Programs

Courses offered - UG Geography for Arts Faculty for Marathi and English Medium. Geography is taught at Special Level at SYBA and TYBA level for both medium.

Course Medium	Course Name	Duration	Students strength
Marathi	B.A. (Geography)	3 years	240
English	B.A. (Geography)	3 years	120

Research Projects

Sr. No	Name of the Investigator	Title of the Research Projects/Scheme	Agency	Duration	Amount Sanctioned (Rs)	Major Minor
1	Dr. Sanjay Patil	Input Determinants of Agricultural Landuse in Pune District	UGC	2 years (Completed)	90,000	Minor
1	Dr. Sanjay Patil	Solid Waste Management in Pune City	BCUD, Pune University	2 years (Proposed)	3 Lakh	Minor

RESEARCH, BOOKS AND ARTICLES

Project Proposed

Sr.	Year	Faculty	Title of Research Projects	Funding Agency	Amount Sanctioned
1	2009- 11 (Submitted)	Dr. Sanjay Patil	Crop Landuse Changes & Identification of Determinants : A Case Study of Pune District	UGC	90,000
2	2015-16 (Proposed)	Dr. Sanjay Patil	Solid Waste Management in Pune City	BCUD, SPPU	3,00,000

 

MRP Completed

Sr.	Period	Faculty	Funding Agency	Amount received
1	2009-11	Dr. Sanjay Patil	UGC (Minor Research Project)	52,500

 

Research Articles Published

Year	Name	Research Paper	Journal/ Proceeding
2011-12	---	---	---
2012-13	Dr. Sanjay Patil	Solid Waste Management of Pune City	Proceedings of National Seminar at Shri Shahu Mandir, Pune
2013-14	Dr. Sanjay Patil	Occupational Structure of Ahmednagar District	Bhugolshastra Sanshodhak, DGSI, Pune
		Status of Girl’s Education as per Educational Planning in Five Years Plan	Proceedings of National Symposium at Modern College, Ganeshkhind, Pune
2014-15	Dr Sanjay Patil	Planning of Irrigation for Sustainable Agriculture in Pune District	Proceedings of International Conference at ASM Group of Institutes, Pune

 

Chapters Published.

Year	Faculty	Book Name	Chapter Name	ISBN No.	Publisher
2012-13	Dr. Sanjay Patil	SSC Geography Book	3 Chapters : Northern Plains	---	MSSHS Board, Pune
		HSC Geography Book	1 Chapter- Trade	---	MSSHS Board, Pune
2013-14	Dr. Sanjay Patil	Environment, Agriculture & Population Growth	1 Research Article- Temporal Study of Cropping Pattern in Pune District	978-93-82847-11-3	R.K. Books, New Delhi
2014-15	Dr.Sanjay Pail	Tourism Geography (Marathi)	1 Chapter- Transportation	978-93-83639-16-8	Atharva Publication, Pune

 

Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers-

Faculty	Book Name	ISBN No.	Publisher
Dr. Sanjay Patil	Economic Geography	978-93-83639-17-5.	Atharva Prakashan, Pune, Pages 392.
	Tourism Geography	978-93-83639-16-8	Atharva Prakashan, Pune, Pages- 151.

Completed Projects

Ongoing Projects

Research Publications

Research Publications(2017-21)

• Dr. Sanjay Patil

1. A paper entitled “Landuse Pattern of Sample Village in Pune District” published in International Research Journal Ajanta in January-March 2019.

2. A paper presented in International Geographical Union Conference 2018 held at Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow 4-6 June 2018.

3. Presented a Paper entitled ‘Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Agricultural Landuse Pattern in Pune District’ at Anantrao Pawar College, Pirangut on 11-12, January 2019.

4. A paper entitled ‘Green Forestry in Pune City’ presented in the Conference held at Department of Geography and Geoinformatics, Bangalore University, Bengaluru on September 20-22, 2018.

5. Research paper entitled ‘Digital India: Flagship Programme of Government of India’ was presented at Pt Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh during International Conference held on 24-26 September 2017.

6. A paper titled ‘Pune Urban Fringe: Problems and Perspectives’ was presented at Abasaheb Garware College, Pune during National Conference held on 23-24 January 2018.

