• Mrs. Meghna Kulkarni – Head and Chairman, BoS Department of Microbiology
• Dr. Karushma Pardesi – Vice Chancellors’ Nominee
• Dr. Rama Bhadekar – Subject Expert – I (Outside Parent University), Department of Microbiology, RGITBT, BVDU, Pune
• Dr. Sunil Vaidya – Subject Expert – II (Outside Parent University), Scientist “F”, National Institute of Virology, Pune
• Dr. Amol Raut – Representative from Industry Expert/Corporate Sector/Allied Areas
• Dr. Prasanna Jogdeo – Cofounder Director, Lemnion Green Solution Pvt. Ltd., One Meritorious Alumnus
• Dr. Shivaji Waghmare – Faculty Member – 1
• Mrs. Gauri Bhawkar – Faculty Member – 2
• Dr. Vidula Bindu – Faculty Member – 3
• Ms. Saylee Kalekar – Faculty Member – 4
• Dr. Manaswi Gurjar – Faculty Member – 5
• Mrs. Anuja Madhekar – Faculty Member – 6
• Mrs. Chandrasen Gupta – Faculty Member – 7
• Mrs. Senhal Nasery – Faculty Member – 8

• UV-Vis Spectrophotometer Double beam – 1 no.
• Laminar Air flow working bench – 4 nos.
• UV-Vis Spectrophotometer single beam – 1 no.
• pH meter – 3 nos.
• Ultrasonicator – 2 nos.
• Distillation Unit
• Orbital shaker incubator
• Cooling centrifuge – 3 nos.
• Cooling centrifuge – bench top – 1 no.
• Gel documentation system – 1 no.

Physical 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

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

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

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