STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENTS :

• A group of current S.Y.B.Sc. students will represent the country at the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition in Boston in October 2018. The team is led by DST-Inspire faculty Dr. Mayuri Rege and is working on a proposal selected among the top five in the country by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT, India) with a grant of Rs. 10 Lakhs. The project focuses on solving a widespread issue in India- that of cleaning paan stains.
• 2 UG alumni selected for Prestigious Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Fellowship
• 1 UG alumnus selected for the prestigious Khorana Fellowship
• PhD research student selected for 9 months training at Technical University of Ilmeanu, Thuringia, Germany
• Co-curricular – State Level MicrobioOlympiad- First Prize and Gold medal 2015, 2016 and 2017, Prizes at inter Collegiate Competition-20
• Research Meets- SelectBio International Conference- Best Poster, State Level Avishkar – First Prize-1, Selection- 2, Sajjan Gupta Memorial-Konark Research meet- Prize-4, Jigyasa Research Meet-Prize -6
• 10 Students completed Summer training at institutes like CCMB, Delhi University, MSU, NCCS, Bose Institute, IIT, NCL, IISER
• Miss. Ankita Patil (MSc-Part II) secured 1st Prize in Criminal case event and 3rd Prize in Poster Presentation at GenVision2020, organized by Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, IIT-Bombay, Mumbai-76 (2019-20)
  
• Miss. Madhura Kamat (TYBSc) secured 2nd Prize in Cerebra quiz at GenVision2020, organized by Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, IIT-Bombay, Mumbai-76 (2019-20)
• Team of Miss. Rishali Wadhwan, Mr. Subham Kamble and Miss. Nikita Das (All FYBSc) won Gold Medal (1st Prize) at 19th MicrobiOlympiad held at Government Institute of Science, Aurangabad, Maharashtra. (2019-20)
• Miss. Riddhi Ghate (MSc Part I) won 3rd Prize at Agar Art Competition during "Superbugs: The End Of Antibiotics?" exhibition, held at Nehru Science Centre, Worli, Mumbai-18 (2019-20)