Departmental Activities

2019-20

• One day workshop in 'Mushroom Cultivation' on 23rd November and 30th November 2019 sponsored by RUSA only for the students of Ruia College. No registration fees.
• Lecture series on 'Urban Biodiversity for sustainable cities' - 27th , 28th and 29th November 2019. Sponsored by RUSA. Open only  for the students from any faculty of Ruia College.
• Parent of SY, TY students -Teacher meeting -22^th June19
• Orientation Program for FY students and parents-26^th June19
• Guest Lecture on ‘Seed Start-up’-6^th July19
• Students (F.Y, S.Y & T.Y) - HOD meeting-9^th July 19
• Visit to ‘Oleaf’ and ‘Rashmi Sweets’, Matunga-18^th July 19
• One day workshop on ‘Hydroponics’(Department of Botany)-19^th July 19
• Awareness lecture on Green House Management for students of Department of Bioanalytical Sciences-23^rd July19
• Lecture by our Alumnus, Success story of Mr. Gaurav Jangle – ‘Protected  farming’-16^th August 2019
• Students of all three classes participated in “Saptparni” held in Mithibai college- Nachiket  Koranne and Busra Mapari got first prize In fruit carving and Bhakti Shinde and Riya Valanju stands third in Biojewellary making competition -22^nd August 2019
• Lecture on “Subhas Palekar’s Natural farming system” by Mrs.Monica Deshmukh-27^th August 2019

• Visit to KVK, Nashik, Sahayadri Farms and Papaya Nursery, Nashik-13^th  and 14^th September 2019
• Awareness lecture on Green House Management to the Junior College students-14^th & 15^th October 2019
• Children’s Day celebration-14^th November 2019
• Initiation of the project on ‘ Kitchen Gardening’for the children of Shraddhanand Mahila Ashram , under RUSA-17^th November 2019 (follow up 24th November, 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd December 2019).
• Workshop on ‘Mushroom cultivation’ under RUSA-10^th Dec 2019
• Participation in ‘Avishkar’-14^th December 2019
• Tech- Tour, International conference on ‘Plant Biofactories- Strategies and Challenges’-21^st December 2019
• Conducted one day workshop on ‘ Soilless Cultivation’ for the Department of Botany, Ruia College-2^nd January 2020
• MRUDA- Departmental fest-3^rd January 2020
• Parent- Teacher meeting (FY & SY)-4^th January 2020
• Campus Interview - UFarms-4^th January 2020
• Campus Interview – CityGreens Farming – Ponics Agriteck Pvt.Ltd.-8^th January 2020
• Visit to Geolife Research Station, Pune 13^th January 2020
• Visit to Professional Agrotech , Talegaon-13^th January 2020
• Campus Interview – Make My Garden-15^th January 2020
• Conducted one day workshop on ‘ Soilless Technology’ for the Department of Botany, Kirti College-17^th January 2020
• Convocation-18^th January 2020

GUEST LECTURES

• Dr. Rajendra Deshmukh -  Proprietor, BLOOMS Consultancy
• Dr. Nagesh Tekale -  Retd. Associate Prof. of Botany, Bandodkar College, Thane
• Ltd.Cdr. C.V. Prakash – Proprietor, PETBHARO Consultancy
• Dr. Satvinder Singh Bedi – Head, Industry Interface, GNIMS College
• Ms. Maria Achary – Visiting Faculty, GNIMS College
• Mr. Suyesh Gupta – Chartered Accountant
• Dr. Behnaz Patel – Retd. Head (Botany), Associate Professor, Ramnarain Ruia College
• Mr. Anand Darveshi – Agro tourism Incharge, KVK, Baramati
• Dr. Shirish Patil – Co-ordinator, Self financing courses, Bandodkar College
• Dr. Anita Dakshina – Assistant Professor (BBI), Satish Pradhan Dnyansadhana College
• Dr. Afreen Eksambi - Assistant Professor, Co-ordinator (BBI), Satish Pradhan Dnyansadhana College
• Mrs. Anjana Devasthale –Landscape Designer and Consultant

