pune.

Member, Programme Advisory Committee- YCMOU , Nashik

D. S. Khandbahale

Member, Admission Committee

Member, Internal Quality Assurance Cell

Dr. Shrikant M. Khalkar

Life Member, Indian Science Congress, Kolkata

 

22.       Student Projects :

a)    Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental/programme :              100% (M.Sc. II Year)

b)   Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e.in Research   

      Laboratories/Industry/other agencies : NIL

 

23.       Awards / Recognitions received by Faculty and Students

Name of Faculty

Awards/Recognitions

Year

Dr .V. B. Kadam

Recognition Award – for outstanding academic contribution and achievements in the field of Life Sciences from Society of Life Sciences , Satna on 14/12/2019

2019

Dr.V.B. Kadam

Certificate of Appreciation (Best Research Paper)-“Antibacterial activity of leaves and bark of Aegiceras corniculatum L.”International Journal of Pharmaceutical Research and Bioscience, 2017, 6 (4) : 177-185 (ISSN: 2277-8713 , IF – 5.567)

2017

 

·                     University Rank Holder Students

 

Year

University Rank Holders

UG/PG

Rank

2016-17

Shazeen Mohammad Khan

PG

6

2016-17

Wani Swati A.

PG

9

2016-17

Dighe Jyoti Bhausaheb

PG

10

2017-18

Monali Pawar

PG

04

2021-22

Korde Smarnika Dileep PG 05

2021-22

Ahire Yayati Anil PG 08

 

·                     Corpus Fund ( Toppers Scheme) of College

 

Name of Student

Class

Year

Amount

       

 

24.       List of Eminent Academicians and Scientists visited to the department

  • Dr. S.S. Gadekar (Head, Dept. of Botany, Garware College, Pune)
  • Smt. Jui Pethe (Environmentalist, Nashik 
  • Dr. Virendra Sheathy (Professor, IIT, Pawai, Mumbai)
  • Dr. V.B. Gaikwad (Director, BCUD, SPPU, Pune)
  • Dr. M.H.Parabia, Professor and Former Head, Dean, Dept. of Biosciences, S.G.University, Surat
  • Dr. A.B. Ade , Professor and Head, Dept. of Botany SPPU,Pune
  • Dr. Ashok Chavan, Professor and Head, Dept. of Botany, BAMU, Aurangabad
  • Dr. Arvind Dhabe , Professor , Dept. of Botany, BAMU, Aurangabad
  • Dr. Pramod Sharma , Principal , Science College, Shillod
  • Dr. R.T.Deshmukh , Principal , Deogiri College, Aurangabad
  • Dr. Milind Sardesai , Professor, Dept. of Botany , SPPU, Pune
  • Dr. D.S.Mukadam , Ex.Head and Professor, Dept. of Botany, BAMU, Aurangabad
  • Dr. Digambar Mokat , Professor, Dept. of Botany, SPPU, Pune

 

25.       Seminars/Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding:

  1. State level seminar of “Biodiversity Conservation-Present Scenario and Future Perspective” organized by Department of Botany, K.T.H.M. College, Nashik on 5-6 / 01/ 2018. (Funded by SPPU, Pune)
  2.  

 

26.       Student Profile Programme/Course wise:

Name of the Course/Programme

Applications

Received

Selected

Enrolled

Pass Percentage

*M

*F

UG

UG:2017-18

68

68

25

38

61.42

UG:2018-19

48

48

15

33

 

UG:2019-20

54

54

19

35

 

UG:2020-21

62

62

23

39

95.16

UG:2021-22

89

89

38

51

85

UG:2022-23

24

24

08

16

43.47

UG 2023-24

47

47

13

34

87.23

UG 2024-25

20

20

04 16

RA

PG

PG:2017-18

91

29

08

21

100

PG:2018-19

70

27

06

21

85.18

PG:2019-20

95

30

06

24

96.29

PG:2020-21

124

30

05

25

100

PG:2021-22

78

29

06

23

86

PG:2022-23

110

31

07

24

90

PG 2023-24

94

19

06

13

88.46

PG 2024-25

30

30

06 24

RA

*M = Male   *F = Female         *RA = Result awaited

27.       Diversity of Students

Name of the

Course

% of students from the same state

% of students from other States

% of students from abroad

UG

100%

-

-

PG

100%

-

-

 

28. How many students have cleared National and State Competitive Examinations such as NET, SET, GATE, Civil Services, Defense Services, etc.?

Examination

NET

SET

Other

GATE

Students

01

09

02

04

 

29.       Student progression

Student Progression

Against % enrolled

UG to PG

30%

PG to Ph.D.

07%

Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral

-

Employed

•   Campus Selection

•    Other than Campus Recruitment

05%

15%

Entrepreneurship/Self-employment

12%

 

 

 

30.       Details of Infrastructural Facilities

a) Departmental Library

No. of Books:260, No of Journals:10

b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students:

6 Nodes

c) Laboratories

03 (UG Lab, PG Lab, Research Lab)

 

31.   Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, Government or other agencies 

* An average of 60% students gets financial assistance from Central/State Government agencies in the form of Scholarship/Free ship.

