Head, Department of Botany,
Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji College, *****

Title of the Thesis- (Ph. D.) : Ethnobotanical Studies of Melghat Dist. Amravati with Special Reference of Ethnomedicine.
Name of the Research Guide :Dr. Prabha V. Bhogaonkar

M. Sc. (Botany), Ph. D. (Ethnobotany)

Govt. Institute of Science & Humanities, Amravati
Amravati University, Amravati
Institute of Science, Mumbai
Govt. Institute of Science & Humanities, Amravati
Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji College, *****

Workshop / Seminar / Symposia / Conferences Organized

1) Regional Social Gathering of Women Self-Help Groups of ***** Taluka in Collaboration with World Vision ***** ADP- ***** at Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji College, ***** Dist. Osmanabad pin-***** on 16 January 2010. (As convener)

2) State Level Seminar on Recent trends in Environmental Sciences at Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji College, ***** Dist. Osmanabad pin-***** (MS) on 13 March 2010. (As Organizing Secretary)

3) National Level Seminar on ‘NAAC’s New Methodology of Assessment & Accreditation’ at S. C. S. College, ***** Dist. Osmanabad on 28th March.2010. (As Joint Organizing Secretary)

4) National Level Symposium on Role of Administrative staff in Enhancement of Quality Education and Research at Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji College, ***** Dist. Osmanabad pin-***** (MS) on ***** March 2010. (As Joint Organizing Secretary)

Workshop/ Seminar /Symposia/Conferences Attended

1) National Seminar on Biodiversity, Conservation and Taxonomy of Tropical Flowering Plants at Department of Botany, Calicut University, Calicut From ***** Nov. 1998.

2) Participation and Guidance in workshop on ‘Before Marriage Counseling and Legal Aspect’s for College Girls held at Govt. Vidarbha Mahavidyalaya, Amravati on 01 Feb. *****) National Conference on Recent Trends in Biotechnology held at Dept. of Biotechnology, Amravati Univ. Amravati, from 3-5 Feb. 2000.

4) State Level Seminar on Recent Advances in Ethnobotany held at Dept. of Botany, Shri Shivaji Science College, Akot from ***** Dec 2000.

5) State Level Conference on Conservation of Biodiversity held at Adarsh College of Arts Commerce and Science, Hingoli from 5-6 Nov. 2001.

6) State Level Workshop & Exhibition of Medicinal Plants held at Homeopathic Medical College & Hospital, Latur from ***** Sep 2003.

7) Bharat Shikshan Sanstha sponsored workshop on NAAC – Self Study Report Representation organized by Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji College, ***** on 7th November, 2003.

8) UGC sponsored seminar on Vocationalisation of Higher Education held in the Sir Cowasjee Jahangir hall, University of Mumbai, Mumbai on 26th February, *****) Regional workshop on New Syllabus in Botany organized by Department of Botany, Deogiri College, Aurangabad on 11th July *****) NAAC sponsored National Conference on Post Accreditation Initiatives: Best Practices in Higher Education organized by K. J. Somaiya College of Science and Commerce, Mumbai on ***** September *****) NAAC sponsored National Seminar on Intervention Strategies for Quality Enhancement in Higher Education organized by Smt. Maniben M. P. Shah Women’s College of Arts & Commerce, Mumbai held on 4-5 March, *****) National Seminar on Herbal Technology held at Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara on *****, January, *****) State level Seminar on Internal Quality Assurance held at Yogeshwari College, Ambajogai Dist. Beed on 16.04.*****) NAAC sponsored National Seminar on Strategic Measures for Quality Enhancement in NAAC Accredited Colleges organized by Padmshri Vikhe Patil College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Pravarnagar, Loni Dist. Ahmadnagar held on 21st & 22nd January, *****) NAAC & PSG College Coimbtore sponsored National Seminar on Review & Progression in CPE Colleges organized by PSG College, of Arts and Commerce, Coimbatore held on 22nd & 23rd March, *****) NAAC sponsored National Seminar on Higher Education amidst contemporary challenges organized by Lady Doak College, Madurai held on 31st January to 2nd February, *****) UGC sponsored National Conference on Autonomy in Higher Education organized by Rajarshi Shahu Mahavidyalaya, Latur held on ***** March, *****) ‘Marine Fisheries Exhibition’ Organised by department of Zoology, SCS College, ***** during 29th & 30th Sept. 2008 in collaboration with Fishery Survey of *****

19) UGC sponsored State Level Seminar on Nano Terchnology organized by Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji College, ***** October, *****) UGC sponsored State Level Seminar on Biotechnology organized by Adarsh College, ***** ***** February, *****) UGC sponsored National Conference on Recent trends in Biodiversity and Bioscience organized by Shri Madhavrao Patil Mahavidyalaya, Murum Dist. Osmanabad held on ***** March, *****) UGC sponsored National Conference on Frontiers in Plant Diseases: Diagnosis and Management organized by Department of Botany, Maharashtra Mahavidyalaya, Nilanga Dist. Latur held on ***** Jan., 2010.