7. State level seminar was organized by Shree Dhokeshwar College, Takali Dhokeshwar on 24 January 2018, a paper was presented on ‘New Trends in Tourism’.

8. Presented a paper at Arts, Science and Commerce, Kolhar, Dist. Ahmednagar on 16-17 January, 2019, title of the paper was ‘Pune to Kanyakumari: Ecofriendly Travelling’.

9. Presented a paper entitled ‘Temporal changes in Population Characteristics of Pune City’ in International Conference conducted by Kisan Veer Mahavidyalaya, Wai on 20 March 2021.

10. Presented a research paper at XV DGSI International Geography Online Conference entitled ‘Impact of Lockdown on Tourism Sector in India organized by Department of Geography, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, from 26-28 November 2020.

• Prof. Jyoti Acharya

1. Published a research article on ‘The Effects of Coronavirus on Families in Indian Cities’ in the Journal B.Aadhar (ISSN 2278 -9308, Issue No 237 June 2020, Pages 61-69) Badnera, Amravati.

2. A research paper entitled ‘An Overview of Development of Transport Geography in India through Research Paper’ published in Peer Reviewed International Research Journal of Geography Maharashtra Bhugolshastra Sansodhan Patrika ISSN : 0971-6785 {Impact Factor 4.567 Renew (IIFS)} Vol. 37, No.2, Jul-Dec 2020. pp 76-80

Seminars/Conferences/Workshops Attended

• Dr. Sanjay Patil

1. Participated in State level Seminar organized by Department of English, Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Ganeshkhind Pune on ‘Literature, Language and Innovations’ during 20 December, 2017.

2. Participated in Students Economic Conference organized by Department of Economics, Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Ganeshkhind, Pune on ‘Changing Tax Structure in India’ on 12 February, 2018.

3. Participated in National Seminar organized by Department of Geography Savitribai Phule Pune University in association with Institute of Indian Geographers (IIG) Pune on 26-27 March 2018.

4. Participated in “Kayada Saksharata (Literacy about Law)” organized by Life Long Learning and Extension with Department of Economics, Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Ganeshkhind, Pune on 21 February 2019.

5. Participated in “Intellectual Property Rights in India: Issues and Concerns” organized by Dr. D.Y.Patil Arts, Science and Commerce College, Pimpri, Pune on 14-15 February 2019.

6. Participated in National Seminar organized by Department of Geography, Savitribai Phule Pune University on 8 March 2019.

7. State Level Conference on Innovative Teaching Pedagogy organized by Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Ganeshkhind, Pune on 22-23 February 2019.

• Prof. Motilal More

1. Participated in State level Seminar organized by Department of English, Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Ganeshkhind Pune on ‘Literature, Language and Innovations’ during 20 December, 2017.

2. Participated in Students Economic Conference organized by Department of Economics, Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Ganeshkhind, Pune on ‘Changing Tax Structure in India’ on 12 February, 2018.

• Prof. Jyoti Acharya

1. Department of Chemistry (S & H) Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore organized National Webinar held on 15th May 2020 in the subject ‘Research Publications: Skills, Ethics and Misconducts’.

2. IQAC and BMS & B. Com (Banking and Insurance) of J.Watumull Sandhubella Girls College in association with Mansi Bharat Gada Degree College of Commerce, Bhivandi, Thane organized National Level One day live webinar on 21st May 2020 and topic of the webinar was Research Methodology.

3. A Week Faculty Development Programme from June 8 to June 14, 2020 was organized by Teaching Learning Center Ramanujan College, University of Delhi sponsored by Ministry of Human Resource Development Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT) on the subject Open Source Tools for Research.

4. Participated and completed Two Days State Level Workshop on “Use of ICT Tools in Education (WIC TE 2018) held on 7-8 December 2018 organized by Department of Computer Science, MIT Arts, Commerce and Science College, Alandi (D).

5. Participated in Two Days National Conference on “Intellectual Property Rights in India: Issues and Concerns” organized by IQAC and Department of Geography, Dr. D.Y.Patil Arts, Commerce and Science College, Pimpri, Pune 18 during14-15 February, 2019.

