DEPARTMENT PROFILE
DEPARTMENT OF BIOSCIENCES
(UGC CENTRE OF ADVANCED STUDY)
Year of establishment : 1969
Head of the Department : Prof. S. P. Singh
UGC-CAS DEPARTMENT OF BIOSCIENCES : A JOURNEY TO RECOGNITION AND EXCELLENCE
Year of establishment : 1969 by Eminent Ecologist Prof. S.C. Pandeya
UGC - MAB Project : 1977-1980 : Coordinator - Prof. S.C. Pandeya
UGC-SAP DRS : 1981-1983 : Coordinator - Prof. S.C. Pandeya
UGC-SAP DSA Phase-I : 1983-1988 : Coordinator - Prof. S.C. Pandeya
UGC-SAP DSA Phase - II: 1992-1997 : Coordinator - Prof. Y.D. Singh & Prof. S.M. Pandya
UGC-SAP DSA Phase - III: 2001 -2006 : Coordinator - Prof. P.P. Sood & Prof. S.P. Singh
UGC-SAP CAS Phase - I : 2013 - 2018 : Coordinator - Prof. S.P. Singh
UGC COSIST Programme : 2001 - 2006 : Coordinator - Prof. P.P. Sood & Prof. S.P. Singh
DST FIST Phase-I : 2006 : Coordinator - Prof. P.P. Sood & Prof. S.P. Singh
Academic Programmes
M.Sc., M. Phil and Ph.D. Programmes: Botany, Zoology, Microbiology and Biotechnology (CBCS)
Faculty Members - 15
Post-Doctoral Scientists- 0
Technical & Non-Teaching Staff - 14
Ph.D. Scholars- 45
M. Phil. Scholars - 7
M. Sc. Students- 165
Projects & Financial Support
UGC: Centre of Advanced Study (CAS)- Phase-I (2013-18)
UGC: SAP- DSA-Phase-I, II and III (1984-2006)
UGC: Major Projects
DST: FIST-Level I ( Completed)
DST: Women Scientist Projects
IQAC, Saurashtra University- R&D Projects and Start Up Grants
DBT: R&D Projects
DBT: Multi-Institutional project (Saurashtra Uni., IIT Delhi and Delhi University,2007-2012)
Govt. of Gujarat: Multi-Institutional project
GSBTM, Govt. of Gujarat: R& D projects
MoES (Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India): 2014-2017
NMEICT: Ministry of HRD, New Delhi, 2012-2014
DRDE: Ministry of Defense, New Delhi, 2015-17
IQAC-Saurashtra University, Rajkot, 2016-2018
ePG Pathshala: UGC, New Delhi, 2012-2014
UGC: Starup-project, 2015-2017
DBT-BIRAC-SRISTI Projects, 2017-2018
DBT: Foldscope Project, 2018-2019
Financial Assistance Received (2010-2018)
Central Govt. Funded : Rs. 750 Lacs
State Govt. Funded : Rs. 150 Lacs
Industries Funded : Rs. 42 Lacs
Interdisciplinary/Multi-Institutional programs
IIT-Delhi
Delhi University
WildLife Institute of India (WII)
Rutgers University, USA
Anand Agricultural University, Anand
GSBTM and Gujarat Institute of Bioinformatics
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad
Range of h-Index, Citations and Impact Factors (Google Scholar)
Senior Faculty Members
h-Index : 8- 30
Citations : 220-3500
Impact Factors: 0.1-7
Cumulative Impact Factor of all faculties combined, Total IF of 5 year: 140 Avg. 26/year
Ph.D/M.Phil Students/Projects (2012-2018)
Ph.D : 45
M. Phil : 70
Major Research Projects : 20
Minor Research Projects : 04
Publications (2009-2015)
Refereed Journals : 237
Books : 10
Book Chapters : 45
Whole Genome sequences : 08
Data Base Development : 08
Sequence Submission: : Above 1000 nucleotide sequences in database (NCBI, BOLD, GenBank)
Fellowships (JRF / SRF / RA : 2012-2018) :
UGC/CSIR/DST/DBT/GSBTM/MoES : Total 70, Rs. 2.50 Crores
Patents, Copyrights, IPR
Patents-2, Copyright-3
Consultancy Projects
08 Consultancy Projects from : Reliance Petroleum Limited, Jamnagar; ESSAR Oil Limited, Jamnagar; GHCL, Sutrapada; Ambuja Cement, Sikka; Dhanvantri Botanicals, Bangalore; Jetpur Dyeing & Printing Association, Jetpur; Vimal Research Society of Agrobiotech and Cosmic Powers, Rajkot; Agriland Biotech, Baroda