Research

Research area
Sr. No.	Name of Faculty	Research Area
1	Dr. Bhushan R. Kavimandan	Enzymology, Biomolecules extraction, isolation, purification and their biological activities
2	Dr. Suresh P. Kamble	Bio-nanotechnology- Synthesis, characterization and its biological activities. Isolation, purification of active ingredients from plants and their biological activities

Details of Research Guide
Sr. No.	Name	Names of Registered/ Awarded students	Topic	Current Status
1	Dr. Bhushan R. Kavimandan	Mrs. Mrinal S. Saraf	Studies on biochemical component(s) from Carica papaya leaf extract responsible for ncreasing platelet count	Awarded

Projects
Sr. No.	Name of PI	Title of project	Funding agency	Funding (in Rs.Lakhs)	Current Status
1	Dr. Bhushan R. Kavimandan	Studies on biochemical component(s) of Carica papaya leaves for betterment of thrombocytopenic patients	Rajiv Gandhi Science and Technology Commission, NMU Centre	2.95	Completed
2	Dr. Bhushan R. Kavimandan	Screening of Carica papaya Linn. Leaves extracts for increasing platelet count	Vice-Chancellor Research Motivation Scheme,NMU, Jalgaon	0.70	Completed
3	Dr. Bhushan R. Kavimandan	S & T Communication & Interpretive Capacity Building on Eco & Wash issues	DST, New Delhi	16.19	Completed
4	Dr. Bhushan R. Kavimandan	Study of chromosomal anomalies in mentally retarded children in Jalgaon District	UGC	1.79	Completed

Achievements

Rank Holders From The Department:
Sr. No.	Student Name	Year	University Rank
1	Ms. Sapana G. Sonawane	2012-13	1st rank Gold Medal
2	Ms. Priyanka S. Bhandarkar	2012-13	2nd rank
3	Ms. Rohini B. Chavan	2012-13	3rd rank
4	Ms. Roma M. Dahara	2013-14	1st rank Gold Medal
5	Ms. Saba D. Ranani	2013-14	3rd rank
6	Ms. Madhuri I. Pawar	2014-15	1st rank Gold Medal
7	Ms. Ankita D. Kumat	2014-15	2nd rank
8	Ms. Priyanka S. Mahajan	2014-15	3rd rank
9	Ms. Pradnya G. Kedar	2015-16	1st rank Gold Medal
10	Ms. Neha S. Salunke	2015-16	2nd rank
11	Ms. Aarti H. Nigam	2015-16	3rd rank
12	Ms. Vinita K. Tiwari	2016-17	1st rank Gold Medal
13	Ms. Vaishali H. Salunke	2016-17	2nd rank
14	Ms. Anamika Patra	2017-18	1st rank Gold Medal
15	Mr. Shubham Pariskar	2017-18	2nd rank
16	Ms. Jaya Khedkar	2017-18	3rd rank
17	Ms. Vaibhavi Bhamre	2018-19	1st rank Gold Medal
18	Ms. Prachi Khairnar	2018-19	2nd rank

Scholars of the Department
Sr. No.	Student Name	Exam	Year
1	Vinita KS.Tiwari	NET	2019
2	Nitin Sardar	GRE	2019
3	Shraddha S. Patil	NET	2018
4	Roma Dahara	NET, GATE	2017
5	Shahid Pinjari	SET, NET (Agri)	2016
6	Sanjiv M. Patil	SET	2014
7	Jitendra Rane	NET	2013
8	Bharat Kharat	NET	2011
9	Kishor Patil	NET	2011
10	Rahul Tanpure	NET	2010
11	NainaChaudhari	MPSC (Forensic)	2010
12	Sagar Shimpi	MPSC (PSI)	2010
13	Archan Dusane	MPSC (PSI)	2009
14	Deepak Patil	GRE & TOFEL	2008

Activities & Reports

1) Blood group detection camp:

Blood group detection camp is annual activity of the department. To create awareness and importance of blood group detection, department organizes every year such camps at colleges nearby Jalgaon district. S.Y. and T.Y. B.Sc. students of the department enthusiastically participate in the camp and carry out the activity.

