1. Name of the Department : Geology
2 . Year of Establishment : 2009
3 . Names of Programmes /Courses offered
4 . Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved:
Atomic Structures and Crystallography: Chemistry, Remote sensing and GIS, Environmental Geology and Disaster management: Geography, Geotectonics: Physics, Micropalaeontology: Botany
5 . Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise)
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Annual
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Semester
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Credit system
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--
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S.Y./T.Y.B.Sc.
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F. Y. B. Sc.
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6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions:
Gargoti Mineral Museum: Cavities Minerals-Zeolite Group
7 . Number of teaching posts:
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Sanctioned
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Filled
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Teaching Posts
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03
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03
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8 . Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization,
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Name
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Qualification
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Designation
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Specialization
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No. of Years of
Experience
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S.S. Patil
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M.Sc.
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Assistant Prof.
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Geology
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4
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H. J. Sonawane
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M.Sc., SET |
Assistant Prof. |
Geology |
3 |
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P.S.Choudhari
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M.Sc.
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Assistant Prof.
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Geology
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1
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9 . List of senior visiting faculty:
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Name
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Designation
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Area of Research/Expertise
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Dr. R.R. Ukey
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Jr. Scientist, MERI, Nashik
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Hydrogeology, Micropaleontology
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Dr. Sunil Kalia
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Asst. Prof., Chandwad College |
Structural Geology |
10 . Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (Programme Wise) temporary faculty:
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Programme
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Total workload of department
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Total workload of permanent faculty
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Lectures delivered by temporary faculty
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Practical classes handled by temporary faculty
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No.
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%
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No.
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%
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B.Sc.
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66
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20
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26
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39.39
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20
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30.30
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11 . Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise)
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Level
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Class
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Number of teachers
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Student: Teacher Ratio
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UG
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B.Sc. Students Strength (FY/4+SY/3+TY)
(45/4+22/3+10) = 28.58
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03
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09.53:1
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12 . Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff; sanctioned and filled: Centralized Support
13 . Qualifications of teaching faculty with D.Sc./ D.Litt./ Ph.D./ M.Phil. / P.G.
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Qualifications of teaching faculty
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Ph.D.
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M. Phil.
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PG with SLET/NET
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PG
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--
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--
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01
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02
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14. Areas of consultancy and income generated:
· Department faculty helps UG/PG students to identify minerals and rocks for their project work and as per requirement cavity minerals are identified for common peoples.
· Finding Probable sites for dug-wells.
15. Faculty as members in
Admission committee and Prospectus Committee
16 . Student projects:
Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental/programme: 48%
17 . List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department
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Dr. Dhananjay. C. Meshram (Head, Dept. of Geology SPPU, Pune)
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Dr. Khuzem Karachiwala (Head, Dept. of Geology Poona College,Pune)
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Dr. Devdutt. V. Upasani (Asso. Prof. Fergusson College, Pune)
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Dr. Arun Kumar Shandilya (Professor Sagar University, MP)
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Dr. Kiran Kumbhar (Prof. of Wadia College, Pune)
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Mrs. Aditi Bhardwaj (Asst. Prof. Sinhgad College, Pune)
18 . Student profile programme/course wise:
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Name of the Course/Programme
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Applications
Received
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Selected
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Enrolled
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Pass Percentage
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*M
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*F
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UG
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2012-13
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8
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8
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6
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2
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100 %
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2013-14
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7
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7
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4
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3
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100 %
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2014-15
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7
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7
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7
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0
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71.42 %
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2015-16
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10
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10
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8
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2
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80.00 %
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2016-17
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12
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12
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9
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3
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75.00%
