BRIEF PROFILE

Department of ZoologyDayalbagh Educational Institute

Institutional Vision & Leadership

To be a Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Research

Department of Zoology: Profile (2012-2017)

Year of Establishment : 1970, REI affiliated to Agra University: 1981, as DEI (Deemed University)

PG Courses started : 1986Sanctioned Strength : 10 (Total Current Strength:10)Filled Positions : 09 No. of Technical Staff : 03No. of Class IV Staff : 02Departmental Distinction : 20012-2017 DBT SERC - 82.3 lakhsUGC Innovative project– 50.0 LakhsUGC MRP. 21.0 lakhsDST Fast Track 20.0 LakhsDST FIST 59.0 LakhsDST SERB 50.0 LAKHS

TOTAL CORPUS FUND GENERATED > 2.8 Crores.

Brief Profile

• Teaching Staff

▪ Ph.Ds 100%

▪ 50% Women

• Sanctioned Teaching Staff : 10

• Non- teaching Staff : 04

• No. of Students : 168

• Teacher-Student Ratio : 1:17

Designation No.

Professors 03

Associate Professor 01

Assistant Professor 05

Emeritus 01

Total 10

Gender No.

Women 05

Men 05

Total 10

1. Prof. Sant Prakash , Head NEHU, Shillong Genetics and Molecular Evolution

2. Prof Emeritus CN Srivastava BRAU, Agra Applied Entomology & Vector Control

3. Prof. Soam Prakash DEI, Agra Advanced Parasitology & Vector Control

5. Dr. Alka Prakash NEHU, Shillong Cell Biotechnology

6. Dr. Shabd Preet DEI, Agra Parasitology

7. Dr. Amla Chopra DU, Delhi Immunology & Nano-biotechnology

8. Dr. Reshma Bhatnagar DEI, Agra Animal behaviour

9. Dr. Lalit Mohan DEI, Agra Applied Entomology & Vector Control

10. Dr. Priyanka Gautam DEI, Agra Microbiology & Bioinformatics

11. Dr. Arun Pratap Sikarwar BHU, Varanasi Neurophysiology

Ph.D. Specialization

Faculty with Ph.Ds. : 100%

Faculty Profile

Faculty

Students Enrolment and Profile

S.No. Courses Number of Students

Boys Girls Total

1. B.Sc. (Hons.) - I year 11 55 66

2. B.Sc. (Hons.) – II year 05 35 40

3. B.Sc. (Hons.) – III year 03 09 12

4. M.Sc. – I year 03 13 16

5. M.Sc. – II year 00 07 07

6. M.Phil. 00 02 02

7. Ph.D. 02 20 22

8. Post-Doctoral 02 00 02

Total 167

Teacher-Student Ratio : 1 : 17; Women Enrolment 84 %Reservation : As per Govt. norms

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M.Sc M.Phil

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Curricular design and development

• UG/PG/ M Phil curriculum are designed to achievea seamless transition from fundamental Zoology toexploitable technology and seek to provide studentswith opportunities to develop insight and improvetheir analytical, communication and professionalskills.

• NET- Oriented Syllabi for building competitive spiritand for pursuing qualitative research

THRUST AREAS

New area - Neurobiology

Cell Biotechnology

Nano-biotechnology

Vector Control Biology

Molecular Genetics & Evolutionary BiologySustainable Eco-Development & Biodiversity Conservation

Academic FlexibilityProgrammes Offered:

1. B.Sc. (Hons.) Zoology

Work Experience Courses: (I – VI Semester) Cell Biotechnology

: (I – II Semester) Bioinformatics

2. M.Sc.

3. M Phil.

4. Ph.D.

5. Paramedical Certificate Courses:

Nursing/ Midwifery / Companionship

1. New Courses (Compulsory):

B.Sc. (Hons.): ZOM 605 Neurobiology

2. New Courses (Electives):

M.Sc. : ZOM 909 Neurobiology I

ZOM 910 Neurobiology II

3. New Courses (Electives):

UG: ZOH 281 Neuroscience

Academic Flexibility continues

• For Postgraduate students:

1. Options to choose their own specialization and area for dissertation studies.

2. Option to switch the above area of choice for M Phil thesis for those students who opt for MSc-MPhil dual mode.

• For PhD Students:

1. Options to choose areas for research as per the array of expertise of the Faculty.

2. Opportunity to participate in training UG/PG students in Experimental techniques

1.3 Feedback on Curriculum

• Mandatory feedback of students each semester

• Feed back from Examiners.

• Regular Meetings with Entire Class.

• External Experts are invited for annual syllabii review under the Board of Studies.

• Semester wise Review by Annual Academic Audit Committee.

1.4 Curriculum Update

• Board of Studies are held annually to review, reorient syllabi of UG/PG/M Phil Courses or to introduce new courses and to forward it for approval to the Faculty Board and Academic council.

• New Course Programmes are introduced only after holding a Workshop/ Brain storming session with invited experts.

1.5 Best practices in Curricular Aspect

• Question Banks

• Departmental Meetings

• Workshops, Seminars & GD

• Research Colloquia

• Class Tests and Quiz test copies are shown to students and discussed.

• Field oriented Teaching exercises.

Teaching-Learning & Evaluations

• Fellowships

• Coaching to weak students

• Remedial Classes

• Motivation and Counseling

• NET Coaching

CSIR-UGC NET qualified students = 10

GATE qualified students >90 percentile = 06

DST-INSPIRE fellows = 03

UGC Rajiv Gandhi Merit Scholarship = 09

Summer Trainee fellows = 13

2. Teaching-Learning-Evaluation

Placement of P.G. & Ph.D students ➢ Dr. Brij Kishore Gupta, Principal Scientist, Central Zoo Authority (MoEF)

➢ Ms. Natasha Sethi, Scientist, Central Zoo Authority (MoEF)

➢ Dr. Ravi Singh, IFS, DFO, UP Forest, UP Government.