SEMINARS ORGANIZED

• Seminar on ‘Hi-Tech Agri-Horticulture solution for sustainable Farming’ (2016-2017) collaboration with our Industry Partner Dr. Rajendra Deshmukh, Proprietor, Blooms Horticulture Consultants and Solutions.
• One day national seminar on ‘Smart Farming- organized in collaboration with our Industry partners CRAFT and UVibes

WORKSHOPS ORGANIZED

• One day workshop on ‘Bonsai’ (2015-2016)
• One day workshop on ‘Home Gardening and Cactus Grafting’
• One day workshop on ‘Kitchen Gardening’ along with a social enterprise ‘Earthoholics’
• One day workshop on ‘Hydroponics’ and  ‘Aquaponics’ in collaboration with ‘Centre for Research in Alternative Farming Technology.’ (CRAFT).
• One day workshop on Organic Cultivation.
• One day workshop on ‘Hydroponics and Aquaponics’ was organized in collaboration with our Industry partners CRAFT and UVibes
• One day workshop ‘Introduction to Hydroponics’,
• One day workshop’Kitchen gardening and interioscaping’,
• One day workshop “Microgeens, Kokadema,
• One day workshop Terrariums and flower arrangement’
• One day workshop on ‘Bonsai and Terrarium’
• Workshop on ‘Kitchen Gardening, Composting, Microgreen & Interiorscaping for students of St. Anthony’s School (Std VIII-X), Mankhurd
•  One-day Workshop on ‘Introduction to Hydroponics and Aquaponics’ conducted in collaboration with CRAFT on 23rd July 2016.
• Awareness on Green House Management’ for Students of Ramnivas Ruia   Junior College, Matunga, Mumbai
• ‘Awareness on ‘Green House Management and IoTs in Agriculture’ for students of Computer Science (MSc I &II)
• One day workshop in “basics of Hydroponics’ (2)
• One day workshop in ‘Organic Kitchen Gardening’
• One day workshop in ‘Terrarium’
• One day workshop in ‘Basics of Organic Gardening and Greenhouse Technology’ (For Charitable trust – ASHA)
• One day workshop in “Bonsai”
• One day workshop in ‘Basics of Organic Gardening and Greenhouse Technology’ (For Rishikul Vidyalay)

CERTIFICATE COURSE ORGANIZED

• Certificate course in ‘Organic Gardening’ – 50 contact hrs.
• Certificate course in Aquascaping and Interiorscaping – 45 contact hrs.

EDUCATIONAL VISITS

• Lalit Nursery, Talegaon and Professional Agrotech Pvt. Ltd 2014
• In Professional Agrotech Pvt. Ltd, Talegaon ,
• Go Green Nursery,’ Karnala
• Agro Farms Malegaon, Baramati for 3 days training
• Visit to Yeshwant Krishi Paryatan Kendra, Jambulpada, Pali
• Visit to Landscape garden, Matunga
• Visit to Keshav Shrusti, Bhyander
• Visit to Hiranandani Estate/ Gardens, Thane
• One day visit to National Institute of Post-Harvest Technology, Talegaon
• One day visit to Institute of Chemical Technology, Matunga
• Three days visit to Professional Agro Farms, Baramati
• Visit to Rastriya Chemical Fertilizers (RCF)
• Visit to Hiranandani Estate Landscape gardens , Composting unit and Sewage treatment plant
• One day visit to National Institute of Post-Harvest Technology, Talegaon
• One day visit to Professional Agrotech, Talegaon
• Five  days visit to Professional Agro Farms, Baramati
• Visit to Yashwant Krishi Paryatan Kendra, Jambhulpada.
• One day visit to Green Leaf departmental store to study packaging of food products.
• Three days visit to KVK, Nashik, Sahayadri Farms and Papaya Nursery, Nashik