Star College Scheme

Advisory Committee for DBT-STAR College Scheme

Chairman

Dr. Dilip Maske, Principal In-Charge, D.G. Ruparel College, Mumbai

DBT Representative:

Dr Anamika Gambhir, Sc'F' (anamika@dbt.nic.in)
Dr. Garima Gupta, Programme Officer, STAR College Scheme

Experts from other colleges:

Prof. (Dr.) Sunita Shalajan, PI-DST SERB, Ruia College (Academician and Researcher)
Dr. Rajendra Shinde, Principal, St. Xavier’s College, (Academician and Researcher)
Prof. Arnab Bhattacharya,(Academician and Researcher) DCMPMS Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Faculty members
Department of Botany:

Dr. Rajesh Jadhav (Head, Department of Botany)
Mrs. Neha Sawant (Asst. Prof. Dept. of Botany)
Dr. Shyam Palkar (Asst. Prof. Dept. of Botany)

Department of Chemistry:

Mr. Sanjay Mahimkar (Head, Department of Chemistry)
Dr. Krushnakant Waghmode (Asst. Prof. Dept. of Chemistry)
Dr. Kshitij Chavan (Asst. Prof. Dept. of Physics)

Department of Physics:

Dr. Vidya Patil (Head, Department of Physics)
Dr. Mugdha Patki (Asso. Prof. Dept. of Physics)
Mrs. Jayashree Chitale (Asst. Prof. Dept. of Physics)

Department of Zoology:

Dr. Meenakshi Sundaresan (Head, Department of Zoology)
Mr. Nitin Wasnik (Asst. Prof. Dept. of Zoology)
Dr. Gayathri N. (Asst. Prof. Dept. of Zoology)

Coordinator:

Dr. Minakshi Gurav, (Asst. Professor, Department of Zoology)

2019-20 report

2020-21 report

Activities

BOTANY

CHEMISTRY

PHYSICS

ZOOLOGY

GENERAL
2020-21

2021-22

Training

Mrs A.A.Patkar

Five days online FDP on "Evolution from offline to online Teaching" conducted by Satish Pradhan Dnyanasadhana college in association with University of Mumbai, from 30th May 2020 to3rd June 2020.
Three days online FDP on “Interactive-impactful e-learning techniques” organised by K.C. College of Engineering on 18 July - 20th July 2020.

Dr J.V.Patil

One week online FDP on "Evolution from offline to online Teaching" conducted by Satish Pradhan Dnyanasadhana college in association with University of Mumbai, from 30th May 2020 to 3rd June 2020.

Dr. V. H. Rajurkar

PMMMNMTT Faculty Development Programme on Managing online classes and co-creating MOOCs conducted by Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi sponsored by MHRD, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Training (18th May 2020 – 3rd June 2020)
Two - Week Faculty Development Programme on “Advanced Concepts for Developing Moocs” from 02 - 17 July, 2020conducted by eaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, under the aegis of Ministry Of Human Resource Development Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission On Teachers And Teaching
Oneweek online FDP on "Evolution from offline to online Teaching" conducted by Satish Pradhan Dnyanasadhana college in association with University of Mumbai, from 30th May 2020 to 3rd June 2020.
Ms. UrviNansi, Teaching Physics at UG and PG level using Python, Dept. of Physics, Victoria Institute, Kolkata, UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research Kolkata, 6th to 10th July 2020

Mr. Nitin Wasnik:

PMMMNMTT Faculty Development Programme on Managing online classes and co-creating MOOCs conducted by Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi sponsored by MHRD, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Training (18th May 2020 – 3rd June 2020)

Dr.MinakshiGurav

Two Weeks Faculty Development Programme on "Managing Online Classes and Co-Creating Moocs" from April 20 - May 06, 2020 conducted by Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, under the aegis of Ministry Of Human Resource Development Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Training.
“Faculty Development and Management Development On ‘Academic Enhancement and Research Methodology’ organized by INSPIRA Research Association from June 26-29, 2020.
Solid Waste Management, a course of study offered by WBGx (World Bank Groups) an online learning initiative of World Bank completed on July 28, 2020.
2-Week Faculty Development Programme on "Research Methodology" from October 01- October 15, 2020 Conducted by Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, under the aegis of Ministry of Human Resource Development Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Training
Two - Week Faculty Development Programme On “Advanced Concepts For Developing Moocs” from 02 - 17 July, 2020 conducted by teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, under the aegis of Ministry Of Human Resource Development Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission On Teachers and Training

Dr. Gayathri N.

PMMMNMTT Faculty Development Programme on Managing online classes and co-creating MOOCs conducted by Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi sponsored by MHRD, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Training (20 April – 6 May 2020)
Online Workshop on Introduction to Research Based Pedagogical Tools (RBPTs) organized by Center of Excellence in Science and Mathematics Education (CoESME) established under MHRD’s PMMMNMTT at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune and Wilson College, Mumbai (18-23 May 2020)
One week Online FDP on Moodle Learning Management System conducted by Spoken Tutorial Project, IIT Bombay (11-16 June, 2020)

Publications

Estimation of constants of thermal radiation using tungsten filament bulb. Sumedh Sawant, Physics Education, UK, 2020, h-index – 31
Unpacking students’ modelling behaviour in the Sun-Earth system: Use of digital media tool-based epistemological resources, Karnam D, Agarwal H, Forte S, Kiri H, 28TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION (ICCE) Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education 23-27 November 2020. This paper was also nominated for Best Technical Design at the same conference
‘Suggestive PoA to conquer the burden of COVID 19’ MinakshiGuravRutuja Shinde, Chinmay Prabhu, Shodh Sanchar Bulletin 10(39), 29-36 UGC care listed journal
‘Synthesis, Physical and Spectral Investigations and Biological Studies of Mixed Ligand Lanthanum Complexes’ Sunil Sudam Patil, Bhushan Prabhakar Langi, Minakshi Narendra Gurav, Digambar Kashinath Patil. Annals of the Romanian Society for Cell Biology, 2021, 10559-10569. Scopus indexed journal
Comparative study of COVID-19 healthcare scenario. Pratik Bagkar and Gayathri N. Chronicle of Humanities and Cultural Studies 6 (1) June 2020. 280-6 UGC Approved Journal ISSN: 2454-5503
E-ducation: Empowered with IT. Gayathri N. Vidyabharati International Interdisciplinary Research Journal 158-160. Special Issue June 2020 Indexed in Web of Science ISSN: 2319-4979
Effect of cell tower radiations on development of Zebrafish embryos. Gayathri N., Priti Dubey, Nitin Wasnik. Bioinfolet 17 (1B) Jan 2020. 108-11 Indexed in Web of Science p-ISSN: 0973-1431
Antibacterial potential of Cistopus indicus. Gayathri N., Desai Veena, Sundaresan Meenakshi. Bioinfolet 17 (1B) Jan 2020. 104-7 Indexed in Web of Science p-ISSN: 0973-1431
Study of Foraminifera using Foldscope. Priti Dubey, Farhat Sayyed, Gayathri N., Environment and Ecology 37 (3B): 1061-6 July-September 2019 Indexed in Web of Science. ISSN: 0970-0420