Guru Nanak College of Arts, Science and Commerce, G.T.B. Nagar, Sion (E), Mumbai - 400 037

Department of Botany

FUNGAL DIVERSITY AND THEIR APPLICATIONS

In Collaboration with, Mycological Society of India

organizes Two Days National Conference

on

Date: December 11-12, 2015

Important Dates: thSubmission of Abstract: 10 October 2015

thCommunication of Acceptance: 15 October 2015thRegistration: 20 October 2015

stSubmission of Full length Paper: 31 October 2015th thDate of Conference: 11 & 12 December 2015

Registration fee Teachers and delegates: Rs. 1500/-Students: Rs. 800/-Accommodation on twin sharing basis: Rs 2000 per day

Modes of paymentPayment of registration fee can be made by:Demand draft in favor of Guru Nanak College of Arts, Science and Commerce, payable at Mumbai Through Online Bank Transfer: Name of Beneficiary: Guru Nanak College of Arts, Science and CommerceSaving Bank A/C No. – 002100100003775 IFSC code: PMCB0000002Name of Bank: Punjab & Maharashtra Co. Op. Bank Bank Address: Sion (East), Mumbai -400 022 Participants must mention their names - <names> for MSI Conference - in the Transfer Description of the transaction. Local delegates can pay registration fee by cheque/ DD/cash.Duly filled registration form along with the DD or a copy of money transfer receipt should be posted to Dr. Charuta Vaidya, Dept of Botany, Guru Nanak College of Arts, Science and Commerce, G.T.B. Nagar, Sion (E), Mumbai - 400037 Contact No.:+91 9869 392 008

Members:Dr. Meetali DasguptaMr. Santosh PathareMr. Prashant LohaniMr. Karthik krishnanMr. Swapnil Kosalge

PatronS.Manjit Singh Bhatti, President, GNVS

National advisory committeeProf B. N. Johri, President, MSIDr. D. J. Bhat, Former Dean & ad-junct Prof Dept of BotanyDr. N. Raman, Secretory, MSIProf. M. Sudhakara Reddy, Treasurer, MSIDr. S. Raghukumar, MD Mykotech, GoaDr. M.C.Srinivasan, Retd. Scientist, NCL, PuneDr. M.V.Deshpande, Vice-President (sci. G), Biochemical Sciences Div. NCL,PuneDr. Sunil Kumar Deshmukh, Fellow & Area Convenor, TERI, DelhiDr. R.G.Bagool, Ad-junct Res. Guide, Botany, G.N.Khalsa College

Local Advisory CommitteeDr. Sashirekha Sureshkumar, Chairperson, MSI (M), Head, Dept of Botany, Mithibai CollegeDr. Behnaz Patel, Treasurer, MSI (M), Head, Dept of Botany, Ruia CollegeDr. Suhasini Samant, Secretory, MSI (M), Dept of Microbiology, Bhavan's CollegeDr. P.G.Kale, EC member MSI (M), Head, Dept of Zoology, Jhunjhunwala CollegeDr. Mangala Heble, EC member MSI (M), Head, Dept of Botany, Ruparel CollegeDr. Sharda Vaidya, EC member MSI (M), Dept of Botany, C.H.M. CollegeDr. Kavita Rambal, EC member MSI (M), Head, Dept of Botany, M.D. CollegeDr. Sunita Chahar, EC member MSI (M), Head, Dept of Botany, Ratnam CollegeDr. Moses Kolet, EC member MSI (M), Prin., G.M. Momin's College, BhiwandiDr. Charuta Vaidya, EC member MSI (M), Dept of Botany, Guru Nanak CollegeDr. Mahavir Gosavi, EC member MSI (M), Dept of Botany, S.I.E.S.CollegeDr. Shilpa Verekar, Dept of Microbiology, St. Xavier's CollegeMr. Vishnu Vaze, EC member MSI (M), Dept of Biology, Mithibai College

Mr. Joshy XavierMs. Pankti GosarMs. Poonam TareMs. Afreen BanoMr. Jitendra Singh

Organizing CommitteeChairman: Dr. Vijay Dabholkar, Principal.Convener: Dr. Charuta Vaidya, Asst. Prof., Dept of Botany (Mb. 9869392008)Organizing Secretary: Dr. Pramoda S. Pillai Head, Dept. of Chemistry (Mb. 9820812131)Joint organizing secretary: Dr. Pushpinder Kaur Bhatia Asso. Prof., Dept of PhysicsTreasurer: Ms. Shobha Radhakrishnan Head, Dept. of Mathematics

About the CollegeGuru Nanak College of Arts, Science and Commerce is one of the many educational institutions established by Guru Nanak Vidyak Society. Guided by the principles of purity, truth, charity and peace, the Sikh management established the college in 1989. The aim of this society in establishing the college is to reach out to the educational needs of the people in the vicinity of the college and also to fulfill the needs of the ever growing population of the city. The college has been sanctioned as Community College by UGC. A number of National and International Conferences have been organized by College.

About the ConferenceThe living organisms with their diverse way of survival have attracted the attention of scientists. Amongst these, fungi being a major component have various roles of useful and destructive kinds. They play an important role in conservation of ecosystem. Fungal diversity helps mankind for various beneficial aspects like health, food, environment etc. There are 1.5 million species of fungi worldwide, making fungi the second largest group of organisms after insects. Fungi are principal agents that decompose cellulose and lignin, the primary components of wood. Use of fungi to remediate environmental pollution is a recent approach. Fungi are tremendously important to humans because of the diseases they cause to economically important plants. Many new approaches in this regard require a complete knowledge of the biology and life histories of plant pathogens. Research on plant specific mycorrhizal fungi and its application to crop plants can increase the yield.Besides simply spoiling foods, certain fungi also produce mycotoxins particularly ochratoxins or aflatoxins produced on cereals and nuts. Afltoxins have been found to be most potent carcinogenic compounds. In recent years, effective immunosuppressant compounds like cyclosporin, drug for cancer treatment- taxol, cortisone, ergosterol, various enzymes and organic acids, plant growth regulators etc are obtained from fungi. The Department of Botany, in collaboration with Mycological Society of India (Mumbai unit) proposes to conduct a two-day National Conference on “Fungal Diversity and their Applications”

Objectives of ConferenceThe scope of this conference is wide enough, which will enable participants from different fields like Botany, Zoology, Life-sciences, Microbiology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biotechnology etc. to present their research work. The conference will have a number of lead lectures. The research students will get updated information from the Scientists. It will generate interest amongst the student and teaching community in the field of fungi. People from industry may develop collaborations with the academicians.

Areas to be covered

· Biodiversity in fungi

· Fungal diseases and their control measures

· Fungi in Food and Nutrition

· Fungal Biotechnology

· Environment and Mycoremediation

The two - day conference will have key-note address, several

lead lectures and oral as well as poster presentations.

Call for Research Papers & Posters: Please mail your abstracts and full length papers to

The abstract should be a summary of the paper (maximum 200 words) along with 4-5 key-words. Abstracts should not contain any citations.Full length papers will be scrutinized by committee and published in the proceedings with ISBN. The full length paper should be of maximum 5 pages. Registration and attendance for conference is compulsory to ensure publication. In case, if more than one authors are presenting, any one author must compulsorily registered and attend the conference. Format for paper: Word document, size A4Title: Times New Roman, font size: 14, all in capital letters, bold and centeredAuthor's name: font size 12, bold, presenting author's name to be underlined. Addresses in italics, e-mail should be provided.Text: font size 12, justified, normal. All binomials should be in italics. International standards should be adhered to for scientific measurements. Poster size: 60 cm (width) X 90 cm (length)

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