DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY

DEPARTMENT AT A GLANCE: 

•  TIMELINE :   

                            1972-73 : Department of Botany initiated under the the guidance of Prof. Shyama Prasad Ganguly

                            1996-97 : Department of Botany Upgraded as Honours Stream

                             2014-15 : Department of Botany started its Individual Digital Herbarium Centre 

                             2023-24 : Department Of Botany recently started “Spandan”- The Mushroom Cultivation Centre : which is recently shaping itself to a entrepreneurship outlook.

ABOUT OF DEPARTMENT:

• After the introduction of undergraduate degree courses in the college all the three Bio-science subjects namely Zoology, Botany and Physiology were treated as a single Department named the Department of Zoology and Biological Sciences.
• From the academic session 1972-73, the Department of Botany started its journey under the guidance of Prof Shyama Prasad Ganguly as Head of the Department. Later, in 1996-97 Honours course in Botany was introduced with affiliation from Calcutta University. 
• It is the youngest Laboratory based subject of the college and is still growing up to meet up its necessary infrastructural setup. Still the Department has been maintaining a very sound track record in the sphere of students' performances.
• At present, the department has four full-time faculty members and one state-aided college teacher ( SACT-II) who are dedicated to creating all-around progress in teaching-learning and overall personality development of students.

INSIGHT TO THE DEPARTMENT : 

The Department harbors some key facilities:

•  A Well Equipped Laboratory: The department harbors laboratory which is equipped to undergo major practical's  that includes disciplines of botany like cryptogram and phanerogam studies, biochemistry , cell and molecular biology, genetics, fungal tissue culture and many others.  The laboratory  is  also furnished enough to carry out some minor research activities.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
•  A Museum :  That stores some well-preserved and interesting cryptogamic (bryophytes, pteridophytes) and phanerogamic (gymnosperms) plant specimens.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
• A Departmental Library : The department also has a large collection of text and reference books and journals on different subject topics for both Hons and General Students. The students are encouraged to go through this book during their off time to increase their habit of reading books rather than notes based education.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
•  ICT enabled Class Room : According the modern day need, the Department imparts education through ICT usage so as to make the subject as an interesting one to the students. Classes are aided with chalk board demonstration along with Power-point presentation to make it an interactive one.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
• Organising Regular Field Trips:  Botany being a natural science subject believes in imparting experiential learning rather than confining only to classroom teaching. Hence regular field trips are conducted as local and long field trips to study plants in their natural habitat.           
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