Environmental Science -

1. Year of Establishment : 2004

2. Programmes offered by the department

UG	PG	Research Centre	Certificate/ Diploma
B.Sc. Environmental Science	M.Sc. Environmental Science	Ph.D. Environmental Science	———

3. Faculty Profile

Name	Education Qualification	Designation	Date of Joining	Total Experience	Profile
Dr. S.D. Kulkarni	M.Sc. Ph.D., FICCE, FACCE	Head of Department	01/06/2004	18
Ms. Sable K.V.	M.Sc. M.Ed. GATE, NET	Assistant Professor	15/12/2021	09
Ms. Shinde D.B.	M.Sc. B.Ed.	Assistant Professor	19/04/2022	07
Mrs. Shinde A.K.	M.Sc. B.Ed.	Assistant Professor	28/12/2021	01
Ms. Kulkarni A.K	M.Sc.	Assistant Professor	22/02/2022	01

4. Details of seminars/conferences/workshops organized by the department

Theme of the Seminar/ Conference/Workshop	Level	Sponsoring Agency	Dates

5. Details of research projects undertaken by the department.

Name of the Principal Investigator	Title of the project	Duration	Sponsoring Agency
Dr. S.D. Kulkarni	Photocatyaltic Dye Degradation with Silver Dope Zinc oxide Nanoparticles	2014	BCUD University of Pune
Mr. P.L. Wagh	Diversity and Distribution of anatidae ( Swans, Geese and Ducks) at Nandur Madhameshwar Wetland, Nashik, Maharashtra	2013	BCUD University of Pune
Dr. S.D. Kulkarni	Development of efficient nano structure for distillery spent wash treatment	2011	BCUD University of Pune
Dr. S.D. Kulkarni	Bioremediations of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon from contaminated soil microbial assemblages	2011	UGC, New Delhi
Dr. S.D. Kulkarni Dr. S. M. Kurhade	Ichtyfauna and Physicochemical properties of Nandur Madhmeshwar Water reservoir ( Nashik ) Maharashtra	2010	UGC, New Delhi
Dr. S.D. Kulkarni	Sewage Water Irrigation Practices on Nutrient status in Crop and Soil	2008	BCUD, University of Pune
Dr. S.D. Kulkarni	Environment Impact Assessment of Seena River in Devlopment of Ahmednagar City	2007	BCUD, University of Pune

