Faculty of BIM

Achievements/Awards

Awarded K.S. BILGRAMI MEDAL 🏅in 2012 for best research poster by Indian Botanical Society.

Completed Minor research project- University of Mumbai- in 2016-17

Appointed as BOS (2018) member in Biotechnology , Somaiya College (Autonomous), Vidhya Vihar Mumbai.

Appointed as Chairperson for TYBSc Biotechnology (theory ) 18-19, 19 -20.

Presented project on MOOC titled " Development of Research Based Pedagogical tools RBPTs in Science education under UNESCO chair at SLOVENIA July 2018.

Invited as resource trainer for RBPTs and Visiting faculty in Biostatistics at various institutions.

Appointed as convener for Syllabus framing in Biotechnology (FY) 2021 University of Mumbai.

Research Interest

Plant profiling, Molecular biology, Fermentation, HPTLC, Screening yeast and lactobacillus Biodiversity

Hobbies & Interest

Gardening

Publications

1. Rohan Gavankar - Conference proceedings- Lactobacillus 2018

2. Rohan Gavankar and Deepa- Contributed chapter on techniques on chromatography 2018

3. Rohan Gavankar and Maya Chemburkar “ Media optimization for bioethanol production using a native isolated strain from Mahua flowers” IOSR Journal of Biotechnology and Biochemistry (IOSR-JBB): 2016

4. Rohan Gavankar and Maya Chemburkar “ Isolation and characterisation of native yeast from mahua flowers” International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences (IJCMAS): Nov 2016

5. Rohan Gavankar and Maya Chemburkar “Genetic analysis of Madhuca longifolia (J. Koenig ex. L.) J.F. Macbr using RAPD markers ” International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences (IJCMAS): AugSept 2016.

6. Rohan Gavankar and Maya Chemburkar “ Extraction of high quality genomic DNA from Madhuca longifolia (J. Koenig ex. L.) J.F. Macbr” International Journal of Bioassays (ijbio). 2016

7. Kakoli Dasharma, Rohan Gavankar, Basil R. D’Mello "Cytological Effect of UV Radiations and Chemical Mutagens on Pisum Sativum L. Andhordeum Vulgare L” International Journal of bioassays in December 2015.

8. Basil Dmello, Maithilee Raut, Rohan Gavankar, Deepa Verma, maya Chemburkar., Production of Aflatoxin by Aspergillus flavus using modified and testing its toxicogenic activity on plant models., International journal of Bioassay.

9. Satish A Bhalerao, Deepa R Verma, Rohan V Gavankar, Nikhil C Teli, Yatin Y Rane, Vinodkumar S Didwana and Ashwin Trikannad “ Phytochemistry, Pharmacological Profile and Therapeutic Uses of Piper Betle Linn. – An Overview; Research and Reviews: Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, RRJPP | Volume 1 | Issue 2 | October- December, 2013

10. Pualsa Jagdish , Verma Deepa , Gavankar Rohan , and Bhagat RD, “Production of Microbial Lipases Isolated From Curd Using Waste Oil as a Substrate” Res J Pharm Biol Chem Sci Volume 4, Issue 3, 2013 (July - September).

11. D’souza Rohan, Verma Deepa , Gavankar Rohan and Bhalerao Satish “Bioelectricity Production from Microbial Fuel using Escherichia Coli (Glucose and Brewery Waste) “International Research Journal of Biological Sciences; ISSN 2278-3202 Vol. 2(7), 50-54, July (2013).

12. Teli Nikhil, Verma Deepa, Gavankar Rohan and Bhalerao Satish “Isolation, Characterization and Identification of Diesel Engine Oil Degrading Bacteria from Garage Soil and Comparison of their Bioremediation Potential ; International Research Journal of Environment Sciences, ISSN 2319–1414 Vol. 2(2), 48-52, February (2013).

13. D’souza R, Verma D , Gavankar R , Bhalerao S. Menezes G “Generation of bioelectricity from Escherichia Coli using a Microbial Fuel cell” “International Journal of Biotechnology and Biosciences; ISSN 2231-0304 Vol. 2(4), 281-285, October – December 2012

Achievements/Awards

Research Interest

Hobbies & Interest

Traveling, Cooking, Meditation, Listening Music.

Publications

1. More, S., & Durve, S. (2019). ANTIOXIDATIVE AND GLYCOLYSIS METABOLIC ENZYMES IN MUGIL CEPHALUS AS BIOMARKERS OF AQUATIC METAL POLLUTION. Trends in Fisheries Research, 36-42.Volume 8, Issue 1.

