- VISION :
- MISSION : To mould students into rational thinkers, competent workers and socially aware citizens
Preamble:
Vidya Prasarak Mandal (VPM), Thane is an educational trust started in 1935 to provide good education to the people of Thane. From a small beginning, it has grown into a large group of institutions, teaching around 15,000 students on the Thane campus. These institutions offer education from kindergarten to post- graduation in science, arts, law, and technical courses. VPM has recently opened an engineering college at Velneshwar in Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra, to serve rural students. Most of VPM’s colleges are affiliated with Mumbai University.
In 1956, a young doctor, Dr. V. N. Bedekar, joined VPM and became its President. He was inspired by Lokmanya Tilak’s vision and wanted to create a centre of knowledge in Thane. After his passing, his son Dr. Vijay Bedekar took over and has continued the mission with great leadership and vision.
B. N. Bandodkar College of Science (Autonomous), Thane, under VPM, is committed to providing high- quality education. It was one of the first colleges to encourage research culture among teachers and students. Since 2004, a special committee called “Science Square” has been working to inspire students to take part in research. As per the suggestions of NAAC, a formal Research Committee was formed in June 2009. The college has introduced several policies to support long-term and meaningful research.
The management helps and guides teachers to prepare research proposals and send them to funding agencies like UGC, DBT, DST, and Mumbai University. Many mini-research projects have been started as part of these efforts. These projects help students to learn research skills, with teachers guiding them as mentors.
The main aim of the college's research policy is to support its vision and mission. It focuses on research areas that are useful for academics, society, and the country’s progress. It also wants to develop a scientific way of thinking and a research mind set in students.
The college follows all rules and guidelines of UGC and Mumbai University and takes care to follow ethical and safety standards in research. The policy gives a strong foundation for all research activities. As the famous quote says, “Research is to see what everybody else has seen and to think what nobody else has thought.”
The college also believes that teachers should use their knowledge to help students and society. It supports the idea that every person can learn and grow. To improve teaching and research, the college conducts morientation and refresher programs. Teachers also work on research projects, publish their findings in good journals, and even get patents.
To promote research, the college organizes talks, training sessions, and workshops. It also encourages students and teachers to attend such programs in other colleges. Topics like scientific writing, intellectual property rights (IPR), and how to write research proposals are also taught.
For Work Involving Microorganisms and Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
B. N. Bandodkar College of Science, Thane
The Institutional Bio-Safety Committee (IBSC) has outlined the following rules and classifications to guide all research work involving microorganisms and GMOs within the college.
Classification of Research Projects:
Bio-Safety Level 1 (BSL-1):
1. Research involving non-pathogenic microorganisms and/or GMOs. These do not cause disease in healthy humans.
Bio-Safety Level 2 (BSL-2):
1. Research involving microorganisms and/or GMOs that are known to be pathogenic (disease-causing).
Restriction: Work involving high-risk pathogens and clinical samples is strictly prohibited on the college campus.
Bio-Safety Norms to be Followed:
Mandatory Training and Assessment:
1. All investigators and students must be trained and assessed in Good Microbiological Techniques (GMT) before beginning any work with microorganisms.
2. The Department of Microbiology will organize the training and maintain records.
3. A trained microbiologist is not mandatory on a project if the main investigator has completed the required training and assessment.
Bio-Safety Equipment Maintenance:
1. All bio-safety equipment must be inspected every six months.
2. A quarterly safety audit must be conducted to ensure compliance and safety.
Handling and Disposal of Clinical Samples:
1. Proper procedures must be followed for handling, storage, and disposal of clinical samples.
2. All work must follow standard bio-safety and microbiological techniques to avoid contamination or health hazards.
Work at Bio-Safety Levels 3 and 4 (BSL-3 and BSL-4):
1. This advanced level of work can only be done in collaboration with approved institutions that have the necessary permissions and infrastructure.
2. Such work cannot be performed independently within the college.
Approval and Certification:
1. If any high-risk procedure is proposed to be carried out in the college, all required safety conditions must be met.
2. The proposal must be reviewed and certified by the Institutional Bio-Safety Committee (IBSC) before:
3. Submitting to a funding agency
4. Or starting the research work
Research students must follow the University of Mumbai rules for PhD admissions and also follow the rules of the Institute.
1. Students must pay the university fees once a year and the institute fees in two parts.
2. There should be no pending or overdue fees.
3. Students must submit a complete set of documents including synopsis, fee details, and coursework records.
4. For doing research during vacation, students must get prior approval from the HOD and the Principal.
5. Publishing at least one research paper in a national or international peer-reviewed journal or conference is mandatory. The paper must mention the institute’s name and include proper acknowledgement. A copy of the paper must be submitted to the IQAC/Research Committee.