* Four students receiving the  NET JRF scholarship from UGC and two students by  SPPU University for doing Ph.D.

 

Name of the Students

Amount Received per month

Year

Agency

Sonali Vishnu Deore

31000

2018-19

(JRF) UGC

Rahul Chandrakant Gaykhe

31000

2019-22

SPPU Pune

Sayali Ramesh Jadhav

            36000

     2020-21

(JRF) UGC

Ashok Chaudhari

            37000

2021-Aug, 2023

(JRF) UGC

Vinod Balalji Thombare

            36000

     2021- 22

(JRF)   UGC

Akshay More

            31000

    2022-2023

Mahajyoti

 

·                     Financial Assistance Received by students from S.P. Pune University

Name of Scholarship

Year

UG/PG

Total students

Amount Received

Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule Scholarship

2017-18

PG

   

2018-19

     

2019-20

     

2020-21

     

2021-22

     

2022-23

     

2023-24

PG

   
         

Gunvant Scholarship

2017-18

UG

   

2018-19

PG

   

2019-20

UG

   

2020-21

PG

   

2021-22

PG

   

Rajashri Shahu Maharaj Scholarship

2017-18

PG

   

2018-19

     

2019-20

     

2020-21

     

2021-22

     

2022-23

PG

   
         

Aarthik Durbal Ghatak Scholarship

2013-14

PG

   

2014-15

PG

   

2015-16

PG

   

2016-17

UG

   

2016-17

PG

   

·                    

32.       Details on student Enrichment Programmes (Special Lectures/ Workshops/ Seminar) with External Experts:

Year

Title/Type of Programme

Names of Resource Person(s) (External)

2017-18

Tissue Culture (Banana)

Dr.Vasantrao B. Kadam , Dept. of Botany, K.T.H.M.College, Nashik

2020-21

Recombinant DNA Technology

Dr.A.B.Ade, Professor and Head, SPPU, Pune

2020-21

Techniques of Plant Identification

Dr. S.R.Yadav, Professor and EX.Head, Shivaji University, Kolhapur

2021-22

APG System

Dr. Mandar Datar , Agarkar Research Institute, Pune

2021-22

Plant nomenclature

Dr. Sharad S. Kambale, Asst. Prof., Science College, Trimbakeshwar

2021-22

Fungal Diversity

Dr. Kiran R. Randive, A.M. College, Hadpsar, Pune

2021-22

Medicinal Botany

Dr. Digambar Mokat , Professor, Dept. of Botany, SPPU, Pune

2021-22

Intellectual Property Right

Dr. Mrudula H. Bele, College of Pharmacy, Nashik

2021-22

Mangrove diversity

Dr. Shivanand S, Bhat, Professor, Dharwad University, Karnataka

2021-22

Succulent Euphorbia

Dr.Nilesh V. Malpure, Kopargaon College, Kopargaon

2021-22

Tissue Culture

Dr.Suman Parihar, JNV University, Jodhpur

         

33.       Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning:

ICT Enabled Teaching,     Research Projects to the students,   Use of various Teaching aids, Computer Based Activities,    Study Tours and Outreach Programmes, Industrial visits, Field and forest visits, Open Book Tests,   Seminars ,  PPT Presentation , Group discussions,  Assignments, Orals, etc.

 

34.       Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities

Year

Description of extension Activity

Date

2017-18

 (DR.V.B.KADAM) -Referee for Ph.D. viva-voce exam-Miss. Manjiri Mukesh Deshpande – Dr. B.A.M. University , Aurangabad 

06/04/2018

(Dr. V.B. Kadam Resource Person)-State level seminar of “Boiodiversity Conservation-Present Scenario and Future Perspective” organized by department of Botany, K.T.H.M. College, Nashik

06/01/2018

 (Dr. V.B. Kadam) Research Recognition Committee - Ahmednagar College, Ahmednagar

26/02/2018

(Dr. V.B. Kadam) Research Recognition Committee - Prof. Ramkrishna More Arts, Comerce and  Science Research Recognition Committee -Akurdi, Pune

23/06/2018

(Dr. V.B. Kadam Member, Ph.D. Eligibility Comm. at Tuljaram Chaturchand College , Baramati

08/01/2018

 (Dr. V.B. Kadam Resource Person) -One day workshop on “Effective use of ICT in Teaching” organized by Arts ,Science and Comm. College, Saikheda

13/01/2018

     

2018-19

 (DR.V.B.KADAM) Referee for Ph.D. viva-voce exam-Mr. Rajput Rajan - Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University,Aurangabad

25/02/2019

 (Dr. V.B. Kadam) Research paper presented in International conference on " Recent Advances in Life Sciences for Betterment of Environment and Human Health"organized by Dept. of Zoology , Govt. Holkar Science  College , Indore . ( Phytochemical Profile of Aegle marmelos .)

