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Programmes Taught

U.G. Programmes:

B.A.
- B.A.(Economics)
- B.A.(English)
- B.A.(Geography)
- B.A.(History)
- B.A.(Psychology)
- B.A.(Sociology)
B.Com.
B.B.A.(C.A.)
B.Sc.
- B.Sc. (Chemistry)
- B.Sc. (Maths)
- B.Sc. (Microbiology)
- B.Sc. (Physics)
- B.Sc. (Statistics)
- B.Sc. (Zoology)
B.Sc. (Biotechnology)
B.Sc. (Computer Science)
B.C.A. (Science)
B.Sc. Blended in Chemistry [University of Melbourne , Australia] (International Collaboration Course)
B.Voc.(Food Processing Technology)

P.G. Programmes:

M.A. (Economics)
M.A. (History)
M.A. (Psychology)
M.A. (Sociology)
M.Com.
M.Sc. (Biotechnology)
M.Sc. (Organic Chemistry)
M.Sc. (Computer Science)
M.Sc. (Computer Applications)
M.Sc. (Maths)
M.Sc. (Microbiology)
M.Sc. (Statistics)
M.Sc. (Zoology)

Research Programmes:

M. Phil. Zoology
Ph. D. Zoology
M. Phil. Chemistry
M. Phil. Biotechnology
Ph. D. Biotechnology

Programmes NOT-Taught/Closed

M. Phil. Microbiology
Ph. D. Microbiology
B. Sc. (Animation)
B.Voc. (Green House Technology)
M. A. (Geography)

Self declaration for affiliation status

University Affiliation Letter

DBT Builder Project

DBT-Builder Project

Under the “Boost to University Interdisciplinary Life Science Departments for Education and Research (BUILDER)” the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) provides support to establish inter- and multi-disciplinary School of Life Sciences for advanced research and education at the postgraduate level. The main objective of DBT-BUILDER programs is to upgrade the teaching and training laboratories by: enabling interdisciplinary advanced research and teaching capacity emphasizing discovery and innovation in proposed research areas; addressing emerging technologies with inter-disciplinary cross talk to realize their full potential; increasing number of postgraduate students at MSc, PhD and Post-doctoral levels with quality education, skills and research temperament; and Collaborate and invoke industry through public-private partnership in advanced research and education.

P.E.S.’s Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Ganeshkhind, Pune is one of the very few colleges in the country selected and supported under the DBT-BUILDER program “DBT-BUILDER Modern College Pune Interdisciplinary Life Science Programme for Advanced Research and Education”, Level-I. This project has been sanctioned for the duration of five years (2022-27) with a total sanctioned grant of Rs. 2.4 Crores. Faculty members working in the Department of Biotechnology and Zoology along with Microbiology are collaborating with each other to carry out the objectives under this program. Three project assistants are appointed under this program, who are assisting the coordinator and investigators in conducting research and proposed training and other activities.

The primary goal of the program is to enhance the research capabilities via providing critical support in selected thematic research areas. This includes renovating the existing lab facilities, creating state- of-the-art laboratories, equipping them with advanced scientific instruments, and expanding learning resources.

The program aims to cultivate a research-ecosystem and research-driven mind-set among students, to organize hands-on training programs in cutting-edge techniques and methodologies, conducting interdisciplinary projects, engaging students in innovative research at the postgraduate and doctoral levels. Eventually, through this project we seek transforming the life science department and college as a whole into a hub for interdisciplinary research. The project and support under it is helping us in fostering an environment conducive for students, faculty, and researchers to work together on projects with cross-cutting reach and contemporary relevance with aims to provide solutions to pressing issues in agriculture, fisheries and human health.