6. Details of research papers published (in UGC notified journals notified only)

Name/s of the Author	Title of the Paper	Journal	ISSN Number	Volume and Page Numbers
Kulkarni S.D.1 , Dhawale V.P2 ., Aher S.K.3 , and Zadage S.J.4	Effects of spent wash on the physico-chemical properties of soil and early seedling growth in fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum)	Wesleyan Journal of Research	(ISSN: 0975-1386
Shrikant J. Zadage, Satish D. Kulkarni	INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE, SALINITY, AND SALT EFFECT FOR DISPERSION OF OIL BY LECITHIN BLENDS ON SEAWATER	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY, FAMILY AND URBAN STUDIES	ISSN (ONLINE): 2321-0109; ISSN (PRINT): 2250-0065	VOL – 12, ISSUE – 1; EDITION: JUN2022
Research1Patil, M.S., 1Sanap, V.B., 2Surashri Sonawane, 2Neeta Sarode, 3,*Dharmadhikari, N.P. 4Kulkarni S.D	GEOELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD (GEF): A STUDY SO FAR	International Journal of Current Research	ISSN: 0975-833X	Vol. 14, Issue, 02, pp.20731-20735, February, 2022
Shrikant J. Zadage, Satish D. Kulkarni	Effectiveness of non-ionic dispersants on high-density oil in marine water	International Journal of All Research Education and Scientific Methods (IJARESM	, ISSN: 2455-6211	Volume 9, Issue 9 Pp 1644-1648
Shrikant J. Zadage, Satish D. Kulkarni	Phytotoxicity assay of oil and Dispersants to Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp and Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek	International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews	2348-1269	March 2020, Volume 7, Issue 1
Erum F H Kazi, Satish D. Kulkarni	APTI (Air Pollution tolerance index) of trees in Lohagaon area in Pune city in different seasons.	EPRA International Journal of Economic and Business Review	2347-9671	Vol-8, Issue-12, Dec-2020
1Mona Aghaei, 2Satish D Kulkarni, 3Ravindra Jaybhaye	A Study of Ground Water and Water Borne Diseases from Daund – Pune District	International Research Journal Of Multidisciplinary Studies	ISSN (Online): 2454-8499	Vol. 6, Issue 9, September, 2020
Dhawale V.P.1*, Mohite K.C.2 and Kulkarni S.D.3	Impact of aluminum oxide nanoparticles, silver nanoparticles and their nanocomposites on Vigna radiata Seedling Growth	Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment		Vol. 24 (3) March (2020)
Shrikant J Zadage¹, Vijaya P Dhawale², Satish D Kulkarni^3*	Applications of IoT based on environmental problems	International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews	2348-1269	Vol 6 (1), pp 365, 2019
Dhawale Vijaya Pandurang1*, Mohite Kakasaheb Chandrakant 2. and Kulkarni Satish Damodar3	Phase Changes Under Heat Treatment During Synthesis of α-Al2O3 Nanoparticles by Sol Gel Method	International Journal of Scientific Research and Reviews	ISSN: 2279–0543	IJSRR 2019, 8(2), 550-555
Dhawale V. P., K. C. Mohite, S. D. Kulkarni	Phytotoxicity and Stimulatory Impact of Silver Nanoparticles on Seedling Growth of Moth Bean	Environment and Ecology	ISSN 0970-0420	37 (3B) : 1107—1113, July—September 2019
Vijaya P. Dhawale1,*, Datta J. Late2, Satish D. Kulkarni3	Synthesis, Characterization of α-Al2O3 Nanoparticles and Its Application in Decolorization of Methyl Orange Azo Dye in the Presence of UV Light	Journal of Nanoscience and Technology	ISSN: 2455-0191	J. Nanosci. Tech. – Volume 5 Issue 1 (2019) 580–583
Vaidehi B Khobragade, Satish D Kulkarni	Alteration in Physico-chemical Properties and Microbiological Analysis of Soil from various Hydrocarbon contaminated sites across Maharashtra	International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews		6(2), 415-421
V. Ratna Kumari^*, S.D. Kulkarni	An effective study on rapid degradation of Polythene bags and plastic waste by microbial species	Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology	0974-3618	Vol 11 (10), pp 4421-4425, 2018
Vijaya P Dhawale^1*, Vaidehi B Khobragade², Satish D Kulkarni³	Synthesis and characterization of Aluminium oxide nanoparticles and its application in Azodye Decolorisation	International Journal of Environmental Chemistry		Vol 2(1), pp 10-17, 2018
Dipali Shinde, Satish Kulkarni^*	Application of Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles in dye degradation by photocatalytic process	Life Sciences Leaflets	2277-4297	Vol 77, pp 28-41, 2016
Sulbha G. Velhal¹, S.D. Kulkarni², R.V. Latpate³	Fungal mediated silver nanoparticle synthesis using robust experimental design and its application in cotton fabric	Springer		2016
Satish D. Kulkarni^*, Tejashri Auti, Satish Saraf	Bioremediation study of Dairy effluent by using Spirulina Platensis	Research Journal of Life Science, Bioinformatics, Pharmaceuticals and Chemical Sciences	2454-6348	Vol 1(6), pp 317, March 2016
Dr. Kulkarni S.D.	Photocatalytic degradation of Methyl Orange Dye by using Titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles	Review of Progress in Nanoscience	978-93-84916-65-7	2015
Dr. Kulkarni S.D.	Impact of urbanization on Ambient air quality and vegetation	Moral philosophy: Importance of human values in modern society	978-93-5158-288-5	2015
Dr. Kulkarni S.D.	Taguchi Design for parameter optimization of size-controlled synthesis of silver nanoparticles	International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Computational and Applied Science	Print 2279-0047 Online- 2279-0055	2015
