DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY

YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT- 1955

The Department of Botany was Established in 1955 and affliated to Calcutta University in 1961. Botany encompasses diverse areas like plant physiology, plant anatomy, plant taxonomy, plant genetics, plant ecology, and plant biotechnology. The department has a sound academic permonce and has produced many achievers in the past years. At present, the department has two full-time faculty members and one state-aided college teacher who are dedicated to creating all-around progress in teaching-learning and overall personality development of students.
Courses offered: UG B.sc General In Botany.
INSIGHT TO THE DEPARTMENT :

The Department harbors some key facilities:

A Well Equipped Laboratory: The department harbors laboratory which is equipped to undergo undergraduate practical’s that includes disciplines of botany like cryptogram and phanerogam studies, biochemistry and many others. The laboratory is also furnished enough to carry out some minor research activities.
A Departmental Library : The department also has a large collection of text and reference books and journals on different subject topics for Ssudents. 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.
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.