Dr. Vinay Kumar Dr. Sanjay Kharat

Principal Investigator/ Coordinator Principal

Infrastructure Developed

Training Programs

Sr.No.	Name of the Event	Dates	Target Group	Number of participants	Manpower Trained In
1.	“Microbial Biotechnology”	5-7 April 2022	Post-graduate students from life sciences	30	Isolation and identification of bacteria, Good Laboratory Practices and Biosafety guidelines, CLSI Guidelines
2.	“Techniques in Molecular Biology”	15-19 Nov. 2022	Faculty members, post-doctoral researchers, PhD students from Biotechnology, Life Sciences and Allied subjects	20	Isolation of genomic DNA and plasmid DNA, Nanodrop spectrophotometer, Primer designing, PCR, Agarose gel electrophoresis, RNA Isolation, Real Time PCR
3.	“Modern Analytical Techniques”	10-12 Jan. 2023		22	Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS), Nanodrop, Gas Chromatography (GC), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
4.	“Fish Disease Detection and Diagnosis”	16-17 March 2023		20	Sampling of live fish, blood collection, spot agglutination assay, Seminar sessions on Basics of fish immunology, Virus detection and diagnosis, Fish vaccine development
5.	“Green Nanotechnology”	19-20 April 2023		32	Green synthesis, Characterization and functionalization of nanoparticles
6.	“Cheminformatics: Drug molecules and microbe interactions”	24th April 2023		20	ADMET analysis, pocket finding, molecular docking, drawing tools
7.	Workshop on “Research Methodology”	25-26 April 2023	Students, Faculty members	61 (Students) 60 (Faculty)	Life science research, methodology; Quality benchmarks, Research grants and Proposals
8.	Hands-on-Training workshop on “Microbial Biotechnology”	10-12 April 2023	Post-graduate students from life sciences	30	Isolation and identification of bacteria, Good Laboratory Practices and Biosafety guidelines, CLSI Guidelines
9.	National Hands-on-Training workshop on “Techniques in Molecular Biology”	13 – 16 Sep. 2023	Faculty members, post-doctoral researchers, PhD students from Biotechnology, Life Sciences and Allied subjects	22	Isolation of genomic DNA and plasmid DNA, Nano-drop spectrophotometric analyses of isolated DNA, PCR Primer designing, PCR reaction, Agarose gel electrophoresis, RNA Isolation, Real-Time qPCR analysis
10.	Hands-on-Training workshop on “Modern Analytical Techniques”	12 – 14 Oct. 2023	Faculty members, post-doctoral researchers, PhD students from Biotechnology, Life Sciences, Chemistry and Allied subjects	17	Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS), Nanodrop, Gas Chromatography (GC), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
11.	Skill Development Course	21 Oct. 2023	Post-graduate students from Biotechnology	45	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
12.	Hands-on-Training workshop on “Cheminformatics: Drug molecules and microbe interactions”	16 Feb. 2024	Post-graduate students from Biotechnology and Microbiology Departments	20	NCBI, PubChem, and PDB data retrieval, ADMET analysis, ChemSketch drawing tool and pocket finding, molecular docking by Discovery Studio and Autodock Vina, drawing tools
13.	Hands-on-Training workshop on “Green Nanotechnology”	27–28 March 2024	Post-graduate students from life sciences	30	Green synthesis, Characterization and functionalization of nanoparticles – selenium nanoparticle green synthesis, characterization and functionalization
14.	Hands-on-Training workshop on “Aquatic animal Health Management”	12–13 April 2024	Faculty members, post-doctoral researchers, PhD students from Biotechnology, Life Sciences and Allied subjects, and entrepreneurs in aquaculture industry	20	Sampling of live fish, blood collection, spot agglutination assay, Seminar sessions on Basics of fish immunology, Virus detection and diagnosis, Fish vaccine development
15.	Hands-on Sessions on “Research Methodology and Scientific Communications”	7–8 June 2024	Post-graduate students from life sciences	21	Research Methodologies, Reference Managers, Quality Benchmarks and Indices, Journal Impact Factor, Research Proposal Writing
16.	Summer School on “Advanced Chromatography”	9–10 July 2024	Post-graduate students from Biotechnology, Zoology, Chemistry and Microbiology Departments	20	Gas Chromatography, High Performance Liquid Chromatography
17.	Skill Development Course	15 April 2024	Post-graduate students from Biotechnology	45	Nano-drop spectrophotometer, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)
18.	Awareness Programs on “Antimicrobial Resistance”	27 Jan 2024 and 18 March 2024	School students(IX – XII standard)	60	Introduction to Antibiotics, AMR, Antibiotic stewardships and effective ways to tackle AMR

