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PADMASHRI VIKHE PATIL COLLEGE OF ARTS SCIENCE & COMMERCE PRAVARANAGAR

A/p Loni, Taluka:Rahata, Dist.Ahmednagar Pin : 413713 Affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University Pune Id No. PU/NA/ASC/(016)1971.

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Department of Zoology

The department of Zoology was established in 1971 and is one of the leading departments of Padmashri Vikhe Patil College, Pravaranagar, which offers academic programmes at UG, PG and Ph. D. (Research) level. Department is DST-FIST, sponsored department (2008) under the program of Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of India and recognized as a Star Department from DBT-Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India in 2007 and 2020-2021.

At present the department conducts teaching program in Zoology at U.G. level under two streams Non-restructuring and Restructuring. PG programme was started in 1993 on self financing basis to facilitate the rural students and pursue higher studies to fulfill their dreams. Department is recognized as a Research Centre in 2007 for Ph. D. program and at present 8 students have registered their name and pursuing their research. The department conducts a certificate course in sericulture under career oriented courses (UGC-CoC). The Department has diversified teaching and research to suit both recent advances and needs of the regional populace. Department have established several MoU’s and Linkages with National and International Universities and Research groups in teaching, research and extension.

Department has successfully Organized an International Conference on Recent Trends and Challenges in Science & Technology (RTCST-2014 Pravaranagar) sponsored by UGC New Delhi and ,State level Seminar on Recent Trends in Life Sciences sponsored by BCUD, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune.

The Department is actively engaged in research and provides consultancy services in various fields like Sericulture, Vermi-culture and Apiculture.

Presently Department has 11 teaching and 3 non-teaching staff, out of which 01 teaching staff is Ph.D. and Post-Doctorate from University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 4 are Ph.D. and 3 are pursuing their Ph.D. degree. Three staff members of the department are recognized as PG teacher and are research guide for M. Phil and Ph. D. degree. The staff members of the department have published 9 books and more than 245 research papers in various national/ international repute, peer reviewed journals and proceedings and have completed 3 research projects (minor).

The staff members of the department have published 9 books and more than 245 research papers in various national/ international repute, peer reviewed journals and proceedings and have completed 3 research projects (minor).

Faculty Profile

Sr.No.	Name of Faculty	Designation	Qualification	Email Id	Contact No.
1.	Dr. Pawar B.A.	Head and Associate Professor	M.Sc., Ph.D.	ba_pwr2007@rediffmail.com	9822529802
2.	Dr. Dhembare A.J.	Assistant Professor	M.Sc., Ph.D.	dhembareaj1963@gmail.com	9922566067
3.	Dr. Kurhe A. R.	Associate Professor	M.Sc. Ph.D., Post Doctorate (Spain)	anil.kurhe@gmail.com	9420154754
4.	Dr. Tambe D. S.	Assistant Professor	M.Sc., Ph.D.	dinkartambe5679@gmail.com	9960398170
5.	Dr. Thete K.D.	Assistant Professor	M.Sc., Ph.D.	kishanthete@gmail.com	9922142602
6.	Miss. Shaikh S.S.	Assistant Professor	M.Sc.	shabanabi1210@gmail.com	9763504430
7.	Mr. Parkhe S. B.	Assistant Professor	M.Sc.,B.Ed	swamisp100@gmail.com	8600531599
8.	Mr. Khemnar R. S.	Assistant Professor	M.Sc.	khemnar202@gmail.com	9623515945
9.	Mr. Kolkar B. E.	Assistant Professor	M.Sc., B. Ed	bhausahebkolkar150@gmail.com	9766593529
10.	Mr. Chavan M.S.	Assistant Professor	M.Sc., B. Ed, M.Phil	cmayur5943@gmail.com	9423935943
11.	Mr. Bhusnale R.K.	Assistant Professor	M.Sc.,SET	rushikeshbhusanle1993@gmail.com	9168300937

Programme

Major/Minor Research Projects

Sr. No.	Name of Principal Investigator	Name of the research project	Name of funding agency	Duration of project	Amount/ Fund received (Rs.)
1.	Dr. Kurhe A. R.	Re assessment of Molluscan fauna in and around Bhandardara Reservoir in Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra.	UGC, Western Regional Office, Pune-7	2011-2013	110,000/-
2.	Dr. B. A. Pawar	Studies on water quality, plankton composition and fish diversity in relation to pisciculture in Kotmara lake, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra	UGC, Western Regional Office, Pune-7	2011-2013	1,70,300/-
3.	Dr. D. S. Tambe	Diversity and Biology of cestode parasites in Freshwater fishes from Mula Dam Reservoir Ahmednagar Dist (MS) (Minor)	UGC Western Regional Office, Pune-7	2012-2014	1,45,000/-

