Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt of India has initiated “Star College Scheme” in 2008 to support colleges and university departments offering undergraduate education to improvise and strengthen both academic and physical infrastructure for achieving excellence in science teaching. It strives to enhance the quality of the learning and teaching process through ‘hands-on’ exposure for experimental work to various research laboratories and industries and encourage participation in summer and winter schools. In 2019, K.M. College was sanctioned the grant for three years by DBT, under the Star College Scheme for strengthening Education and Training at undergraduate level for four departments of our college i.e. Botany, Chemistry, Physics & Zoology. DBT has identified colleges with potential for excellence and provide academic and physical infrastructure for achieving excellence in teaching and unique exposure of students to experimental science. The colleges that successfully implement the strategy will be considered as life science ‘Star Colleges’.
OBJECTIVES
- To strengthen the academic and physical infrastructure for achieving excellence in teaching and training.
- To enhance the quality of the learning and teaching process to stimulate original thinking through ‘hands–on’ exposure to experimental work and participation in summer schools.
- To promote networking and strengthen ties with neighbouring institutions and other laboratories
- To conduct specialized training programmes for faculty improvement for optimizing technical capabilities
- To increase capabilities of core instrumentation resources by procuring new equipment and upgrading of existing facilities
- To provide access and exposure to students to research laboratories and industries in the country
- To help in devising standard curricula and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) / kits for practicals
- To provide better library facility to students and teachers
STUDENT TRAINING/INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECTS UNDER THE DBT SPONSORED STAR COLLEGE SCHEME
S.No. | Topic | Name of the Student | Class | Name of Teacher |
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1. | Green Nanotechnology | Rishab Chaubey Stuti Srivastava | B.Sc. (H) Sem VI Botany | Dr. Yamal Gupta |
2. | Green Nanotechnology | Bhanu Pratap Shamli | B.Sc. (H) Sem VI Botany | Dr. Vibha G. Checker |
3. | Green Nanotechnology | Kirti Manasvi | B.Sc. (H) Sem VI Botany | Dr. Renu Kathpalia |
4. | Phytopathology | Dheeraj Bansal Aditya Kiran | B.Sc. (H) Sem IV Botany | Dr. Rajni Gupta |
5. | Phytoremediation | Dhanush Harshit | B.Sc. (H) Sem IV Botany | Dr. Archana Singh |
6. | Microbial sensitivity assay | Urvashi Ritu | B.Sc. (H), Sem VI Botany | Dr. Maya Verma |
7. | Phytochemistry | Vipul Chugh Lalit Kishore | B.Sc.(H), Sem IV Botany | Dr. Leena Shakya |
8. | Nanotechnology | Ashish Srivastava | B.Sc. (P), Sem IV Physical Science | Dr Raksha Sharma |
9. | Microbial Toxicity | Kushankur Pandit Hansraj College | B.Sc.(H), Sem VI Zoology | Dr Anita K. Verma |
10. | Nanobiotechnology | Tanisha Bhimwal | B.Sc. (H), Sem VI Zoology | Dr Anita K. Verma |
11. | Reproductive Biology | Zoya Masood Lakhvinder Singh | B.Sc.(H), Sem VI Zoology | DrAnjali Priyadarshini |
12. | Development Biology | Simran Verma – Amity University | B.Sc. (H) Sem VI Biotechnology | Dr Anjali Priyadarshini |
13. | Green Chemistry | Khyati Jain | B. Sc (H) Sem IV Chemistry | Dr Reena Saxena |
14. | Green Chemistry | Arpit Kumar | B. Sc (P) Sem VI Analytical Chemistry | Dr. Reena Saxena |
15. | Spectrophotometric Technique | Neha | B. Sc (P) Sem IV Analytical Chemistry | Dr. Sarika Tejasvi |
16. | Spectrophotometric Technique | Nisha Bhatt | B. Sc (H) Sem IV Chemistry | Dr. Hemlata |
17. | Synthetic Chemistry | Rishit Yadav | B. Sc (P) Sem VI Analytical Chemistry | Dr. Pratik Yadav |
18. | Synthetic Chemistry | Lairenjam Kenananda | B. Sc (P) Sem IV Analytical Chemistry | Dr. Pratik Yadav |
19. | Molecular Modelling of Drug molecule | Atharva Tiwari | B. Sc (H), Sem IV Chemistry | Dr. Ruchi Sharma |
20. | Molecular Modelling of Drug molecule | Sandip Kumar Mishra | B. Sc (H) Sem IV Chemistry | Dr. Ruchi Sharma |
21. | Nonlinear Dynamics | Rishabh Jain | B. Sc (Hons) Sem IV Physics | Dr Sangeeta D Gadre |
22. | High Energy Physics | Mayank | B. Sc (Hons) Sem VI Physics | Dr Agam Kumar Jha |
23. | High Energy Physics | Pradipta Sankar Pathak | B. Sc (Hons) Sem IV Physics | Dr Agam Kumar Jha |
List of Equipment procured under DBT Star College Program
S.No. | Department | Title | Qty |
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1. | Botany | Spectrophotometer | 01 |
2. | Botany | Laser Printer | 01 |
3. | Botany | Laminar Flow Cat II | 01 |
4. | Botany | Binocular Microscopes | 04 |
5. | Botany | pH meter | 01 |
6. | Botany | Electronic Balance | 01 |
7. | Botany | Micropipettes | 10 |
8. | Botany | PCR | O1 |
9. | Chemistry | Water Bath | 03 |
10. | Chemistry | pH Meter | 10 |
11. | Chemistry | Colorimeter | 10 |
12. | Chemistry | Microwave Oven | 02 |
13. | Chemistry | Exhaust Fan | 04 |
14. | Physics | Dual Fabry Perot Interferometer | 01 |
15. | Physics | Advance Analog cum Digital Trainer Kit | 10 |
16. | Physics | Digital Multimeter | 10 |
17. | Physics | Multioutput Power supply | 08 |
18. | Physics | Plank Constant | 02 |
19. | Physics | Dual Channel Digital Storage Oscilloscope | 08 |
20. | Physics | Function Generator | 08 |
21. | Physics | Function Generator (SM5078A) | 04 |
22. | Physics | Microwave cavity Set-up | 01 |
23. | Physics | Zeeman Effect Set-up | 01 |
24. | Zoology | Spirometer | 01 |
25. | Zoology | Binocular Microscopes | 04 |
26. | Zoology | pH meter | 01 |
27. | Zoology | Spectrophotometer | 02 |
28. | Zoology | Power supply [Electrophoresis] | 01 |
29. | Zoology | Computer (CPU) | 01 |
30. | Zoology | Laminar Flow (Cat II) | 01 |
31. | Zoology | PCR | 01 |
List of Books Procured under DBT Grant
S.No. | Title of the Book | Authors | Publisher | Qty |
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1 | Plant Physiology, Development and Metabolism | Bhatla S.C. and Lal M.A. | Springer | 2 |
2 | Biostatistics for the Biological and Health Sciences | Marc M. Triola, Mario F. Triola, Jason Roy | Pearson | 1 |
3 | Principles of Molecular Biology | Veer Bala Rastogi | Medtech | 2 |
4 | Genetics:A Molecular Approach | Peter J. Russell | Pearson | 2 |