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Department of Bio-Chemistry
Bio-Chemistry
 
Biochemistry is not a simple derivative of Chemistry and Physics or Chemistry and Biology, though it is closely related to all of them. Modern Biochemistry is much more. In fact, it can be said that it is a blend of modern Science. It draws on so many different areas that it becomes difficult to decide where one ends and where another begins.

The central theme of modern Biochemistry is to correlate the nature, properties and metabolic transformations of the chemical constituents of a living system, with its morphological structure on one side and its biological structure on the other. To understand the chemical makeup we have to depend on organic and inorganic chemistry because all substances present in biological systems are either organic or inorganic.
To understand this correlation, a biochemist has to use many techniques drafted from and based on the concepts of physics and mathematics. Modern Biochemistry attempts to understand chemical composition, metabolism, morphological structure and biological function, one in terms of the other, and in this process it draws on a vast variety of knowledge and goes much deeper into the problems of life than any other branch of science has done or can do.

Molecular biologists attempt to understand biological functions in terms of fine chemical structure and properties of various types of molecules which are present in biological systems. It is therefore extremely closely related to Biochemistry.
 
About the Department
 
Biochemistry department was established by S.F.S. College in 1984. It offers the subject at the undergraduate level. The department has highly qualified staff, well equiped laboratories, Instrumentation Centre and a library. Personal attention, guidance and individual handling of instruments and equipment are the Hallmarks of the Department. Since its inception in 1984, 11 students have secured positions in R. T. M. Nagpur University Merit List. An average pass percentage of students in last 10 Years is 81.60%.
 
Regular Teaching Staff
 
Name Qualification Designation Specializes in Experience
Mrs. Vidya P.
Zanwar		 M.Sc., Biochemistry H.O.D.Lecturer Selection Grade Enzymology Protien and Nucleic Acid Chemistry, Metabolism 23 Years.
She is also a guest faculty for M.Sc. Zoology, Chemistry and Biotechnology.
Dr. Prakash Zanwar M.Sc. Biochemistry,
Ph.D.		 Reader Carbohydrate & Lipid Chemistry, Physiology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology 20 Years
 He is also the Hon. Director
 for S.F.S. Centre for
 Biotechnology. His
 Research interests are in
 Microbial Toxins, Oil
 Degradation, Microbial
 Proteases.
Mrs. Shuchita N. Shastri M.Sc. Biochemistry Lecturer Selection Grade Microbiology, Biophysical Techniques, Immunology Virology 18 Years
 
Facilities
 
  • Individual handling of instruments: Students are allowed to handle most of the instruments required for their laboratory work.
  • Some of the major instruments in the department include UV-VIS Spectrophotometer, Refrigerated Cold Centrfuge, Computers, Paper, Rod Gel, Submerged, Vertical Electrophoretic apparatus, TLC, Digital Colorimeters, pH meter, Serological water bath, Oven, Incubator, Autoclaves, Microscopes etc.
  • The Departmental library has about 388 books in addition to the books available in the Central Library of the College. The department also subscribes journals and science magazines like:
    1. Nature
    2. Nature Reviews Molecular and Cell Biology
    3. Nature Reviews Immunology
    4. Nature Reviews Microbiology
    5. Nature Reviews Genetics
    6. Scientific American India
    7. Journal of Scientific and Industrial Resaearch
    8. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology
    9. Indian Journal of Biotechnology
    10. Indian Journal of Biochemistry & Biophysics
    11. Genetic Engineering News
    12. Dream 2047
    13. The Bioscan
  • Students have free access to computers in order to view various educational CD ROMs related to Biosciences, which are available with the department.
Course Structure
 
As per Nagpur University rules, a student offering science subjects at 10+2 level is eligible for admission to B.Sc. Course. Combinations offered by the department are:
  1. Biochemistry with Chemistry and Zoology
  2. Biocemistry with Chemistry and Botany
 
Biochem-Biotech Organization of S.F.S. Students(BOSS) :
 
The field of Biochemistry is growing rapidly and now it has become the basis for all current sciences like Genetic Engineering, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and Immunology etc. The major problem is to keep track of recent developments and future prospects for the students. With this in mind the Biochemical Organization of S.F.S. Students ( BOSS ) was started in 2002.
 
Dr. Tapan Chakrabarti, Director Grade Scientist, NEERI, being welcomed by Ms. Swati. Prof. Sharad P. Kale, Nuclear Agriculture & Biotechnology Division, BARC, Mumbai delivering a lecture on  “Conservation of Nature” on 21st Feb 2009.

