Science Unaided Biotechnology

Ms. Rutuja Bhangale of F.Y.B.Sc (2019)

• Selected as Co-LTP of NSS Unit.
• Got selected from Thane district for National Integration Camp (NIC) and represented Maharashtra.

Mr. Harshad Shegar of F.Y.B.Sc. (2019)

• Awarded Best Volunteer in NSS residential Camp.
• Awarded Best Volunteer in Maharashtra state level camp among 10 universities including Orissa Universities.

Ms. Komal Thakare of M.Sc. Part II (2019)

• Won first prize in poster competition held at National conference on recent trends in Biosciences
• Environmental sciences organized by M.J. College, Jalgaon on 16th and 17th January 2020.

Ms. Suchitra Hotgikar of M.Sc. Part II (2019)

• Won first prize in poster competition held at National conference on recent trends in Biosciences
• Environmental sciences organized by M.J. College, Jalgaon on 16th and 17th January 2020.

Ms. Nidhi Govindwar and Mr. Muneeb Nerekar of T.Y.B.Sc. (2019)

• Won first prize in oral presentation at Marathi Vigyan Parishad.

Tejas Suryawanshi, Vineetha Nair, Pratima Patel of T.Y.B.Sc. (2017)

• Won first prize in oral presentation at Marathi Vigyan Parishad.

Ms. Vaishnavi Jaysing Pawar (2021-22)

• Master Medical Biotechnology, University of Windsor, Canada

Ms. Ayesha Nair (2020-21)

• Awarded Ph.D. in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at Oklahoma State University

Ms. Nupoor Dasgupta (2021-22)

• Awarded Ph.D. in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at Oklahoma State University

Dr. Chinmay Phadke (2020-21)

• Awarded Postdoctoral Research Associate at Texas A&M University

Dr. Prajish Iyer

• Awarded Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Monrovia, CA, USA (2017)

Ms. Tejal Patil

• Awarded fellowship for Ph.D. at Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands (2017)

Mr. Chinmay Phadke

• Awarded fellowship for Ph.D. at RIKEN Nano Medical Engineering Laboratory, Japan (2015).

Ms. Rupa Dharmatti Phadke

• Awarded fellowship for Ph.D. at RIKEN Nano Medical Engineering Laboratory, Japan (2015).

Ms. Sayali Phatak

• Awarded fellowship for MS in Microbiology & Immunology at Georgetown University, Arlington, Virginia, USA (2014).

Mr. Mayur Doke

• Awarded fellowship for Ph.D. in Biotechnology at Florida International University, USA (2013)

Mr. Vaibhav Patil

• Awarded a fellowship for MS in Neuropharmacology at University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland (2013)

Mr. Nitish Kunte

• Awarded a fellowship for MS in Molecular Medicine at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland (2013)

Dr. Minal Trivedi

Dr. Shivani Kakkar Khanna

ACHIEVEMENTS

· Cleared CSIR NET (LS) with 29th Rank (AIR) in December, 2011.

· Completed my Ph.D (Science) degree in Biotechnology in 2017 on the topic ‘Bioprospecting of few fruits and vegetable peel waste’ from University of Mumbai under the guidance of Dr. Meeta Bhot, Head, Department of Botany.

· Secured 1st Rank in M.Sc. part I and M.Sc. part II Biotechnology in Birla College.

· Completed one Minor Research Project sanctioned by University of Mumbai in 2019-20 on 'Evaluation of Anticancer activity of Glycyrrhiza glabra L.'

· Guided a Research Project titled ‘Evaluation of medicinal properties of Tinospora Cordifolia’ at 18th Aavishkar: Inter-Collegiate/ Institute/Department Research Convention (Zonal Round) organized by the University of Mumbai at C.H.M College, Ulhasnagar on 7th December, 2023 for Thane East zone.

· Attended Refresher course on 'Contribution of Biology in the 21st Century' organized by UGC-HRDC, University of Mumbai at B. K. Birla College (Autonomous), Kalyan from 10th October, 2019 to 24th October, 2019 and Secured Ist Rank with A+ grade.

· Attended online Refresher course on ‘Environmental Studies (Interdisciplinary Science)’ organized by UGC-HRDC, University of Mumbai at B. K. Birla College (Autonomous), Kalyan from 4th September to 16th September, 2023 and secured A grade.

· Published 20 research papers in various National and International journals

· Presented 17 research papers in different National and International seminar and conferences and won prizes in paper presentation

· Won 3rd prize for poster presentation entitled ’Climate change and Human health: Review’ in Interdisciplinary National Conference on ‘Climate Change and Youth: Time for Action organized by NSS, B. K. Birla College (Autonomous), Kalyan on 12th January, 2022.