Satish D. Kulkarni^1*, Satish V. Saraf²	Physicochemical and bacteriological characterization of water from wells and bore wells nearby landfill area of waste dumping site of Ahmednagar city.	Research Journal of Life Science, Bioinformatics, Pharmaceuticals and Chemical Sciences	2454-6348	Vol-1(3), pp 144-155, Sept 2015
Dr. Kulkarni S.D.	Crop diversification in south east part of Ahmednagar District: a geographical analysis	Et Flerkultureelt magasin pa hindi og morsk	0802-4448	2014
Vaideshi Khobragade, Dr. Kulkarni S.D. Anil Gagare, Priyanka Deore	Assessment of ground water quality near municipal solid waste landfill site in Burudgaon, Ahmednagar	International Conference- Environmental Issues and Sustainable Development	978-81-930154-0-7	162/173, 2014
Dr. Kulkarni S.D.	Correlation coefficient of some physico-chemical parameters of ground water of Parner Tehsil, Ahmednagar (MS)	International Conference- Environmental Issues and Sustainable Development	978-81-930154-0-7	2014
Dr. Kulkarni S.D.	Impact of environmental parameters on recovery of alcohol from molasses	National conference	978-93-83414-18-5	2014
Dr. Kulkarni S.D.	Bio transportation of micro nutrients and heavy metals in sewage irrigated vegetables in downstream of Sina river near Ahmednagar, Maharashtra	National conference	978-93-83414-18-5	2014
Dr. Kulkarni S.D.	Physicochemical characterization of water from wells and bore wells nearby landfill area of waste dumping site of Ahmednagar city	National conference	978-93-83414-18-5	2014
Dr. Kulkarni S.D.	Impact of land use pattern and soil salinity status in Mula right canal command area of Newasa Tehsil, Ahmednagar (MS)	National conference	978-93-83414-18-5	2014
Dr. Kulkarni S.D.	Titanium dioxide Nano structure in waste water treatment	National conference	978-93-83414-18-5	2014
Dr. Kulkarni S.D.	Decolorisation of Aniline dye by using Aspergillus Terre	National conference	978-93-83414-18-5	2014
Velhal S.G.^1*, Kulkarni S.D.², Jaybhaye R.G.³	Titanium Dioxide nanoparticles for control of microorganisms	International Journal of Research in Chemistry and Environment	2248-9649	Vol-4(4), pp 192-198, Oct-2014
S.D. Kulkarni^*, Amol Ingawale	Biomonitoring of air pollution by correlating the pollution tolerance of some commonly grown trees in Walunj Industrial area near Aurangabad (MS)	International Journal of Research in Environmental Science and Technology	2249-9695	Vol 4 (4), pp 102-106, 2014
Dr. Kulkarni S.D.	Impact of spent wash on soil characteristics and morphological alteration in leafy vegetable	Flora and Fauna	0971-6920	Vol-19, 2013
Dhawale V. P^*, Aher S.K. ², Kulkarni S.D.³	Ground water quality assessment of drought prone area – A case study	International journal of Biology, Pharmacy and Allied Sciences	2277-4998	Vol 2(11), pp 2157-2168, 2013
Khobragade Vaidehi^*, Kulkarni S.D.	Microbial Remediation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: An overview	Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment		Vol-16(4), Dec 2012
Velhal S.G.², Kulkarni S.D.^1*, Jaybhaye R.G.³	Novel nanoparticles for water and waste water treatment	Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment		Vol-16(2), June 2012
N.P Dharmadhikari^1*, D.C. Meshram², S.D. Kulkarni³, A.G. Kharat⁴, R.R. Sorate⁴, S.S. Pimpalkar⁵, G.R. Narang⁶, D.S. Deshmukh⁶, C.B. Bangal⁷	Effect of Geopathic stress zone on human body voltage and skin resistance	Journal of Engineering and Technology Research	2006-9790	Vol.3(8), pp- 255-263, August 2011
Hassan Rezaei^*, Satish D. Kulkarni, Praveen G. Saptarshi	Study of physical chemistry on Biosorption of hexavalent chromium by using Chlorella pyrenoidisa	Pelagia Research Library	C976-8505	Vol 2(4), pp 174-189, 2011
N.P Dharmadhikari^1*, D.C. Meshram², S.D. Kulkarni³, A.G. Kharat⁴, R.R. Sorate⁴, S.S. Pimpalkar⁵, G.R. Narang⁶, D.S. Deshmukh⁶, C.B. Bangal⁷	Use of Dowsing and Geo-Resistivity meter for detection of geographic stress zone	International Journal of Modern Engineering Research (IJMER)	2249-6645	Vol-1(2), pp 609-614, 2011
Hassan Rezaei^*, Satish D. Kulkarni, Praveen G. Saptarshi	Study of physical chemistry on Biosorption of copper by using Sprullina sp.	International Journal of ChemTech Research	0974-4290	Vol-3(3) pp 1429-1439, Sept 2011
Hassan Rezaei^*, Satish D. Kulkarni, Praveen G. Saptarshi	Study of physical chemistry on Biosorption of zinc by using Chlorella pyrenoidisa	African Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry	1996-0840	Vol-5 (14), pp 474-485, Nov 2011
Hassan Rezaei^*, Satish D. Kulkarni, Praveen G. Saptarshi	Study of physical chemistry on Biosorption of zinc by using Chlorella pyrenoidisa	Natural products of Indian Journal	0974-7508	Vol-7, 2011
Hassan Rezaei^*, Satish D. Kulkarni, Praveen G. Saptarshi	Study of physical chemistry on Biosorption of Nickel by using Chlorella pyrenoidisa	Oriental Journal of Chemistry	0970-020X	Vol-27(2), pp 595-602, 2011
Hassan Rezaei^*, Satish D. Kulkarni, Praveen G. Saptarshi	Removal of Cu (II) by using Oscillatoria sp. From waste water	International Journal of Biotechnology and Bioengineering Research		Vol-1(2), pp 185-194, 2011
Hassan Rezaei^*, Satish D. Kulkarni, Praveen G. Saptarshi	Removal of Zn (II) by using Oscillatoria sp. From waste water	Chemical Technology	0974 – 7443	Vol 5 (2), pp 65-71, 2010