6. Participation in conferences, seminars, etc., must go through the Research Forum or the respective department. A copy of the participation certificate must be submitted afterwards.
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Research Infrastructure and Support
Our college provides various research facilities:
1. Seed money is given to faculty and students for small research projects.
2. Dedicated computers are available in the library and research centre for students and researchers.
3. Free Wi-Fi and internet access allow students to use their laptops for research work.
4. Faculty attending research events must get prior approval from the Principal. Reimbursement of expenses is processed by the college office, and records are maintained.
5. The college library has over 31,304 books, 41 scientific journals, and 25 magazines. We issue about 75–80 books daily. Our library catalogue is fully digital and available online via OPAC.
6. We provide access to reputed online databases like JSTOR, ProQuest, CMIE, Manupatra, UGC N-LIST, and open-access platforms like PubMed, DOAJ, and more.
Conflict of Interest Researchers must declare any financial or professional relationships that could affect the honesty of their research findings.
Categories and Selection of Candidates
As per Avishkar norms, students can participate in the following six categories:
Intellectual Property (IPR) and Patents
1. The college supports research that leads to patent applications.
2. An IPR Committee of Experts helps scholars through the patent filing process.
Patent applications will be reviewed in three steps:
1. At the concerned department level
2. By the expert committee
3. By a legal expert in the related field
4. The college will pay the full cost of filing a patent. If the patent is commercialized, the profits will be shared between the researcher and the college, as per college rules.
5. The college will regularly conduct awareness programs on IPR for faculty and students.
6. Avoid Unethical Publication Practices
Researchers must follow publication ethics and avoid the following:
1. Submission Fraud: Do not send the same paper to more than one journal at the same time.
2. Overlapping Publication: Avoid publishing the same content in different papers.
3. Fabrication: Do not make up or fake data.
4. Falsification: Do not change or manipulate data to show false results.
5. Self-citation abuse: Do not cite your previous work unnecessarily to increase citations.
Impact Factor Guidelines
1. The journal’s impact factor will be based on the Thomson Reuters list.
2. If a paper has two authors, each gets 70% credit.
3. If there are more than two authors, the first/corresponding author gets 70%, and others get 30% of the
publication credit.
Plagiarism Policy
1. The college follows the UGC and University of Mumbai anti-plagiarism rules.
2. Every project done by undergraduate, postgraduate, and PhD students must go through a plagiarism
check.
3. Guides must review students’ work and submit a plagiarism report to the Research Committee.
4. If plagiarism is found to be between 10% and 20%, the work can still be accepted.
5. All research articles by faculty must pass the plagiarism check before publication.
6. Every research proposal must be checked for plagiarism before approval.
| Sr. No. | Description | Link |
| 1 | Research Committee | Click here |
| 2 | Conference and Seminars | Click here |
| 3 | Proceedings | Click here |
| 4 | Research papers | Click here |
| 5 | Patents | Click here |
| 6 | Sequence deposition | Click here |
| 7 | JBNB Journal | Click here |
| 8 | Research Guides | Click here |
| 9 | PhD Student Intake capacity | Click here |
| 10 | Consultancy | Click here |
| 11 | Research Projects | Click here |
| 12 | Innovation corner | Click here |
| 13 | Mini Research projects | Click here |
| 14 | Research scholar programme | Click here |
| Sr. No. | Name of Teacher | Title of Patent | Reference Patent Published | Reference Patent Granted | Link |
| 1 | Dr.Goswami -Giri Anita Rashmi Sharma | Herbicidal compounds, Methods of preparation and compositions containing the compounds. | Patent: Indian patent 1 611/MUM Date of publication10th April 2015. | Patent: Indian patent 1 611/MUM Granted :8 August 2019 | More |
| 2 | Dr.Goswami -Giri Anita InventorGeetali S. Ingawle Dr.Goswami-Giri Anita | Measurement of potential and chemical kinetics of lantadene by using immobilized enzyme. | Date of publication 04/05/2016 | More | |