Publications

Sr. No.	Title of paper	Name of the author/s	Name of journal (Vol., page no.)	Impact Factor	ISBN/ ISSN number
1.	Diversity of Molluscan fauna of Pravara river in relation to pollution, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra.	B.A. Pawar & S.K. Aher	J. Exp. Zool. India.21(1) : 349-352.	----	ISSN 0972-0030
2.	Water quality of Nath Sagar reservoier in relation to fish culture, Aurangabad district, Maharashtra.	D.V. Lokhande & B.A. Pawar	J. Exp. Zool. India. 21(1) : 337-340.	----	ISSN 0972-0030
3.	Distribution and Diversity of Mosquito Larvae from Kopargaon Teshil, Dist. Ahmednagar (M.S.), India.	K. D. Thete	International Journal of Life Sciences Scientific Research (IJLSSR). 3(5): 1305-1310.	2.40	ISSN 2455-1716
4.	Screening of Antibacterial Activities of Salacia Macrosparma (Wight) Extracts.	A.J. Dhembare, S.L. Kakad and S. B. Parkhe	Der Chemica Sinica, 2017, 8(5):478-481	0.654	ISSN : 0976-8505
5.	Monosodium glutamate induced hematological alteration in Europian rabbit.	A.J. Dhembare and S.S. Gaikwad	Journal of Zoology studies. 4(3) : 52-56.	1.59	ISSN 2348-5914
6.	Potacium bromate induced hematological alteration in Europian rabbit.	A.J. Dhembare&P.G. Dale	Journal of Zoology studies. 4(3) : 01-05.	1.59	ISSN 2348-5914
7.	Taxonomical study of cestode parasites Dipylidium caninum (Eucestoda:Dilepidiidae) in common cat, Felis domasticus From Ahmednagar, India.	D. S. Tambe	IJAPSA. 3(7) : 20-25.	4.446	ISSN 2394-5532
8.	Taxonomical study of cestode parasites Taenia taeniaeformis (Hydatigera taeniaeformis) in common cat, Felis domasticus From Ahmednagar, India.	D. S. Tambe	IJAPSA. 3(7) :45-50.	4.446	ISSN 2394-5532
			2016-17
9.	Biochemical Variation in cestode parasites of Domestic fowls From Ahmednagar Dist.(M.S.).	A. B. Gholap	IJRASET. 5(X) : 508-509.	6.887	ISSN 2321-9653
10.	Paper chromatographic studies of amino acids in cestode parasites.	A. B. Gholap	Journal of Zoology studies. 4(1) : 32-36.	1.59	ISSN 2348-5914
11.	A Redescription of Senga Armatusae (Hiware, 1999) (Cestoda: Phychobothride) from Fresh Water Teleost Mastacembelus Armatus in Mula dam Reservoir (M.S.).	D. S. Tambe	Journal of Zoology studies. 3(3) : 32-36.	1.59	ISSN 2348-5914
12.	Studies on water quality of Adhala lake in relation to fish culture, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra.	V. K. Vikhe & B. A. Pawar	J. Exp. Zool. India. 19(2) : 821-824.	----	ISSN 0972-0030
			2015-16
13.	A new cestode Circum oncobothrium dnyaneshwarinae from Clarius batrachus in Mula dam Reservoir.	D. S. Tambe	An International Journal of Life sciences scientific research. 2(3): 236-240.	2.40	ISSN 2455-1716
14.	Effect of Cestode Parasites on Haematological Parameters in Gallus gallus domesticus in Ahmednagar Distict.	A. B. Gholap	Int. J. Life Sci. Scienti. Res.2(3):X-X.	2.40	ISSN 2455-1716
15.	Toxicity and impact of rogorus on protein and glycogen content of freshwater fish, Gambusia affinis (Baired& Girard).	B. A. Pawar, P. S. Shinde, A. K. Pandarkar &A. N. Shendge	J. Exp. Zool. India. 19(1) : 267-271.	--	ISSN 0972-0030
16.	Alteration in haematology of European rabbit, Orycytolagus cuniculus (Linn) due to exposure to Ipomoeacarnea(Jacq) leaf extract.	A.J. Dhembare	Der Phermicia Letter 7 (7): 227-231.	0.423	ISSN 0976-8688
17.	Evaluation of lycopene contents from various fruits and processed food.	A.J. Dhembare&S. L. Kakad	J. Basic Science. (Special issue). 50-53.	0.654	2395-1265
			2014-15
18.	Evaluation of anthelmintic activity of Ipomoeacornea Jacq leaf extracts.	A.J. Dhembare&S. L. Kakad	Der Pharmacia Letter. 7(4): 262-265.	0.541	ISSN 0976-8688
19.	An assessment of zooplankton population of Kotmara lake, with reference to pisciculture, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra.	B.A. Pawar, A.K. Pandarkar &A.N. Shendge	Flora and Fauna. 20(1): 95-100.	--	ISSN 0971-6920