2. More, S., & Durve, S. (2019). ANTIOXIDATIVE ENZYME IN MUGIL CEPHALUS AS A BIOINDICATORS FOR AQUATIC METAL POLLUTION. International Journal of Advance and Innovative Research, 101-105. Volume 6, Issue 1 (XXXV) :

3. More, S., & Durve, S. (2017). ASSESSMENT AND BIOACCUMULATION OF HEAVY METALS IN MULLET FISH FROM SATPATI, DISTRICT PALGHAR, MAHARASHTRA. Eco Friendly and Socially Responsive Economy and Equity: Issues and Challenges of 21st Century for Emergent Sustainable Development Amongst SAARC Countries (Proceedings), 108-114.

4. More, S., (2014). (Abstract) Utilization of ulva for monitoring and bioaccumulation of heavy metals in coastal zones. 37th ALL INDIA CONFERENCE OF THE INDIAN BOTANICAL SOCIETY.

5. More, S., (2014). Evaluation and Comparison of iron concentration in water samples and tissue samples of fish species Labeo. Rohita from two local lakes (Achole lake and Chakreshwar lake in thane district). BIONANO FRONTIER, 63-69. Volume 7.

Achievements/Awards *

1. Appointed as an Examination Chairperson for M.Sc. (Biotechnology) Part 1 University level examination by University of Mumbai.

2. Appointed as the member of the Syllabus Framing committee for F.Y.B. Sc and MSc Biotechnology by University of Mumbai.

3. Received a Research Grant of Rs. 40,000/- under the Minor Research Project scheme for Unapproved Teachers from the University of Mumbai

4. Appointed as a Paper Setter and Moderator for T.Y.B. Sc university level examination by University of Mumbai.

5. Awarded the Best Paper Prize at the One Day National Conference on "Advances in Biological Sciences" organized by Dept of Botany, Rizvi College, Bandra (W) on 3rd February 2018.

6. Appointed on the editorial board as a Reviewer for international journal of Agricultural Sciences, Bioinfo Publications, ISSN-0975-3710.

7. Awarded the Certificate of Merit for research paper poster presentation at 37th All India Conference of Indian Botanical Society held on 7th -9th November 2014 at Vaze Kelkar college, Mulund.

8. Invited as a guest faculty to deliver a lecture on Bioinformatics at Dept of Botany, Bhavan’s College, Mumbai.

Research Interest *

Enzyme technology, Microalgal biotechnology

Publications

1. D’Mello, B. R., & Chemburkar, M. S. (2019). Isolation of heterotrophic lipid producing strain of Scenedesmus ecornis from hot springs. IJAIR, 6 (2).

2. D’Mello, B. R., & Chemburkar, M. S. (2018). Effect of temperature and pH variation on biomass and lipid production of Auxenochlorella pyrenoidosa. Res J Life Sci Bioinform Pharm Chem Sci, 4, 378-387.

3. D’Mello, B. R., & Chemburkar, M. S. (2018). Isolation of heterotrophic microalgae from hot springs for lipid production. Journal of Experimental Biology and Agricultural Sciences, 6(6), 1010-1014.

4. Dassharma, K., Gavankar, R., D’Mello, B., & Kesur, P. (2015). Cytological effect of UV radiations and chemical mutagens on Pisum sativum L. and Hordeum vulgare L. International Journal of Bioassays, 4, 4586-4589.

5. D’Mello, B., Valte, R., Anil, A., Khetrapal, V., & Amonkar, V. (2014) Pretreated rice straw as a biofuel resource: substrate for production of cellulases by wild type strains of Trichoderma reesei and Aspergillus niger . XPLORE, Xavier’s Research Journal, 5(1), 1-14.

6. D'Mello, B., Raut, M., Gavankar, R., Verma, D., & Chemburkar, M. (2014) Production of aflatoxin by Aspergillus flavus using a modified medium and testing its toxicogenic activity on plant models. International journal of Bioassays, 3 (4) 2017-2020.

Achievements/Awards *

Research Interest *

Hobbies & Interest

Trekking, Reading

Publications

Achievements/Awards

NGBT GYAN Scholarship award to participate at the international conference NGBT meeting 2019. Poster title “Construction and analysis of protein-protein interaction network of DNA repair pathways in pancreatic beta cells”.

Appointed as Paper setter / Moderator for M.Sc. Biotechnology, University of Mumbai.

Appointed as Paper setter / Moderator for M.Sc. Biotechnology, for Patkar Varde college of Arts, Commerce and Science (Autonomous college), Mumbai.

Research Interest

ATC, Molecular docking, Molecular Biology

Hobbies & Interest

Publications

1. Patil, A., & Modak, M. (2017). Comparative evaluation of oxidative stress modulating and DNA protective activities of aqueous and methanolic extracts of Acacia catechu. Medicines, 4(3), 65.

2. Thakare, P. P., Dakhane, S., Shikh, A. N., Modak, M., Patil, A., Bobade, V. D., & Mhaske, P. C. (2021). Design, Synthesis, Antimicrobial and Ergosterol Inhibition Activity of New 4-(Imidazo [1, 2-a] Pyridin-2-yl) Quinoline Derivatives. Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds, 1-18.

