INTRODUCTION OF DEPARTMENT:

               The S. B. V. P. Samaj’s Sahakarmaharshi bhausaheb santuji thorat  college of  art’s Science and Commeres was establish in 1990. The Zoology dept. is established at the same time and started the educating the first year students. The first graduation batch came out in 1992. It is the one of the best department in science faculty. Currently 1 permanent  5 C.H.B and 2 full time , faculties are serving for the department. The faculties are having good academic records also having good research aptitude.   

ZOOLOGY:

Zoology is the branch of life science deals with the study of animals.

Zoology, a complex science with number of problems yet to solve, is a challenge to an enquiring mind. There are other motives for Zoological study also.

              

Zoology is a subject that offers the basic understanding about animals & microorganisms as living resources of Mother Earth and the abiotic factors related to these living beings. It includes the interaction of animal & microorganism in their ecosystem such as classification, habits, structure, embryology, distribution, evolution etc. It also describes the biotic world’s structure, function (physical, physiological, metabolic and biochemical), ecology and socio-economic aspects. As per New Educational Policy this Course takes the students through the fascinating world of various techniques and technologies used to study the multifaceted aspects of life. The course includes Entomology, Molecular Biology Cell Biology, Animal Diversity; Applied Zoology Animal Ecology, Pest Management, Paras  itology, Genetics, Medical & Forensic Zoology Evolutionary biology, Embryology and General Histology, Poultry & Aquarium Management, Fresh Water Zoology, Biochemistry, Research Methodology, all of which enable the students to strengthen their knowledge in respective branches and understand the scope of the subject as an employment opportunity. The syllabus is designed to inculcate interest in the minds of the students for nature and natural wealth. It would help them to develop skills for data observation and data analysis, thus preparing them for future research endeavors.

Vision

•           To inculcate the core values of life, science education, respect for nature and concern for ethical values among students by developing scientific attitude.

Mission

•           Department aims to bring about an awareness regarding nature and biodiversity and to solve different problems to establish sound and peaceful environment.

•           Department starves to inculcate high moral values, professionalism and broad communication skills in the students and making them valuable addition to the society.

•           Department aims to provide a conducive environment teaching-learning process through innovative practices& research activities.

•           The overarching goal of the Department of Zoology is enabling students through contextual learning and analytical skills to cope with the contemporary challenges in the field of zoology.

   OBJECTIVES OF THE DEPARTMENT:

•           To provide quality education in offering skills based programs and motivate the students for self employment in applied branches in Zoology.

•           To provide students familiarity with animal classification schemes and associated taxonomic group diagnostic characteristics as well as to develop an understanding and ability to apply basic zoological principles.

•           To equip students with adequate practical knowledge that will enable them be self-reliant and pioneers in the field of Poultry Management, aquarium maintenance, sericulture and Pest management.

•           To focus on emerging research problems relevant to national and global environment.

•           To provide a wide comprehension in major fields of zoology including core, elective and special courses by designing and persistently updating the curricula.

•           To develop vibrant and sound teaching system based on the experience and vision gathered from world reviews, literature, innovations, proceedings, symposia etc

•           To    established well-equipped teaching and research laboratories depending on the available resources, maintaining a high level of scientific excellence in teaching, research, thesis.

 

About the Department

1.Bachelor of Science course introduced in 1991

2.Masters of Science Course introduced in 2023

3. Location : Building Number 06 , Room Number : 91

4. Course offered: Bachelor of Science (Zoology), Masters of Science (Animal Physiology)

Intake capacity is:

Sr. No.	Course	Intake Capacity
1	F.Y.B.Sc.	120
2	S.Y.B.Sc.	120
3	T.Y.B.Sc	120
4	M.Sc.I	24
5	M.Sc.II	24

5.Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M. Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.)

