PhD – Shree M. & N. Virani Science College

DOCTORAL PROGRAMS :

The institute is a recognized PG & Research Center of Saurashtra University.

Details of PhD Scholars registered/ongoing under Saurashtra University, Rajkot recognised Supervisors/Guides

Sr No.	Ph. D. Guide Name	Designation	Subject	Faculty	Total Students Registered	Completed	Ongoing
1	Dr. Neepa D. Pandhi	Asso. Prof.	Microbiology	Science	12	7	5
2	Dr. Vasantba J. Jadeja	Asso. Prof.	Microbiology	Science	9	4	5
3	Dr. K. D. Ladva	Asso. Prof.	Chemistry	Science	8	4	4
4	Dr. Milan Vadodaria	Asso. Prof.	Chemistry	Science	7	3	4
5	Dr. Deepak Purohit	Asso. Prof.	Chemistry	Science	7	4	3
6	Dr. Shivani Patel	Asso. Prof.	Biotechnology	Science	4	0	4
7	Dr. Dipak Parmar	Asso. Prof.	Biochemistry	Science	5	2	3
8	Dr. B. B. Radadia	Assi. Prof.	Zoology	Science	7	4	3
				Total	59	28	31

S.N.	Name of Candidate	Title of Research	Registration Date	Degree Awarded
CHEMISTRY
Guides Name: Dr. K D Ladva
	Menpara Kalpesh M	Synthesis, Characterisation And Antimicrobial Activity Of Some Novel Heterocyclic Compound.	31/07/2008	July 2014
	Thumar Nilesh Mansukhlal	Studies on Bioactive Heterocyclic Compounds	01/01/2012	23/02/2018
	Kachhadiya Naresh M.	Studies on synthesis of benzo fused azole derivatives and their pharmacological evaluation	01/01/2012	18/01/2019
	Pandit Archana B	Studies on Azine derivatives of Medicinal Interest	01/01/2012	18/01/2019
	Vora Nancy Tarakkumar	Studies on Heterocyclic Compounds of Medicinal Interest	01/01/2013	Ongoing
	Gadara Sobhana Ambalal	Synthesis, Characterisation & Biological Activity Studies of Heterocyclic Compounds	01/02/2014	Ongoing
	Amit Dhirajlal Khakhariya	Synthesis, Characterization and Biological Activity evaluation of some Heterocyclic Compounds	01/01/2019	Ongoing
	Nikhil Parasotam Savaniya	Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Nitrogen Containing Benzo Fused Heterocycles	01/01/2019 Awaited	Ongoing
Guide Name: Dr. Milan Vadodariya
	Jwalant J. Travadi	Synthesis and physical property studies of some new liquid crystals including binary systems	01/01/2012	08/04/2017
	Kaneria Ankurkumar Amrutlal	Synthesis,Characterisation & Evaluation Of Some Heterocyclic Compounds As Antimicrobial Agent	01/01/2012	July 2018
	Menpara Jignesh Meghjibhai	Studies On Synthesis And Biological Evaluation Of Some Compounds Of Therapeutic Interest	01/01/2013	Synopsis submitted 27/04/2019
	Rajput Mahesh Ramsing	Synthesis And Biological Evaluation Of Medicinally Important Heterocyclic Compound	01/01/2012	Ongoing
	Sankdecha Dhaval Shantilal	Synthesis, Characterisation And Biological Activity Studies Of Some Pharmaceutically Important Heterocyclic Compounds	01/01/2013	Ongoing
	Dobaria Mohit Laxmanbahi	Studies On Nces Of Medicinal Interest	01/01/2012	Ongoing
	Sankalia Ankitkumar Vasharambhai	Design And Development Of Pharamaceutically Important Heterocyclic Compounds	01/01/2013	Ongoing
Guide Name: Dr. Deepak Purohit
	Patel Piyushkumar Ambala	Synthesis spectralstudies and biological screening of some new Hetrocyclic Compoundas.	01/01/2012	20/03/2015
	Bhadani Vijaykumar Nagjibhai	Synthesis characterization and Biological Screening of Some new Hetrocyclic Compounds.	01/01/2012	12/06/2015
	Kakadia Sandipkumar Prafulkumar	Synthesis spectral studies and Biological Screening of new Hetrocyclic Compounds.	01/01/2014	23/02/2018
	Gondalia Manishkumar Vrajlal	Synthesis spectral characterization and Biological screening of new Hetrocyclic Compounds.	01/01/2014	27/02/2018
MICROBIOLOGY
Guide Name: Dr. Neepa Pandhi
	Dr. Archana Rana	“Isolation, identification and characterization of probiotic and evaluation of their therapeutic aspects”	31/07/2008	13/04/2012
	Dr. Mrugesh Khunt	Biodiversity studies of Halophiles from Little Rann of Kuchchh with special emphasis on lipase production	28/02/2009	15/03/2013
	Dr. Shivangi Bhatt	Comparative study of β – lactam resistance and antibiotic susceptibility in selected Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria from hospital and community samples	01/01/2011	18/11/2016
	Dr. Nishant Junnarkar	Bioremediation potential of Dye decolorizing Microorganisms	28/02/2009	23/02/2016
	Dr. Nilkanth Faldu	“Evaluation of Potentials of Cyanobacteria as a Biotechnological Tool using Biochemical, Molecular and Bioinformatics Techniques”	28/02/2009	18/12/2015
	Dr. Minaxi Parmar	Study of Molecular markers and Sociodemographic factors in HPV associated Head and Neck cancer	01/01/2011	05/10/2018
