Vaagdevi Degree & P.G.College

Department of Microbiology

Like medicine, microbiology is not a single subject, but rather an umbrella, which offers a range of specializations. Microbiology has spawned a plethora of jobs in wide spectrum of industries from pharmacy to cosmetics. It is a department where the local knowledge, originality, creativity and motivations are considered more than conventional methods in teaching and producing well-trained students who are more capable to meet the challenges in the current scenario. The department always encourages the students for their higher studies and research field by recognizing the student’s individual potentiality. The students after completion of the course are leaving the portals of the department with great confidence in the competitive world. The subject offers students in many activities during their course like classroom learning, hands on training in various practical’s , preparation of herbaria, outstation excursions, field exploration studies, minor research projects, etc. The students can learn the biology, interrelationships and behaviour of various kinds of organisms from microbial diversity ,agriculture related organisms which help in

Objectives:

Enhance opportunities for research and scholarship for faculty members as well as undergraduate and graduate students.
Preserve, add to, evaluate, and transmit knowledge in the field of Microbiology.
Prepare graduate students (M.S and Ph. D) within –depth knowledge and research skills for professional careers in Microbiology.

VISION:

Vision to enhance our reputation as a world class teaching and research institution which is recognized for its innovation, excellence and discovery and attracts the best students and staff world wide.

MISSION:

Our mission is to maintain a department that is regarded as equal to any terms of relevance of teaching and research, its quality of support and facilities and the learning opportunities and working experience it offers. We aspire to values which are based on the highest professional growth and satisfaction offered to our staff and students.

Programs Available:

UG Programme:

I Year:

Courses offered in B.SC:

I Semester (Paper-I): INTRODUCTORY MICROBIOLOGY
II Semester (Paper-II): MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

II Year:

III Semester(Paper-III):BASICS OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY& ADVANCED IMMUNOLOGY
IV Semester (Paper- IV): MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY &GENETICS

III Year

V Semester (Paper- V- A): INSTRUMENTATION AND BIO TECHNIQUES
V Semester (Paper- V- B): INDUSTRIAL & FOOD MICROBIOLOGY
VI Semester (Paper- VI A): CELL BIOLOGY
VI Semester (Paper- VI B): ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Seminars/conferences/workshops:

Organized one day workshop on"Advanced molecular techniques. "
-conducted two days workshop in"Recent trends in molecular biology techniques"collaboration with primer biotech research centre ,hyderabad.
-organized‘Scienza-es-dios’ in jan 15 2015 to U.G & P.G. Students collaboration with Life Science Departments.
-Vaag-Vismai-15th ,16th &17th Sep 2017 to U.G & P.G. Students collaboration with Life Science Departments.
- Organized "vaag vismai"a state level UG students meet 2k19.
-Attended online internship Programme on " Artificial internship with health care".
- Organized a national webinar on "a scope of microbial technology"
On 17th sep.2021 on the occasion of WORLD MICROBIOLOGY DAY.

Faculty Research Publications

Invitro free radical scavenging activity of different extracts of Adansonia digitata L.
J.samatha, G.Chandrakala, K. Thirupathi.
ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF SKIN SECRETION AND ITS EXTRACTION FROM THE TOAD Bufo melanostictus
K. Thirupathi, G. Chandrakala, L. Krishna, T. Bheem Rao and Dr. Y. Venkaiah*
Antibacterial activity of parotoid gland secretion and it's extract of the toad bufo
K. Thirupathi,G. Chandrakala,L. Krishna
STUDIES ON ANTIBIOTIC PRODUCING POTENTIAL OF ACTINOMYCETES ISOLATED FROM DUMP YARD SOIL AND SEDIMENTS FROM FRESH WATER RESERVOIR.
Sumangala Rao* and Navabharath
Evaluation of Pharmacological Activity of Selected Flowers Used in bathukamma festival... - iMedPub (s): Sumangala Rao, M Ekanath, G. Chandrakala, D.Harish Rao, R.Venkatesh and P.Kiran.

Students Achievements

K.Kalyani Btmic on been selected as best student of department of microbiology by microbiologist society, India for the academic session 2020-2021.
Ch.VidhyaSree M.Sc on been selected as best student of department of microbiology by microbiologist society, India for the academic session 2020-2021.

Add-On Courses Offered by the Department:

Mushroom Cultivation
Clinical MicroBiology
Microbial Productions

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