6. Participated in the State Level Conference on “Innovative Teaching Pedagogy” organized by Department of Zoology, Modern College, Ganeshkhind, Pune in association with SPPU under Quality Improvement Program during 22-23 Feb 2019.

• Prof. Harsha Natu

1. Participated in State level Seminar organized by Department of English, Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Ganeshkhind Pune on ‘Literature, Language and Innovations’ during 20 December, 2017.

2. Participated in Students Economic Conference organized by Department of Economics, Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Ganeshkhind, Pune on ‘Changing Tax Structure in India’ on 12 February, 2018.

Courses Attended

• Dr. Sanjay Patil

1. Participated in “Yoga for Unity and Well being”100 days of Yoga Program March 14 to June 21, 2021.

2. Participated one month Online Course on “Ancient Indian Science and Technology” conducted by Bhishma School of Indic Studies in association with Infinity Foundation, USA from 5 April to 30 April 2021.

3. Participated in 7 Days online National Level Short Term Course of “Cultural Heritage of Narmada River Valley” from 16-22 May, 2021.

• Prof. Jyoti Acharya

1. Participated in foundation Course ‘Certificate Course on IPR’ organized by Sir Parashurambhau College, Pune sponsored by RUSA from 18/03/2021 to 23/03/2021.

2. 8 Weeks Course (Sept to Nov 2020) successfully completed Online Certification through NPTEL IIT Madras on the subject ‘Introduction to Research’.

Awards

• Dr. Sanjay Patil

1. Bhugol Bhushan: Awarded as ‘Bhugol Bhushan’ at XII International DGSI International Conference organized by Pt. Ravishankar University, Raipur, Chhatisgarh on 24-26 Sept 2017.

2. Paryavaran Mitra: Awarded by Natural Environment Protection & Human Development Organisation (NEPHDO) at Pune

Subject Expert

• Dr. Sanjay Patil

1. Worked as a Subject Expert in ‘Geo Fest’ 2018 at Sir Parashurambhau College, Pune

2. Worked as a Subject Expert in ‘Vasundhara Fest 2020’ on 17 January 2020 at Modern College,Shivajinagar, Pune

• Publications of the faculty

A. Books/ Articles

Sr	Name of staff member	Title of the Books/Monographs/Article	ISBN/ISSN No.
1	Dr. Sanjay Patil	SSC Geography Book- Maharashtra State Board	---
2	Dr. Sanjay Patil	HSC Geography Book- Maharashtra State Board	---
3	Dr. Sanjay Patil	Tourism Geography- Atharva Prakashan	ISAB- 978-93-83639-16-8
4	Dr. Sanjay Patil	Economic Geography- Atharva Prakashan	ISBN- 978-93-83639-17-5
5	Dr. Sanjay Patil	Temporal Study of Cropping Pattern in Pune District	ISBN- 978-93-82847-11-3

 

B. Research papers publications in Seminars, Conferences and Workshops in

Proceedings

Sr. No	Name of the faculty and Title of the Paper	Name of the journal	ISBN/ISSN. No.	Citation No. \or impact factor	H index
1	Dr. Sanjay Patil, (Paper- Solid Waste Management in Pune City	Research methodology in Commerce and Social Sciences- Shri Shahu college, PUne
2	Dr. Sanjay Patil ( Paper- Planning of Irrigation for Sustaibale Agricultre in Pune District)	IBMR, Conference Proceedings on Research in management, Chinchwad, Pune	ISBN- 978-93-84916-78-9

 

C. Research papers publications other than seminars and conferences proceedings:

Sr. No	Name of the faculty and Title of the Paper	Name of the journal	ISBN/ISSN.No.	Citation No. \or impact factor	H index
1	Dr. Sanjay Patil (Geographical Study of Occupational Structure in Ahmednagar	Bhugolshastra Sanshodhak	ISSN- 0973-3612

 