20.	Fish diversity of Kotmara lake in relation to fish culture, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra.	B.A. Pawar, A.N. Shendge&A.K. Pandarkar	J. Exp. Zool. India. 17(2) : 723-726.	--	ISSN 0972-0030
21.	Haematological alteration in European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (Lin) exposed to ethereal.	A.J. Dhembare	Advances in Applied Sci. Re. 5(3) : 59-63.	0.71	ISSN 0976-8610
22.	Ichthyofaunal studies of Visapur reservoir in relation to fish culture, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra.	A.K. Pandarkar, B.A. Pawar&A.N. Shendge	Flora and Fauna. 20(2): 247-250.	--	ISSN 0971-6920
23.	Length-weight relation and relative condition factor in freshwater Notopterus chitala (Hamilton) from Bhima river, district Pune, Maharashtra.	A.N. Shendge&B.A. Pawar	J. Exp. Zool. India. 17(2) : 759-762.	--	ISSN 0972-0030
24.	Scenario of mosquito larvae from Jalna District (M.S.), India.	K. D. Thete	Academic and Research Excellence in Animal Sciences.	--	ISBN 978-93-81921-30-2,
25.	Species Diversity Indices of Zooplankton from Sadatpur Reservoir, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra.	A. B. Gholap	Annals Biological Research SRL(USA). 5(4):58-61	1.0	ISSN 0976-1233
26.	Studies on water quality of Kotmara lake in relation to pisciculture, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra.	B.A. Pawar, A.N. Shendge&A.K. Pandarkar	J. Exp. Zool. India. 17(2) : 751-754.	--	ISSN 0972-0030
27.	Studies on water quality of Nira river in relation to Pisciculture, Pune district, Maharashtra.	A.N. Shendge, R.G. Kudale&B.A. Pawar	J. Exp. Zool. India. 17(2) : 697-701.	--	ISSN 0972-0030
			2013-14
28.	Climatic Impact Regarding Mosquito Distribution from Ambad, District Jalna (M.S.)India.	K. D. Thete	Deccan Current Science. 10(1): 291-297.	--	0975-3044
29.	First time Record of Aedes scatophagoides (Theobald, 1934) from Latur (M.S.), Deccan Plateau of India.	K. D. Thete	Journal MosquitoResearch. 4:1-4.	---	1927-646X
30.	Lipid content of the gonad and muscle during the maturation cycle in freshwater fish, Notopterus notopterus (Palas).	A.N. Shendge&B.A. Pawar	J. Exp. Zool. India 17(1) : 237-239.	--	ISSN 0972-0030
31.	Modulation in serum biochemical in European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linn.) exposed to ethephon.	A.J. Dhembare	Annals of Biol. Res. 5(5): 27-30.	0.42	ISSN 0976-1233
32.	Studies on phytoplankton composition of Kotmara lake in relation to fish culture, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra.	B.A. Pawar, A.B. Kadam, A.N. Shendge&A.K. Pandarkar	J. Exp. Zool. India. 17(1) : 251-255.	--	ISSN 0972-0030
33.	Zooplankton diversity of Visapur reservoir in Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra.	A.K. Pandarkar, B.A. Pawar&A.N. Shendge	J. Exp. Zool. India. 17(1) : 327-329.	--	ISSN 0972-0030
34.	Bitter truth about fruit with reference to artificial ripener.	A.J. Dhembare	Archives Appl. Sci. Res. 5 (5):45-54.	0.541	ISSN 0975-508X
35.	Impact of termite activity on physicochemical properties of mound soil.	A.J. Dhembare	Cental European J. Exp. Bio.3 (1):25-28.	0.633	ISSN 2278-7364
36.	Lipid content of the gonad and muscle during the maturation cycle in freshwater fish, Wallago attu (Hamilton).	A.N. Shendge&B.A. Pawar	Uttar Pradesh J. Zool. 33(3) : 317-319.	--	ISSN 0256-971X
37.	Physico-chemical properties of termite mount soil.	A. J. Dhembare	Archives Appl. Sci. Res. 5(6):123-126.	0.541	ISSN 0975-508X
38.	Seasonal variation in the biochemical composition of freshwater catfish, Notopterus notopterus (Pallas) in relation to sex and maturity cycle.	A.N. Shendge, B.A. Pawar&A.K. Pandarkar	J. Exp. Zool. India. 16(2) : 441-443.	--	ISSN ISSN 0972-0030
39.	Survey of Container Breeding Mosquito Larvae in Jalna City(M.S.), India.	K. D. Thete	BiologicalForum. 5(1) :124-128.	2.629	0975-1130 ISSN 2249-3239
40.	Zebra fish the reliable vertebrate model organism - A Review.	K. D. Thete	Deccan Current Science. 9(1) :172-182.	---	ISSN 0975-3044