List of Equipment Procured under DBT-BUILDER Project
[BT/INF/22/SP45363/2022]

Sr. No.	Name of Equipment	Image
1.	Gas Chromatograph Make: Shimadzu, Japan
2.	UV-VIS Spectrophotometer Make: Shimadzu, Japan
3.	Fluorescent microscope Make: Olympus
4.	Autoclave Make: Equitron
5.	High Speed refrigerated Centrifuge Make: Eppendorf
6.	Digital Fine Balance Make: Contech
7.	Refrigerators (600 L 4/-25°C) Make: LG
8.	Milli-Q Water Purification System Make: Millipore
9	Microplate Spectrophotometer Make: Agilent
10.	Gel Documentation system Make: Vilber Bioprint
11.	Biosafety Cabinet Make: Microfilt India
12.	Orbital shaker Incubator Make: Biotechnics
13.	Plant Growth Chamber -Walk-in Make: Fabricated (Cluster Scientific)
14.	Lyophilizer Make: Biobase
15.	High speed/Memory Computer Workstation Make: Dell
16.	Sonicator bath Make: Athena Bioscience
17.	Ice maker Make: Blue Star
18.	UPS System Make:
19.	Stabilizer Make:

Reachout Activities

OUTCOME-PUBLICATIONS

Sr. No.	Details
1	Reddy S, Kaur K, Barathe P, Shriram V, Govarthanan M, Kumar V. 2022. Antimicrobial resistance in urban river ecosystems. Microbiological Research 263:127135 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micres.2022.127135
2	Jamla M, Joshi S, Patil S, Tripathi BN, Kumar V. 2022. MicroRNAs modulating nutrient homeostasis: A sustainable approach for developing biofortified crops. Protoplasma https://doi.org/10.1007/s00709-022-01775-w.
3	Jamla M, Patil S, Joshi S, Khare T, Kumar V. 2022. MicroRNAs and their exploration for developing heavy metal tolerant plants. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 41:2579-2595 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-021-10476-2
4	Yang X, Patil S, Joshi S, Jamla M, Kumar V. 2022. Exploring Epitranscriptomics for Crop Improvement and Environmental Stress Tolerance. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 183:56-71 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2022.04.031.
5	Kaur K, Reddy S, Barathe P, Oak, U, Shriram V, Kharat SS, Govarthanan M., Kumar V. 2022. Microplastic-Associated Antimicrobial Resistance in Environment. Chemosphere 291:133005 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.133005
6	Patil S, Joshi S, Jamla M, Zhou X, Taherzadeh MJ, Suprasanna P, Kumar V. 2022. MicroRNA-mediated crop engineering for developing climate-resilient crops. Bioengineered 12: 10430-10456. https://doi.org/10.1080/21655979.2021.1997244
7	Kumar V, Srivastava AK, Wani SH, Shriram V, Suprasanna P. 2022. Transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms regulating salt tolerance in plants. Physiologia Plantarum173:1291–1294. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.13592
8	Kaur K, Reddy S, Barathe P, Shriram V, Anand U, Proćków J, Kumar V. 2022. Combating Drug-Resistant Bacteria Using Photothermally Active Nanomaterials: A Perspective Review.Frontiers in Microbiology 12:659614. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.659614
9	Joshi S, Sahoo SA, Khare T, Srivastava AK, Kumar V. 2023. Genome-wide identification of BONZAI (BON) genes in Glycine max L and their regulated expression patterns under saline environment. Current Plant Biology 33:100273 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpb.2023.100273
10	Khare T, Barvkar VT, Devarumath RM, Kumar V. 2023. Osa-miR1861e modulates sodium toxicity responses in rice immature grains via OsGST and OsPILS7b. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-023-11193-8
11	Joshi S, Patil S, Hossain MA, Kumar V. 2023. In-Silico Identification and Characterization of Sucrose Transporter Genes and Their Differential Expression Pattern under Salinity Stress in Glycine max Plant Stress 11: 100314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stress.2023.100314
12	Joshi S, Patil S, Shaikh A, Jamla M, Kumar V. 2023. Modern Omics Toolbox for Tailoring Combined and Multifactorial Abiotic Stress Tolerant Plants. Plant Stress 11: 100301 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stress.2023.100301
13	Kumar V, Srivastava AK, Sytar O, Penna S. 2023. Plants for Future Climate: Responses and Stress Adaptations. Frontiers in Plant Science 14: 1290649 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1290649
14	Verma CR, Kumkar P, Shendage T, Shinde P, Kumar V, Kharat SS, Khare T, Kalous L. 2023. Carbon nanofibers caused oxidative stress and disrupted anti-predator responses in common spiny loach. Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry https://doi.org/10.1080/02772248.2023.2254436
15	Verma CR, Kumkar P, Shendage T, Shinde P, Kumar V, Kharat SS, Khare T, Kalous L. 2023. Carbon nanofibers caused oxidative stress and disrupted anti-predator responses in common spiny loach. Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry https://doi.org/10.1080/02772248.2023.2254436
16	Khare T, Jamla M, Mathur V, Kumar V. 2024. Exploring Halobiome Resources for Developing Salt-Tolerant Crops: A Perspective Review. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-024-11266-2
17	Barathe P, Kaur K, Reddy S, Shriram V, Kumar V. 2024. Antibiotic pollution and associated antimicrobial resistance in the environment. Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters 5: 100105 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hazl.2024.100105
18	Shaikh A, Jamla M, Joshi S, Patil S, Oak U, Kumar V. 2024. Microbial Nanotechnology for Producing Stress Smart Crops. Plant Nano Biology 7: 10063 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plana.2024.100063
19	Khare T, Mathur V, Kumar V. 2024. Agro-ecological Microplastics Enriching the Antibiotic Resistance in Aquatic Environments. Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health 37: 100534. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coesh.2024.100534
20	Khare T, Seth CS, Kumar V. 2024. Sodium stress-induced oxidative damage and antioxidative response in grain-filing of rice. Plant Cell Reports 43(10):239. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-024-03319-3

