Deccan Education Society's

Fergusson College

(Autonomous)

Affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University

NAAC accredited “A+” Grade (3.31 CGPA) | AISHE Code : C - 41431

UGC Special Heritage Status | UGC - College of Excellence (CE) | DBT - STAR Status

#F. C. Road, Shivaji Nagar, Pune - 411004

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Biotechnology

Biotechnology is an interdisciplinary science which encompasses areas viz. Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Virology, Plant and Animal tissue culture, Chemistry and Engineering. It is a fast emerging “cutting edge” science with distinctive advantages as it finds applications in practically all aspects of life. The subject offers exciting opportunities in various fields from basic research to an industry-oriented career.

Keeping in view expanse and applications of biotechnology in every field there is going to be a perpetual demand for resource personnel with biotechnology as specialization. Our undergraduate and postgraduate program is aimed to cater this ever-increasing demand and to groom students to excel in their future career.

The Department made a modest beginning in 2005 with the commencement of B. Sc. (Biotechnology) course and the M.Sc. Biotechnology course commenced from 2007.

Fergusson College, Pune, has been granted Autonomous Status by the UGC and SPPU from the academic year 2016-17. The Curriculum, under autonomy, has been designed by highly experienced subject experts. The focus is to bring innovations in the curriculum, to provide extensive hands-on training and to make it more relevant to the current scenario in Industry and Research field so as to provide an edge to our students at both National and Global level.

The department has highly qualified and experienced teaching staff and who strive hard to impart quality education to the students.

The Department has well equipped laboratories with latest equipments/instruments. The Department has a total seven laboratories viz. Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Animal tissue culture, Plant Tissue culture, PG laboratory and Computer Laboratories (with internet facility). The Department also has a Departmental library where reputed International and National editions of books and Journals are made available to the students.

Contact Information:

Email: sonali.joshi@fergusson.edu (Head of the Department)

dhanashri.godbole@fergusson.edu (PG coordinator)

Phone: 020-67656456/58

Time : 11.00 to 04.00pm

Programmes Offered

B.Sc.(Biotechnology),

M.Sc (Biotechnology).

Dr. Sonali Joshi

(M.Sc, Ph.D (Microbiology))

Head of the Department

Teaching Faculty

Dr.Dhanashri.Godbole

(M.Sc., Ph.D. (Biotechnology), NET)

Assistant Professor

Teaching Faculty

Ms. Monica Joshi Mrs. Neha Joshi)

(M.Sc. (Biotechnology), B.Ed (Maths and Science), SET)

Assistant Professor

Teaching Faculty

Mrs. Nandini Kotharkar

(M.Sc. (Bioinformatic) MBA HR, P.G. Diploma in Patent Law)

AssistantProfessor

Teaching Faculty

Dr.Sanket Tembe

(M.Sc. Ph.D. (Biochemistry))

Assistant Professor

Teaching Faculty

Mrs.Kusum Rawat

(M.Sc. M. Phil. (Microbiology) )

Assistant Professor

Teaching Faculty

Dr. Divya Prakash

(M.Sc., Ph.D., NET)

Asst. Prof.

Teaching Faculty

Tanya Bhatnagar

(M.Sc., NET)

Asst. Prof.

Teaching Faculty

Dr. Dnyanada Limaye

(M.Sc., Ph.D.)

Asst. Prof.

Teaching Faculty

Note: Biodata of any of the above mentioned faculty member can be downloaded by clicking on their name.

Board of Studies

Sr. No.	Name	Designation
1	Dr. Sonali Joshi	Chairman, Board of Studies in Biotechnology and Head, Department of Biotechnology
2	Dr. Dhanashri Godbole	Assistant Professor
	Mrs. Neha Joshi	Assistant Professor
	Dr. Sanket Tembe	Assistant Professor
	Mrs. Nandini Kotharkar	Assistant Professor
	Mrs. Kusum Rawat	Assistant Professor
	Dr. Divya Prakash	Assistant Professor
	Dr. Dnyanada Limaye	Assistant Professor
	Ms. Tanya Bhatnagar	Assistant Professor
3	Dr. Smita Zinzarde	V. C. Nominee, Director Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune.
4	Prof. J.K Pal	Subject Expert - I, Director, Dr. D.Y. Patil Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Institute, Tathawade, Pune.
5	Prof. Sutirth Dey	Subject Expert - II,Professor, Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune
6	Dr. Tathagata Mukherjee	Subject Expert Industry Deputy General Manager, R & D, Gennova Vaccine formulation Centre and Research Laboratory.
7	Ms. Amrita Roy	Post Graduate Meritorious Alumnus Research Scholar, IISER, Pune
8	Mrs. Vaishali Deshpande	Invited Member Senior Clinical Researcher

