₹32.4 L
Major & Minor Grants
UGC / ICSSR / SGBAU
18
Total Research Projects
12 Completed · 6 Ongoing
₹2.8 L
Institutional Seed Grants
For Early-Career Faculty
100%
Ethical Clearances
Strict Plagiarism Scrutiny
Research Committee Composition (2025-26)
Active CommitteeDr. S. K. Deshmukh
Principal
Chairperson
Dr. Prashant V. Joshi
Head, Dept. of Chemistry
Coordinator & Member Secretary
Dr. R. N. Bhise
Associate Professor, Botany
Member
Dr. M. S. Wankhede
Head, Dept. of Economics
Member (Social Sciences)
Funded Research Projects
Major, minor, and institutional research projects undertaken by faculty.
| Sr. | Principal Investigator | Project Title | Funding Agency | Duration | Sanctioned Grant | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Dr. Prashant V. Joshi Dept. of Chemistry |
Assessment of Fluoride and Heavy Metal Contamination in Groundwater Sources of Buldhana District | UGC Minor Research Grant (WRO-Pune) | 2023–2025 | ₹3,20,000 | Ongoing |
| 2 |
Dr. R. N. Bhise Dept. of Botany |
Ethnomedicinal Plant Documentation and Bioactive Screening in Lonar Crater Biosphere Reserve | SGBAU University Research Grant Scheme | 2024–2026 | ₹1,80,000 | Ongoing |
| 3 |
Dr. M. S. Wankhede Dept. of Economics |
Socio-Economic Impact of Microfinance on Rural Women Self-Help Groups in Western Vidarbha | ICSSR Major Research Project (New Delhi) | 2021–2023 | ₹8,50,000 | Completed |
| 4 |
Dr. Sunita K. Patil Dept. of Zoology |
Avian Biodiversity and Impact of Pesticide Runoff in Local Aquatic Habitats of Sundarkhed Catchment | UGC Minor Research Project | 2020–2022 | ₹2,40,000 | Completed |
| 5 |
Prof. A. B. Gadre Dept. of Physics |
Synthesis and Electrical Characterization of Conductive Polyaniline-Ferrite Nanocomposites | Institutional Faculty Seed Money Scheme | 2022–2023 | ₹75,000 | Completed |
| 6 |
Dr. V. G. Kulkarni Dept. of Marathi |
Critical Documentation and Preservation of Folk Ballads and Oral Literature of Buldhana District | Maharashtra Sahitya Sanskriti Mandal Grant | 2024–2025 | ₹1,25,000 | Ongoing |
Institutional Seed Funding Guidelines
- Available to full-time faculty members within the first 3 years of appointment.
- Maximum grant sanction up to ₹1,00,000 per project for experimental and field work.
- Mandatory requirement of at least 1 UGC-CARE / Scopus publication upon project completion.
- Proposals are evaluated twice each academic year (July and January cycles) by the RAC.
Research Ethics & Anti-Plagiarism
All manuscripts, thesis drafts, and project reports must undergo similarity checking via the Central Library Plagiarism Detection software (URKUND / DrillBit).
Acceptable similarity threshold: ≤ 10% (excluding bibliography and quoted references).