Departmental Profile

Department of Botany

1.	Establishment:	2013- 2014   (B.Sc. III in 2015)
2.	Number of Teaching Posts Sanctioned:	Full Time-04
3.	Number of Teaching Posts Filled:	Full Time- 02, CHB-03
4.	Workload of the Department:	75 Lectures
5.	Head of the Department:	Dr. Bhaurav Tukaram Dangat

Aim:  To ensure that one can achieve an up‐to‐date level of understanding of nature especially in plant science.

Objectives:  

1.          A holistic development and academic excellence to contribute effectively to the understanding of the subject.

2.          To comprehend functional categories in plant sciences

3.          To develop an aptitude towards science and especially nature.

4.          To equip the students with the basic skills in identifying various regional as well as other plants.

5.          To impart quality education in the field of Botany enabling our students to confidently face the job market.

6.          To sensitize the students towards the need for keeping the environment clean and conserve our natural resources.

Vision: Our vision is to conduct innovative learning, teaching, research and outreach on the patterns and processes of life with a focus on plants and their environments.  

Mission: Our mission is to foster an environment of excellence by attracting and supporting the outstanding students, faculty and staff needed to sustain our vision. We focus on the patterns and processes that enable predictive understanding of plants and their environments at local, regional, and global scales, leading to strengths in the areas of plant science and environmental crisis.

                                       Faculties in the Department

Sr. No.	Name	Academic Qualification	Designation
01	Dr. B. T. Dangat	M.Sc., Ph. D.	Assistant  Professor
02	Dr. P. B. Kamble	M.Sc., Ph. D., (NET & SET)	Assistant Professor
03	Mrs. T. H. Gole	M.Sc.	Assistant Professor
04	Mrs. M. S. Mane	M.Sc.	Assistant Professor
05	Miss. S. C. Gaikwad	M.Sc.	Assistant Professor
Non Teaching
01	Mr. M. V. Waydande	B.Sc.	Lab. Assistant

                                                    Student Enrollment

Sr. No.	Class	Subject	Student Number
			2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016- 17	2017-18	2018-19
01	B. Sc. I	Botany	31	48	69	50	55	78
02	B. Sc. II	Botany	--	29	46	31	46	42
03	B. Sc. III	Botany	--	--	10	10	11	12

                                                                 Departmental results

Sr. No.	Class	Subject		Results (%)
			2015-2016	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019
01	B. Sc. III	Botany	40	60	70

                    Conferences, Seminars Workshop attended and paper published

                                                        (2013 to till date)

Sr. No.	Name of the Faculty	Conference/Seminar /Workshops Attended		Papers Presented		Papers Published
		International	National	International	National	International	National
01	Dr. B. T. Dangat	03	09	07	01	07	01
02	Dr. P.B Kamble	01	09	01	07	08	03
03	Mrs. T. H. Gole	--	02	--	--	--	--
04	Mrs. M. S. Mane	--	01	--	--	--	--
05	Miss. S. C. Gaikwad	--	02	--	--	--	--

Departmental Library:

Department library having Reference and Text books related to Plant Physiology, Plant Breading,  Cell Biology, Genetics, Ecology, Agriculture, Pathology, Algae, Fungi, Bryophyte, Pteridophyte, Angiosperm, Molecular Biology, Microbiology etc. benefited for the students and staff members. Above books were donated by past students, staff and publishers.

Guest Lectures: On Role of Biodiversity in Human Welfare by Dr. S. S. Sathe (Associate Prof. Department of Botany, Miraj Mahavidyalaya, Miraj)

Departmental Activities:

1) One day workshop: Organized under lead college activity entitled “World Natural Heritage – Kas Pathar”, at Meenalben Mehta College, on 20 Oct. 2015.

2) Know Our Plants: Activity carried out by B. Sc. III students related to surrounding plants information. Every week a plant (twig) is displayed with its detail information.

3) Wall Papers: Various wall papers on plants and environmental issue are displayed quarterly.

Excursion tours –

1.      Mahabaleshwar – 15 Oct. 2015

2.      Kas Plateau – 23 Sept. 2015

3.      Mahabaleshwar – 23 Sept. 2016

4.      Pune – 22 Sept. 2017