1.

Name of the Department

Botany

2.

Year of Establishment

June 1961

3.

Name of Program/Courses offered

UG & PG

4.

Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved

The Department conducts a course for students from the Arts, Commerce and Science Faculty on Garden Art, Jam, Jelly, Squash and Pickle Preparation as a means of giving students an interdisciplinary experience.

5.

Annual/Semester/Choice based

CBSGS

6.

Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments

Nil

7.

Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.

Nil

8.

Details of courses/program discontinued (if any) with reasons

Nil

9.

Number of Teaching posts

Sanctioned

Filled

Professors

–

–

Associate Professors

01

01

Asst. Professor

04

02

10.

Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization,

(D.Sc./D.Litt./Ph.D./M.Phil.etc

Name

Qualification

Designation

Specialization

No. of years of experience

No. of Ph.D.Students guided

Dr. Dethe U.L.

M.Sc.Ph.D

Asso. Prof

Plant Taxonomy

30

Nil

Dr. Aparadh V.T.

M.Sc., Ph.D.

Asst. Prof

Plant Taxonomy

07

Nil

Dr. Pawar U. R.

M.Sc., Ph.D.

Asst. Prof

Plant Physiology

04

Nil

Dr. Desai N.M.

(Contractual)

M.Sc. Ph.D.

Asst. Prof

Plant Physiology

01

Nil

11.

List of Senior Visiting Faculty

Nil

12.

Percentage of lectures delivered and practical class handel a (porgram wise)by temporary faculty

A temporary Assistant Professor was taken for year 2019-20 to cover the new courses. Hence the percentage is: UG:32%

13.

Student  – Teacher Ratio (program wise)

F.Y. B.Sc :- 27:1

S.Y. B.Sc :- 16:1

T.Y. B.Sc :-   4:1

M.Sc.-I:- 2:1

M.Sc.-II:- 1:1

14.

Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff; sanctioned and filled

15.

Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc /D.Litt/ Ph.D / MPhil/ PG

Ph.D    :    04

M.Phil  :   01

P.G.      :   02

16.

Number of faculty with ongoing projects

17.

Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, University etc. and total grants received

9.35 Lakh

18.

Research Centre/ facility recognized by the University

Applied

19.

Publications (Publication per faculty)

Sr.No

Faculty Name

Publications

1

Dr. Dethe U.L.

02

2

Dr. Aparadh V.T.

00

3

Dr. Pawar U. R.

02

4

Dr. Desai N.M.

06

20.

Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (National/International) by faculty and students:

·            Number of publications listed in International Database (For eg: Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database

Scopus – 04

·         Scopus

04

·         Monographs

Nil

·         Chapter in Books

02

·         Books Edited

02

·         Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of Publishers

Books

Citation Index

*          SNIP:- Nil*     SJR:- Nil*       Impact factor

           *            h-index

21.

Areas of consultancy and income generated    –  Nil

Nil

22.

Faculty as members in

23.

 Student projects:

a)      Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental/program

100%

b)      Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e. in Research laboratories/Industry/other agencies

Nil

24.

Awards/Recognitions received by faculty and students

Dr. Desai N.M.

i) Young Scientist- VD Good, Tamil Nadu. 2019

ii) Research Excellence- Institute of Scholars-2020-Bangalore

iii) Fellow of Association of Plant Science Research- 2020- Uttarakhand

25.

List of eminent academicians and scientists/visitors to the department

·  Dr. Mayur Nandikar (Scientist, NGPSR, Shirwal)

·  Dr. Smita Jadhav:- BOS Botany- University of Mumbai

·  Dr. Gaikwad:- Sathey College, Mumbai

·  Dr. D. K. Gaikwad, Director Sub Centre Osmanabad – BAMU

26.

Seminars/Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding

04

a)State

01

b)National

01

c)International

01

d)Collaborative International Conference

01

27.

Student profile program/course wise :

Name of the Courses/Program refer question no.4

Application received

Selected

Enrolled

Pass Percentage

M      

F     

F.Y. B.Sc

106

106

24

82

100%

S.Y. B.Sc

63

63

23

40

100%

T.Y. B.Sc

15

15

01

14

Result Awaited

28.

Diversity of students :

Name of the Course

% of students from the same state

% of students from other States

% of students from abroad

UG

100%

Nil

Nil

PG

100%

Nil

Nil

29.

How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET,SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc. ?

Nil

30.

Student progression

31.

Details of Infrastructural facilities

32.

Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies

–

33.

Details on student enrichment program (special lectures/workshops/ seminar) with external experts

·    Certificate course Food Pharma and Beverages-Under NSQF

·    Fruit and Vegetable Carving- Skill Development

·    Mushroom Cultivation- Skill Development

·    Hands on Training on Taxonomy

34.

Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning

LCD projector, ICT teaching, Blended learning

35.

Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities

1. Mangrove plantation in coastal area.

2. Interaction with coastal peoples regarding coastal bioresources.

3. Medicinal Plant Exhibition and awareness.

4. Online Sheti Shala for farmers

36.

SWOC analysis of the department and Future plan

Strengths

• Our department is one of the oldest, well established and reputed department in the University of Mumbai.
• We have well equipped and PG recognized laboratory to carry out research work.
• Availability of PG recognized teachers and Guides is our greatest strength.
• Alongwith teaching, our eminent faculty involved in the research activities and Publications.
• Meritorious student willingly opt for Botany as a principle subject and occupies the top positions in the merit list of B.Sc. as well as for P.G. admission at our college.
• We promote the students for research activity and presentation of their work apart from the syllabus.
• very good results.
• Qualified staff

Weakness

• Inadequate laboratory space is the major problem corresponding to the increasing students at UG level.
• Student strength is issue to flourish the department.
• student strength

Opportunities

• We have better opportunities to start with research laboratory.
• We may be able to develop plant based products in collaboration with innovation and incubation centre under the University.
• We can generate funds through authentication of plants and consultancy services will be provided.
• Research laboratories.
• Ayurveda.

To promote local and tribal herbal medicinal plants to herbal medicines.

Challenges

• Conversion of subject knowledge as a tool for self employment and career advancement of the students.
• jobs

Future Plans

• To develop e-herbarium       
• To start Diploma/Certificate Courses in  
  • Tissue Culture
  • Food Science and Technology
  • Nursery development
  • To introduce research center.