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Department of Botany

Department Head
Dr. Shantanabha Das

Brief Introduction of the Department

Scientific study of plant-life has always been a very important contributor to the progress of mankind. In the current scenario of environmental degradation, need to improve global food production and major endeavours in forest conservation, the scope of botany as a subject has increased enormously. Botany includes diverse subjects ranging from taxonomy, palaeobotany, anatomy, physiology, mycology to molecular biology, cell biology, genetics, biotechnology, bioinformatics, plant pathology etc. When it comes to increasing food production to feed the ever-increasing human population or to find new plant-derived pharmaceutical compounds for drug development, the world is looking up to botanists for answers. The M.Sc. curriculum is designed to cover all the different themes of botany and train the students accordingly to prepare for a career in diverse avenues of botany.

Year of Establishment: 2018

Major thrust area of research: N.A.

Extension activity by the department: N.A.

Major Strengths of the department: N.A.

Major Challenges of the department: N.A.

Future plan of the department: N.A.

    Departmental milestones at a glance (last five years*):
  • No. of NET/SLET qualified students in last five years
  • No. of Ph.D. produced in last five years
  • No. of registered / enrolled Ph.D. scholars (present)
  • No. of research publication in peer reviewed journals in last five years
  • Average impact factor of the research publication
  • No. of books published in last five years
  • No. of seminar/conference organized by the department
  • No. of foreign visit by faculty members and scholars during last five years
  • No of special lecture organized by the department
  • Total research grant received during last five years
  • No. awards/honours received by the faculty members during last five years
  • Departmental recognition
  • No. of Seminar / conference / workshop attended by the faculty members during last five years
  • No. of research collaboration within India
  • No. of research collaboration outside India
  • No. of MOU signed
Major Instruments available in the Department
Instrument Model
Inverted phasecontrast,fluorescence Microscope Zeiss, Axio Vert A1
Binocular stereozoom microscope Zeiss, Stemi 508
Upright fluorescencemicroscope Zeiss, Scope A1Gel documentation
Gel documentation Bio-Rad, Gel DocEZ Imager
Centrifuge Remi, R-8C
Centrifuge Remi, R-12C
Centrifuge Remi, R-12C Plus
Laminar air flow Microflow, 2019

Address

Diamond Harbour Road, Sarisha, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal- 743368. India

Email Address

office.dhwu@gmail.com

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