DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY

The Department of Microbiology has two well-equipped labs namely

  • Biology Lab 1
  • Biology Lab 2

Apart from the laboratories the department also has well maintained media preparation room, instrumentation room, inoculation room and a culture room. The labs are well equipped with various instruments like microscopes, shaker incubator, laminar flow cabinet, incubator, UV spectrophotometer, centrifuge, digital pH meter, electronic weighing balances, colony counter, gel electrophoresis units, tissue culture racks, autoclaves etc.

The Department has a computer system with Internet facility that can be utilized by the staff and students to access web.

Name Designation Detail
Dr. Rekha Mehrotra Associate Professor
Dr. Richa Sharma Assistant Professor (Ad-hoc)
Ms. Aarti Yadav Assistant Professor (Ad-hoc)
Dr. Preeti Verma Assistant Professor (Ad-hoc)

The Department has a duly elected Departmental council named “ETHEREAL” which organises events, seminars and interactive sessions with eminent scientists, academicians and entrepreneurs to abreast them with latest research in the field. The following are the office bearers

  • President
  • Vice President
  • Secretary
  • Joint Secretary
  • Treasurer

For the past two years,the department organizes the annual technical fest PLEXUSalong with the Biomedical science and Biochemistry department in which various events are organized to encourage students to acquire knowledge about the latest in the field of biological sciences. The technical fest includes lectures by eminent scientists in the field of applied life sciences as well as events that test the scientific awareness and temperament of students.

First issue of the department magazine ‘EVANESCENT’ – A vision beyond invisible’ was released during Plexus ’18. It was an initiative of our students right through the authoring, editing and designing of the issue.

Under Social outreach program, the department released an information leaflet highlighting the importance of microbes in our daily lives. It’s a small initiative to spread awareness about the subject not only amongst intelligensia but also a common man. That’s why the information is bilingual. The leaflet was distributed amongst teachers and non-teaching staff.

Dr.RekhaMehrotrawas awarded the following innovation Projects by University of Delhi:

  • “Antimicrobial and Phytochemical studies on some Indian spices against multi drug resistant human pathogens” (2013-14)
  • “Synthesis and Characterization of magnetic nanoparticles for tumor treatment” (2015-16)