	Dr. Bhumika Joshi	Isolation, Identification and Molecular characterization of Heavy metal removing bacteria from E-waste containing soil	01/07/2016	03/07/2018
	Mr. Kunal Upadhyay	Screening, Isolation and identification of Bioemulsifier producing microorganisms from soil and characterization of Bioemulsifier	01/01/2011	Ongoing
	Ms. Shweta Bhatt	Isolation and Characterization of halophilic and halotolerant PGPR for alleviation of salinity stress in Cotton, Groundnut and Chickpea (Brown Gram) crops from Saurashtra region.	01/01/2013	Ongoing
	Ms. Leena Ambasana	Microbial production of thermo-tolerant lipase and protease from the thermophilic and thermotolerant microorganism from Gujarat state	01/01/2013	Ongoing
	Mr. Pruthviraj Jadeja	Isolation and Characterization of Biosurfactants with environmental applications from marine bacteria isolated from Sikka Coastal area, Gujarat, India	01/07/2015	Ongoing
	Ms. Hiral Joshi	Screening, Isolation and Characterization of Microbial Consortium for Herbicide biodegradation	01/01/2014	Ongoing
Guide Name: Dr. Vasantba Jadeja
	Sherathiya Hiren Mansukhbhai	Isolation and evaluation of anti pathogenic bacteria from cotton rhizosphere	01/01/2012	29/12/2015
	Ravi Ranjan Kumar Ravi	Evaluating potentials of Actinomycetes for Antibiotic production	01/01/2011	08/03/2018
	Nutan Prakash vishwakarma	Identification and analysis of microRNAs encoded by Jatropha curcas	01/01/2011	09/05/2019
	Bipin Malaviya	Isolation , Screening & Characterization of Organo phosphorus degrading bacteria.	16/01/2013	Completed 2018
	Gunjankumar Mehta	“Isolation, identification and Evaluation of Quorum Sensing inhibitors(QSIs) from medicinal phytoextracts”	01/01/2013	Ongoing
	Dushyant Pandya	Physical-Chemical & Microbiological assessment of water Samples & detection of antibiotics & Chlorine resistance E.coli from different Villages of Saurashtra region.	21/01/2013	Ongoing
	Rushi Shukla	Study on Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria	11/10/2013	Ongoing
	Samixa maheta	Bioremediation of sea food processing plant effluents of veraval area using soil bacterial isolates	08/04/2019	Ongoing
	Kishan Sodha	Nanoparticals based remediation of leaf curl viral disease in chilles	01/01/2018	Ongoing
BIOCHEMISTRY
Guide Name: Dr. Dipak Parrnar
	Bharat Dansinhbhai Solanki	“Biochemical approach for synthesis of Nanoparticles: Optimization, Characterization, Properties and its Applications”	01/03/2013	6-3-2017
	Chaitanya GopalRao Chinawale	“Study of components of metabolic syndrome and its impact on cardio-pulmonary functions in relation to leptin”	01/01/2014.	Thesis Submitted
	Nilesh Khatediya	“Biochemical and molecular basis of stem rot resistance in Groundnut”	01/01/2013	Ongoing
	Mayur P.Parmar	“Evaluation of herbs for anti-mitotic activity”	01/01/2013	Ongoing
	Ms Jigisha M. Pancholi	“Evaluation of biochemical profile and pharmacological applications of plant latex from ficus species”	01/01/2013	Ongoing
ZOOLOGY
Guides Name: Dr. B B Radadiya
	Shabanam Saiyad K.	“A Study on the House crow (Corous Splendens) Population, their Distribution and Food in Junagadh and Rajkot Cities, Gujarat”	01/07/2014	March 2017
	Khushbu H. Viththalani	“Study on the Implications of Fractal Geometry in the Functional Morphology of Animals”	01/07/2014	April 2017
	Vibhuti B. Raval	“Behavioral Ecology of Asiatic Lion with Reference to change in Habitats in Eastern and Western Edge of the Gir Protected Area”	01/07/2016	February 2019
	Aarti Bhanubhai Chavda	“A Study on the Population, Roosting and Feeding Ecology of the House Sparrow (Passer Domesticus) and to Asses the Factors Responsible for its Population Decline in Rajkot City”	01/07/2014	March 2017
	Ravi Chauhan	“Growth Pattern and Behavioral Study of Asiatic Lion Cubs (Panthera Leo Persica) in Captivity”	01/07/2014	Ongoing
	Bhargavi Thaker	“Habitat Utilization Patterns of Birds in Rajkot City Area”	01/01/2018	Ongoing
	Mona Khajuriya	“Studies on Antioxidants and Angieotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE) Inhibitory Properties of Seasonal Fruits in Mammalian Lung”	2019	Ongoing
BIOTECHNOLOGY
Guide Name: Dr. Shivani Patel
	Aarti Patel	Bioprospects of plant colorants in food, cosmetics, textile & biochemical applications	01/01/2016	Ongoing
	Praveen Gupta	Evaluation of Antimitotic and Cytotoxic Potential of plant extracts	01/01/2016	Ongoing
	Bhavik Patel	“Study of bioactive compound on lung cancer”	01/01/2016	Ongoing
	Nidhi Saxena	Study on molecular characterization of probiotic consortia	01/01/2019	Ongoing