Highlights

We wish to extend our warm congratulations to Prof. Niranjan Kulkarni on his appointment as Global Jury for foundational & advanced courses of Wadhwani Foundation's National Entrepreneurship Network (WF NEN).  Prof. Niranjan Kulkarni has been acknowledged by NEN for judging the first lot of student start-ups on a global level.

Dr Poonam R. Inamdar published a research paper titled as "Peculiar DNA partial threading intercalative ability of tetradentate copper complex based on ONO hydrazone backbone and an ancillary ligand " in the Journal "Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic acids" .

Prof. Devendra P. Singh of the Department of Pharmacy has published his research work titled: Investigations on substituted (2-aminothiazol-5-yl)(imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-3-yl)methanones for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, on 27th February 2021. Impact Factor: 3.073

Prof. Yogesh Desale, Faculty of Commerce and Management has published a book chapter titled "Security Limitations and Challenges of Implementing E-Business” for edited the book entitled "New Paradigms in Business Management Practices, Volume-3" having ISBN No. 979-8-579-38928-2. Amazon Publishers have published this edited book and the book is available on the Amazon website.

Prof. Omkar Rane has participated & completed AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy's Online FDP on "Design Thinking" from 2020-10-17 to 2020-10-21 organized by Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing (IIITDM) Kurnool.

Prof. Sonali Manwatkar (Faculty, School of Pharmacy, VU) has successfully attempted the quiz on “National Education Policy 2020” with a passing score of 100%. The program was conducted on 7th November 2020.

Prof. Sonali Manwatkar (Faculty, School of Pharmacy, VU) participated in One Day Online Workshop on "National Education Policy 2020" organized by Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), TPCT’s College of Engineering, Osmanabad on 7th November 2020.

Prof. Shraddha Jadhav-Chavhan (Faculty of Art and Design ) has successfully completed the IIID CPDP (Continuous Professional Development Program) on the module topic IIID Vision Series-Jnāna , Conducted by the Indian Institute of Interior Designers, IIID during the term 2020-2021.

Prof. Yogesh Desale, Faculty of Commerce & Management, has participated and successfully completed AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on "Management Information System" organized by Dr. D. Y. Patil Institute of Management & Research, Pune, from 2nd November to 6th November 2020.

Prof Apurva Thosar has participated & completed successfully AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on "Painting" from 2020-10-27 to 2020-10-31 at Dayalbagh Educational Institute.

Prof Apurva Thosar has participated & completed successfully AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on "Design thinking" from 2020-11-8 to 2020-11-12 at Sri Manakula Vinayagar Engineering College.

Prof. Vijay Khedkar of the Department of Pharmacy has published his research work titled: Rapid Construction of Substituted Dihydrothiophene Ureidoformamides at Room Temperature Using Diisopropyl Ethyl Ammonium Acetate: A Green Perspective, in ACS Omega (2020), Vol 05, 45, 29055–29067Publication Date:November 5, 2020

Prof.Pashmina Shah Doshi from Commerce and Management dept.has published a book chapter titled "E-Banking and UPI apps : Progression, working model and performance comparison" for edited book entitled "Emerging Trends in Finance" having ISBN No.978-81-947590-4-1.

Dr. (Mrs.) Shraddha Khamparia ( Head, Department of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, VU) _Participation in India Water Innovation Week

Prof. Vijay Khedkar of the Department of Pharmacy has published his research work titled: Design and Synthesis of New Indanol-1,2,3-triazole Derivatives as Potent Antitubercular and Antimicrobial Agents, in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters (2020)

Prof. Anupam Tiwari has successfully completed an online FDP of 5 days followed by activities and a test on the "Transportation and Automobile Design" organized by Karpagam College of Engineering from 21/9/2020 to 25/9/2020.

Dr. Prasad Gokhale (Faculty, Science and Technology) has attended a workshop on "Patent Landscape " on Sep 25, 2020 which was conducted by Dr. Rahul Kapoor . The workshop was organized by Turnip Innovations Pvt Lmt.