D. Worked on Editorial Board:- Maharashtra State Board for 10th and 12th standard.

Linkage Collaboration

Sr.No.	Linked With	Nature of work
1	Gyansetu	Social Work and teaching
2	Khagol Vishwa	Sky watch program
3	Giripremi	Trekking Activities
4	Indo Cyclist Club	Cycling Activities
5	Green Vision	Agricultural activities
6	Bharatiya Kisan Sangh	Agricultural Reforms
7	Lokayat	Social and Environmental Activities
8	Abhinav Farmer’s Club	Advanced Farming Activities
9	EMRC Pune	Educationl program -UGC
10	Janwani	Social and Environmetal activities
11	Bahishal	Social and educational awareness among students and citizens

Consultancy

Sr. No.	Consultancy	Remark
1.	Tours	Tour guidance all over India
2	Treks	Trek guidance all over India
3	Environmental issues	Awareness about environmental issue with lectures
4	Agricultural Aspects	Guidance for agro-based allied businesses with insurance
5	Khagolvishwa	About sky watch
6	Jyotiravidya	Astronomical activities

Activities

1. Geo Carnival - Intercollegiate competition organized for students like elocution, display of geographical models, quiz, poster competition, photograph competition, Documentary presentation, rangoli competition etc. to booster for all round development.

2. River Walk - Along with Jeevit Nadi and Kirloskar Vasundhara Film Festival, river walk is arranged to make students understand River Ecosystem.

3. Nature Trail – A walk is planned in the forested areas to understand flora-fauna and their association with the nature (Biodiversity)

4. Cycling - Cycle Ride along with students is planned to build up physical, mental stamina.

5. Trekking – Trekking is planned to promote adventure activity among students to explore and create awareness about physical and mental health, biodiversity etc.

6. Movie Club – Documentaries based on social, cultural, political, scientific, environmental issues are shown followed by discussion. Students are taken to the theater to watch scientific or patriotic movies if time permits. It gives a platform to the students to express their views.

7. Visits – Visits are organized to nearby areas and institutes like Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), IUCCA, Museums, industries etc to know the structure, mechanism and importance of the organizations.

8. Study Tour – As a part of curriculum, study tours are arranged to understand physical, social, cultural, environmental, economical aspects of the study area to be visited.

9. Village Survey – A village is surveyed to understand physical, socio-economic, cultural aspects.

10. Sky watch - Star gazing program for students with telescope to create interest in astronomy.




Sr.No	Activity	Objectives achieved
1	Study visits	Understood social, cultural and physical aspects of the visited region
2	Nature Trail	Understood physical geography features like valleys, river basins, dam sites
3	Trekking	Understood flora and fauna, physical and cultural biodiversity
4	Village Survey	Study of household and agricultural aspects of villages
5	Sky Watch	Star gazing program for students with telescope
6	Movie Club	Understood the nature and scope of the topic in a scientific, social and geographical view





• Our faculty expertise (Invited as Guest/ Resource Person/ Chief Guest/ Judge/ In other college or in seminar and workshops)

Sr. no.	Name of staff member	Nature of invitation	Details
1	Dr. Sanjay Patil	Bahishal Lectures	Pune University Bahishal Department appointed as a Resource Person on Global Warming, Population Explosion, Energy Crisis, Pune Traffic etc at various colleges and institutes.
2	Dr. Sanjay Patil	Resource Person	Resource Person on Resource management in Current Context, Dindori Nasik, Feb 2016
3	Sanjay Patil	Chairman	Conference Session at SNDT, Nov 2015
4	Dr. Sanjay Patil	Judge	Geography Refresher at Geography Dept, Pune University
5	Dr. Sanjay Patil	Chairman	Chaired Young Geography Award at International Conf at Pali
6	Dr. Sanjay Patil	Expert	For School Education Series by SCERT, Maha. Govt. Pune and EMRC, SPPU
7	Dr. Sanjay Patil	Chairman	Evaluation of Projects and Chaired Debate session during Refresher course in Pune Uni.
8	Dr. Sanjay Patil	Chairman and Judge	Debate and Presentation on Smart City & Smart Village at Pune Uni. Dec 2014
9	Dr. Sanjay Patil	BOS Coordinator	HSC Board of Maharashtra State, 2013 to 2017.
10	Dr. Sanjay Patil	Resource Person	At Orientation Course at Tilak B.Ed. College, Pune, June 2015
11	Dr. Sanjay Patil	Resource Person	At Refresher Course at Alephata on Global Warming
12	Dr. Sanjay Patil	Bahishal- Resource Person	Many Lectures delivered in Bahishal Series of Pune University on Global Warming, Energy Crisis, Pune Traffic, Population, Ecosystem etc.
13	Mr. Motilal More	Resource Person	For Environmental Awareness