Blood group detection camp
Sr. No.	Date	Camp Organized At	Number of students participated from the department	Number of students whose blood group detected.
1	04 Sept. 2013	M. J. College, Jalgaon	35	356
2	04 Sept. 2014	R. R. Vidyalaya, Jalgaon	41	462
3	16 Sept. 2014	M. J. College, Jalgaon	23	138
4	04 Sept. 2015	Swami Vivekanand Junior College, Jalgaon.	56	367
5	14 Sept. 2016	N. H. Ranka High School and Junior College, Bodwad	40	412
6	27 Jan. 2018	M. G. College, Chopda	32	240
7	14 Sept. 2018	Swami Vivekanand Junior College, Jalgaon.	13	54
8	28 Dec. 2019	Swami Vivekanand Junior College, Jalgaon.	42	163

Blood group detection camp 2013

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2) National conference AMBI:

In collaboration with department of Microbiology and Botany, Department of Biochemistry has successfully organised national conference on “Advances in Microbial Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Approaches (AMBI)” in four consecutive years 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. More than 200 participants every year from all over the country participated in this recurring event. Eminent scientists and speakers from the esteemed organizations, institutions and industries shared their knowledge, experience and expertise on various topics of life sciences.Numbers of deliberations on various topics like food security and safety, fermentation, bioremediation, agricultural biotechnology, biostatistics, bioinformatics etc. werediscussed through invited talks, poster and paper presentations. The main aim of the event was to revive contribution of several interdisciplinary sciences in microbial biotechnology and interdisciplinary area.

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3) Budding Researchers Scheme:

This innovative scheme M. J. College runs every year to promote research aptitude among UG and PG students of Arts, Commerce and Science faculty. Under the supervision of the faculty members of the department, students carry out small research project during summer vacation.

