Welcome To Zoology
Zoology is home to a thriving community of researchers, students, faculty, and visitors, who share a fascination in how organisms develop, function, behave, interact and evolve. The Department of Zoology established in 1977 with well equipped. The Department of Zoology flourish from rural, hilly remote area and extending our knowledge of applied Zoology, animal diversity, behavioral ecology, taxonomy, Entomology from our lab to land community. Our work bridges different levels of organization from the applied basis of animal form, function, and behavior to the interactions between organisms and ecosystem. We have applied subject strengths in various areas including Apiculture, Sericulture, Vermiculture, Pisciculture, Poultry and Organic farming to Wildlife conservation policy. Our community reaches beyond our buildings to our colleagues and alumni across the world.
We also organize several field courses, Agricultural awareness programmes, workshops and conferences including a Tropical Zoology field course in Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary who is the part of ‘Hottest Hotspot’ for biodiversity of Western Ghats, India. The Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary regards as bio-indicator species like Maharashtra State animal “Indian Giant Squirrel” and state butterfly “Blue mormon”.
Undergraduate Teaching
Members of the Department provide high quality and enthusiastic
teaching that covers a diverse range of topics from single-cell organisms
to whole ecosystems; from the outset, students are taught by experts at the
forefront of modern scientific research through a combination of lectures,
practical classes, Seminars, Field visit and group discussions.
Our final year course Zoology, offers a great degree of flexibility and
variety; students covers 20 diverse ranges of subjects, including Entomology,
Pest Management, Molecular Biology, Forensic Sciences, Animal Physiology and Evolutionary
Biology, Biotechnology and Developmental Biology and skilled based
subjects.
Research
Our research ranges across animal behavior from biodiversity to conservation policy. Our work has an impact in the areas of biodiversity, conservation, health, global change, and sustainability across the world and reaches out to academics, practitioners, students, and a broad audience who share our interests and concerns. We are committed to an inclusive community built on a strong foundation of mutual respect. We believe equality and diversity are fundamental to a successful research and teaching institution and that a collaborative, considerate and collegiate research culture underpins excellence. Our research often has a distinctive approach within a field reflecting our particular interests in the functioning of whole organisms, and questions relating to evaluation, adaptation, biodiversity and conservation. We extend our work with colleagues throughout the students, researchers, Government authorities, local farmer and tribes.
Our research is supported by over 58 original articles publishes
special sections on diverse and topical themes of interest and this has served
as a platform for the scientific fraternity to get their work highlighted by
indexed citations.