Dr. N. V. Shastri, Ex-HOD, PGTD Biochemistry, R. T. M. Nagpur University delivering a talk on "Immunology - Innate Immunity - The Toll Story" on 5th Jan 2008.

Dr. Jayati Mullik delievering a talk on "Future prospects in the field of Biochemistry & Biotechnology" on 29th Dec. 2007.

 
With the addition of Biotechnology at the post graduate level in the College, it has been renamed as Biochem-biotech Organization of S.F.S. students (BOSS) starting from 2005-06 acaedmic session.

Aims and objectives of BOSS are - Organizing lectures on recent trends in Biochemistry, Biotechnology and related subjects. Lectures on general topics related to the overall development of students are also planned. This includes general Group Discussions, Facing an Interview, Public Speaking, Quiz, Debate, Personality Development, Stress Management, etc. The Organization, in future, also proposes to form an alumni association so that past and present students can interact with each other and be benefited by it. In addition, the Department, through BOSS, also plans to procure certain teaching aids, instruments, scientific literature which would immensely benefit the students.

The Organization has started its own open access library, which presently has about 266 books and 14 journals either purchased, subscribed or received on Gratis. [06 - International Journals, 02 - International Magazines related to subject 02, 05 - National Journals and 01 - National magazine related to subjects] The Staff, Ex-Students and Students have contributed a lot in terms of addition of books and journals to this library.
 
BOSS ACTIVITIES during 2008-09
 
  • Educational Movie – “The Trials of Life” A BBC Nature documentary written and presented by Sir, David Attenborough on 9th August 2008.
  • Inaugural lecture of BOSS “Biomarkers” by Dr. Tapan Chakrabarti, Director, NEERI Nagpur on 24th August 2008.
  • Guest Lecture “Oil Spills and Bioremediation” by Ms. Charusheela Afuwale, S. M. Panchal Science College, Gujrat on 26th Sept. 2008.
  • Guest lecture “Studies Abroad” by Mr. Pankaj Agrawal, Director, Krishna Cnsultants, Nagpur  on 12th Dec. 2008.
  • “Valedictory Function” on 26th Jan 2009.
 
BOSS ACTIVITIES during 2009-10
 
  • Guest Lecture “Biotechnology – Three Decades of Research” by Dr. Prasad Dhurjati, Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, USA on 4th Feb 2009.
  • Guest Lecture “Conservation of Nature” by Prof. Sharad P. Kale, Nuclear Agriculture & Biotechnology Division, BARC, Mumbai on 21st Feb 2009.
  • Guest Lecture “Our Daily Dose of Poison” by Dr. Bernard Paul, Professor, University of Bourgogne, France on 2nd April 2009.
  • Workshop on “ Power Point Presentation” by Dr. Zanwar, S. F. S. College for M. Sc. Part I students on 5th April 2009.
  • Launching of BOSS eMagazine “Horizon” August 2009 issue 001 By Rev. Fr. A. D’Souza, Principal, S. F. S. College, Nagpur.
  • Inaugural lecture of BOSS “Biomarkers” by Dr. K. Krishnamurthi, Scientist, Environmental Biotechnology Division, NEERI Nagpur on 27th September 2009.
 
BOSS eMAGAZINE is Launched
 
 
Workshop for Teachers
 
The Department of Biochemistry along with the Department of Zoology S.F.S. college conducted a two - day workshop on "Pathobiology and Clinical Laboratory Techniques" for the Zoology teachers of Nagpur University, teaching undergraduate classes.
 
Our Results:
 
The Department of Biochemistry along with the Department of Zoology S.F.S. college conducted a two - day workshop on "Pathobiology and Clinical Laboratory Techniques" for the Zoology teachers of Nagpur University, teaching undergraduate classes.
 
Some of the Alumni of the Department:
 
Department can boast of a number of alumni who have remarkable achievements in the subject. Some of them are actively engaged in reaserch and teaching in the subject. Few of them are also aiding the growth of the department by contributing towards Journals, Books, Instruments, and other educational material, etc. Department wishes to thank them for their generous gesture. Following are the students who made their mark in the growth of the department.
 