23) UGC sponsored State Level Seminar on Recent Trends in Environmental Sciences organized by Department of Zoology, Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji College, ***** Dist. Osmanabad held on 13 March 2010.

24) Social Gathering of Women Self-Help Groups of ***** Taluka in Collaboration with World Vision ***** ADP- ***** at Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji College, ***** Dist. Osmanabad pin-***** on 16 January 2010.

25) National level Seminar on NAAC’s New Methodology of Assessment, Accreditation and Reaccreditation at Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji College, ***** Dist. Osmanabad pin-***** (MS) on 28, March 2010.

26) National level Symposium on Role of Administrative staff in Enhancement of Quality Education and Research at Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji College, ***** Dist. Osmanabad pin-***** (MS) on ***** March 2010.

27) National Conference on Plant biotechnology for Agriculture and Rural Development at Shri Madhavrao Patil College, Murum Dist. Osmanabad Pin ***** on ***** January 2011.

28) National Conference on Role of Non-agricultural Institution in the improvement of Agricultural Technology at Shrikrishna Mahavidyalaya, Gunjoti Dist. Osmanabad Pin ***** on ***** January 2011.

29) National Conference on Frontiers of Plant Sciences for Sustainable Agricultural & Rural Development at BSS’s Arts, Science & Commerce College, Naldurg Dist. Osmanabad on ***** January 2011.

30) National symposium on WTO & Restructure of Cooperatives by Department of Commerce at Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji College, ***** Dist. Osmanabad on ***** March, 2011.

31) International CBOL Webinar: In the Lab: DNA Extraction (Online) by Natalia Ivanova, Organised by http://Connect.BarcodeofLife.net, New York, USA on 19 April, 2011.

32) National Seminar on Technical Terminology in *****n Languages by the Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on ***** April 2011.


Research Publication (Papers/Reports/Books)

Research Books Published

“Addition to the Flora of Melghat” (Some rare and uncommon plants) Technical Bulletin No. VII Publisher: - Directorate Project Tiger Melghat, Amravati, Maharashtra

Research Papers Published (In National & International Journals)

1) Bhogaonkar P. Y. and ***** V. D. 2001 Studies in Ethnobotany of Melghat (Amravati Dist. Amravati) I Antisterility Drugs in BRI’S Journ. Adv. Sc. Tech. 4 (I&II) June- Dec 2001, *****.

2) Bhogaonkar P. Y . & ***** V. D. 2001. Studies in Ethnobotany of Korkus of Melghat (Amravati District) II Drugs for Urino-genital Disorders BRI’S Journ. Adv. Sci. Tech. 4 (I & II) June-Dec *****.

3) Bhogaonkar P. Y. & ***** V. D. 2002. Some Unique Ethnomedicinal Plants of Korkus of Melghat Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra) J. Soc. Ethnobotany Vol. 14, *****.

4) Bhogaonkar P. Y. & ***** V. D. 2002 Pharmacognostic Studies in Some Asteraceous Ethnomedicinal Plants of Korkus of Melghat, Dist. Amravati (M.S.) BRI’S Journ. Adv. Sc. Tech 5 (I & II) June-Dec 2002, *****.

5) Bhogaonkar P. Y. & ***** V. D. 2006 Pharmacognostic Studies on Padmacarini. in Aryavaidyan Vol. XX, No. 2,*****,pp *****.

6) Bhogaonkar P. Y. ***** V. D. 2008. Some Ethnomedicinally Important New Plant Reports from Melghat. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 2008, 32(Supl), *****.

7) ***** V. D. 2010. Plants of Great Medicinal Value from Korku Ethnomedicine. In Bioscience Discovery, August, 2010,1(1):*****.

