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Activities in the college
Under the Project SamVednaa: An initiative to create model green colleges, SAYEN, Centre for Environment Education with support from the APFED is facilitating green activities in selected colleges in Gujarat.
This is an update of recent activites that the SamVednaa ecol club members of the Department of Microbiology, Mahadev Desai Gramseva Mahavidyalay, Sadra undertook:
- Eco club members with the responsibility of “Energy conservation” are experimenting with the potential of generating electricity from digester slurry of biogas plant in the campus. The college has adopted the use of renewable energy sources by installing Peddle lights, Solar street lights, and demonstration model of generation of electricity through Biogas. The college is soon to install steam based cooking system for hostel kitchen powered by solar energy, i.e. a parabolic stove.
- To enhance the biodiversity in the college campus, the microbiology students have initiated soil testing, analyzing the nutrient content in the soil. Students have set up Eco Corner in the campus, with various plants of medicinal and ornamental values. Labeling the existing tree varieties with signages along with their scientific names, putting unused flower pots to use, and spreading awareness towards use of natural and organic items by distributing Green Tea, jowar juice have been some of the commendable efforts of the team “Biodiversity” in the college campus.
- Eco Club members focusing on “Waste” have very resourcefully utilized the leaf waste of the campus, by the method of open composting. Club members have actively participated in awareness drive in the college regarding separation of plastic waste from the biodegradable green waste. Students are using the organic manure generated from composting in various green areas of the college, specially a small farm of bottle gourd!
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Mahadev Desai Gramseva Mahavidyalay, Dept. of Microbiology is a college situated in Sadra, a rural area of Gujarat . The area of the campus is around 1.2 acres and it consists of very old buildings constructed in 1891. There is Biogas Research Centre in the campus which was set up in 1993. Also, there is a biogas plant, composting pit and vermin composting pit present within the campus (more)
Talking about the place Sadra, a village in Gandhinagar district in Gujarat has specific importance. On one side of the college, a fort wall can be seen which was built by the King Ahmed Shah who used to take rest on his way to Delhi . Entering into the village one can see a Victoria Tower of colonial architecture. During Britishers period it was used as a tax collection centre as the village was encircled by three districts- Ahmedabad, Sabarkantha and Banaskantha. During that period, the college was used as an operation theatre and Naturopathy Centre. Later it was given to Gujarat Vidyapith and now we can find Mahadev Desai Gramseva Mahavidyalaya, Dept. of Microbiology.
In early 20 th century, Gandhiji has started five institutions which are as follows
- Gandhi Ashram
- Kochrab Ashram
- Navjeevan
- Mazdoor Mahanjan Sangh
- Gujarat Vidyapith
In 1920 Gujarat Vidyapith was established, and in 1963 it was recognized as a Deemed University . In 1978, Mahadev Desai Gramseva Mahavidyalay was started in Sadra which was only for boys and was offering courses in Physical Education and Social Sciences. In 1993, Biogas Research Centre was set up in the campus. From 1995 the Department of Microbiology was started in the college which included B.Sc, M.Sc, M.Phil and Ph.D courses in Microbiology. The details of which are as below
- 1995 - B.Sc Microbiology
- 1999- M.Sc Microbiology
- 2003-2004 - M.Phil in Microbiology
- 2005 - Ph.D in Microbiology
At present Mahadev Desai Gramseva Mahavidyaly has two campuses. One campus is completely for Microbiology department and the other campus is for Physical Education and Social Sciences.
The eco-club formed in Mahadev Desai Gramseva Mahavidyalay, Dept. of Microbiology consists of 52 students and the professor, Dr. Nikhil Bhatt is the project in-charge. The eco-club was divided into four teams each working on Energy, Water, Waste management and Biodiversity.
Map of the Government Science College
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The One-day Orientation Workshop was conducted at Mahadev Desai Gramseva Mahavidyalay, Dept. of Microbiology on 27 September, 2009 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. All the eco-club members along with the project in-charge, Dr. Nikhil Bhatt participated in the workshop. During the workshop the eco-club members were focused on thorough understanding of the project process and project methodology. While discussing, the students came out with the issues like energy, water, waste management and biodiversity as their immediate concerns. Also, the eco-club members were divided into four teams as per the issues identified by them.
For better understanding of the role of eco-club member within the project, they were involved in an activity to know the existing situation within their college by conducting audits. Later, the eco-club members shared their experiences regarding the audits carried out by them. Also, the eco-club members were shown the working of Geographical Positioning System and explained its application within the project. At end the eco-club members finalized the action plan of the project.
Schedule for One-day Orientation Workshop
Issues focused
As per the issues identified by the eco-club, they will be working on four major issues like energy, water, waste management and biodiversity. The existing situation within the college like consumption patters, usage and management within the college include the following
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Issue |
Remarks |
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Infrastructure |
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Energy |
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Water management |
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Waste management |
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5. |
Biodiversity |
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