41.	Biodegradation of synthetic polymer waste using Bacteria isolated from soil	N. R. Somwanshi, A. J. Khandagle, B. A. Pawar & S. S. Jesani	Biochem. Cell. Arch. 2019; 19(1) :1737-1740.	---	ISSN 0972-5075
42.	An assessment of zooplankton population of Shilvandi lake with reference to fish culture, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra.	B. A. Pawar, N.R. Somwanshi, P. R. Gawali & P. D. Ghorpade	J. Exp. Zool. India. 2019; 22(1) : 389-392.	---	ISSN 0972-0030
43.	Consequences of vermiwash on root-shoot length, ratio and vigor index on gram seed, Cicer aritinm L.	A. J. Dhembare and Sonali Dengale	J. Emerging Technology and innovative Research. 2019; 6(4): 367-375.	5.87	ISSN 2349-5162
44.	Studies on phytoplankton composition of Shilvandi lake in relation to fish culture, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra.	B. A. Pawar, Asma S. Shaikh & Babasaheb D. Keskar	J. Exp. Zool. India. 2018; 21(2) : 991-994.	---	ISSN 0972-0030
45.	Studies on water quality of Shilvandi lake with reference to fish culture, Ahmednagar district,Maharashtra	B. A. Pawar, Rahul D. Dagale & Kiran K. Ghule	J. Exp. Zool. India. 2018; 21(2) : 1073-1076.	---	ISSN 0972-0030
46.	Biodegradation of synthetic polymer waste using Bacteria isolated from soil	N. R. Somwanshi, A. J. Khandagle, B. A. Pawar & S. S. Jesani	Biochem. Cell. Arch. 2019; 19(1) :1737-1740.	---	ISSN 0972-5075
47.	An assessment of zooplankton population of Shilvandi lake with reference to fish culture, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra.	B. A. Pawar, N.R. Somwanshi, P. R. Gawali & P. D. Ghorpade	J. Exp. Zool. India. 2019; 22(1) : 389-392.	---	ISSN 0972-0030
48.	Consequences of vermiwash on root-shoot length, ratio and vigor index on gram seed, Cicer aritinm L.	A. J. Dhembare and Sonali Dengale	J. Emerging Technology and innovative Research. 2019; 6(4): 367-375.	5.87	ISSN 2349-5162
49.	Studies on phytoplankton composition of Shilvandi lake in relation to fish culture, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra.	B. A. Pawar, Asma S. Shaikh & Babasaheb D. Keskar	J. Exp. Zool. India. 2018; 21(2) : 991-994.	---	ISSN 0972-0030
50.	Studies on water quality of Shilvandi lake with reference to fish culture, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra.	B. A. Pawar, Rahul D. Dagale & Kiran K. Ghule	J. Exp. Zool. India. 2018; 21(2) : 1073-1076.	---	ISSN 0972-0030
51.	Glycogen estimation from organ in some selective edible fish from Pravara river, Rahata,Ahendnagar	Mangal.T.Musale, Asma S. Shaikh, Shabanabi.S. Shaikh and Shital.B.Bhalke	Research Journey International multidisciplinary E-Research Journal 2020;218:76-78	6.625	ISSN 2348-7143
52.	A comparative Study on Biochemical Composition of Fresh Water Crab Carapace in Bhandardara (Willson) Dam and Pravara River	M. S. Chavan, B. E. Kolkar, K. D.Thete and V. N.Varpe	Research Journey International multidisciplinary E-Research Journal . January 2020;218:66-71	6.625	ISSN 2348-7143
53.	A Survey of Larval Mosquito Fauna From Shrirampur, Taluka, Dist.Ahmednagar (MS) India	K D Thete, S.Take, M. S.Chavan, and B. E. Kolkar	Research Journey International multidisciplinary E-Research Journal. January 2020;218:17-20	6.625	ISSN 2348-7143
54.	Hematological consequences inspired by the smoke of pyrethroid based mosquito coil on european rabbit, oryctolagus cuniculus (cony)	A. J. Dhembare and R. S. Khemnar	Research Journey International multidisciplinary E-Research Journal. January 2020;218:06-11	6.625	ISSN 2348-7143
55.	Antimicrobial activity and phytochemical analysis of Rhus semialata.	N. R. Somwanshi, B. A. Pawar, Prashant Katake and Madhuri B. Patil	Biochem. Cell. Arch. 20(1) :179-182. April, 2020	--	0972-5075
56.	Seasonal variation of Tapeworm Raillietina singhi (Malviya, 1971) in Gallus gallus domesticus from Ahmednagar District, (MS), India	Pulate V.M. and Bhagwan H.K.	Journal of Engineering Science	6.54	0377-9254