| 3 | Dr Sudesh Rathod | ANTI-DANDRUFF HAIR OIL COMPOSITION | 765/MUM/2014 A | More | |
| 4 | Dr Sudesh Rathod | HERBAL TOPICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATMENT OF ACNE VULGARIS | 2556/MUM/2014 | More | |
| 5 | Dr Sudesh Rathod | AN ECO-FRIENDLY OR ECONOMICAL METHOD FOR LARGE SCALE MANUFACTURING OF IRON AND IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLE USING EXTRACT OF LAC | 201721004226 A | More | |
| 6 | Dr.Goswami -Giri Anita | SYNTHESIS OF 2- CYCLOHEXYLCARBONYL-4-OXO-1,2,3,6,7,11B- HEXAHYDRO-4H-PYRAZINO[2,1-A] ISOQUINOLINE AND INTERMEDIATES THEREOF | Patent number: 342649 Granted on 28/07/2020 | More | |
| 7 | Dr.Goswami -Giri Anita | AYURVEDIC PROPRIETARY MEDICINE FO TREATMENT OF SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONA VIRUS II (SARS-COV-2) | Application no- 202021048992 27/11/2020 | More | |
| 8 | Dr. Vinda Manjramkar | A METHOD FOR FORMULATING VEGETABLES AND FRUITS WASTE CULTURE MEDIUM FOR INDUSTRIAL FUNGI CULTIVATION | Australian Patent number: 2021106648 | More | |
| 9 | Dr. Vinda Manjramkar | A METHOD FOR FORMULATION OF NATURAL LABORATORY DISINFECTANT USING ORANGE PEEL WASTE | Australian Patent number:2021107045 | More | |
| 10 | Dr. Vinda Manjramkar | A NOVEL METHOD FOR PREPARATION OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES | Australian Patent number: 2021103195 | More | |
| 11 | Dr. Vinda Manjramkar | An Organic Food Preservative Composition | Australian patent number: 2021104201 | More | |
| 12 | Dr. Vinda Manjramkar | Hindi language translating device. | IP: 357992-001 | More | |
| 13 | Dr. A. S. Goswami-Giri | Drinking glass with liquid quality analysis mechanism | IP desigend patent: 354562-001 | More | |
| 14 | Dr. A. S. Goswami-Giri | A heavy metal contamination detection using cusomized wearable gloves | Grant, IP desigend patent: 356425-001 | More | |
| 15 | Dr. A. S. Goswami-Giri | Portable Torch with air quality Tracking | IP desigend patent: 356423-001 Date: 18.03.2022 | More | |
| 16 | Dr. Vinda Manjramkar | DEVELOPMENT OF MERCURY ION DETECTION SENSOR USING FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR IN WASTE WATER | IP 2021210158674 | More | |
| 17 | Dr. Vinda Manjramkar | Integrating The Techniques Of Computer Vision Along With Machine Learning Algorithm To Detect The Disease Of Plant Based Leaf Structure | Application no: 202241054867 Publication Date : 30/9/2022 | More | |
| 18 | Dr. Vinda Manjramkar | Deep learning based analysis to identify the impact of various social media platforms on academic performance of students. Indian Patent | Application No. 202211053623 Publication Date : 07/10/2022 | More | |
| 19 | Dr. Vinda Manjramkar | AI-based approach for predicting the impact of antioxidants in delaying cell damage in cancer patients. Indian Patent | Application No:202241056473 Publication Date : 14/10/2022 | More | |
| 20 | Pawar Jayashree, Mulye Kalpita, Momin Zehara | Method of staining proteins in native polyacrylamide gel using betalains in beetroot extract | nO. 202021027566 Date : 21.01.2022 | More | |
| 21 | Vinda Manjramkar | Hydrolase enzyme complex for treatment of waste water | German patent NR 202023100079 IPC:CO2F3/00 Publication date 26.01.2023 | More | |
| 22 | Dr. Vinda Manjramkar | Artificial intelligence -based approach to study the age associated alterations of brain mitochondria energetics | Application no.202321004476A 28/04/2023 | More | |
| 23 | Dr. Vinda Manjramkar | Evaluation of cellular properties for non-small cell lung cancer treatment based on advanced nanoparticle drug delivery systems. Indian Patent | Application No:202341010946A Date:17/03/2023 | More | |
| 24 | Professor Vinda Manjramkar | IOT-enabled Respiratory sensor | Application No.379069-001 | More | |
| 25 | Professor Vinda Manjramkar | Advanced chamber to Monitor fish health | Application No:383700-001 12/04/2023 | More |
| Sr. No. | Event | Report |
| 1 | 16S rRNA | Click here |
J-BNB is a multidisciplinary journal with an ISSN 2454-2776. It ispublished byVPM’s B. N. Bandodkar College of Science Thane.J-BNBis an online open access journal, published once a year. J-BNBwelcomes submission from all fields of science.J-BNB provides the platformto bring the scientific community together. This is a forum for students, researchers, academicians, innovators and thinkers to publish their research work, innovations, perspectives, views and knowledge without delay.
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