About Department
Department of Microbiology,Montessori Mahila Kalasala, Department of Microbiology, a part of Post Graduate section, affliated to Acharya Nagarjuna University was established in the year 1997 with an aim to evolve innovative programmes in teaching, research and consultancy. Although started with an initial strength of 12 students, the Dept. has now attained a full fledged status with 27 students in each year with all the necessary infrastructural facilities such as spacious, well ventilated class rooms and laboratories. The laboratories are equipped with sophisticated instruments such as PCR, Elisa Reader, Double beamed PC based spectrophotometer, Phase contrast Microscope, Biofermenter, Orbital shaking incubator, Lyophilizer, Southern and Northern Blotting kits along with a number of other accessory equipment. The Dept. has a green house to raise the research plants. clickHere for our Proffessional team.
Mission & Course Details
The department of microbiology at Montessori Mahila Kalasala was started in 1997. It is the endeavor of our institution of higher learning to equip the students with the latest knowledge information and skills in the field of their study. The department has excellent qualified staff members and well equipped laboratory which includes sophisticated instruments such as Lyophilizer, Rotary shaker with incubator, Microfuge, Phase contrast Microscope, Autoclaves, Laminar flow etc., useful for both practicals and research purpose.
M.Sc Microbiology is a scheduled two years course. Initially it was under annual pattern but in the year 2003 it was brought under semester system. The medium of instruction is in English and the pattern of evaluation of examination scripts is a double evaluation system. The curriculum of Microbiology includes topics like Bacteriology, Immunology, Virology, Molecular Biology, Microbial Genetics, rDNA technology, Cellular microbiology, Fermentation technology, Industrial Microbiology, food microbiology and Medical microbiology.
- Course Catalogue
- Duration of the course: Two years
- No. of semesters in a year: Two
- Time allotted for each semester: Not less than 16weeks as per UGC norms
- No. of papers in each semester: 4
- No. of practicals in each semester: 2
- Marks allotted for each theory paper: 100
- External Marks: 80
- Internal marks: 20
- Marks allotted for each practical: 50
- External marks: 40
- Internal marks: 10
Facilities & Mile Stones
The department of microbiology at Montessori Mahila Kalasala was started in 1997. It is the endeavor of our institution of higher learning to equip the students with the latest knowledge information and skills in the field of their study. The department has excellent qualified staff members and well equipped laboratory which includes sophisticated instruments such as Lyophilizer, Rotary shaker with incubator, Microfuge, Phase contrast Microscope, Autoclaves, Laminar flow etc., useful for both practicals and research purpose.
Research
In the Research centre recognized for the Microbiology and Biochemistry Depts. eight students are working for their M.Phil and Ph.D degrees 4 under the guidance of Prof.N.Lakshmi and 4 under Dr.P.Madhava Rao. Of these eight one student Bhargavi.M got her M.Phil degree under the guidance of Prof.N.Lakshmi in 2007. Mrs.Kusuma Kumari, Assistant professor obtained her Ph.D degree in March 2007 from SGB Amaravathi University for her work on Microbial Biotechnology.
Seminars :
To enlighten students with recent trends and developments in the subject thePG Departments of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology jointly organized 6 national and two student seminars on the topics related to the three branches during 2003 – 2008 as listed below.
Title of the Seminar - Year & date- Regional seminar on Environmental Microbiology - 10th Jan 2003.
National seminar on Genomes - 7th Mar 2004.
National seminar on r-DNA technology and its impact on society - 6th Nov 2004.
National seminar on DNA diagnostics - 30th August 2005.
Student seminar on “The impact of Microbes on human affairs - 20th Jan 2006.
Student seminar on “Role of Biochemistry & Medicine in promoting Human welfare" - 30th Jan 2006.
National seminar on “Application of Biotechnology for crop and animal improvement” - 29th Aug 2006.
National seminar on“Mycotechnology Present status and future prospects” - 13th Nov 2007.
Notifications,Placements & Announcements
Our institution was accepted as research centre and 15 students are carrying their research in different areas of microbiology. Recently a placement cell has been constituted by the institution which helps the students not only to improve in their subject but also in their quantitative aptitude and face the interviews.
Results & Awards
Of the 24 students who appeared for examination in 2005,23 students passed with 8 distinctions,14 first classes and 1 second class.The Overall pass percentage is 96%.
Miss.B.Balabharathi is the topper with distinction in M.Sc.Microbiology for the year 2005 and the recipient of the gold medal.
Placements :
Our students has a high placement record in various laboratories. Institutes and Hospitals such as 1. Aradhana Labs, Hyderabad 2. Dr.Reddy Labs, Hyderabad 3. Sneha Biotech, Vijayawada 4. Cipra Labs, Hyderabad 5. Coco Cola Ltd, Hyderabad 6. Growel Formulations, Hyderabad 7. Nocsh Pharmaceuticals, Hyderabad 8. Yashoda Super speciality Hospitals, Hyderabad 9. Santa Biotech, Hyderabad 10. BAARC, Trombay 11. KCP Sugars, Vuyyuru
