Name of Department: Pharmacognosy
Name of HOD: Dr. Rasika D. Bhalke
HOD Desk:
Pharmacognosy is a specific discipline, which deals with versatile studies of the drug and auxiliary substances of biological origin like Plants, Animals & Minerals. This subject provides information about procedure used in manufacturing of materials of natural origin, extraction, isolation, purification of medicinal substances, design and development of herbal formulations and quality control. The Department of Pharmacognosy provides necessary facilities for the development herbal products, herbal product standardization and characterization. The departmental laboratories equipped with modern and sophisticated instruments and recently enriched with the addition of HPTLC. The faculty members have excellent academic credentials and are continuously involved in research activities, as result, more than 100 publications in the journal of national and international repute with good impact factor. Our faculty members serve on the editorial boards of national and international journals, review research articles for journals on a regular basis. The department has received the research grant of Rs. 25,00,000/- from SPPU, Pune and AICTE, New Delhi. We have a herbal garden within the campus with more than 80 species of important medicinal and aromatic plants. It gives me immense pleasure to welcome all in the very interesting department where inventions of new lead medicinal moiety are happening.
Dr. Rasika D. Bhalke
Professor, Sanjivani college of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Kopargaon

List of Equipments:
Laboratories in the department are equipped with following instruments
Name of Instrument | MAKE & MODEL |
High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography | Model AE-05 |
Motic Digital Microscope | Motic |
Rotary vaccum evaporator | Dolphine |
B.O.D. Incubator 70x50x50 | Lab Hosp |
Electronic Digital Balance 0.01gm cap-300gm Victor | Victor |
Hot air oven Sterilizer Big 24x20x20xss | Dolphine |
IR Balance | Dolphine |
Microscope With Oil Immersion | Dolphine |
Muffle Furnace | Dolphine |
Projection Microscope | Shimadzu |
U.V. Inspection cabinet Dual | Shimadzu |
UV Inspection Cabinet (Dual Wave ) | Dolphine |
Willey type mill with motor ½ HP | Dolphine |
Vaccum Pump (Oil Free Diaphram Type | MI |
Eletronic Balance | Shimadzu |
Research Grant Received
Year of Sanction | Name of Principal Investigator and Co-investigator | Title of Research Project | Name of Funding Agency | Grant Received |
2018-2019
|
Dr. Rasika D Bhalke | MODROB, AICTE, NEW DELHI | AICTE-MODROB (Rural) | Rs.18,80,000/- |
2012-2013
|
Dr. Rasika D Bhalke | Pharmacognostic, phytochemical and pharmacological investigation on Pterospermum acerifolium willd. ( sterculiaceae) | BCUD, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune | Rs. 2,00,000 |
2015-2016 | Dr. Rasika D Bhalke | To design and standardize some novel herbal formulations for neurological disorders | BCUD, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune | Rs. 1, 20,000 |
Future Plan of department
- Recognition of PhD research laboratory for pharmacognosy
- Start new value added courses for knowledge enrichment of students
- Industry sponsored Research Project
- To start Pharma Skill oriented Programs
- To support Entrepreneurship development