| Vision |
| Relentless pursuit of deeper insights and awareness of the environment and nature’s bounty. |
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| Mission |
| To inspire students to study Botany with a conviction that plants of every kind are vital to our environment and survival. |
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| Goals and Objectives |
| • To educate students about the fundamental concepts in Botany. |
| • To expose the students to the exciting new areas of applied Plant Sciences like Forestry, Horticulture, Ayurvedic Botany and Plant Biotechnology. |
| • To instill among the students a genuine sense of love and respect towards nature, which would make possible a harmonious existence as a component of the biosphere. |
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U.G. - F.Y.B.Sc. |
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2007-08 |
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| Departmental activities : |
| The department seeks to provide students with an opportunity to participate in various extra-curricular academic activities such as - |
| Projects under taken by department : |
20 students participated in research / survey projects during the Christmas vacation (from 25th to 30th December 2003). The projects were as follows -
• Estimation of Ca+2 and Mg+2 contents in rice samples.
• Estimation of Vitamin-C from various fruits. • Estimation of soil moisture content from different soil samples.
• Isolation and morphological study of keratinolytic fungi from human hair.
30 students participated in survey projects during Christmas vacation (25th to 30th December 2004).The projects were as follows -
• Estimation of sugars from fruits.
• Estimation of proteins from pulses, eggs, milk and meat. |
| Study tours - |
| Department of Botany conducts study tours to places of botanical interest such as Alibag beach for study of algae, Kankeshwar - for study of angiospermic species in forest area. Murud Jangira fort, Goa, Maharashtra Nature Park etc. These excursions help the students to study plants in their natural habitat and observe their relationships with other components of their ecosystems. |
| Visits to educative centers - |
| The department conducted visits to Goa Science Center as well as National Institute of Oceanography to enable the students to observe and study the methods of research and various other programmes conducted at these places. Such visits help in inspiring students to take up research by generating scientific temper. |
| Competitions conducted by the department - |
| The department encourages students to come up with innovative ideas by holding competitions like poster making and model making, in collaboration with science association, with a view to motivate them to do independent referencing in the library and exhibit their creativity. Quiz competitions conducted by the department encourage the students to read more and not limit themselves only to the syllabus. |
Future plans :
• To expand the existing botanical garden so as to include a wider variety of plants.
• To develop the department upto the third year level. |
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| TEACHERS NAME : |
Ms. D. S. Barve |
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| Orientation and refresher - |
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• Seminar on Recent trends in Plant Sciences National (Sponsored by Smt. Parvatibai U.G.C.) Chowgule College of Arts and Science, Margao, Goa on 23rd and 24th February 2005 |
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• Seminar on National (Sponsored by C. K. Thakur BiotechnologyC.S.I.R.)A. C. S. College, and Bioinformatics New Panvel on 26th and 27th November 2004 |
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• Workshop on Environmental Botany Board of Studies in Botany and University of Mumbai D. U. B. Science College, Dapoli on 24th to 26th October 2004 |
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• Orientation programme College Conducted by U.G.C. and Academic Staff Ratnagiri in Gogate -3rd to Jogalekar College, on 20th May 2004 |
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• Seminar on Environment Management National (Sponsored by Birla College, U.G.C.) Kalyan on 28th to 29th February 2004 |
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• Workshop on Forestry Board of Studies in Botany and University of Mumbai in Ratnam College, Mumbai on 17th to 19th January 2004 |
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• Seminar onNational level Advances in Molecular Biology in Modern College, Vashi on 30th March 2003 |
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• Conference on Fungal diversity and Biotechnology Orientation National level organised by Mycological Society of India and University of Mumbai in K. V. Pendharkar College, Dombivli on 2nd to 4th February 2002 |
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• Orientation programme in Ayurvedic Botany Board of Studies in Botany, University of Mumbai K. V. Pendharkar College, Dombivli on 15th to 16th September 2001 |
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• Seminar on Frontiers in Biotechnology National (Sponsored by Birla College, U.G.C.) Kalyan on 25th to 29th April 2001 |
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| Contribution in college level committies - |
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• Working as the Chief Editor of the college Magazine-’Parijat’ from 2002-2003 onwards. |
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• Member of the Cultural Committee and actively involved in conduct of various cultural activities. |
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• Working as a visiting faculty for Certificate Course in Molecular Microbiology. |
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• Member, Criterion no.-II and VI in the NAAC process. |
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• Received recognition as post graduate lecturer on 3rd November 2004. |
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