The Department of Botany is one of the active Department in Research of V. G. Vaze College. The Department has a separate Research Laboratory were the Ph. D students carry out their research in plant tissue culture, algal biotechnology and molecular biology.
Dr. Ajit Kengar (HOD, Department of Botany)
Dr. Manjushree Deodhar ( Former Head of Department of Botany)
Dr. Sudhir Dhuri ( Former Head of Department of Botany)
Dr. Siddhivinayak Barve ( Former Head of Department of Botany)
Principal Investigator. Dr.Ajit Kengar (HOD, Department of Botany)
University of Mumbai Minor research project: entitled “Studies on In vitro culture of Catharanthus pussilus” for academic year 2019-20.
University of Mumbai Minor research project: entitled “Induction of Somatic embryoids in Ruta graveolens.L” for academic year 2016-17.
Principal Investigator Dr. M. A. Deodhar (Former HOD, Department of Botany)
Project on cost effective mass production of “Robust thermo stable, Halophilic micro algae strains and utilization of Biomass for Bio-fuel production” was sanctioned by Department of Biotechnology (DBT).
Degree Awarded
Ms Pranita Tendular:
Mr. Chaitanya Magar: Construction of laboratory scale photo bioreactors for sequestration of CO2 from industrial flue gases and utilizing biomass for biofuel production.
Ms. Mamta Dike: Biotechnological Approaches: For Understanding Reproductive Behaviour of Garcinia Indica and Exploring its Fruit Extracts for UV Protective Ability.
Mr. Nilesh Jadhav: In vitro propagation of Mesua ferrea Linn and Mammea suriga and utilization of floral extracts in cosmetics
The Department of Botany from past many years is guiding the M. Sc students from different colleges in Mumbai for their final Dessertation. The students work on different research objectives and get a hands on training for their project work. The research work carried out is presented in their dessertation