8) ***** V. D., Marathe V. R. and Chavan D. P. 2011. Dietary & Medicinal Significance of Wild Vegetables from Osmanabad region, Maharashtra. In Lifesciences Leaflets. January 2011, 11:*****.

9) ***** V. D. & M. P. Joshi. 2011. Phytosociological studies of Bodhghat area Dist. Dantewada with reference to Importance Value Index (IVI). In Bionano Frontier (Special Issue-NCRNAIIAT) January, 2011, (*****):*****.

10) ***** V. D. & M. P. Joshi. 2011. Study of Change in Air Quality at the Merck Ltd., Goa (*****) Due to expansion of Pharmaceutical Unit. In Bioscience Discovery. January, 2(1):*****.

11) ***** V. D. 2011. Management of Stress for Better Work Efficiency. In Academe. January 2011, XIV(1): *****.

12) ***** V. D. 2011. Study of Allergenic Pollens from Ethnobotanically Important Plants from Osmanabad District. In Lifesciences Leaflets. March 2011, 13: *****.

Research Papers Published (In Proceedings / Souvenirs)

1. Biradar S R, Dhole R G, Jadhav B P & ***** V D. 2010. Handling Difficult People for Better Administration. In the souvenir of National symposium on Role of Administrative staff in Enhancement of Quality education & research held on *****, March 2010, *****.

Research Articles Published (In Books)

1. Bhogaonkar P. Y. & ***** V. D. 2004 Korkus of Melghat (Distt. Amravati, Maharashtra State)- A Cultural Study in Focus on Sacred Groves & Ethnobotany Dr. V. D. Vartak et al (Author), Dr. V. Ghate (Editor), Dr.H. Sane & Dr. S. Ranade (Editor) (Proceeding of the National seminar on Ethnobotany & sacred groves: “Role in Conservation Strategy for *****) 2004, *****. (ISBN: *****)

2. Bhogaonkar P. Y. & ***** V. D. 2007 Korku Uses of Some Lesser Known Monocotyledonous Ethnomedicinal Plants of Melghat (Dist. Amravati.) Ed. M. Daniel, Arun Arya, V. M. Raole. In Herbal Technology: Recent Trends & Progress Published by Scientific Publishers (*****) pp ***** (ISBN : *****).

3. Bhogaonkar P. Y. & ***** V. D. 2008. Some ethnomedicinally important new reports from Melghat in Phytotherapeutic Wisdom of *****n Rural Aboriginals by V. Singh by Scientific Publishers (*****) Article No. 33 (ISBN : *****).

Major / Minor Research Projects Completed ---

1. Minor Research Project entitled “Study of Pollen Diversity in Osmanabad District” by University Grants Commission, West Circle, Pune (Received Grant - Rs.48,000/-) for the Period *****.

2. Major Research Project entitled “Improvement of Infrastructural facilities in Botanical Garden”. by Ministry of Forests And Environment (Received Grant - Rs.7,78,000/-) for the Period *****.

Membership of Professional Bodies/Journals and position held –
• Editor, Life Sciences Leaflets (An International e-journal - ISSN *****) http://lifesciencesleaflets.ning.com/

• Reviewer, Ethnobotany Research & Applications (An International e-journal - ISSN *****) http://*****/ojs/index.php/era/user

• Executive Editor, Plant Sciences Feed (An International Print & Online e-journal ISSN *****) http://psf.lifescifeed.com/editorial%20board.htm

• Associate Editor, Bioscience Discovery (National Print & Online e-Journal – ISSN *****) http://*****

• Technical Editor, International Journal of Botany (An international online e-journal ISSN-*****) http://scialert.net/eboard.php?issn=*****

• Technical Editor, Research Journal of Medicinal Plants (An international online e-journal ISSN-*****) http://scialert.net/eboard.php?issn=*****

• Technical Editor, Research Journal of Environmental Sciences (An international online e-journal ISSN-*****) http://scialert.net/eboard.php?issn=*****

• Technical Editor, Journal of Biological Sciences (An international online e-journal ISSN-*****) http://scialert.net/eboard.php?issn=*****

• Technical Editor, Research Journal of Forestry (An international online e-journal ISSN-*****) http://scialert.net/eboard.php?issn=*****

• Guest Editor, Bionano Frontier: Special Issue- NCRNAIIAT-***** January, 2011. (An International Print Journal ISSN *****) http://bionanofrontier.co.cc/

• Life Membership of International Journal Ethnobotany

• Annual Membership of National journal Bioscience Discovery

Organizational Experience / Research involvements

1) Research Experience: - 4 Years As ‘Plant-Taxonomist’ in Madhughat Project sponsored by Finance Department, Zilla Parishad Amravati from *****.