· Won First Prize for Poster presentation entitled ‘Diverse applications of Solanum lycopersicumin food and cosmetics’ in one day national seminar on ‘Fragnances, Flavours and Cosmetics- Opportunities and Challenges’ organized by Department of Botany in association with Department of Microbiology, Bioanalytical Sciences and Biotechnology, B. K. Birla College (Autonomous), Kalyan on 5th March, 2019.

· Won Second Prize for Poster presentation entitled ‘GC MS analysis of Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. vegetable peel waste’ in Two days Multidisciplinary International Conference on "Green Earth: A Panoramic view" on 12th and 13th January, 2018 held at B. N. Bandodkar College of Science, Thane.

 PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

 · Completed training on HACCP Level 3 held at B. K. Birla College of Arts, Science and Commerce (Autonomous), Kalyan under FoSTaC, FSSAI on 18th July, 2023.

· Completed training on ISO22000:2018 held at B. K. Birla College of Arts, Science and Commerce (Autonomous), Kalyan under FoSTaC, FSSAI on 17th July, 2023.

· Completed one day training on HPTLC conducted by ANCHROM Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. on 12th July, 2023 at B. K. Birla College of Arts, Science and Commerce (Autonomous), Kalyan.

· Completed training on the course Basic Catering & COVID held at B. K. Birla College of Arts, Science and Commerce (Autonomous), Kalyan under FoSTaC, FSSAI on 10th July, 2023.

· Completed training on the course Basic Manufacturing & COVID held at B. K. Birla College of Arts, Science and Commerce (Autonomous), Kalyan under FoSTaC, FSSAI on 5th April, 2023.

· Completed the Lady Tata Memorial Trust Online Teachers Training Workshop on “Genome Editing” Conducted by the Department of Union Christian College, Aluva on November 05th & 06th 2022.

· Completed 3 day online training program on “General Requirements for the Competence of Testing & Calibration Laboratories & Internal Audit as per ISO/IEC 17025:2017 organized from 11th - 13th May, 2022

· Short term Plant Tissue Culture training at Reliance Life Science, Rabale (May, 2011).

· 6 months project on ‘Isolation of petroleum degrading bacteria from oil contaminated soil’ at ICT (Formely known as UDCT), Matunga (September, 2011- February, 2012).

Dr. Pooja Gupta

ACHIEVEMENTS

· Completed Ph.D. (Botany) from University of Mumbai, under guidance of Dr. Naresh Chandra (Pro- Vice Chancellor, University of Mumbai), Degree Awarded 12th January 2014 On Study of antidiabetic, antimicrobial and antioxidant property of plant parts of Butea monosperma (Lamk.) Taub.

· Published 10 research papers in various National and International journals

· Presented 14 research papers in different National and International seminar and conferences and won prizes in paper presentation

· Won 3rd prize for poster presentation entitled ’Climate change and Human health: Review’ in Interdisciplinary National Conference on ‘Climate Change and Youth: Time for Action organized by NSS, B. K. Birla College (Autonomous), Kalyan on 12th January, 2022.

· Guided a Research Project titled ‘Microgreens: New beginning towards nutrition’ at 18th Aavishkar: Inter-Collegiate/ Institute/Department Research Convention (Zonal Round) organized by the University of Mumbai at C.H.M College, Ulhasnagar on 7th December, 2023 for Thane East zone.

· Published a book titled ‘ Evaluation of medicinal properties of Butea monosperma (Lamk.) Taub.’ in Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN: 978-620-6-84643-7.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

· Completed training on HACCP Level 3 held at B. K. Birla College of Arts, Science and Commerce (Autonomous), Kalyan under FoSTaC, FSSAI on 18th July, 2023.

· Completed training on ISO22000:2018 held at B. K. Birla College of Arts, Science and Commerce (Autonomous), Kalyan under FoSTaC, FSSAI on 17th July, 2023.

· Completed one day training on HPTLC conducted by ANCHROM Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. on 12th July, 2023 at B. K. Birla College of Arts, Science and Commerce (Autonomous), Kalyan.

· Completed training on the course Basic Catering & COVID held at B. K. Birla College of Arts, Science and Commerce (Autonomous), Kalyan under FoSTaC, FSSAI on 10th July, 2023.

· Completed training on the course Basic Manufacturing & COVID held at B. K. Birla College of Arts, Science and Commerce (Autonomous), Kalyan under FoSTaC, FSSAI on 5th April, 2023.

· Completed the Lady Tata Memorial Trust Online Teachers Training Workshop on “Genome Editing” Conducted by the Department of Union Christian College, Aluva on November 05th & 06th 2022.