Department of Botany

The Department of Botany imparts post-graduate education in the fields of Plant Sciences and has made impressive progress in research activities during the last 50 years. Students and Researchers work for their Ph.D. and D.Sc. degree in this Department. About a dozen laboratories are actively engaged in different areas of plant research. The research and development activities attract national and international attention. Research projects of international and national importance are funded by various agencies viz., European Economic Community, FAO, UNDP/UNIDO, PL­480, CSIR, UGC, DST, DBT, DRDO, DOEn, ICAR, ICFRE, CSB, Ministry of Health and State DST. Since 1980 this Department has been receiving grants under Special Assistance Programme (SAP) of the University Grants Commission of India. Recently, UGC Sponsored SAP-DSA Phase III Programme is successfully completed. During this period grants worth Rs. 400 lakhs have been received for development of infrastructure and for implementation of R&D Projects.

Courses Offered :

=> B.Sc. (Biotech)
=> B.Sc. (Botany)
=> Bio-Technology
=> M.Sc Botany

Facilities :

=> Agarose Electrophoresis System
=> Chlorophyll Fluorescence Meter
=> Cold Room
=> Controlled Growth Chambers
=> Deep Freezers
=> Electrophoresis Systems
=> Electroporation cum Protoplast Fusion System
=> Gel Documentation System
=> HPLC system
=> Humidifiers and Fog Systems
=> Ice making Machine
=> Incubator shaker
=> Industrial Oven
=> Laminar Air Flow Benches
=> Li-6400 Photosynthetic System
=> Master Thermal Cycler (PCR Machine)
=> Micropropagation/Green House Facilities
=> Microscopes with photo-micrographic attachments
=> Millipore Water Purification System
=> Nat Steel Autoclave
=> Osmometer
=> Plant Canopy Analyzer
=> Refrigerated Incubator Shaker
=> Rockers and shakers
=> Seed Germinators
=> Slide/Overhead Projectors/Multimedia System
=> Spectrofluorimenter-JASCO
=> Steady State Porometer
=> Submerged Electrophoresis System
=> Super Speed Refrigerated Centrifuge
=> Ultra Freezer
=> UV - VIS-Spectrophotomenters

Departmental Library :

The Department houses books from general use for Undergraduate students to reference books exclusively for postgraduate students and research scholars. From the recent funding of the UGC under DSA and COSIST, we have acquired over three hundred fifty new books covering all disciplines of plant science and the total number of books available now exceeds 3000. The books of the departmental library has been arranged subject-wise viz., General Botany, Cytology, Genetics, Biotechnology, Algae, Bryophytes, Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Physiology, Biochemistry, Pathology, Fungi, Techniques, Flora, Taxonomy, Ecology, Economic Botany, etc.