- Room: 41-44, First Floor ( adjacent to the Central Library), Main Building
- accbotanydept@gmail.com
About
The department was established in 1969 as Life Science. The separate department of Botany was established from 1989 with Honours course having four students and two faculty members. Currently the department spans over approximately 1100 square feet carpet area with Biochemistry, Cytology and Microbiology and Plant Physiology laboratories. The department offers Honours, General Elective and Program courses in Botany under the CBCS curriculum. The department has an in house library and a small herbarium with a repository of about 145 plant species. The department with active participation of faculty and students publish a Bi-annual wall magazine” BOT INFO”, a wonderful medium for self- expression of all members. The current faculty includes three teachers in substantive post and three SACT teachers. Over the years the department has produced successful students who have excelled both in academics and administrative fields.
Faculty Members & Lab. Assistants
Faculty Members
Qualification: M. Sc.
Specialization: Microbiology
Qualification: M. Sc., PhD
Specialization: Microbiology
Qualification: M. Sc.
Specialization: Microbiology
Qualification: M. Sc.
Specialization: Cytogenetics and plant breeding
Qualification: M. Sc.
Specialization: Biochemistry and pharmacognosy
Qualification: M. Sc.
Specialization: Molecular plant pathology and fungal biotechnology
Laboratory Assistants
- Sri. Sumanta Modak
- Smt. Aliva Ghosh
Academic Infrastructure/Facilities
- Well-equipped laboratory with specific instruments for different experiments in Microbiology, Mycology and Plant Pathology, Molecular biology, Genetics, Biochemistry, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, Plant systematics, Plant physiology, and general botanical practicals.
- Uninterrupted Internet facility.
- Departmental Library.
- Herbarium with a huge collection of the flora of North Bengal along with a collection of medicinal plants of North Bengal.
- A Medicinal Plant Garden in College Campus.
Department academic calendar
Courses and Syllabus
Department Activities
Results
Student progression
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Young, dynamic, sincere, dedicated, efficient and hardworking faculty members, always accessible to students. Good infrastructure with respect to availability of laboratory aids and instruments, books, in comparison to most of the other colleges of the area.