The Department of Biochemistry is established in the year 2005 as an institution offering graduate courses in Biochemistry. The College also started Post Graduate course in the academic year 2010. We have 03 faculty members and vibrant graduate and postgraduate student strength of over 60.
Department teaches about various streams of Biochemistry and multidisciplinary sciences: metabolism, molecular biology, cell biology, genetics, neuroscience, biophysics, bioinformatics, environmental science, enzymology, biostatistics, diseases and microbiology.
We try to establish four dimensions of education into students i.e. physical, intellectual, ethical and aesthetic.
Admission to these degree programs is on meritorious base and according to the rules of University of Mumbai.
| Chairman | Dr Varsha Ghadyale |
| External Member | Prof.R.C.Moorjani, Head of Biochemistry KC college Mumbai |
| Members | Shweta Lad, Sudhir Gadgil, SHemali Banap |
| Student Representative | Ganesh Ankush Mahima Gurav |
| Sr. No | Equipments |
|---|---|
| 1 | Refrigerator |
| 2 | Stabilizer |
| 3 | Colorimeter |
| 4 | Electronic balance |
| 5 | Rotary shaker |
| 6 | pH meter |
| 7 | Conductivity meter |
| 8 | Homogenizer |
| 9 | Cooling Centrifuge |
| 10 | Deep freezer |
| 11 | Electrophoresis Apparatus |
| Sr. No | Equipments |
|---|---|
| 1 | Laminar air flow cabinet |
| 2 | Inverted Microscope |
| 3 | Carl Zeiss Phase contrast microscope |
| 4 | CO2 Incubator |
| 5 | PCR machine |
| 6 | UV – Vis Spectrophotometer |
| 7 | 
pH Meter |
| 8 | 
Mono–pan Digital Balance |
| 9 | 
Electrophoresis Apparatus |
| 10 | 
Deep Freezer |
| 11 | 
Cooling Centrifuge |
| 12 | 
Laminar Air Flow Cabinet |
| 13 | 
Inverted Microscope |
| 14 | 
CO2 Incubator |
| 15 | 
UV-Vis Spectrophotometer |
| 16 | 
Carl Zeiss Microscope |
| 17 | 
PCR Machine |
B. Sc. (Biochemistry) – 6 units
Ms. Tanuja P. Gurav bagged Dr. B. N. Desai Gold medal in M.Sc. Biochemistry, University of Mumbai for the academic year of 2014.
Ms. Nadia A. Dalwai bagged Dr. B. N. Desai Gold medal in M.Sc. Biochemistry, University of Mumbai. For the academic year of 2016
Mr. Sumit Phakatkar, Ms. Rama Rajadnya, Ms. Tehsin Nakade bagged “Parshuram Agashe Vidyan sanshodhan’’ prize of Rs.10,000/- in Marathi Vidynan Parishad in 2015.
Ms. Nadia A. Dalwai bagged first prize of Rs.5000/- in research competition ‘Technotsav’ organized by Finolex College, Ratangiri in academic year of 2016.
Ms. Tanuja P. Gurav qualified CSIR NET (47th rank ), SET and GATE in 2016
Mr. Sudhir B.Gadgil qualified SET exam in 2017.
Ms. Rutuja Phadke selected for zonal level Avishkar in 2016.
Ms. Gauri Arolkar and Ms. Aishwarya Surve attended Summer Training Program organized by University of Mumbai in 2016.
| Name | Organization | Special achievement |
|---|---|---|
| Ms. Tanuja P.Gurav | NCL, Pune | JRF |
| Mr. Prathamesh Tharve | Vav life sciences | QC officer |
| Mr. Prashant Mestri | Cipla, Goa | QC officer |
| Mr. Kuldeep Sardar | Cadila life, Ahmedabad | Research scientist |
| Mr. Prathamesh Bapat | Molecular Connections, Bangalore | Scientific analyst |
