Re-Accreditation Report Part III Volume
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CONTENTS Bio-Chemistry Botany Chemistry Faculty of Science 01 17 27 Computer Applications Environmental Studies Geography 45 51 57 Geology Mathematics Microbiology 67 77 83 Physics Statistics Zoology 91 103 111 Applied Chemistry Applied Mathematics Applied Mechanics Faculty of Technology & 121 133 147 Engineering Applied Physics Architecture Chemical Engineering 155 167 179 Civil Engineering Computer Science & Electrical Engineering Engineering 189 201 211 Mechanical Engineering Metallurgical & Pharmacy Material Engineering 219 229 237 Textile Chemistry Textile Engineering WREMI 257 265 275 CONTENTS Applied Chemistry Applied Mathematics Applied Mechanics Polytechnic 283 289 293 Applied Physics Civil Engineering Civil Engineering - Architectural Assistantship 301 307 313 Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering Electronics & Communication 319 325 329 Mechanical Engineering Patrochemical Technology 337 345 M.K. Amin College M.K. Amin College 351 DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1. Name of the Department: Biochemistry 2. Year of Establishment: 1955 3. Is the Department part of a School / Faculty of the University? : Faculty of Science 4. Name of Programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil, Ph.D Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D, D.Sc, DLitt, etc): M.Sc Biochemistry, M.Sc Medical Biotechnology, Ph.D, Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Biochemistry (PGDAB) 5. Interdisciplinary Programmes and departments involved: Five year Integrated M.Sc. in Cell and Molecular Biology (CMB). 6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.: None 7. Details of Programme discontinued, if any, with reasons: None 8. Examination System: Annual/Semester/Trimester/Choice Based Credit System: Semester /CBCS 9. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: None 10.Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professor/Associate Professor/Asst. Professors/others) Sanctioned ` Filled Actual (including CAS & MPS) Professor 04 01 Associate Professor 06 04 06 CAS Stage 5 Asst. Professor 09 06 02 CAS Stage 5 01 CAS Stage 4 02 CAS Stage 2 Others 11. Faculty Profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization, experience and research under Guidance. No. of Ph.D No. of /M. Phil. years of students Name Qualification Designation Specialization Experien guided in ce the last 4 years Prof. Sarita Ph. D. Professor Molecular 28 04 Gupta Endocrinology & Stem Cell Research ( Diabetes) Prof. G. Ph. D. Professor Probiotics & 25 08 Naresh Metabolic Kumar Engineering Prof. R. Ph. D. Professor Vitiligo 29 04 Begum pathogenesis, Genomics & Cellular Biology Prof. C. Ph. D. Professor Structural 17 04 Ratna Biology, Prabha Biophysics & Biostatistics 1 No. of Ph.D No. of /M. Phil. years of students Name Qualification Designation Specialization Experien guided in ce the last 4 years Prof. Ph. D. Professor Plant 21 04 Pushpa Biochemistry, Robin Environment Toxicology Dr. Ph. D. Associate Bacterial Genetics, 19 03 Jayashree Professor Molecular Biology Pohnerkar and Molecular, Microbial Physiology Dr. Rajesh Ph. D. Associate Cell death and 13 02 Singh Professor metabolic in cancer and Neurodegeneration Dr. S. R. Ph. D. Associate Microbial 19 Nil- Acharya Professor Ecology, Enzymology. Dr. Ph. D. Assistant Reproductive 8 Laxmipriya, Professor Endocrinology, N. Neurobiology Dr. Devesh Ph. D. Assistant Microbial 8 Nil- Suthar Professor biotechnology, Bioinformatics Dr. Ravi Ph. D. Assistant Molecular genetics 4 Nil- Vijayvargia Professor and proteomics 12. List of senior Visiting fellow, Adjunct Faculty, Emeritus Professors: None 13. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty- programme-wise information: 10% Mostly laboratory courses 14. Programme–wise Student Teacher Ratio. : 7:1 15. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff sanctioned, filled and actual: Sanctioned Filled Actual Administrative Staff 03 01 02 Technical Staff 16 06 10 16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies: UGC DRS I (SAP) Biochemistry Program for: “Molecular mechanisms of diseases and novel therapeutics” 17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international funding agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the name of the funding agencies, project title and grants received project-wise: National International Total Amount No of Sanctioned No of Sanctioned (Rs. In Lakh) Faculty Amount (Rs. Faculty Amount (Rs. In Lakh) In Lakh) 08 2173.09 -- -- 2173.09 2 18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants received Name National collaboration International collaboration Dr. Rajesh Singh 2 3 19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST, UGC-SAP/CAS, DPE; DBT. ICSSR, AICTE, etc: 27 projects funded by various national funding agencies with total grants of 2173.09 Lakhs. 