Budding Researchers Scheme
Sr. No.	Year	Project Title	Name of student(s)	Name of supervisor
1	2011-12	Detection of three founder mutations of Breast Cancer	Mr. Nimesh Patil, Ms. Harshali Shinde, Ms. Punam Chaudhari, Mr. Kamlesh Patil, Ms. Vibhavari Sapkale and Ms. Shraddha Patil	Dr. Bhushan R. Kavimandan
2	2012-13	Study of antibacterial activity of Ag nanoparticles	Ms. Priyanka Bhandarkar, Ms. Rohini Chavan	Dr. Bhushan R. Kavimandan
3	2012-13	Study of abtibacterial activity of Zinc oxide nanoparticles	Ms. Chetana Magare	Dr. Bhushan R. Kavimandan
4	2013-14	Comparison of antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles synthesized from plant latex and by chemical method	Ms. Roma Dahara Ms. Dipali Mahajan Ms. Urmila Sawkare Ms. Bhavana Chaudhari	Mr. Aarif N. Patel
5	2013-14	Comparison of silver nanoparticles synthesized using plant latex and by chemical method	Ms. Pratiksha Gaikwad Ms. Bharati Ghule Ms. Ankita Kumat Ms. Kalyani Patel	Dr. Bhushan R. Kavimandan
6	2013-14	To check the total flavonoids content and phenolic content from bark of Terminalia arjuna	Mr. Yogesh Deoraj Mr. Sachin Yadav Mr. Amardas Pawara	Ms. Gunjan M. Chaudhari
7	2014-15	Biochemical Screening of Simarubagluaca DC	Mr. Sachin Yadav, Mukesh Chavan, Maulik Doshi, Sarvesh Kulkarni, Pawan Patil, Ishwar patil	Dr. Bhushan R. Kavimandan
8	2014-15	Screening of phyto-chemical investigation, antimicrobial andin vitro antioxidant activity of Dolichandronefalcataseem. Leaves	Ms. Ankita Kumat, Ms. Kalyani Patel, Pradnya Kedar, Kaveri Patil, Nurjahan Shaikh	Dr. Bharat M. Bhalerao
9	2014-15	Portable homemade water filter and Chlorine Gas generator for safe drinking water	Chandrakant Suresh Patil Chandrakant Satish Patil	Dr. Bhushan R. Kavimandan
10	2014-15	Traditional herbal oil for hair therapy	Yogita Patil, Shubhangi Mahajan	Dr. Bhushan R. Kavimandan
11	2014-15	Biochemical analysis of Carica papaya leaves.	Ms. Priyanka Mahajan, Neha Sikhwal, Snehal Wani, Ms. Madhuri Pawar, Sayali Pate, Rohini Patil	Mrs. Mrinal S. Saraf
12	2015-16	Extraction of biocomponents responsible for aroma from Nyctanthes arbor tristis and Plumeriaacuminata	Miss. Kiran P Patil, Miss. Deepti G Patil, Miss. Vinita K. S Tiwari	Dr. Bhushan R. Kavimandan
13	2015-16	Physicochemical analysis of water samples	Miss. Geetika R. Patil, Mr. Mohamad Abrar Shaikh Shafi, Mr. Nikhil E. Chopade	Ms. Vibhavari D. Sapkale
14	2015-16	Preliminary phyto-chemical investigation of fruit pulp crude extracts of Balanitesaegyptiaca Del and its Biological activites	Miss. Lina S. Rade, Miss Pooja S. Chaudhari	Dr. Bharat M. Bhalerao
15	2015-16	Screening of Carica papaya L leavesextracts and its different biological activities	Miss. Pradnya Kedar, Miss. Neha Salunke, Miss. Rohini Patil	Mrs. Mrinal S. Saraf
16	2015-16	Biotechnological applications of Proteolytic enzyme: Papain	Mr. Chandrakant Patil Mr. Alkesh Bauskar	Ms. Gunjan M. Chaudhari
17	2016-17	Detection of adulterants in milk samples	Nitin Sardar Chandrakant Patil Samdhan Chavan	Dr. Bhushan R. Kavimandan
18	2016-17	Comparative study to determine the quality of artificially and naturally ripened banana	Pallavi Bari Purvi Singh Anamik Patra	Dr. Bhushan R. Kavimandan
19	2016-17	Analysis of commercial honey products	Jaya Khedkar Sakshi Deshmukh Komal Khinvasara	Ms. Gunjan M. Chaudhari
20	2016-17	Isolation of lipase producing bacteria from soil samples	Shruti k. Dayama Kalyani Dalal Bhagyashri Patil	Dr. Bhushan R. Kavimandan
21	2016-17	Analysis of commercial fruit juices	Dipali Patil Ashwini Thakare Vaishali Chaudhari	Ms. Gunjan M. Chaudhari
22	2016-17	Detection of vitamins in food supplements and medicines	Shubham Pariskar Bhushan Mahajan Jagdish Shinde	Dr. Bhushan R. Kavimandan
23	2016-17	Isolation of lipase producing fungi	Komal Bagul Vaishali Salunke Gitika Patil	Dr. Bhushan R. Kavimandan
24	2017-18	Screening of Banana Peduncle Extracts and it’s different biological activities.	Chandrakant Bhanudas Patil Nitin Bhausaheb Sardar Gaurav k. Chaudhari	Mrs. Mrinal S. Saraf
25	2017-18	Microbial and Chemical analysis of hot spring water	Pallavi Hiralal Bari Sakshi Pravin Deshmukh Monika Premraj Shinde	Dr. Bhushan R. Kavimandan
26	2017-18	Screening of microbes from oil contaminated soil for production of various enzymes	Ms. Vaibhavi Vijay Bhamare Mr. Nikhil Rajendra Sonar Ms. Snehal Dilip Bhatiya Ms. Prachi Dinesh Khairnar	Dr. Bhushan R. Kavimandan
27	2017-18	Biochemical Analysis of Vermicompost	Madhura M. Kale Upasana L. Thakkar Akash M. Bhill	Dr. Bhushan R. Kavimandan
28	2018-19	Antioxidant and in Vitro activities of Chara sp. aqueous extract from Waghurriver at Sakegaon, Maharashtra	Uzma Naaz Sagar Thange Yash Sonawane	Dr. Kishore J. Patil
29	2018-19	Isolation of cellulolytic bacteria for bioethanol production from larvae bitten leaves	Deepak Suryavanshi Jayashri Bendale Vishakha Ingale	Dr. Kishore J. Patil
30	2018-19	Isolation of Azatobacter and Rhizobium from Jalgaon region and its applications as biofertilizer	Chanchal Kadam Kajal Patil Bhagyashree Patil Komal R. Pawar	Dr. Kishore J. Patil
31	2018-19	Biological activities of alkaloidal leaves extract of Carica papaya L	Vaibhavi Bhamre Nikhil Sonar	Dr. Bhushan R. Kavimandan
32	2018-19	In vitro screening of medicinal plants for their Anti-diabetic activity	Madhura KaleM Upasana Thakkar Ashutosh Wankhede	Dr. Bhushan R. Kavimandan

