DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY

Infrastructure: The Department of Microbiology was established as UG in 2001 and elevated to PG level in 2005. The department has necessary facilities required to run UG and PG courses.
Classrooms labs and library : There are separate classrooms and labs for M.Sc. and B.Sc. Classes. The department has two lecture rooms and a seminar cum lecture room. There is a separate departmental library for PG students. It contains 800 volumes.
Computer facility: The department has computer facility for faculty and PG students with Wi-Fi Internet connection. There is a back up of 7.5 KVA generator in case of power breakdown. A central facility of 65 KVA generator is also present in the college.

Educational Tours: The educational tours to different laboratories of repute viz. Division of Microbiology, Biotechnology, NBPGR, Division of Plant Pathology, Virology (IARI), AIMS, DRDO New Delhi and several Pharmaceutical Companies in various states have been undertaken.
Faculty: The department of Microbiology was established as UG in 2001 with Coordinator Dr. J. Mohan Co-Coordinator Dr. B.S.Dahiyaand two faculty members (Dr. Rohini and Miss.Deepa Ruhela). At that time this subject was incorporated as the first in the colleges situated on Delhi-Saharanpur belt. The UG programmme started with meager strength of 45 students which soon increased up to one complete section of 60 students. In the light of good performance of this department its status was elevated to PG in 2005.(Dr. S.K.Sahi and Dr.Mahesh Kumar>were appointed for P. G. department. Later, with the addition of two more faculty members, the total strength of the department became five, ( Dr.S.K.Sahi, Dr. Mahesh Kumar, Dr. Mamta Patra, Dr.Amit Kumar Jainand Dr.Varun Kumar Tomar). Dr.Amit Kumar Jain left the department and joined as Assistant Regional Director of IGNOU Ahamdabad. Then Dr. Nidhi Sharma joined the department in 2011 as faculty member. At present the department has three faculty members. All the faculty members are highly qualified and are actively engaged in research.
Academic Achievements:
Gold Medals of University:
The PG students of the department have also excelled in academics. The following Gold medal of the university was awarded.
 

S. No. Name of the Student Year
1. Ms. Jaya Mohan 2007
2. Km. Richa Tomar 2008
3. Km. Neha Baliyan 2015


NET/CSIR/ICAR-Qualified and JRF/SRF:
Many students who have passed M.Sc. from the department qualified the NET/CSIR/ICAR exams and are working as JRF/SRF in different institution a few of them are listed below—

CSIR/NET/ICAR-NET

S. No. Name of the Student Year
1. Sh.Dhanender Tomar 2007 and 2008
2. Km.Richa Tomar 2008
3. Km. Ritu Chauhan 2014
4. Sh. Anuj Kumar Ruhella 2015
5. Sh. Amit Kumar 2016
6. Sh. Pradip Kumar Sharma 2017


Courses offered by the departmUnt
UG:
At UG level under Vocational Programme with Industrial Microbiology, Botany and Chemistry are available. At UG entry one section of minimum 60 students are present. The department admits students on the basis of merit. The admission rules of the university and the reservation rules of the U.P. Govt. are strictly followed.
Name of the Courses
PG:
The department offers M.Sc. Degree in Microbiology of the CCS University Meerut. The university conducts semester wise examinations. There are four courses in each semester and in total 16 courses are offered to complete the M.Sc. degree in four semesters. There are 30 seats available in M.Sc. Microbiology and admissions are done on the merit basis.

Name of the Courses

FIRST SEMESTER
S.No. Codes Name of the Courses
1. GM 101 Instrumentation and Microbial Techniques
2. GM 102 Microbial Diversity- Prokaryotes and Viruses
3. GM 103 Microbial Diversity- Eukaryotes
4. GM 104 Biostatistics, Computer Applications and Bioinformatics
SECOND SEMESTER
S.No. Codes Name of the Courses
5. GM 201 Microbial Physiology and Biochemistry
6. GM 202 Microbial Genetics, Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering
7. GM 203 Agricultural Microbiology
8. GM 204 Microbial Environmental Technology
THIRD SEMESTER
S.No. Codes Name of the Courses
9. GM 301 Medical Microbiology
10. GM 302 Molecular Immunology
11. GM 303 Food and Dairy Microbiology
12. GM 304 Industrial Microbiology
FOURTH SEMESTER
(Project Report including Viva-voce Any one of 4 Given Papers)
S.No. Codes Name of the Courses
13. GM 401 Medical Microbiology
14. GM 402 Industrial Microbiology
15. GM 403 Agricultural Microbiology
16. GM 404 Environmental Microbiology

Sr No. NAME DESIGNATION QUALIFICATION SPECIALISATION
1 Dr. Mahesh Kumar Assistant Professor MSc, M.Phil, Ph.D Medical Microbiology, Virology, Immunology
2 Dr. V.K. Tomer Assistant Professor M.Sc, M.Phil, Ph.D Virology, Molecular Plant Pathology
3 Dr. Reena Panwar Assistant Professor Ph.D Para nodulation in Wheat, Nitrogen Fixation, Medi