2) Work Experience: - 2 Years – As Project Fellow in National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur from 15th Jan. to 30th June 2003.

3) Consultancy in EIA/IEIA/REIA Projects

1. Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment for Proposed Nuclear Power Plant (Units 1 & 2 ), Kudankulam, Tamilnadu (NPCL) (May 2002)

2. Environmental Impact Assessment of Proposed Schemes for Redevelopment of Mumbai High South Oil/Gas Field in West Coast Offshore Region (ONGC) (May 2002)

3. Environmental Management Plan and Risk Mitigation Measures for the Hydrocarbon Pipeline from Jamnagar to Bhopal (Gas Transportation and Infrastructure Company Limited, Mumbai, GTICL) (June 2002)

4. Environmental Impact Assessment for Proposed Ropeway Project in Matheran, Maharashtra (Matheran Ropeway Ltd) (July 2002) (Spiral)

5. Environmental Impact Assessment for Exploratory Drilling Proposed in Offshore NELP Block KK-OSN-97/3 in West Coast of ***** (ONGC) (July 2002) (alongwith executive summary)

6. Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment of Proposed 250 MW Expansion of Thermal Power Station at Paras (Maharashtra State Electricity Board, Mumbai, MSEB) (September 2002)

7. Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment for Mining Operations in Bellary-Hospet Region, Karnataka (BELLARY-HOSPET) (October 2002)

8. Initial Environmental Examination of Bodhghat Hydel Project (Chhattisagarh State Electricity Board, CSEB) (November 2002)*****prehensive Environmental Impact Assessment of Nuclear Power Plant ( Units 1 & 2), Kudankulam (NPCIL) (January 2003)*****prehensive Environmental Impact Assessment of Proposed 250 MW Expansion of Thermal Power Station at Paras (MSEB) (April 2003)

11. Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment for Proposed Retrofitting Phosphoric Acid Plant and Additional Sulphuric Acid Plant at Paradeep Phosphates Ltd., Paradeep Orissa (PPL) (April 2003)

12. Rapid Environmental impact Assessment for Euro-III MS Project at Numaligarh Refinery (NRL) (April 2003)

13. Environmental Impact Assessment for 3 x 8 MW Balason Hydro Electric Project Darjeeling, West Bengal (ECL) (April 2003)

14. Rapid Environmental Impact & Assessment Study for Bulk Drug Expansion at Merck, Goa. 2008.*****prehensive Environmental Impact Assessment for the Pilerne Industrial Region, Bardez, Goa. June 2010.

16. Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment for Infrastructure development of Status Residential Complex, Taliegoa, Goa. April 2010.

17. Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment for Infrastructure development of Legacy Residential Complex, Dona Paula, Panjim, Goa. April 2010.

18. Environmental Impact Assessment of Proposed Lead Purifying and Its Alloys Manufacturing Unit, Talasari, Thane, (MS). April 2010.

19. Initial Environmental Examination of Proposed Vanaspati Oil Refinery at Near Undi, Dist. Ratnagiri, (MS). May 2010.

Award / Prizes /Medal / Scholarships / Certificates and Honours
1) Award of Government Scholarship for Research Leading to Ph. D. (*****)

2) First Merit from Govt. Vidarbha Mahavidyalaya, Amravati in M. Sc. Botany (1997).

3) Third Merit Amravati University, Amravati in M. Sc. Botany – (1997).

4) Nominated as Honorary Forest Taxonomist by Conservator of Forests, Nagpur Division, Nagpur (*****).

5) Best Paper Presentation at State level Seminar on Recent Trends in Environmental Sciences. 2010, Organized by Department of Zoology, Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji College, ***** (by Bharat Mata Environment Center, Naldurg)

6) Best Paper Presentation Award at National Conference on Role of Non-agricultural institutions in the Improvement of agriculture technology, 2011, Organized by Department of Botany , Shrikrishna Mahavidyalaya, Gujoti. (by International Society of Science & Technology, Mumbai and Bionano Frontier)

7) Honoured as Chair Person for Session III at National Conference on Role of Non-agricultural institutions in the Improvement of agriculture technology, 2011, Organised by Department of Botany, Shrikrishna Mahavidyalaya, Gujoti.