Status of the vacancy at Places for Higher Learning and Research
Total number of sanctioned and vacant seats for various ‘Places for Higher Learning and Research’ are as follows:
Department of Botany: Sanctioned- 20, Vacant: 11
Department of Chemistry: Sanctioned- 10, Vacant: 07
Department of Physics: Sanctioned- 10, Vacant: 00
Department of Zoology: Sanctioned- 20, Vacant: 17
Approved intake per supervisor: Professor-8, Associate Professor-6 and Assistant Professor-4 (Copied from the portal of PhD cell of RTMNU)
Provisionally admitted students (2025-26)
| Sr. No. | Name of the candidate | Subject |
| 1 | Mr. Amol Sonwane | Botany |
Note: The total number of seats available under the supervision of a faculty member will depend on the total number of seats allotted per recognized center.
| Sr. No. | Name of the supervisor | Designation | Subject | No. of PhD students currently pursuing the PhD degree | No. of seats vacant | Email address of the supervisor |
| 1 | Dr. Ashwajit A. Fulzele | Professor | Botany | 05 | 03 | ashwatf@gmail.com |
| 2 | Dr. Surendra K. Giri | Professor | Botany | 03 | 05 | drsk.giri@rediffmail.com |
| 3 | Dr. Archana M. Sawane | Professor | Botany | 01 | 07 | amsawane@yahoo.co.in |
| 4 | Dr. Jeevan R. Dontulwar | Principal | Chemistry | 00 | 08 | jdontulwar@yahoo.co.in |
| 5 | Dr. Madhukar G. Dhonde | Professor | Chemistry | 03 | 05 | madhudash2001@gmail.com |
| 6 | Dr. Chandrakant B. Talwatkar | Professor | Chemistry | 00 | 08 | chandrakanttalwatkar@yahoo.in |
| 7 | Dr. Rashmi R. Gupta | Professor | Chemistry | 00 | 08 | rashmigupta4195@gmail.com |
| 8 | Dr. Nilesh D. Meshram (Through empanelment) | Professor | Electronics | 00 | 08 | ndmeshram.naac@gmail.com |
| 9 | Dr. Sambhaji S. Bhonsale (Through empanelment) | Director of Physical Education and Sports | Interdisciplinary (Physical Education) | 04 | 00 | drssbhonsale@gmail.com |
| 10 | Dr. Jitendra N. Ramteke | Professor | Physics | 03 | 05 | ramtekejitendra@yahoo.com |
| 11 | Dr. Deoram V. Nandanwar | Professor | Physics | 07 | 01 | dvnandanwar@gmail.com |
| 12 | Dr. Uma R. Sonparote | Assistant Professor | Zoology | 00 | 04 | ursonparote.naac@gmail.com |
| 13 | Dr. Pawan U. Gajbe | Professor | Zoology | 01 | 07 | pgajbe884@gmail.com |
| 14 | Dr. Nikhil V. Palande | Assistant Professor | Zoology | 02 | 02 | nvpalande@gmail.com |