4) Visit to Blood Bank and Pathology:

Every year Department of Biochemistry organizes visit to blood bank and pathology for S.Y. B.Sc. students of the department as a part of curriculum. Main aim of the visit is to make students aware about blood processing and importance of blood donation. Visit to pathology helps them to understand actual processing of various samples (blood, urine, stool, tissue etc) i.e. from sample collection to report making.

Budding Researchers Scheme
Sr. No.	Date of visit	Place	Number of students participated
1	27/12/2012	Rohit Pathology and Golwalkar blood bank	21
2	11/01/2014	Rohit Pathology and Golwalkar blood bank	30
3	20/08/2014	Rohit Pathology	27
4	17/01/2015	Golwalkar blood bank	27
5	19/12/2015	Rohit Pathology and Golwalkar blood bank	25
6	18/01/2017	Rohit Pathology and Golwalkar blood bank	24
7	13/01/2018	Rohit Pathology and Golwalkar blood bank	19
8	19/01/2019	Indian Red Cross Scociety, Jalgaon	35
9	30/12/2019	Rohit Pathology and Golwalkar blood bank	25

5) Excursion:

Department of Biochemistry regularly organizes excursion for students to introduce them to a new place and culture. Tour is also organized to industries so that student will know about industrial life and opportunities available.

Budding Researchers Scheme
Sr. No.	Date of visit	Place	Number of students participated
1	28/12/2012	Ram Biotech, Nashirabad and Vikas Milk Federation, Jalgaon	21
2	11/08/2013	Jain Biotech and food park, Jalgaon	49
3	22/01/2014	Vikas Milk Federation, Jalgaon	34
4	24-26/01/2014	Mahabaleshwar and Mapro industry	21
5	31/01-01/02/2016	Pali, Murud-Janjira, Diveagar, Shrivardhan and Harihareshwar	17
6	04/02/2017	Gandhi Research Foundation and Jain Biotech Park, Jalgaon	21
7	27/01/2018	Unapdev, Taluka Chopda	32
8	27-31/01/2019	Ganpatipule, Kolhapur, Panhala, Pratapgad, Dervan, Jyotiba and Mahabaleshwar	12
9	18-19/2020	Forest of Langdaamba, Pal	14

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6) Guest Lectures
Sr. No.	Date	Topic	Eminent Personality
1	29/08/2011	Genetically Modified Crops	Prof. Dr. V. L. Maheshwari, Director of School of Life Science, North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon
2	05/09/2011	Forensic Science	Miss. NayanaChaudhari, Analyst in Forensic department, Nashik
3	29/09/2012	Plant tissue culture techniques	Prof. K.S. Vishwakarma, Assistant Prof. of School of Life Science, North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon
4	24/12/2012	Plant tissue culture and Organic farming	Mr. Pushkaraj Chaudhari M.D., Ram Biotech, Nashirabd
5	04/09/2013	Blood group systems	Dr. Dhananjay Borole M.D. Pathologist
6	22/02/2014	Chromatography and Electrophoresis	Dr. Mohan Bhagwat Lab india
7	05/09/2014	Manacheantarang	Dr. Neeraj Deo Ph.D. Psychology
8	19/12/2015	Preparation for GRE, TOFEL and other competitive examinations	Dr. G.C. Kulkarni Director, Dnyanjyot Institute for competitive excellence, Jalgaon
9	06/09/2016	Scope of Biochemistry	Dr. K. S. Vishwakarma Associate Professor, SLS, NMU Jalgaon
10	29/01/2018	Biostatistics	Dr. K. P. Narkhede, Head, Department of Microbiology, M. J. College, Jalgaon
11	30/01/2018	Bioinformatics	Dr. M. Z. Chopda, Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, M. J. College, Jalgaon
12	27/01/2019	Plant Tissue Culture Techniques	Mr. Vipul Phalak Research Scholar, SLS, K.B.C. NMU, Jalgaon

Content Developed

Publications

• Bari P. H., Patra A. K.,Kavimandan B. R. (2020). Physico-chemical and sensory parameters of artificially and naturally ripened banana. Bioinfolet 17(2), 281-283.