Achievements

Awards received by faculty:

Sr. No.

Name of the Teacher

Name of the Award

Level

Dr. Tambe D. S.

Awarded “Leadership Certificate” for his noteworthy efforts in promoting Tobacco control activities in Maharashtra through NSS (2019-20).

National

Awards received by students:

Sr. No.	Name of the Student	Name of the Award	Level
1.	Chavan Mayur Shivaji	Presented a paper entitled, Scorpion venom& secured 1^st Prize, in the S.P. Pune University sponsored State level Seminar on tool and tech. in animal sciences by Ahmednagar college, Ahmednagar	State
2.	Gavit Pundalik Ramdas	Presented a paper entitled, Scorpion venom& secured 1^st Prize, in the S.P. Pune University sponsored State level Seminar on tool and tech. in animal sciences by Ahmednagar college, Ahmednagar	State
3.	Miss. Ghorpade Pooja Dattatraya	Presented a paper entitled, an assessment of zooplankton population of Shilvandi lake in relation to pisciculture, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra.	State
4.	Miss. Sanap Aishwarya Vivekanand	Presented a paper entitled, variation in protein content of Helminth parasite infected & uninfected intestine of Kadaknath Fowl & secured 1^st Prize, in the S.P. Pune University sponsored State level Seminar on Recent Trends in Life Science, organized by Department of Zoology, P.V.P. college, Pravaranagar, held on 12^th& 13^th Feb., 2018.	State
5.	Miss. Pathare Priyanka V.	Phenotypic studies... etc & secured Appreciation prize, in the S.P. Pune University sponsored State level Seminar on Recent Trends in Life Science, organized by Department of Zoology, P.V.P. college, Pravaranagar, held on 12^th& 13^th Feb., 2018.	State
6.	Miss. Sarwale Janhavi Dhananjay	Secured First Rank in the Subject Zoology, class S.Y.B.Sc. (50 Marks out of 50 in both Zoology Paper I &II), S. P. Pune University Exam, October 2018	University
7.	Mr. Wani Rohit Kacharu	Qualified JRF and NET for Lectureship on August 2019, conducted by CSIR, New Delhi	National
8.	Mr. Antre Rushikesh Babasaheb	Received 3rd Prize for Research paper (poster) presentation at National conference on Natural Resource Management and sustainable Development at Arts	National
9.	Mr. Bhadange Sumit Balasaheb	Received 3rd Prize for Research paper (poster) presentation at National conference on Natural Resource Management and sustainable	National

Events

Sr. No.	Event	Level	Funding Agency	Duration
2.	State level conference on: Recent Trends in Life sciences	State Level	BCUD , University of Pune	12^th and 13^thFebruary 2018
3.	One day workshop on: Framing of F.Y.B.Sc. Restructuring Syllabus (Health Education & Family planning	State Level	BCUD , University of Pune	05^thMay 2019
4.	Science Lecture Series for B. Sc & M. Sc Zoology	State Level	BCUD , University of Pune	18^th to 22^nd March 2021
5.	One Day National Webinar on ‘’ Climate Change & its Effect on Marine Ecosystem’’	National Level	PRES-PVP College Pravaranagar	05^th July 2021