Patents
One Indian patent filed: Kumar V, Khare T, Kharat S. 2022. “A Formulation for Alleviating Rice Salinity Stress, Its Preparation and Application Thereof”. Filed Indian Patent [TEMP/E- 1/11719/2022-MUM]. A seed-priming formulation to alleviate salinity stress in rice was developed comprising an effective concentration of a combination of Betaine, Thiourea and Sodium nitroprusside (SNP).

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PROGRAMMES TAUGHT

U.G. Programmes:

B.A.
- B.A.(Economics)
- B.A.(English)
- B.A.(Geography)
- B.A.(History)
- B.A.(Psychology)
- B.A.(Sociology)
B.Com.
B.B.A.(C.A.)
B.Sc.
- B.Sc. (Chemistry)
- B.Sc. (Maths)
- B.Sc. (Microbiology)
- B.Sc. (Physics)
- B.Sc. (Statistics)
- B.Sc. (Zoology)
B.Sc. (Biotechnology)
B.Sc. (Computer Science)
B.C.A. (Science)
B.Sc. Blended in Chemistry [University of Melbourne , Australia] (International Collaboration Course)
B.Voc.(Food Processing Technology)

P.G. Programmes:

M.A. (Economics)
M.A. (History)
M.A. (Psychology)
M.A. (Sociology)
M.Com.
M.Sc. (Biotechnology)
M.Sc. (Organic Chemistry)
M.Sc. (Computer Science)
M.Sc. (Computer Applications)
M.Sc. (Maths)
M.Sc. (Microbiology)
M.Sc. (Statistics)
M.Sc. (Zoology)

Research Programmes:

M. Phil. Zoology
Ph. D. Zoology
M. Phil. Chemistry
M. Phil. Biotechnology
Ph. D. Biotechnology

Programmes NOT-Taught/Closed

M. Phil. Microbiology
Ph. D. Microbiology
B. Sc. (Animation)
B.Voc. (Green House Technology)
M. A. (Geography)

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Programmes Taught

Programmes NOT-Taught/Closed

Self declaration for affiliation status

University Affiliation Letter