R.B.Attal College Georai

Depatment of Zoology

The Department of Zoology was started in 1971. The first Head of the Department was Mr. A.R. More. The Laboratory Equipments and Books in Library were more than sufficient to teach Undergraduate course. Throughout the year Department is engaged teaching learning and various activities like poster competition, Colour Blindness Detection, Blood group detection camps and field visits etc.

Department has qualified staff with specializations like Protozoology , Helminthology, Molecular Biology & Cytogenetics. The Department has good collection of Museum specimen, Models, Charts and Equipments. Department is contributing in research as well as in academics through publications of Research papers and books. Department has educational CD and ICT teaching aids.

Course Details

Class	Semester	Paper No	Name of the Paper
B.Sc I	I	101	Animal Diversity – I Protozoa to Echinodermata
		102	Cell Biology
		103	Practical based on Paper 101 & 102
	II	105	Animal Diversity – II Protochordates to Mammals
		106	Genetics
		107	Practical Based on 105 & 106
B.Sc II	III	301	Vertebrate Zoology
		302	Genetics -II
		303+304	Practical
	IV	401	Animal Physiology
		402	Biochemistry & Endocrinology
		403+404	Practical
B.Sc III	V	501	Ecology
		502	Parasitic Protozoa & Helminth I
		503 +504	Practical
	VI	505	Evolution
		506	Parasitic Protozoa & Helminth II
		507+508	Practical

Facilities

E- Books
ICT Facility
Videos
Personal Books

Teaching Staff

#	Name of Faculty	Designation	Qualification	Experience
1	Dr. M. N. Nagawanshi	Professor	M. Sc., Ph.D.	17 years
2	Dr. V. M. Jaysingpure	Professor	M. Sc., Ph.D.	16 years

Supporting Staff

#	Name of Faculty	Designation
1	Mr. B. A. Lendal	Lab. Assistant
1	Mr. R. A. Hazare	Lab. Attendant

Eminent Academicians and Scientists/ Visitors to the Department

#	List of the Visitors
1	Dr. Sambhaji Shinde (BOS, Chairman).
2	Dr. G. K. Kulkarni.
3	Dr. Waddod Khan.
4	Dr. Martin.
5	Dr. Arun Kharat.
6	Dr. Milind Jadhav.
7	Dr. C. H. Gill.
8	Dr. S. T. Bandewar.
9	Dr. S. Kakade.

Honor/Award/ Prize Received

Under Construction

Research Project

#	Name of Faculty	Title	Major/Minor	Duration	Funding Agency	Amount Sanctioned	Remark
1	Dr. M. N. Nagawanshi	“Proteins and Nucleic acids from different body parts of commercially important freshwater bivalves from Aurangabad region, Maharashtra State”.	Minor	Two Years	UGC	50,000	Completed
1	Dr. M. N. Nagawanshi	Molecular Taxonomy of Spiders from Aurangabad region of Maharashtra State	Major	Four Years	UGC	11,17,800	Completed
2	Dr. M. N. Nagawanshi	Karyotypic study of some of the vertebrate cestode parasite	Minor	Two Years	Dr. BAMU, Aurangabad	50,000	Completed
3	Dr. M. N. Nagawanshi	Comparative study of fish parasite in ecological context from water bodies of Beed district	Minor	Two Years	UGC	1,05,000	Completed

Research Publications

#	Name of Faculty	International Journals	National Journals	Conf. Proceeding	Chapter in Book	Books
1	Dr. M. N. Nagawanshi	12	02	--	--	03
2	Dr. V. M. Jaysingpure	--	08	09	01	--

Participation Seminar/Workshop/Conference

Under Construction

#	Name of Faculty	Type	National	International	State	Regional
1	Dr. M. N. Nagawanshi	Seminar	15	02	01	--
		Workshop	--	--	--	--
		Conference	--	--	--	--
		OC/RC/MOOCs	05	--	--	--
2	Dr. V. M. Jaysingpure	Seminar	09	08	03	--
		Workshop	--	--	--	--
		Conference	--	--	--	--
		OC/RC/MOOCs	05	--	--	--

Student Enrollement

Academic Year	B.Sc. I	B.Sc. II	B.Sc. III	Total
2016-17	106	96	82	284
2017-18	110	80	76	266
2018-19	109	79	77	265
2019-20	133	92	70	295
2020-21	117	115	77	309
2021-22	108	90	75	273

Results

Academic Year	B.Sc. I	B.Sc. II	B.Sc. III
2016-17	82.00	100	100
2017-18	80.60	95.00	98.60
2018-19	88.40	96.83	98.16
2019-20	97.00	99.00	100
2020-21	89.00	94.00	96.00