Life Sciences is an INTERDISCIPLINARY subject that uses the principles of CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS, and MATHEMATICS, to help answer some important questions in BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. The department has teachers having varying specializations to meet the demands of the wide-ranging topics.

It's chief aim is to provide a HOLISTIC OVERVIEW of the entire scientific discipline, without any RESTRICTION, to enable the student to face the challenges the world has in store with SKILL, EASE & OVERWHELMING CONFIDENCE.

A Life Science Graduate is better equipped to appear & successfully clear entrance exams for getting admission to a M.Sc. Course or for any competitive exams like the U.G.C. C.S.I.R. or even the NET/SET, which are now mandatory for all lecturers.

Our department is one of the youngest in the college, and yet in a short time it has managed to carve a niche for itself not only within the portals of the college but has also become a force to recon with among all the colleges in Mumbai which offer the subject.

A graduate in Life Sciences can obtain a Masters in Life Science with specialization in:
BIOTECHNOLOGY, NEUROBIOLOGY, APPLIED MEDICINE, REPRODUCTIVE BIOTECHNOLOGY, GENETIC ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, - ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY, BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY & MACROMOLECULAR BIOLOGY to name a few.

Besides this a student can also pursue other diploma courses like D.M.L.T., Clinical Trials, Immunology, Hospital management nutrition & dietetics or pursue M.Sc. By research

Time and again the department has had excellent results and our students dome us proud.

Almost 95% of them obtain a first class.

We are proud of our students who have fared amazingly well in various fields are their graduation They pursue fields as diverse as: Genetic Medicine at Sheffield Univ.M.Sc. in the field of Immunology at a university in Australia; M.Sc. / M. Tech in Biotechnology at Bangalore at the T. John College; A Diploma course in Wild Life Management; M.Sc. In Life Sciences - Biotechnology at the Kalina campus; P.G. Course in Forensic Science & Law

All this in addition to the regular P.G. Courses.

To ensure that the students reach out beyond the barriers of the syllabus and that of mundane class room teaching to get a holistic knowledge of the subject the department included in its activities, seminars, talks and workshops, where luminaries from different fields of specialization share their expertise with our students.

Renowned Homeopath Dr. Zubin P. Marolia, an ex - student of Jai Hind College, delivered the talk on Stress, Lifestyles and Homeopathy. Dr. Ashish Mehta - Hon. Con.- Spinal & Neurosurgeon, Breach Candy Hospital & Research Centre enlightened the students on various aspects of Neurobiology While Ms. Riva Pocha - M.S. Forensic Science Course Coordinator - St. Xavier's College; gave then a deep insight on the various aspects of Forensic Science.

A seminar cum workshop entitled: "Infertility Conquerable?" was organized in association with Melbourne - IVF - Mumbai, where Dr. Duru Shah, Alumni Jai Hind College, President - FOGSI; and Director Melbourne IVF - Mumbai was the Plenary speaker. Dr. Rupin Shah (Male infertility specialist) and Dr. Roma Lala (A USG specialist - also an ex -Jaihindite) enlighted the students in their areas of specialization. Dr. K.M. Avari. Embryologist and leading IVF specialist demonstrated various techniques of Assisted Reproduction.

As part of the teaching plan students visit various parts of our country which expose them to the rich flora and fauna of our country.

They have visited the Lakshadweep Islands, Karavatti and Kalpeni. Jim Corbett national park, Dudhsagar Waterfalls, Bhagwan Mahavir Wild - life Sanctuary & Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary to name a few.

Additionally they visit institutes of National fame like the CDRI - Lucknow and The Govind Vallhab Pant Institute at Ranikhet, Asia's only Naval aircraft Museum, National center for Antarctic Ocean research, National institute of Oceanography, Goa Science Centre, Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary.

Audiovisual presentations and animations are common tools used by all the members of the department to make the process of teaching and learning a pleasant one.

During the last two academic years the members of the department have attended several meetings at Sophia College and St. Xavier's College for the revision of the F.Y. B.Sc.
syllabus. We also attended a meeting for the revision of the M.Sc. syllabus in the subject of Life Sciences at the Department of Life Sciences in Kalina.

Dr. (Mrs.) Yasmina Dordi Avari also acts as a resource person at most of these meets She acts as examiner and moderator in the subject at the graduate level She acts as examiner and moderator in the subjects of Life Sciences, Biotechnology and Biophysics at the postgraduate level.

Ms. Niloufer Kotwal has also presently been appointed as an examiner at the graduate level. She is also an ad - hoc appointee for postgraduate teaching.

Faculty members have attended a National level symposium in Life Sciences organised by the Department at the Kalina Campus, International Symposium on Preventive and Diagnostic Medicine in Molecular Biology organised by Reliance Life Sciences. Workshop on Use of Biostatistics in Biological sciences, organised by the Mithibai College

Following in the tradition of our department, every year, the faculty meets shortly after the college closes for the summer to decide some strategies for the coming academic year.

As the dept. is rather young this gives us all ample time to be well armed for the forthcoming year. All the members of the department meet to plan out methodologies to ease the difficulties students face during their examinations - especially practicals.

The Department holds a Parent - Teacher meeting for the students of the T.Y. Class. The meeting is aimed at appraising the parents of the performance of their children/wards so as to ensure adequate care is also taken at home so that the students can double their efforts to compete with their fellow colleagues, and face future challenges.

Students are guided to help them overcome their fears and their special areas of interest are looked into so as to help them to develop confidence to forge ahead in their chosen field in search of excellence.

Increase in batch strength at the graduate level.
Start a 3 units programme in Life Sciences & Biochemistry (the need of the hour.)
Starting our own M.Sc. Programme in an entirely new specialization - Developmental Biology.

The members of the department are presently working on a University project in Neurobiology - "Aluminum Toxicity and Neurodegenerative Disorders"