14-15/12/2019

 (DR.V.B.KADAM) Referee for Ph.D. viva-voce exam-Mr.Ashish G.Gulhane -Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University,Aurangabad

July, 2018

 (DR.V.B.KADAM)-Referee for Ph.D. viva-voce exam-Miss. Pooja Vijaybhai Patel -  UKA Tarsadia University ,Bardoli , Surat ( Gujrat)

2018

     2019-20

 (DR.V.B.KADAM)- Referee for Ph.D. viva-voce exam- Mr. Shaikh Faruk Shaik Karim- Dr. B.A.M. University, Aurangabad

18/11/2019

 

(Dr. V.B. Kadam Resource Person)- State level seminar on " Nanotechnology" organized by Department of Sciences , Arts , Comm. and Science College, Nandgaon

25/01/2020

2020-21

 (DR.V.B.KADAM)-Referee for Ph.D. viva-voce exam- Viredra Thongase – Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj University, Nagapur

27/03/2021

 Majhi Vasundra Mitra by Environment and climate change department

03/01/2021

 (Dr. V.B. Kadam Resource Person)- Orientation programme "GYAN GANGA" organized by P.G. Govt. College, Bundi ,Rajasthan

 

15/02/2021

(Dr. V.B. Kadam)Research Recognition Committee - C.T. Bora College, Shirur

02/03/2021

Research Recognition Committee -  Rayat Shikshan Sanstha's Science College, Kopargaon

2020

2021-22

 (DR.V.B.KADAM)-Referee for Ph.D. viva-voce exam-Miss. Jyoti Ghodke – Dr. B.A.M. University, Aurangabad 

10/03/2022

(Dr. V.B. Kadam)Subject Expert , Ph.D. Admission programme at H.P.T..College, Nashik

19/04/2022

(Dr. V.B. Kadam)Subject Expert , Ph.D. Admission programme at L.V.H. College, Nashik

01/02/2022

(Dr. V.B. Kadam) Research Recognition Committee - New Arts, Comm. and Science College Parner

25/09/2021

(Dr. V.B. Kadam)Research Recognition Committee - New Arts, Science and Comm. College, Ahmednagar

23/07/2021

 (DR.V.B.KADAM)-Referee for Ph.D. viva-voce exam-Kushwaha Pradeep Singh – S.R.T.M. University, Nanded  

16/12/2021

2022-23

 (DR.V.B.KADAM)- Referee for Ph.D.viva-voce exam.- Mr. Shrikant A. Taur - Dr. B.A.M. University, Aurangabad 

06/03/2023

 (DR.V.B.KADAM)- Referee for Ph.D. viva-voce exam.- Mr. Khaarat Vaijanath Vishwanath - SRTM University, Nanded

17/05/2022

 (DR.V.B.KADAM)- Pre-Ph.D. – Presentation of Mr. Atul Wagh , at L.V.H. College, Panchwati, Nashik

26/07/2022

2023-24

(Dr.V.B. Kadam) Ph.D. Thesis received for evaluation- Pawar Gitanjali S.- SRTM University, Nanded

26/07/2023

(Dr. V.B. Kadam)-Thesis received for evaluation-Dudhate Balaji K.  .- SRTM University, Nanded

27/09/2023

( Dr. V.B. Kadam)- Online one day National workshop on "Skills for Research Paper writing and Publication" organized by Science College, Kille-Dharur (Beed)

25/10/2023

(Dr. V.B. Kadam) Three days faculty development programme on "Techno-padagogy and andragogy for active learning" organised by Maharashtra State Faculty Development Academy , Pune at K.T.H.M.College,Nashik

26/10/2023 to 28/10/2023

 

 (Dr. V.B. Kadam) Paper presented in International Conference on Sustainable Development - Collaborative innovation on research and community empowerment for sustainable development at Bali 

03/11/2023

 

35.       SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans

·         Strengths

·         Highly skilled and seasoned personnel

·         Contemporary facilities and a fully equipped lab.

·         A firmly established botanical garden featuring medicinal flora.

·         Advanced research equipments.

·         Research mentors are accessible across various botany disciplines.

.          The department  includes a section dedicated to herbarium.

·         Weaknesses

·      Absence of certificate and diploma programs.

·         Opportunities

·         Competitive Examination viz. MPSC/UPSC

                             .          Forest Department

                             .          Biofuel Industries

                             .          Biofertilizer Industries

                             .          Herbal Medicine Industries

                             .          Floriculture

                             .          Mushroom Industries

                             .          Cosmeceuticals and Neutraceuticals

                             .          Nursery Development & Management

                             .          Polyhouse Technology

                             .          Research

·         Challenges

·         To promote plant conservation, raise awareness and encourage students to practice sustainable natural

           resource utilization.

·         Future plan

             To creat an electronic herbarium

      To increase the stock of Herbarium and Seed Bank

                                   To expand the collection of the herbarium and seed bank.

                             

                                  To propose research projects to UGC,DBT,DST and other funding agncies.

                            

                                  To arrange seminars, workshops and conferences.

                                  

                                  To initiate certificate programs in tissue culture and mushroom technology.

 

 

 
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