The Department of Geology of Poona College was established in June 1978. The department is well equipped with geological resource material and possesses a good collection of minerals, rock specimens, crystals models, fossil specimens and microscopes. The departmental library has good collection of books and research journals with more than 500 books in in our central library in various branches of earth sciences.
In a span of about 42 years the department has imparted teaching not only to Indian students but also many international students coming from Iran, Palestine, Jordan, Ethiopia, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, etc. Many of our past students are professionally well placed in various geological organizations all over the globe.
The staff members actively participate in various state, national, international conferences, seminars, workshops and have undertaken minor and major research projects funded by U.G.C; D.S.T Government of India. The Department has close ties with geological and research institutes such as Geological Survey of India, Deccan College, Agharkar Research Institute, National Geophysical Research Institute, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, etc. The staff members from our department have presented their research papers in prestigious international events like International Geological Congress, Goldschmidt conferences, AOGS, INQUA Congress, Planet under Pressure Conference, which were held in countries like Italy, Germany, Norway. Switzerland, Singapore, USA, UK, Canada Australia, Russia, South Africa, etc.
Dr. M R G. Sayyed, head of the department has also successfully convened many sessions in international conferences held abroad.
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