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2017-18
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11 |
11 |
7 |
4 |
100.00% |
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2018-19
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18 |
18 |
13 |
5 |
83.33% |
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2019- 20
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10 |
10 |
08 |
02 |
R. A. |
*M = Male *F = Female *RA = Result Awaited
19 . Diversity of Students:
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Name of the
Course
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% of students from the same state
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% of students from other States
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% of students from abroad
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UG
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100%
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--
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--
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20 . How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc.: UG Department
21 . Student progression:
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Student Progression
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Against % enrolled
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UG to PG
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72.22 %
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Entrepreneurship/Self-employment
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27.78 %
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22. Details of Infrastructural facilities:
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a) Library:
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No. of Books:40
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b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students:
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03 Nodes with Internet Facility
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c) Class rooms with ICT facility
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02 Classroom, 01 Mineral Museum
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d) Laboratories:
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01 Laboratory
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23 . Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, Government or other agencies
An average of 50% students get financial assistance from Central /State Government agencies in the form of Scholarship / Free ship
24 . Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) with external experts : Study tours
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Year
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Class
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Location
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Date
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No of Participants
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2011-12
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FYBSc
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Gargoti Mineral Museum, Sinnar
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01/10/2011
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25
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2012-13
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FYBSc
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Gargoti Mineral Museum, Sinnar
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08/09/2012
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20
|
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2013-14
|
FYBSc
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Gargoti Mineral Museum, Sinnar
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08/12/2013
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20
|
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2014-15
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FYBSc
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Gargoti Mineral Museum, Sinnar
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02/02/2015
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32
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SY/TY
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Panna Diamond Mine, M.P.
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24-31/12/2014
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22
|
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2015-16
|
FYBSc
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Gargoti Mineral Museum, Sinnar
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28/08/2015
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52
|
|
SY/TY
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Gokak, Karnataka
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23/12/2015
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27
|
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2016-17
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FYBSc
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Gargoti Mineral Museum, Sinnar
|
/2016
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37
|
|
SY/TY
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Gokak, Karnataka
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3 - 7/01/2017
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23
|
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2017-18
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FYBSc
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Gargoti Mineral Museum, Sinnar
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12/10/2017
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43
|
|
SY/TY
|
Kankavli Malvan
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18- 22/12/2017
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36
|
|
2018-19
|
FYBSc
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Gargoti Mineral Museum, Sinnar
|
/2018
|
|
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SYBSc
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Kankavli Malvan
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18-21/ 12/2018
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33
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TYBSc
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Sagar, Panna, Madhya Pradesh
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5- 7/ 01/2019
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18
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25 . Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning
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Assignments
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Field Visit
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Mineral Industrial Visits
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Mining Industrial Visits
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Lecture Methods
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Power Point Presentation
· E-learning Interactive Teaching Methodology
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Classroom Discussions
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Lab Demonstrations
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Seminars
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E-books
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Providing Course Materials
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Revision Practical’s
26 . Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities
· Conduct Resistivity survey for identification of underground water sources in collaboration with Civil Department of NDMVP Engineering College.
· Volunteering for free medical checkup collaboration with Faith Foundation, Pune
· Participated in Rainwater harvesting practices in collaboration with Manoj Steel Pvt. Ltd.at Mahiravani Village, Nashik
· Tree plantation Programme conducted at Anjaneri Hill
· Awareness campaign regarding solid waste at Ajaneri
27 . SWOC of the department and Future plans
Ø Strengths
· Diverse specializations and good teaching
· Field based teaching and learning process
· Better employability at Government sector
Ø Weaknesses
· Less awareness about subject among the students at pre admission stage
Ø Opportunities
· Being a reputed College more collaborations and MOU’s could be achieved with many institutes
· With good facility work on emerging aspects and with societal perspective such as disaster mitigation, GIS based planning, geotechnology, geoenvironmental and climate change studies is possible
Ø Challenges
· To cope up with emerging job oriented disciplines such as applied, industrial and private sector.
· Up gradation in knowledge and field based teaching.
· Develop knowledge of computational geology, geological modeling and simulations.
Ø Future Plans
· To upgrade departmental museum of geological specimens.
· To organize Exhibitions for students and stakeholders
· Increasing the research output to plan larger multidisciplinary projects with external funding and international collaborations is planned.
· Expansion of the department - by developing new laboratories for talented undergraduate students.