Research Interest

1. Microbial Biotechnology: microbial cell factories for the production of food ingredients and/or dietary supplements.

2. Utilization of agro-based waste/by products for prebiotics and/or nutraceutical production.

Hobbies & Interest

I like to read current affairs, science and fiction, travel, cook, and do some fitness/sports.

Publications

1. Vyas, M. M., Raul, O. S., Narkar, O. N., and Mapari, S. A. S. (2019) Production of fungal pigments as potential natural colorants for various industrial applications. J. Emerg. Technol. Innov. Res., ISSN: 2349-5162, 6 (5): 10-16.

2. Dufosse, L., Fouillaud, M., Caro, Y., Mapari, S. A. S., and Sutthiwong, N. (2014) Filamentous fungi are large-scale producers of pigments and colorants for the food industry. Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 26: 56-61.

3. Velmurugan, P., Lee, Y. H., Nanthakumar, K., Kamala-Kannan, S., Dufosse, L., Mapari, S. A. S., Oh, B-T. (2010) Water-soluble red pigments from Isariafarinosa and structural characterization of the main colored component J. Basic Microbiol. 50: 581-590.

4. Mapari, S. A. S., Thrane, U., andMeyer, A. S. (2010) Fungal polyketide azaphilone pigments as future natural food colorants? Trends Biotechnol. 28: 300-307.

5. Mapari, S. A. S., Meyer, A. S., and Thrane, U. (2009) Photostability of natural orange-red and yellow fungal pigments in liquid food model systems. J. Agric. Food Chem. 57: 6253-6261.

6. Mapari, S. A. S., Meyer, A. S., Thrane, U., and Frisvad, J. C.(2009) Identification of potentially safe promising fungal cell factories for the production of polyketide natural food colorants using chemotaxonomic rationale. Microbial Cell Factories 8:24.

7. Mapari, S. A. S., Hansen, M. E., Meyer, A. S., and Thrane, U.(2008) Computerized screening for novel producers of Monascus-like food pigments in Penicillium species. J. Agric. Food Chem. 56 (21): 9981-9989.

8. Mapari, S. A. S., Meyer, A. S., and Thrane, U.(2008) Evaluation of Epicoccum nigrum for growth morphology and production of natural colorants in liquid media and on a solid rice medium. Biotechnol. Lett. 30(12): 2183-2190.

9. Mapari, S. A. S., Meyer, A. S., and Thrane, U.(2006) Colorimetric characterization for comparative analysis of fungal pigments and natural food colorants. J. Agric. Food Chem. 54 (19): 7027-7035.

10. Mapari, S. A. S., Nielsen, K. F., Larsen, T. O., Frisvad, J. C., Meyer, A. S., and Thrane, U.(2005) Exploring fungal biodiversity for the production of water-soluble pigments as potential natural food colorants. Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 16 (2): 231- 238.

11. Mapari, S. A., Kamat, M. Y., and Kulkarni, P. R. (2000) Major chemical constituents of partially ripened Kutch date varieties. Beverage & Food World, 27 (6): 29-34.

Achievements/Awards

1. Funding / Fellowship: DAE- JRF-SRF, TMC-ACTREC: RA

2. Resource person: Syllabus orientation workshop of MSc Part II Biotechnology UM

3. Syllabus Design Committee Member: MSc Biotechnology, University of Mumbai

4. Convener and resource person: Online national level workshop on “In-Silico PCR Analysis”

5. Convener: Online workshop on “Computer-Aided Designing”- March 2021

Research Interest

1. Dual Drug Resistance: Ovarian Cancer (OC),

2. Diagnosis: Clonal Hematopoiesis (CH),

3. Revealing process of acquiring resistance against biotic and abiotic stress.

Publications

1. Sanyal R P, Samant A, Prashar V, Misra H and Saini A, (2018), Biochemical and functional characterization of OsCSD3, a novel CuZn superoxide dismutase from rice, Biochemical Journal, 475, 3105–3121. https://doi.org/10.1042/BCJ20180516.

2. Samant A, Sanyal R P and Jawali N, (2016), Variation in antioxidant isozymes contributes to variation in salt tolerance in rice genotypes , International Journal of Research in Biosciences, 5(4), 6-18. ISSN 2319-2844

3. Samant A and Jawali N, (2016), Early seedling stage salt tolerance evaluation of genetically diverse rice genotypes Annals Of Biological Research, Annals of Biological Research, 7 (5):46-54. ISSN 0976-1233.