• Saraf, M. S. and Kavimandan, B. R. (2018). Dengue Fever: Role of Carica papaya L. International Journal of Health Sciences & Research, 8(1), 249-258.

• Saraf, M. S. and Kavimandan, B. R. (2017). Animal Trials of Carica papaya Leaf Extracts for Increasing Platelet Count.Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 8(4), 782-787. DOI: 10.5958/0976-5506.2017.00431.4

• Kavimandan,B.R., Shinde,H.A., Patil,N.M., Chaudhari,P.B., Sapkale,V.D., Patil,S.S., Patil,K.R. (2013).Breast cancer founder mutations study in Jalgaon city breast cancer patient.Bionano Frontier, 6(2), 191-193.

• Rane,G. M., Kavimandan,B.R., Kabre,G.V., Salunke,S.R. (2013).Molecular markers- authentic tool for discrimination of medicinally significant Aspergillus species.Bionano Frontier, 6(2), 194-196.

• Kavimandan, B. R., Kate, U., Kalthe, B., Jadhav, A., Pokale, Y. (2011).Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome- 4p14 deletion.Bionano Frontier, 4(2), 205-207.

• Kavimandan, B. R. and Khan, Z. H. (2011). Sorghum Cultivar Identification By Seed Peotein Profile- Better Option For Grow Out Test (GOT).Bioscience Discovery, 2(3), 367-377.

• Kavimandan, B. R. and Khan, Z. H. (2011). Esterase isozymes profile- an option for sorghum Grow Out Test (GOT).Deccan Current Science, 6, 364 – 371.

Conference Proceedings:

• Kavimandan, B. R. (2019).Comparative study of silver nanoparticles synthesized by chemical & green method and their antibacterial activities. Special issue of National conference on Environment and Sustainable Development (ESD 2018),‘Research Journey’ International Multidisciplinary E- Research Journal,

• Patil,D. G., Patil,K. P., Tiwari,V. K.,Kavimandan,B. R. (2018). Extraction and analyses of Nyctanthes arbor-tristisand Plumeriaacuminataflowers for the potent components responsible for aroma. Special issue of Recent trends in life science and environmental studies, Journal of Research and Development, 160-162.

• Kavimandan, B. R. and Saraf, M. S.(2016).Studies on biological efficacy of various leaf extracts of Carica papaya L.Special issue of International Conference on Global Trends in Engineering, Technology and Management (ICGTETM-2016),International journal of Engineering trends and technology (IJETT), special issue Number-4: 510-516 DOI- 10.14445/22315381/IJETT-ICGTETM-N4

Books/ Manual

Books/ Manual
Sr. No.	Name/s of author/editor	Title	Publisher	Year: ISBN	Type (reference/Text book/ proc./ebook)
1	Dr. Bhushan R. Kavimandan	Text book of Biochemistry T.Y. BSc. (Sem-I)	Prashant Publications, Jalgaon	ISBN: 978-93-84228-44-6	Text
2	Dr. Bhushan R. Kavimandan	Biochemistry (CH-356 (A) Semester-V, T.Y. B.Sc. Chemistry)	Prashant Publications, Jalgaon	ISBN: 978-93-84228-48-4	Text
3	Dr. Bhushan R. Kavimandan	Practical Biochemistry (For F.Y. B.Sc. Biochemistry)	Prashant Publications, Jalgaon	-	Text

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Contact person
Name	Dr. Bhushan R. Kavimandan
Designation	Assistant Professor and Head
E-mail	bhushankavimandan@kces.in
Mobile No.	9175996827, 7020050896
Address	Department of Biochemistry, PG Building Building, M. J. College, Campus, Jalgaon 425001.
Phone	0257-2237363 Ext: 227