➢ Mrs. Shalini Singh, PCS Officer, Judicial Magistrate, UP Government

➢ Dr. Ritu Arora, Assistant Professor, MAT International, New Delhi

➢ Dr. Sweta Singh, Assistant Professor, MD University, Ajmer

➢ Dr. Richa Kamthan, Project Leader, Bio-Control Lab, Switzerland

➢ Dr. S.S. Mohanty, Scientist, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi

➢ Dr. Priyanka Singh, Regional Officer, WHO India, New Delhi

➢ Dr. Prejwltta Maurya, Young Scientist, ND College, Shikohabad

➢ Dr. Lata Batbyal, Knowledge Coordinator, One World Southeast Asia, New Delhi

➢ Dr. Amit Gautam, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, D.E.I.

➢ Mr. Saurabh Vashitha ,Central Zoo Authority, National Zoological Park, Delhi

➢ Mr. V. Sumanth, Research associate, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa

➢ Dr. (Mrs.) Priyanka Gautam, Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, D.E.I.

➢ Ms. Sweta Singh, Research Biologist, Wild life Institute of India (WII), Dehradun

➢ Gaurav Sarasvat, Educational officer, Indian Air force

➢ Dr. Gavendra Singh, Consultant, National Institute for Communicable Diseases (ICMR), New Delhi

➢ Ms. Utpala Sharma, Scientist, Central Forensic Science Laboratory, New Delhi

➢ Dr. Shrankhla, Assistant Professor, Smt. Baikunthi Devi Girl’s PG College, Agra

Placements

Corporate

Defence

Forest Dept., UP

Research

AcademicsMedicine

WHO

Central Zoo

Authority

Administration

Research Papers❖ Journals : 113❖ Int’l./Nat’l. Conf. Proc. : 27 / 48❖ Books/Book Chapters : 02 / 04

NCBI Gene Bank contribution: 32 seq.

Research Citations :3021

Research Projects : 2.8 crores❖ Funding Agencies : DST, UGC and DBT

Consultancy : Forest Department of UP

Workshop, Seminar held1. Seminar on “Biodiversity Conservation of Wetlands and Ecotourism Prospects

in Agra”, March 26th 2014.2. Workshop on curriculum development in Zoology - February 2015

Research, Consultancy and Extension

Publications in Impact Factor Journals

S.No. Journal Impact Factor

1 In. J. Pharmaceutical Res. & Biosciences 4.2

2 J. of Entomological Res. 3.8

3 Eur. J. Pharmaceutical Sc. 3.8

4 Apoptosis (Springer) 3.3

5 J. of Cell Science & Therapy 3.2

6 Food Control 3.4

7 Andrologia 1.6

8 Acta Tropica 2.2

9 Reports in Parasitology 2.6

10 Future Medicines 2.6

National Institute of Health and Family Welfare

(NIHFW / ICMR)New Delhi

MOU

International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

(ICGEB)

New Delhi

Centre for Research on Goats (CIRG / ICAR)

Mathura

Advanced Treatment Institute, Tassilo, Gauting

Germany

MOU

DBT - Biotech Park

Lucknow

National JALMA Research Institute for Leprosy and other

Mycobacterial Diseases (JALMA)

Agra

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Teaching Quality: Resource Persons

Each Faculty is an Expert/Resource person in his/her field of Teaching & Research

4. Infrastructure and Learning Resources ❖New Facilities/Labs.❖DST FIST Central Instrumentation Lab❖DST FIST Networking Lab

Major Equipment Added ✓DST FIST Grant:

1. Real Time PCR (qPCR)2. Gradient PCR3. Sonicator4. Water purification system5. Computers

✓DST SERB Grant:6. Phase contrast microscope

4. Infrastructure and Learning Resources

IT Infrastructure• Networked Rooms/Labs. : No. : 01• WiFi Facility• Video Conferencing Facility : No. of Rooms 01

Library as a Learning Resource• UGC INFLIBNET e-journals• Departmental Libraries : No. of Books : 800

Maintenance of Campus Facilities• Faculty Rooms, Gardens maintained at Faculty level

Best practices in student support and progression

All students of M.Sc. undertake research projects which

culminates in publications

Exhibitions are held each semester to promote students

talent

Stakeholders relationships

Department maintains contacts with the alumni in

country and also across the globe.

On open day parents and public are allowed to visit

every laboratory and classrooms and interact with

members of the faculty.

Inclusive practices

• Efforts are made to uplift the students with Hindi background and weaker sections

• Economically weaker students are provided books from book bank

5. Vision Important Milestones to be achieved:1.Toward Translational Research – Lab to Community2.Capacity building: Summer training for UG & PG / Refresher and Hands on Courses for Researchers / Enhance Post Doctoral Research3. Academia – Industry partnership through Patent filing 4. Collaborations/MoU for Teaching and Research5. Enhancement of Research funding.6. Establishment of Centre for Molecular Taxonomy , Vector Control and Brain Research.7. 100 % Placement of trained graduates in R&D / Industries/Academics8.Departmental Central Instrumentation facility and incubation cell.9. Establishment of field station for Wildlife and Biodiversity Research.

The Faculty is energetically and enthusiastically

pursuing the Target and is committed to substant

the Department’s evolutionary progress.