Department of Studies & Research in Applied Botany

The department of post Graduate Studies and research in Applied Botany was founded on 20th December1993. The department was established to study the bounteous availability of natural resources, particularly, forest resources, as well as agricultural and industrial systems in the malnad region of Karnataka. This department has initiated two years Distance Education learning programme in M, Sc. Botany since 2004. It is also running a one-year programme of Post Graduate Diploma course in Medicinal Plants from 2004. During 2005-06 Kuvempu University for first time in the state introduced Choice Based Credit system for two years Master Degree Course in Applied Botany. The staff members of the department have received training in various fields of research in the national and International Institutions and received awards and prizes. They have been working in different aspects of botanical science and publishing research articles in peer reviewed journals having high Citation Index.

The department of Applied Botany is housed in the magnificent Bioscience Block. The department has basic facilities and is supporting the research activities. The department is collaborating with University of Agriculture Science, Bangalore, Central coffee Research Station, Balehonnur and Forestry College, Sirsi.