DADASAHEB DR. SURESH G. PATIL COLLEGE, CHOPDA

Zoology Department

Zoology

Introduction

The Faculty and Research Scholars in the Department of Zoology are engaged in research activities in the thrust area of Animal Taxonomy, Diversity of Fresh water fish, Molecular markers for identification of fish, Bio-prospection of medicinal plants, Ecology of wetlands and Environmental Biology.

List of Ph.D. Students

Sr.No.	Name of student	Title of Research	Status
1	Anil R Patil NMU/SCI/PhD/2008	Impact Assessment of Industrial waste on fish fauna of river Patalganga and Dharamtar creek, district Raigad, Maharashtra, India	Awarded 2012
2	Mansing A Patil NMU/SCI/PhD/2008	Present status of fish fauna and seasonal fluctuations in water quality of river Bhima and Unjani Resevior, western Maharashtra	Awarded 2012
3	Shaikh Abdulla NMU/SCI/PhD/2008	Declining Trend in fish fauna inhabiting in river Tapi from Hatnur to to backwater of Ukai dam due to anthropogenic activities in northwest Maharashtra	Awarded 2012
4	Madhusudan V Amrutsagar NMU/SCI/PhD/2008	Comparative studies on biodiversity and population density of zooplankton in Mehrun, Nakane and Yashwant lakes in Northwest Maharashtra	Awarded 2012
5	Harshal C Kulkarni NMU/SCI/PhD/2011	Comparative bioprospection of selected medicinal plants from Satpuda region on different animals	Awarded 2015
6	Sagar D Dhangar NMU/SCI/PhD/Zoo/2011	Studies on properties of sugar. Industry effluent and their effect on ground water quality, soil biochemistry and nematodes.	Awarded 2015
7	Shoeb R Patel NMU/SCI/PhD/Biotech/2012	Studies on genetical diversity of major carp fishes using randomly amplified polymorphic DNA markers	Awarded 2016
8	Vilas C Borole KBCNMU/11/Ph.D./ Zoo. / 722 /2018	Bioprospection of Salacia oblonga for its Anticancer Potency on Diethylnitrosamine Induced Carcinogenic Liver Injury in Experimental Animal	Working
9	Namrata D Chaudhari KBCNMU/11/Ph.D./Zoo/1354/2018 (Supervising as Co-Guide)	Seasonal Studies On Limnological Features And its Correlation with Diversity of Fish And Birds in Hatnur	Working

List of M.Phil. Students

Sr.No.	Name of student	Title of Research	Status
1	Mr.Amrutsgar M.V KU/Zoo/MPhil/2006	Assessment of Water Quality & Icthyofauna of Tapi and Panzara Rivers in Dhulia District of Northwest Maharashtra, India	Awarded 2008
2	Miss. Patil Pushpa YCMOU/MPhil/CS/2006	Bioinformatics- Study of software tools in proteomics study	Awarded 2008
3	Mr. Kapade J. B. YCMOU/MPhil/CS/2007	Independent Component Analysis for Electroencephalogram	Awarded 2009

Research Projects

No.	Principal Investigator	Title of the Project	Funding Agency	Amount	Duration	Status
1	Dr Prakash S Lohar	Diversity of Ichthyofauna of Tapi and Aner rivers, Northwest Maharashtra	UGC (WRO)	50000	2007-2009	Completed

List of Publications

Prakash S. Lohar and Shubhadeep Roychoudhury . "Studies on Sublethal Toxicity of Malathion on the Haematology of Cricket Frog (Fejervarya limnocharis) " Slovak J. Anim. Sci.,Slovakia (Europe), 41, , 2 1337-9984 (2008 ).[International]
P.S. Lohar, M.S.Lohar and S. Roychoudhury . "Erythropioetic Effects of Some Medicinal Plants of India on Experimental Rat Model" Slovak J. Anim. Sci.,Slovakia (Europe), 42, 95–98, 2 1337-9984 (2009 ).[International]
Prakash S. Lohar and Jaytee M. Sonawane . "Evaluation of Hypoglycaemic Activity of Some Medicinal Plants of Satpuda Forest on Alloxan Induced Diabetes In Rats" Journal of Ecobiotechnology, Vol.2 ., 3 2077-0464 (2011).[International]
Prakash S. Lohar,Patil Manoj A, and R.P.Patil . "Ichthyofauna of Ujani reservoir, Western Maharashtra, India.." Geobios. , 38, (2-3) 02511223 (2011).[National]
Prakash S. Lohar and Patil Manoj A. "Biodiversity of fishes from Bhima River. " Bioinfolet. , 8 , (2) 0976-4755 (2011).[National]
Prakash S. Lohar and Shaikh Abdullah S. . "Biochemical Composition and Gonadosomatic Index of Three Major Carps in Hatnoor Reservoir, Maharashtra, India. " Journal of Ecobiotechnology. , Vol.3 , (6) 2077-0464 (2011).[National]
Prakash S. Lohar and M V Amrutsagar. "Diversity of Mollusca and Fish in Gondoor and Nakane Lakes in Dhulia, Northwest Maharashtra, India. " Journal of Ecobiotechnology. , Vol.3 , (6) 2077-0464 (2011).[National]
Prakash S. Lohar . "Study of Correlation in Age, Sex, Body Mass Index and Blood Pressure of College Students" Int’l J.Science,Innovations,.Discovery, , Vol. 3 , (3) 2249-5347 (2013).[National]
Prakash S.Lohar and Sandhya M. Sonawane. "Isolation and identification of pathogenic fungi from post-harvested stored grains in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra. " Biosci. Biotech. Res. Comm., Vol. 6, (2): 2321-4007 (2013).[National]
Prakash S. Lohar and S.D.Dhangar. "Effect of Sugar Factory Effluent on Physico-Chemical properties and Cellulase Activity of Soil - a Case Study" International Multidisciplinary Research Journal , Vol. 3, (1) 2231-6302 (2013).[National]
Prakash S. Lohar and H C Kulkarni. "Comparative Studies on Antioxidant and Antipyretic Activities of Leaf Extracts of Cassia fistula, Psida cardifolia, and Aegel marmelos. " Res.J. Biotechnology. , Vol, 9, (2) 2278-4535 (2014).[National]
Prakash S. Lohar and Shoeb R Patel. "Molecular Markers For Ten Carp Fish Species Of The Genus Labeo In Tapi River Using RAPD-PCR Technique." BioSci. Biotech.Res.Comm., Vol. 7, 2 0974-6455 (2014).[National]
Prakash S. Lohar andN R Purane. "Evaluation of Potential Activity of Fungi Isolated From Bagasse for Gluconic Acid Production. " International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology, Volume 2 , Issue 11 2349-6010 (2016).[National]