XXVI ANNUAL REPORT GOA UNIVERSITY
XXVI ANNUAL REPORT GOA UNIVERSITY
XXVI ANNUAL REPORT GOA UNIVERSITY
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• N. M. Kamat published a cover story - Goa’s Microbial Eldorado, Goa Today, March,<br />
2011 highlighting the pioneer discovery of bacterioform gold deposits.<br />
• N. M. Kamat was appointed as Chairman, Task Force Committee to prepare a<br />
policy and roadmap for food processing industries in Goa, Directorate of<br />
Industries, Trade & Commerce, Govt. of Goa, December, 2010.<br />
• N. M. Kamat submitted a report on welfare schemes for traditional occupations of<br />
Goa as Chairman of the Task Force Committee, Social Welfare Dept., December, 1,<br />
2010, report accepted by Goa cabinet and Rs. five crores provided in the State<br />
Budget 2011-12 for implementation.<br />
• N. M. Kamat was appointed as member of Goa State Traditional Occupations<br />
Accreditation Council-GSTOAC, May, 2011.<br />
• N. M. Kamat was appointed as member of high level committee to prepare Human<br />
Development Report for the State of Goa, DPSE, Govt. of Goa, July, 2010; Continued<br />
as a member of Goa State Planning Board, Goa State Environmental Protection<br />
Council, State Wildlife Advisory Board and expert group of National Biodiversity<br />
Authority; Reviewer for ‘Mycopathology’ and ‘African Journal of Biotechnology’.<br />
No. of Radio talks/T.V. interviews/Popular articles<br />
N. M. Kamat contributed 24 articles in Marathi, 115 in English.<br />
Department of Microbiology<br />
Faculty<br />
S. Bhosle, Ph. D., Professor & Head, General and Environmental Microbiology, Marine<br />
Microbiology, Extremophiles.<br />
Santosh Kumar Dubey, Ph. D., Professor, Molecular Genetics, Genetic Engineering,<br />
Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology, Molecular Microbiology.<br />
I. Furtado, Ph. D., Associate Professor, Archaea (haloarchaea), Extremophilic<br />
microorganisms, Ecology and sustainability; Microbial Systematics; Microbial<br />
degradation and Microbial Biofertilizers.<br />
S. Nazareth, Ph. D., Associate Professor, Biochemistry, Antimicrobials Microbial<br />
degradations and metal remediation, Halophilic fungi.<br />
S. Garg, Ph. D., Assistant Professor, Industrial and Medical Microbiology, Fermentation<br />
Technology, Industrial enzymes, Biopolymers, Biofertilisers, Marine Microbiology,<br />
Immunology, Biostatics and Biomathematics.<br />
Temporary Faculty<br />
Aureen Gomes, Ph. D., Assistant Professor, Environmental Microbiology, General<br />
Microbiology and Marine Microbiology.<br />
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