UG	PG	Other
B. Sc.	M.Sc.(Animal Physiology )	1.Add On Courses -Poultry management

 6.Annual/ Semester/Choice based credit system (Programme Wise)

Annual	Semester	Credit system
-	F.Y., S.Y., T.Y.B.Sc.,	F.Y.B.Sc,S.Y.B.Sc,

07 . Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization

Sr. No.	Name Of  Faculty	Designation	Qualification	Specialization	Experience in Years	PhD Student Guided
1	Dr. Ghaywat L.D.	Associate Professor , H.O.D &  IQAC Co-ordinator	M.Sc, Ph.D	Entomology	32	-
2	Mr. Gunjal V.S.	Assistant Professor	M.Sc B.Ed	Entomology	08	-
3	Mr. Kudnar S.S.	Assistant Professor	M.Sc,NET, SET,GATE	Entomology	03	-
4	Miss. Borase S.B.	Assistant Professor	M.Sc, B.Ed,SET	Entomology	02	-
5	Dr. Kandalgaonkar A.A.	Assistant Professor	M.Sc, B.Ed, Ph.D	Fisheries	02	-
6	Miss.Maniyar R.R.	Assistant Professor	M.Sc , PET-SPPU	Animal Physiology	02	-
7	Miss: Balsane M.K	Assistant Professor	MSc, NET	Entomology	01	-
8	Miss: Kurkute P.T	Assistant Professor	MSc, NET , SET	Entomology	01	-

Non-teaching Staff

Sri. Thorat Ashok P., Lab Attendant

 

Student projects :

 

Sr.No	Name of theProgram	No. of students undertaking field Projects/ internships in the last five years
		2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
01	Zoology  (UG)	17	11	19	12	-
02	Zoology  (PG)	-	-	-	12	12 (Sem-III)

08 . Student -Teacher Ratio (Programme Wise) year 2024-2025:

Level	Class	Number of teachers	Student: Teacher Ratio
UG	B.Sc. Students Strength FY/4+SY/3+TY) 71+82+14=169	08	20.12

09 . Student profile programme/course wise:

Name of the Course/programme	Applications Received	Selected	Enrolled		Pass percentage
			*M	*F

*M = Male *F = Female *RA = Result Awaited

10. College Rank Holder Students

Year	College Rank Holders	UG/PG	Rank
2022-23	Giri Vaibhav	UG	First
2023-24	Jadhav Dinesh	UG	First

 

11 . Qualifications of teaching faculty with D.Sc./ D.Litt./ Ph.D./ M.Phil. / PG.:

Qualifications of Teaching Faculty
Ph.D.	M. Phil.	PG with SET/NET	PG
02	00	04	02

12. Details of Infrastructural facilities:

Departmental Library:	No. of Books: 45 No of Journals: 00
Internet facilities for Staff & Students:	02Computers With Internet Connectivity
Classrooms with ICT facility	01 Classrooms
Laboratories:	02 Laboratories for UG/PG
Laboratories Equipment	Medical Microscope Compound Microscope Dissecting Microscope Museum Specimen (Jar) Museum Specimen (Acrylic) Models Permanent slide Haemoglobinometer Dissecting Tray LED projector Centrifuge machine Autoclave Oven Incubator Water analysis kit Refrigerator

13 Results

Sr.No	Class	Subject
01.	F.Y.B.Sc Div.A	Paper-I

14 . Departmental projects funded by DST – FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, BCUD,etc. & total grants received

Name of the faculty	Title of Project	Name of funding agency	Grant received (Rs)	Status (Minor/ Major)
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15 . Research Centre /facility recognized by the University : No

SPPU, Pune recognized research center for M.Phil. and Ph.D.

Name of the Recognized Research Guide	M.Phil./ Ph.D.	No. of Ph. D. students guided		No. of M. Phil students guided
		Completed	Ongoing	Completed	Ongoing
---	---	---	---	---	---

 

 

 

 

 

16. Publications:

Name of the Faculty	Research Papers			Total Publication	Books	Edited Book	Total Citation	H Index	Impact Factor
	International	National	Proceeding
Dr. Dhakane K. R.(Formar faculty )	10	03	25	38	02	--	--	--2.9508
Dr.Ghaywat L. D.		03		03
Mr.Gunjal V.S.	02	01	00	00
Mr.Kudnar S.S.									--
Dr.Kandgalgoankar A.A.									--
Miss Borase S.B.									--
Total

17. Faculty as members in

a ) National Committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards….

Name of the faculty	National /International/ Other Committee / Editorial Board
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18 . Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students : Nil.