List of some of the students pursuing Higher studies or Job (Last Five Years)
 
Sr. No. Year of passing Name Details of job / Higher Education
1 2005 Simki Dey Completed M. Sc. In Biotechnology in 2007. GRE(1270/1600) and TOEFL(104/120) in Dec 2007 and Jan 2008 respectively
2 2006 Arshiya Quereshi Working at Central Institute for Cotton Research CICR, Nagpur as a Junior Research Fellow.
3 2006 Sushmita Gupta Working as Content Writing Supervisor at Salt Lake SMS (American Website Designing Company)
4 2006 Tripti Lade Currently working as a Trainee (Skilled) at Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur
5 2006 Namrata J. Jatap Completed M. Sc. Biotechnology
6 2006 Ram Singh Completed M. Sc. Biotechnology
7 2006 Ms. Amruta R Bapat Working as Project Assistant Level II at Environmental Biotechnology Division, NEERI, Nagpur Qualified GATE 2009. GATE Percentile score: 94.42, GATE Score 438, All India rank 721
8 2007 Mohd Sohail Pursuing M. Sc  BIOCHEMISTRY [4th sem] from BARKATULLAH UNIVERSITY, BHOPAL
9 2007 Janhavi S. Deshpande Pursuing M, Sc Biochemistry in Hislop College, Nagpur Appreared for GRE and TOEFL scores being 1140 and 107 respectively.
10 2007 SUKHPREET K. MANGAT STUDYING M Sc  BIOCHEMISTRY 2nd Yr CLEARED: GRE
11 2007 Atul Daiwile MSC Biochemistry, Pune Univ.
12 2007 Anupama Sarkar Doing M. Sc Biotechnology at S. F. S. College, Nagpur.
13 2007 Anupam Kumar M.Sc from VIT in Biomedical genetics Cleared Toefl in 2009 score 293.
14 2007 Rajesh Pal Pursuing M.Sc (Biochemistry) at Ahmednagar College, Ahmednagar, University of Pune.
15 2008 Manali Bannerjee Doing MBA at Indore, Cleared MAT exam.
16 2008 Sayyada Naima Abidi Pursuing B.Ed at Chirayu K.C Bajaj College of Education, Jaripatka, Nagpur.
17 2008 Sr. Leena Sebastian Working as a teacher in a school at Barshi near Solapur.
18 2008 Vaishali Kadu MBA in Nagpur
19 2008 Supriya Fulare MBA in Pune
20 2008 Kanchan Tiwari MBA at Raisoni Nagpur
21 2008 Anita Shekhawat M. Sc. Chemistry from NU
22 2008 Saleha Sadaf Pursuing B.Ed at Chirayu K.C Bajaj College of Education, Jaripatka, Nagpur.
 

Pursuing Higher Studies / Working in India & Abroad
 
Cleared IELTS, GRE & TOEFL
   
Ms. Pratima Patil (2006) Ms. Anupam Kumar (2009)
Ms. Simki Dey (2007) Mr. B. Parthasarthy
Mrs. Cynthia Gregory (2007) Mr. Biswaroop Sen
Ms. Janhavi Deshpande (2007) Ms. Chaity Chaudhury
Ms. Sukhpreet Mangat (2007) Ms. Suchitra Basu
Ms. Kaushiki Mukherjee  
   
Cleared UGC-CSIR/NET/ICMR/GATE/DBT-JRF
   
Mr. George Maiti (2005-06) Ms. Amruta Bapat (2009)
Ms. Madhulika Bhagat (2003) Mr. B. Parthasarthy
Mr. Biswaroop Sen Mr. Gino Kurian
Ms. Chaity Chaudhury Ms. Pallavi Wadhone
Mr. Shahzad Nawaz Ms. Kalyanee Mohapatra
Mr. A. Shrikant Dr. Amitava Das
   
