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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Microbiology

The Department of Microbiology was started in the academic year 2004. The level of teaching initiated was at Undergraduate to begin with and subsequently at Postgraduate level (academic year 2007-08). Microbiology is the hub of the ‘Cutting Edge’ sciences like Biotechnology and has made rapid strides, beginning from late 1970s, with epoch-making spurts in 1980s and 1990s - both in basic and applied fields. Microbiology is at the frontier of research in life sciences and gives its practitioners a chance to serve humanity through various applications seen in Agriculture, Genomics and Pharmaceuticals to name a few. The department therefore attracts a large number of students for its UG and PG courses looking at the vast scope of the subject.

Contact Information:

Email: microbiology@fergusson.edu

Phone: 020-67656452/53/42

Time:- 10.00am to 04.00pm

Programmes Offered

B.Sc. (Microbiology),

M.Sc. (Microbiology),

Ph. D (Microbiology)

Research Centre: Facility, Details of Ph.D. Scholars enrolled at department (from 2017-18 onwards)

Sr. No.	Name of the Ph.D scholar	Name of Guide	Title of Thesis	Year of registration
1	Mrs. Gauri Bhawkar	Dr. Shivaji Waghmare	ongoing	2022
2	Ms. Neha Mayane	Dr. Shivaji Waghmare	ongoing	2022

Mrs. Meghana Kulkarni

(M.Sc.)

Head and Asst. Prof.

Teaching Faculty

Dr. Mrs. Suneeti Gore

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

Asst. Prof.

Teaching Faculty

Dr. Shivaji Waghmare

(M.Sc., Ph.D.)

Asst. Prof.

Teaching Faculty

Ms. Gauri Bhawkar

(M.Sc.)

Asst. Prof.

Teaching Faculty

Dr. Vidula Bindu

(M.Sc. PhD.)

Asst. Prof.

Teaching Faculty

Mrs. Saylee Darvekar

(M.Sc.)

Asst. Prof.

Teaching Faculty

Dr. Manaswi Gurjar

(M.Sc. PhD.)

Asst. Prof.

Teaching Faculty

Ms. Anuja Madhekar

(M.Sc.)

Asst. Prof.

Teaching Faculty

Mrs. Chandra Ashok Sengupta

(M.Sc. )

Assistant Professor

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	Mrs. Meghana Kulkarni	Chairman, Board of Studies in Microbiology and Head, Department of Microbiology
2	Dr. Suneeti Gore	All staff Members
	Dr. Shivaji Waghmare	All staff Members
	Mrs. Gauri Bhawkar	All staff Members
	Dr. Vidula Bindu	All staff Members
	Ms. Saylee Kalekar	All staff Members
	Dr. Manaswi Gurjar	All staff Members
	Mrs. Anuja Madhekar	All staff Members
	Mrs. Chandra Sengupta	All staff Members

3	Dr. Karishma Pardesi Department of Microbiology, Savitribai Phule Pune University	V. C. Nominee
4	Dr. Rama Bhadekar Asociate Professor. Department of Microbial Biotechnology, RGITBT, BVDU, Pune	Subject Expert – I (outside Parent University)
5	Dr. Sunil Vaidya, Deputy Director, Nation al Institute of Virology	Subject Expert - II (outside Parent University)
6	Dr. Amol Raut Director, GeneOmbioTechnologies Pvt, Ltd and CEO GeneSupport	Subject Expert (Industry / Corporate sector / allied area relating to PLACEMENT)
7	Dr. Prasanna Jogdeo CoFounder Director, Lemnion Green Solutions Pvt. Ltd.	One postgraduate meritorious alumnus

Board of Studies

Infrastructure

Classrooms: Two ICT enabled classrooms Classroom 1 (M.Sc. classroom ) – capacity 60 students and Classroom 2 (T.Y.B.Sc classroom )- capacity 90 students
Laboratories: 2 wet laboratories of 28 students capacity (UG labs), 1 wet lab of capacity 12 students (Research lab) and one dry lab of 28 capacity. 1 computer laboratory of capacity 6 computers, 1 instrumentation laboratory
Library: Departmental Library housing approximately 800 reference books
Other: spacious ladies washroom equipped with sanitary pad dispenser and incinerator

Equipments

Sr. No.	Name of Equipment/Instrument
1	UV-Vis Spectrophotometer Double beam - 1 no.
2	Laminar Air flow working bench - 4 nos.
3	UV-Vis Spectrophotometer single beam - 1 no.
4	pH meter - 3 nos.
5	Ultrasonicator- 2 nos.
6	Distillation Unit
7	Orbital shaker incubator
8	Cooling centrifuge - 3 nos.
9	Cooling centrifuge- bench top - 1 no.
10	Gel documentation system - 1 no.

Alumni

Sr.No.	Name of Alumni	Present Position
1.	Pranav Tambe	Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Abeda Inamdar Senior College, Pune
2.	Akanksha Thali	Secondary Biology teacher at Vibgyor High Balewadi, Pune
3.	Minla Datye	Assistant Buyer for International Wines, Millesima, France
4.	Anushree Kulkarni	Associate Team Lead, Springer Nature, Pune
5.	Mr. Aditya Dandekar	Principal Scientist, Castle Creek Biosciences, USA
6.	Prasanna Jogdeo	Co-founder and Director, Lemnion Green Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Pune
7.	Sunil Deshmukh	Assistant Manager, Audit Compliance, Quality Assurance, Serum Institute of India, Pune

Consultancy Services

Sr. 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.	Understanding the mechanism of formation of succinimide in Methanocaldococcus jannaschii	JNCASR, Bengaluru	fellowships@jncasr.ac.in	Ms. Vyomika Verma	2021-22	3 months	Project work
2.	Effect of Panchgavya on microbiota profile of colitis animal model	NCCS, Pune	Dhiraj.dhotre@nccs.res.in	Ms. Gayatri Chandan	2021-22	3 months	Project work
3.	Green Synthesis, characterization and antimicrobial activity of copper oxide nanoparticles derived from Momordica charantia	Padmaja AerobiologicalsPvt. Ltd., Navi Mumbai	papiturbhe@yahoo.co.in	Ms. Sneha Mohite	2021-22	3 months	Project Work
4.	Biodistribution and Immunogenecity study of Coronavirus vaccine candidate in Syrian hamsters	Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd.		Ms. Swaranjali Joshi	2021-22	3 months	Project Work
5.	Evaluating the effect of probiotic strains on clinical pathogens and studying their anti-cancer against HPV-18 positive cervical cancer line	IRSHA, Pune	Director.irsha@gmail.com	Ms. Revati Barne	2021-22	3 months	Project Work

Capacity Development

Title: Capacity Development

Description:

Year	Name of the workshop/ seminar	Number of Participants	Date From – To
2017	Two day workshop on Introduction to the exciting world of Microbiology for school students	29	04/12/2017 to 05/12/2017
2018	Two days hands-on workshop on techniques in molecular biology and immunology	25	30/11/2018 to 01/12/2018
2018	Workshop on Introduction to pharmaceutical techniques	23	30/11/2018 to 10/12/2018
2019	Two day workshop on Introduction to the exciting world of Microbiology for school students	60	22/07/2019 to 23/07/2019
2019	Lecture Series and hands-on workshop on popularization of science	200	29/07/2019 to 31/07/2019
2022	Online Course on Bioinformatics: Phylogeny,Next generation sequencing and chemo-informatics	200	25/07/2022 to 29/07/2022
2022	Online Summer school on IPR,Bioethics and Biosafety	200	18/07/2022 to 22/07/2022