Name of Faculty	Award / Recognition	Year
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19 . List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department:

Sr. No.	Name of the Eminent academicians and Scientists	Institute
1	Dr.Ramchandra Sabale	Metrologiest
2	Dr.B.B.Nath	HOD, Department of Zoology, SPPU Pune
3	Dr.Gulab D. Khedakar	Dr.BAMU Aurangabad
4	Dr. Anil Kurhe	Satral College  , Rahata
5	Dr. Sudhakar Kurhade	New Arts & Science College Shevgoan
6	Dr. Kishor Pawar	CIDCO College Nashik
7	Dr. Ramdas Pawar	S.H.G.M.College Kopergoan
8	Dr.Bhavre Vandana	Sangamner College Sangamner
9	Dr.R.D Chaudhri	Shivchatrapati college Junnar

20 . Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding

Title of Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops	Funding Agency	Dates	Year	Sanction Amount (Rs.)

21 . Diversity of Students :

Name of the Course	% of students from the same state	% of students from other States	% of students from abroad
UG	100%	-	-
PG	100%	-	-

 22 . Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning

 

Teaching Methods

•  Classroom lectures
•  Models, permanent Slides, Chart and Specimens
•  Power Point Presentation
•  ICT classroom (Common Seminar Hall)
•  Demonstration in Laboratory
•  Visit and Hands on training in Hospital and Pathological Laboratory
•  Field studies in nearby areas.
•  Educational excursion to places of zoological interest e.g. Zoological Park, Museum
•  Student seminar and group discussion, Assignments
•  Poster preparation
• Guest lecture of the experts on various topics
•  Students and Faculty exchange programme.

. Special Guest Lectures

    1.Dr. B k Tapale

    2. Mr. J D arote

   3. Mr.Vikas Bhand 

  4. Dr. Jamadar 

 5. Mr.Abhijeet Mahale 

 6. Mr.Vivek Datir 

      

     Paper Models- DNA

Hands-on Training Instruments :-

1) Compound Microscope

2) Dissecting Microscope

3) Museum Specimen (Jar)

4) Museum Specimen (Acrylic)

5) Models

6) Permanent slide

7) Haemoglobinometer

8) Dissecting Tray

9) LED projector

10) Centrifuge machine

11) Oven

12) Incubator

13) Water analysis kit

14) Refrigerator23

23 . SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans

 

• Projects in the Campus

         “Survey of Gastro-intestinal parasite found in and around Sangamner Tehsil.”

          “Study of anti-bacterial and anti-viral activity of Magarmithi plant.”

          “ Case-Study on Behavioural change in Monkeys over the time ”

• Strength

1. Dr K.R. Dhakane is awarded as a professor and also pramoted as a head of department.

2. Dr. L.D.Ghaywat is awarded Ph.D.in Zoology.

1.  Mr. Vikas Gunjal Working on Mollusca Diversity of Maharashtra State.

• Weakness

       

• Opportunities 

 Opportunities  1)  Started Post Graduate classes

• Challenges  - 1) Due to ban on dissection of animals the student cannot get  proper practical skill.
•  Future plan   -                                                                                                                                                          Future Plan of Department Of Zoology
•  Develop a research laboratory. .
• Update the curriculam to ensure its relevant comprensive and aligend with industry needs.
• Infrasturucture improvement .
• Upgrade laboratories , Museum and other facilitites to support teaching , research and student engagement.
• Provide training and professional development opportunities  for faculty members to enhance their teaching , research and mentoring skills.  
• Student recruitment and retention .
• Community Engagement .
• Collaboration with international institute . 
• Make significant contribution to addressing global challenges in zoology .  
•  Organise study tour to visit to national institute of Apiculture and   Sericulture
•  To start a Certificate course in  Apiculture and  Sericulture
•   Organize excursion on to visit the Paul Hebert DNA Barcoding center,Aurangabad & provide hands on training in DNA Barcoding.
• Organize National/ International Conference.
• Organize workshop on vermiculture maintenance.
• Organize Hemoglobin test Camp &   Hemoglobin awareness lecture for Girl Students.

Future Prospects for Zoology Graduates:

A Zoology graduate after B.Sc., M. Sc. or Ph.D. has a diverse experience and competence for employment or for further training, and some of the opportunities include teaching and research in universities, colleges and biological institutes, medical research, environmental protection, biological conservation, wildlife, aquaculture, poultry, marine biology, crop protection, museums and research centers.