Head of Department's Message

The Department of Botany was established in 1972 with an aim to train the desirous students about understanding and practicing various aspects of Plant Sciences. The course content at UG level is designed to take care of classical, contemporary and applied aspects of Botany in consonance with NEP 2020. The alumni of the Department have excelled in the fields of teaching, research, administration, corporate sectors, entrepreunership, technology etc. Some of the important areas which are being taught at UG level are Diversity of microorganisms, Thallophytes, Gymnosperms, Angiosperms, Plant Biochemistry, Plant Physiology, Plant Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Plant Taxonomy, Economic Botany, Biodiversity and Plant Ecology. The theoretical component of the curriculum is adequately supplemented by practical coursework in the laboratory as well as in the open field and in-house Botanical Museum. The Department also imparts skill enhancement courses of Commercial Mushroom Cultivation, Vermi Composting, Organic Vegetable Culture besides maintaining a field dedicated to Saffron Cultivation. The Department has a well-maintained Botanical Garden spread over an area of over five kanals which houses a coniferatum, rosery, a rock garden, a Medicinal anf Aromatic Plant section as also some temperate fruit trees (mini energy garden).