The course “Endocrinology” is a Discipline Specific Elective Course in B.Sc. Zoology under the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS). The course is specially designed to improve the understanding of students about different dimensions of endocrinology starting from glands of the body, hormones secreted by endocrine glands, structure of glands and their different functions, signal transduction, different types of pathways of hormonal regulation and hormones in homeostasis. Endocrinology is an important course in Zoology as any disturbance in hormonal balance results in a disease in humans or in other animals. This course will give students an insight into the Endocrine system and will teach them about various syndromes and diseases associated with it. It will be a mass awareness educational module for the benefit of the society.
| Course Status : | Upcoming |
| Course Type : | Elective |
| Language for course content : | English |
| Duration : | 12 weeks |
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| Credit Points : | 4 |
| Level : | Undergraduate |
| Start Date : | 07 Jul 2025 |
| End Date : | 31 Oct 2025 |
| Enrollment Ends : | 31 Aug 2025 |
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| NCrF Level : | 5.5 |
Dr. Manzoor Ahmad Mir holds Master’s Degree in Life Science, qualified CSIR-JRF-NET three times; completed his Ph. D from Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi. Dr Manzoor has figured in the top 2% Global Scientists list for the year 2023 and 2024 published by prestigious Stanford University USA in Health Sciences category. Dr Manzoor has published more than 60 high-impact research papers with a cumulative impact factor of more than 440, i-10 index of 100, h-index of 31 with more than 3300 citations in last five years. He has published 22 books and 85 book chapters with international publishers like Elsevier USA, Taylor & Francis, Springer-Nature. Dr. Manzoor has successfully guided 10 Ph. D scholars and 45 Masters Project Thesis. He has developed Massive Open Online Course (MOOCs) in Immunology, Endocrinology, Human Genetics and Human Population Genetics for UGC-CEC-SWAYAM Ministry of Education Govt of India. He is member of many scientific organizations like American Association of Cancer Research (AACR), American Oncology Association, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO), Fellow of Royal British Society (FRBS), International Immunology Association (IIA), Indian Cancer Society (ICS), Indian Immunology Society (IIS), Indian Immuno-oncology Society (IIoS), etc. He is on the editorial board and Reviewer of many prestigious journals and have completed many guests edited collections for Nature Springer and Frontiers Group. Dr Manzoor was awarded Teachers Associate Research Excellence Award by DST Govt of India in 2019 and Summer Research Fellowship by Indian Academy of Sciences and National Science Academy in 2020 and was awarded by JKST&IC Department of Science and Technology Govt of J&K for his Breast Cancer Awareness and Research during Kashmir-Expo-2022. He has successfully organised many national and international conferences and DST-INSPIRE Science Camp for students. Dr Manzoor has visited more than 15 countries for his scientific presentations like USA, China, UK, Spain, UAE, Kuwait, Srilanka, Scotland etc. He was the first nodal officer and coordinator of Kupwara University Campus and is the coordinator of IIS-Gujrat University Collaboration. Presently he is Associate Professor & Head Department of Bioresources, University of Kashmir and Adjunct t Professor, Indian Institute of sustainability (IIS)-Gujrat University Navarangpura-Ahmadabad. Dr Manzoor has currently two on-going research projects one from SERB-DST Govt of India and one from JKST&IC-DST Govt of J&K.
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