Hobbies & Interest

Hydroponic farming, Cycling

Achievements/Awards

1. Appointed as a Paper Setter, Examiner and Moderator for M.Sc. (Biotechnology)
2. Invited as a Paper Setter and Moderator for F.Y.B.Sc and S.Y.B.Sc (Biotechnology) by Patkar-Varde College (Autonomous)
3. Invited as a trainer for session on ICT tools in KMPD School
4. Invited as a trainer for session on ICT tools organised by Revoluters Foundation-India
5. Invited as a trainer for workshop on CANVA organised by Revoluters Foundation-India
6. Invited as a trainer for the session on Google collaborative tools organised by Revoluters Foundation-India
7. Completed 08 days National workshop on “ICT Tools for Online Learning” as e-tutor organised by Teaching Learning Center, Dept. of Educational Technology, SNDT Women’s University under the aegis of Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT - MHRD) from April 20-28, 2020
8. Participated as a member of the Organising Committee at the West Zone Inter-University Research Convention: Anveshan 2019-20 organised by the University of Mumbai under the aegis of Association ofIndia Universities, New Delhi on February 19-20, 2020, held at Kalina, Mumbai
9. Participated as a member of the Accommodation Committee at the 14th Maharashtra State Inter-University Avishkar Research Convention: 2019-20 organised by the University of Mumbai on January 28-31, 2020, held at Kalina, Mumbai
10. Second prize in Research paper presentation at BIOFACET -Exploring the Antibacterial and Antioxidant Properties and GC-MS Profile of the Indian Lichen Parmotrema perlatum

Publications

1. Deepa Verma1, Nikhil Teli1, Gopal Chaurasia2 and Vikas Gupta2 - Unmodified Sugarcane Bagasse Waste Biomass as a Potential Source for Biosorption of Cd2+ From Aqueous Solution", International Journal of Grid and Distributed Computing Vol. 13, No. 2, (2020), pp. 21–27

2. Umar Khan1, Mohammed Mubeen Shaikh1, Vikas Gupta1 and GaneshLad1* "Biosynthesis, Characterization and Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity of Copper and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized using Ricinus communis", International Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences-IJPBSTM (2019) 9 (3): 388-394 Online ISSN: 2230-7605, Print ISSN: 2321-3272

3. Irin Tandel, Vikas Gupta, Mubeen Shaikh, Ganesh Lad- Exploring the antibacterial and Antioxidant Properties and GC-MS profile of the Indian Lichen Parmotrema perlatum, Published In Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR)| ISSN: 2349-5162, Published in Volume 6 Issue 3 , March-2019

4. Shridevi Devadiga, Mohammed Mubeen Shaikh, Vikas Gupta, Ganesh Lad- Biosynthesis, Characterization and Evaluation of synergistic antimicrobial activity by Silver and Copper Nanoparticles Synthesized using Plant Extract of Calotropis gigantea, Published In Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR)| ISSN: 2349-5162, Published in Volume 6 Issue 3 , March-2019.

Achievements/Awards

1. Appointed as a member of college’s Cultural Committee (2018-21).

2. Invited as a guest faculty to conduct a workshop on "Bioinformatics" by Dept. of Biotechnology, SDSM College.

3. Appointed as Examiner for M.Sc. Part-II Examination by University of Mumbai.

4. Appointed as a member of college’s Internal Audit Committee (2020-21).

5. Appointed as Paper Setter for M.Sc. Part-II Examination by University of Mumbai. Program No. & Name of the Examination: 1S01122 / / MSc & MSc (Research) (Choice Based) SEMESTER-II. Subject (Paper Code): 92244 / / Biotechnology BIOINFORMATICS AND BIOSTATISTICS.

6. Qualified Ph.D. Entrance Test (PET) Exam, University of Mumbai.

7. Appointed as a member of college’s Website Development Committee (2021-).

Research Interest:

Nanotechnology and Bioinformatics.

Publications

1. Umar Khan, Mohammed Mubeen Shaikh, Vikas Gupta and GaneshLad "Biosynthesis, Characterization and Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity of Copper and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized using Ricinus communis", International Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences-IJPBSTM (2019) 9 (3): 388-394 Online ISSN: 2230-7605, Print ISSN: 2321-3272.

2. Irin Tandel, Vikas Gupta, Mohammed Mubeen Shaikh, Ganesh Lad- Exploring the antibacterial and Antioxidant Properties and GC-MS profile of the Indian Lichen Parmotrema perlatum, Published In Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR)| ISSN: 2349-5162, Published in Volume 6 Issue 3 , March-2019.

3. Shridevi Devadiga, Mohammed Mubeen Shaikh, Vikas Gupta, Ganesh Lad- Biosynthesis, Characterization and Evaluation of synergistic antimicrobial activity by Silver and Copper Nanoparticles Synthesized using Plant Extract of Calotropis gigantea, Published In Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR)| ISSN: 2349-5162, Published in Volume 6 Issue 3 , March-2019.

Hobbies & Interest

Reading tech blogs.