7. Details of books, chapters in edited volumes/ papers published in National and International Conference Proceedings.

Name/s of the Author	Title of the Paper	Title of the Book/ Conference	ISBN Number	Volume and Page Numbers
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8. Details of extension activities carried out by the department.

Activity	Date	Number of Student Participants
To Study the Carbon sequestration of in college campus	2022	02

9. Details of linkages/collaborations/ MoU signed by the department and activities under it.

Name of the Partner Institution/Industry	Date	Activities undertaken	Number of Student Participants
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10. Details of infrastructural facilities available in the department for the teaching and learning process.

Name of the Infrastructural Facility	Number
Wet Laboratory	1
Dry Laboratory	1
Head Cabin	1
Staff room	1

11. Details of capacity building and skill enhancement initiatives taken by the department.

Programme/Activity	Date	Number of Student Participants
Photography competition	30/04/2022	75

12. Details of sports and cultural activities organized by the department.

Activity	Type (Sports/ Cultural)	Date	Number of Student Participants
Environ Fest	Cultural	05/05/2022	80
Friday Forum	Cultural	23/08/2019	70

13. Experiential learning activities organized by the department.

Activity	Date/s	Number of teachers involved	Number of students participated
In Plant training programme	1 months	02	25
Excursion Tour	22/04/2022 to 23/04/2022	02	19

13. Any other information (Important to be mentioned in departmental profile)

Sr. No.	Student Name	Thesis Name	Guide Name	Co-Guide Name	Year
1	Mr. Dharmadhikari Nandkumar P.	Detection of Geopathic Stress Zone and its Effect on Human System.	Dr. Kulkarni S. D.	Dr. Meshram D. C.	2011
2	Mr. Hassan Rezaei	Application of Biosorption Mechanism to Remediate Metal Contaminated Industrial Effluent.	Dr. Kulkarni S. D.	Dr. Saptarshi P. G.	2012
3	Mr. Wagh Prashant L.	Study of Species Diversity and Habitat Utilization of Birds at Nandur- Madhameshwar Wetland, Nasik, Maharashtra.	Dr. Kurhade S. M.	—	2015
4	Mrs. Velhal Sulabha G.	Application of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles on Removal of Textile Dye.	Dr. Kulkarni S. D.	Dr. Jaybhay R. G. Dr. Latpate R.V.	2019
5	Mrs. Khobragade Vaidehi B	Bioremediation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) from Contaminated Soil by Indigenous and Adapted Assemblage.	Dr. Kulkarni S. D.	—	2020
6	Mrs. Chavan Surekha L.	Phytochemical analysis and Allelopathic Studies of Weeds from Solanaceae family, Ahmednagar District (Maharashtra)	Dr. Kurhade S.M.	Dr. Khose R.G.	2020
7	Mrs. Dhawale Vijaya Pandurang	Application of Aluminium and Silver Nanocomposite for Water Treatment	Dr. Kulkarni S.D.	Dr. Mohite K.C.	2020

14. Future Plan of the department (To justify the SWOC analysis).

To Start Certificate course in the Industrial Safety and Management
To Start Certificate course in the Wild life photography
To Start Certificate course in Environmental Impact Assessment