• Seminars / workshops organized for Teachers

Sr. no.	Title	Nature of invitation	Details
1	Monsoon Forecasting	Organiser	National Workshop from 11 to 13 Aug 2011 with DGSI, Pune





• Eminent personalities visited so far

Sr. No.	Name of expert	Details of expert
1	Mr. Anil Dandekar	Rtd Principal, MIT (Lectures on Disaster Management)
2	Dr. Satish Patil	Director, Greenvision (Lectures on Agriculture, Pesticides, Touring, Trekking)
3	Mr. Mukund Apte	PCRA (Lecture on Energy Conservation)
4	Mr. Abhishek Chandekar	MITCON (Lecture on GIS and Remote Sensing)
5	Dr. Manoj Devane	SP College (Lecture on Physical Geography)
6	Mr Neeraj Jain	Lokayat (Lectures on Global Warming, Cold Drinks, Hiroshima)
7	Dr. Medha Khole	Director IMD (Lecture on Monsoon Forecasting)
8	Dr. Virender Manhas	Head, Jammu University (Lecture on Geography and You)
9	Mr. Manoj Ovhal	Grahak Jagran Manch


 

• Extension work of our staff : Individual Social Responsibility

Sr. No.	Name	Details
1	Dr. Sanjay Patil	Financial support to poor students and help in the form books.
2	Dr. Motilal More	Donation of books to village school

































• Brochure of GPS Survey and Sky Watch Program
• Brochure of National Seminar on GIS

International Conference at Bodhgaya, 2013	TYBA Sendoff
Lonavala to Rajmachi Trek, 2014	Konkan Tour, 2012
Research Paper Reading at International Conference, Jaipur, 2014	National Seminar and GeoJatra, Dec 2017, by Geography Dept.
GPS Survey and Sky Watch Program at Jawan, Geography Dept

Placement

Placement with many organizations and institutions after their education

Alumni

Sr. no.	Name of past student	Nature of Achievements
1	Mayuresh Prabhune	Journalist
2	Kedar Kadam	Journalist
3.	Mohseen Shaikh	Journalist
4	Ganesh Ranwade	Advocate
5	Sanjay Parkhi	Private Job, Trekking
6	Chaitali Bheke	PSI
7	Netaji Sasane	Class II officer through MPSC
8	Rameshwar Mundhe	Class II officer through MPSC
9	Vidya Lohar	Advocate
10	Suraj Kankatav	Lecturer in Geography
11	Deepali Pillai	Designer in Germany
12	Nairita Ghosh	Teacher in London
13	Anil Kurhade	Entrepreneur
14	Ganesh Dange	Building Contractor
15	Sapna Pawale	Advocate
16	Rajesh naidu	Military Officer
17	Jeevan Salanke	Physical Director
18	Ashutosh Mukherjee	Teacher in Siligudi
19	Kanchan Chipade	Best Teacher
20

Infrastructure

a) Library - List of Library books and journals attached.

More than 1000s of books are available for the students through the personal library and central library.

b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students- Internet facility is available for the staff and Students.

c) Class rooms with ICT facility – One LCD Projector is available for the departmental classroom.

d) Laboratory- One Laboratory is available for the practical.

FACILITY TYPE	SUB TYPE / NATURE	QUANTITY / REMARK
Departmental Library	Academic Books	356
	Journals	5
	Personal Books of Staff	850
Central Library	Academic Books	485 2 150
	Journals
	Extra Reading Books
Membership to Other Libraries	Jaykar Library- SPPU	Available
	British Council Library
Online Library	Infonet	Available
	Delnet
	Doaj
Computer	Desktop	01
LCD	Available	01
Projector	Available	01
Separate Department	Available	01
Internet facility	Available	Available (10 mbps)