Physical Infrastructure

Physical Infrastructure

Classroom - 2
Laboratories - 07
Library – 01 (shared with all life science department)
Other – 01 (Seminar Hall)

Equipments

Equipment (costing above Rs.50,000)

Sr.No	Name of Equipment/Instrument
	PCR machine
	Fermenter
	Gel -doc
	UV-Visible Spectrophotometer
	Sonicator
	Rotary Evaporator
	Refrigerated Centrifuge
	Lyophilizer
	Trinocular Microscope
	Inverted Microscope
	Fluorescence Microscope
	Laminar air flow hoods
	Shaker cum incubator
	CO2 Incubator
	ELISA Reader
	Hot Air Oven
	Autoclave

Research Title: Research Projects

Details:

Sr. No.	Name of the Principal Investigator/ Co Investigator (if applicable)	Name of the Funding agency	Type (Government/Non-Government)	Department of Principal Investigator/ Co Investigator	Year of Award	Funds provided (INR in lakhs)	Duration of the project
1.	Dr. Sonali Joshi and Dr. Sanket Tembe	BCUD	Government	Biotechnology	2016-2018	1,60,000	2yrs
2.	Dr. Gayatri Gurjar	DBT	Government	Biotechnology	2019	8,00,000	1year
3	Gaurang Gowande	The Rufford Foundation, UK	Non-Government	Biotechnology	2017	4,00,000	3years

Alumni

Sr.No.	Name of Alumni	Present Position
1	Ketan Thorat	Scientist D, NCBS STEM
2	Loukik Parakh	Assistant Director, Ministry of Information and Broad casting
	Debashree Mitra	F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Maryland, U.S.A. Commissioned in U.S. Navy
3	Sayali Renukdas	Ethics Committee Co-ordinator Jehangir Clinical Development Centre Pvt Ltd
	Joy Vallentyne	Principal Scientist, Biocon
4	Kedar Kulkarni	Director, Rutu Biosystems
5	Manju Nair	Medical Geneticist, Green Array Genomic Research and Solutions
6	Rohan Kulkarni	Young Investigator Award (Post Doc Fellow at Ohio State University)
7	Pravin Hiware	PhD (IIT Gandhinagar) Post Doc fellow at the University of Chicago)
10.	Sanika Jahagirdar	Ph.D. Programme, Dresden International School for Biomedicine and Bioengineering, Germany

Collaboration & Linkage

S. No.	Title of the collaborative activity	Name of the collaborating agency with contact details	Name of the participant	Year of collaboration	Duration	Nature of the activity
1.	Internship and Project work	Gennova Biopharmaceuticals, Hinjawadi	Anagha Bhagat Sahina Shabnum Lavanya Iyer	2021	6 months	Internship/Project work
		Gennova Biopharmaceuticals, Hinjawadi	Garima Soni Swati Pandit Mrunali Jagtap Kishor Dhekane Deepak Kadam Yashvi Dhingani	2022	6 months	Internship/ Project work

Capacity Development

Title: Capacity Development

Description:

Year	Name of the workshop/ seminar	Number of Participants	Date From – To
2018	State level seminar on ‘Recent Advances in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine’	100	23rd February 2018
2019	Training programme ‘Explore science: a Look through Foldscope’ for students and teachers	30	3rd September 2019
2021	Online Hands-on training workshop on Bioinformatics for faculty of Life Sciences	25	21-25 June 2021
2021	Two-day online workshop on Clinical Research	120	7-8 October 2021
2022	Writing and Publishing Skills for Researchers	60	4-7 March 2022

Placement

Name of industries:

Serum Institute of India, Gennova Biopharmaceuticals, Lupin Biopharmaceuticals, Syngene Intl, Biocon, Enzene

Fergusson College

(Autonomous)

Biotechnology

Board of Studies

Physical Infrastructure

Equipments

Alumni

Collaboration & Linkage

Capacity Development

Title: Capacity Development

Placement

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