Research and Extension

At our college we keep our self engaged in various research activities. Here are some of the activity reports of the same. Research has been extensively promoted in our college in every faculty as it complements the quality improvement as well as development. The Research Committee along with the IQAC have been striving endlessly for provision of best possible research environment and maximal resources in every field of study. With the support of the Management, our college has started a Central Instrumentation Facility Centre which is equipped with high end instruments and laboratory facilities for research in physical, chemical & biological sciences. This has supported for dispersing a healthy research culture amongst the stakeholders who are consistently benefitted by visits of expert scientists, Professors, Industrialists invited in conferences and seminars. Funds for research has been liquidated through grants of CPE, minor, major research projects from UGC and other schemes.

Composition of Research Committee

Research Advisory Committee:

The college has a functional Research Advisory Committee.

The main objectives of the committee are to inculcate research culture and attitude amongst the students and the teachers.

Following are the outcomes of the Research Advisory Committee

• The college has 11 recognized research centers for Ph. D. and M. Phil.
• At present, 30 faculty members have been awarded Ph.D. degrees.
• At present, 20 faculty members are recognized as research guides and 21 students have completed Ph.D. under their guidance.
• The teachers have published 285 research papers in the UGC notified/Peer-reviewed journals and 119 books/chapters in various reputed publications.
• The college has organized 30 Seminars/Conferences/ Workshops in the last five years.
• The college has established 13 linkages and 11 MoUs for research, on-the-job training, field projects, etc.
• The students have actively participated and received awards in Avishkar research competitions and Science Talent Search Examination.

Research Activities:

• The committee provides all kinds of procedural, and practical support to researchers and ensures that the required infrastructure is available.
• Eminent personalities from BARC, BAMU, NMU, and RSTU-Nagpur have visited the college to inculcate a research environment amongst the budding researchers through their talks and experiences.
• The college has got extramural funding from the UGC, under the College with Potential for Excellence Scheme for Rs. 1 Crore, from RUSA Rs. 2. Crore and from DBT  Rs
• In view of the excellent progress by the 09 science departments, our college has benefitted by Rs. 45,00,000/- under the Basic Research Grants scheme from UGC.
• major and 19 Minor research projects costing Rs.93,20,000 /- funded by UGC, DST, BARC, and MoEF have been successfully completed while 04 minor research projects have been submitted to DST, BARC, RGCST, VCRMS, and DBT.
• The college has Research Advisory Committee that promotes research culture and ethics.
• The faculty members have published 285 research papers in UGC CARE Listed/Peer-reviewed journals
• and 119 books/chapters in edited books during the last 5 years.
• Seminars, workshops, and conferences are conducted regularly to promote the research atmosphere and
• encourage faculty to involve in article presentations/publications and establish collaboration for research
• activity.
• 428 students and faculty members participated in the Research Festival AVISHKAR at State and
• University levels.
• The institution has created a platform to have active interaction between the faculty, students,
• The college has been sanctioned with a grant of Rs. 2 crores from RUSA under Component 9: (Infrastructure Grants for colleges) from September 2020.
• Received STAR College status from the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India
• 4 Research projects have been successfully completed during the assessment period.
• The teachers have published 285 research papers in the UGC notified/Peer-reviewedjournals and 119 books/chapters in various reputed publications.
• Our staff members have bagged several awards for their best presentations at various International and National conferences. Besides this, our research scholars are recipients of INSPIRE fellowship, CSIR-SRF, HG Raisoni Doctoral Scholarship, and UGC-CSIR-JRF for their individual research work.
• Consultancy services are provided at nominal rates and in some cases free of charge in microbiological sample testing, antimicrobial analysis, soil, and water testing, etc.
• However interdepartmental and inter-institutional research cooperation is extended free of charge by the Departments of Microbiology, Chemistry, Physics, Botany, Marathi, and Commerce.

Intellectual Property Right Cell (IPR):

IPR cell monitors and addresses issues related to research and IPR. Following mentioned few activities/workshops were conducted under the IPR cell such as:

1. Workshop on Research methodology
2. Workshop on IPR and Patents
3. Workshop on Entrepreneurship
4. National e-seminar on IPR