20. Research facility / centre with: None 21. Special Research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate bodies: None 22. Publications: • Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international) (List of publications –Annexure I) National: 05 International: 115 • Monographs: None • Chapters in Books: 3 • Edited Books: None • Books with ISBN with details of publishers: 03 • Citation Index – range / average • Citation Index – range / average • SNIP • SJR • Impact Factor – range /average: 0.9-7.1/4 • h- index: Range: 23. Details of patents and income generated: 2 Patents filed; 1 awarded 24. Areas of consultancy and income generated: None 25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories / institutions/ industries in India and Abroad: National: 02; International: 01 26. Faculty serving in a) National committee—can add member of board of studies, UGC and DBT commitee b) International committees c) Editorial Boards d) any other (Please specify) a) National: 06; b) International: 01; c) Editorial boards: 01 27. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, ASC, Refresher / orientation programs, workshops, training programme And similar programme): None 28. Students projects • Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including interdepartmental projects: 100%. • Percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other universities / industry / institute: None. 3 29. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by • Faculty: International: 10 National: 35 • Students: International: 08 National: 32 International Mr. Nidheesh Dadheech received International Canadian Commonwealth Fellowship September 2010 to March, 2011 to carry out research work at University Laval, Quebec, Canada. Mr. Mehul Mistry received Young Scientist award at International conference on Human Genetics (January 2014) held at Ahmedabad. Ms. Chitra Ankeshwaria received Young Scientist award at International conference on Human Genetics (January 2014) held at Ahmedabad. Mr. Tushar Patel received Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship (CCIP) in year 2011 to carry out research work at University laval, Quebec, Canada Mr. Ujwal Trivedi received travel grant for presenting the poster entitled “Mutational studies of Anabaena PCC 7120 XisA protein reveals dual functionality of active site residues for recombinase and endonuclease activities” at the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) Nucleic acid “DNA and RNA metabolism fundamental biological mechanism with key intersections” held at University of New England in Biddeford (Maine), USA during the week of May 31 to June 5, 2015. Best Poster Award Mala Singh, Received the Second Prize at the Conference on Genomics in Health and Diseases, 22nd- 23rd August, 2014 held at Central Research Centre Of Unani Medicine, Hyderabad, India. Nirja Chaudari, Nampoothiri LP, Received poster award at 25th Annual Meeting of ISSRF and International conference on reproductive health (14th-17th Feb, 2014) organized by NIRRH, Mumbai. Ashutosh Vadawale, Best Oral Presentation, 2011 National Mr. Mitesh Dwivedi received national The Best Poster Award, CHARUSAT, Changa, Gujarat held on 9th – 11th January, 2011. Ms. Hina Mir received national The Best Poster Award, CHARUSAT Changa, Gujarat held on 9th – 11th January, 2011. Mr. Nidheesh Dadheech received national award for best oral presentation 2012. Mr. Akhilesh Prajapati (Ph.D) was awarded Best Ph.D. Thesis Award (Life Science) - 2014 by Gujarat Science Academy- CHARUSAT at Science City, Ahmedabad on February, 2015. Mr. Tushar Patel (Ph.D) was awarded Best Ph.D. Thesis Award (Life Science) - 2014 by Gujarat Science Academy- CHARUSAT at Science City, Ahmedabad on February, 2015. Ms. Komal Rawal received Prof. U.M. Rawal Memorial Best Poster Award in XXIX Gujarat Science Congress (March 2015) held at Science city, Ahmedabad. Mr. Abhay Srivastava received First prize in Poster presentation in National Symposium on "Emerging Trends In Biochemical Sciences" (Dec, 2014) at Department of Biochemistry Faculty of Science, The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara. Mr. Akhilesh Prajapati was awarded First prize for Oral presentation at National seminar on 'Evolving Concepts in Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine' (February 2014) held at GCRI, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Mrs. Muskaan Belani received best poster award at National conference on 'Diabetes and its complications: A search for prevention and cure' (Feb-2013) held at Nirma University, Ahmedabad. Mr. Abhay Srivastava received First prize for poster presentation at the ‘International Conference on Diabetes and its Complications’ (January 2013) held at Changa, Gujarat. Mr. Mitul Vakani received First