Pursuing Higher Studies (Research / Job) abroad
  • Ms. Chaity Chaudhury - Scientist at Astrazeneca, USA. Ph. D. from The Ohio State University, Post Doc at University of California, San Francisco.
  • Ms. RANA SIDDIQUI - Working as Dioxin & Toxic Organics Technologist at Ministry of Environment, Laboratory Services Branch, 125 Resources Road, Etobicoke Ontario.
  • Ms. Priya Venkat - Working as Supervisor of the Endocrinolgy and Andrology lab (Infertility/Invitro fertilization IVF clinic) at Evergreen hospital Kirkland-Seattle WA USA
  • Ms. Pallavi R. Wadhone - Post doctoral fellow at University of California (UCLA), USA. Did Ph.D from NCCS, Pune on CSIR-NET fellowship.
  • Mr. Shahzad Nawaz Syed   - Pursuing Ph. D. in Molecular Medicine and Immunology At Hannover Biomedical Research School, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany..
  • Ms. Suchitra Basu - Working as Research Fellow at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, OH, USA.
  • Ms. Kaushiki Mukhrejee - Pursuing PhD in Biochemistry from The Ohio State University(OSBP)
  • Dr. Amitava Das - Working as Assistant Professor at Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA  NET, 2000
Pursuing Higher studies /Job in India   
  • Mr. George Maiti - Joined for Ph. D. at Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata.
  • Ms. Madhulika Bhagat - Working as assistant professor in Indian Institute of Intergated Medicine and Pursuing Ph. D.
  • Ms. Pratima Patil - Associate Research Scientist in Advinus Therapeutics Pvt.Ltd, a Drug Discovery R&D based company in Pune.
  • Dr. Biswarup Sen - Teaching and research in Department of Biotechnology, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore as Mr. Gino Kurian - Assistant Professor Biochemistry in Sashtra University, Tanjavur, Tamilnadua Senior Lecturer and Indo-French CEFIPRA Project leader Cleared GRE, TOEFL and GATE
  • Ms. Supti Datta  - Working in GE Healthcare as Senior Design Engineer for Image quality and Applications on Medical Ultrasound scanners.
  • Ms. Poonam Deshpande - Research associate at CIIMS. Nagpur
  • Mr. Satyajeet Deshpande - With HSBC (Hongkong Shangai banking corporation) Bank as Premier Relationship Manager
  • Mr. Gino Kurian - Assistant Professor Biochemistry in Sashtra University, Tanjavur, Tamilnadu
  • Ms. K Lakshmi Rao - Scientist IV(3) at Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CSIR) Laboratory, Hyderabad.
  • Mr. Binu Antony -  Employed at Borosil as Sr. Sales Executive
  • Mr. Prabhas Goswami - Product Manager at Synthes INC., based at corporate head office(India), Gurgaon (M.B.A Biotechnology in 2008, PG Diploma in clinical data management in 2007)
  • Mr. Ashish Yatta - Working as QA at Innodata Isogen India Pvt Ltd, Noida Field - Patent analysis (Pharma)
  • Ms. Manali Bannerjee - Doing MBA at Indore, Cleared MAT exam.
  • Mr. ABHIJEETH NAIR - ADMINISTRATION OFFICER, at NUVA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, NAGPUR, INDIA
  • Mr. A.Srikant - Senior Research Fellow at ACTREC, Tata Memorial Centre
  • Mr. Sandeep  Gumble - Director, Fort Infotech, an IT company.
  • Ms. Anuadha Venugopal - Processing Executive (Customer Service) at HSBC Electronic Data Processing ( Investment Department Hyderabad)
  • Dr. Rizwana Quraishi - Biochemist (Scientist B) at NDDTC, ALL  INDIA INSTITIUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (AIIMS)
  • Ms. Dipanwita Bhattacharjee - Research Assistant in Biotechnology & Molecular Biology division at East India Pharmaceutical Works Limited 
  • Mr. Sohail Uz-zama Khan - working as Senior Executive (Ad Sales) in DNA (Daily News & Analysis), Second Largest English daily from Mumbai joint venture by Zee TV & Dainik Bhaskar. PG diploma in Adverising & Public Relations
  • Mr. Sanjay Pandey  - Business Manager, Birla Tyres, Raipur
  • Ms. Anita Nair - Working as SQL DBA in TATA ELXSI, Bangalore
  • Ms Chandrakala (M.Sc Biotechnology, Nagpur) (2006)
  • Ms Pinki Gupta (M.Sc Biotechnology, Nagpur) (2006)
  • Ms Kshanada  Meshram (M.Sc Biotechnology, Nagpur) (2006)
  • Ms Swati Prasad (M.Sc Biochemistry, Nagpur) (2006)
  • Ms Nagasree Konisetty (M.Sc Biochemistry, Nagpur) (2006)
  • Ms Renu Nair (M.Sc Biotechnology, Nagpur) (2006)
  • Ms. Nafisa Rahim (M. Sc. Biochemistry, Nagpur) (2007)
  • Ms. Y. Swati (M. Sc. Biochemistry, Nagpur) (2007)

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Maharashtra, INDIA
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