DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY
1. Name of the department – BOTANY
2. Year of Establishment- 1959
3. Names of Programmes /Courses offered: UG & PG
4. Names of Inter-disciplinary courses and the departments units involved :
5. Annual /semester /choice based credit system (programme wise):
UG Annual System & PG Semester System
6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments:
Co-ordinate with the department of Chemistry, Zoology .
7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.: There are several programmes in other colleges and universities where the faculty members are invited to serve as resource person.
8. Details of courses /programmes discontinued(if any) with reasons: NIL
9. Number of teaching posts:
| Sanctioned | Filled |
| Professor | – | |
| Associate Professor | | |
| Assistant Professor | | |
10. Faculty profile with name
| NAME | Qualification | Designation | Specialization | Experience | PhD Prod./ On Going |
| Dr. Shipra Raj | | | | | |
11. Seminars/Conferences/Workshopsorganized&thesourceoffunding
a) National: 03
b)International: –
Details of Infrastructural facilities :
a) Library: Available
b) InternetfacilitiesforStaff&Students: Available
c) Class rooms with ICT facility: Available in College
d) Laboratories: Practical rooms We have two labs.
Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning:
Tutorials, Seminars, Discussions , E-Library etc.
34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities:
Our students participate quite often in the NSS, NCC and sports (Indoor/Outdoor). The students are involved in execution tour, tree plantation, cleaning drive, Adult education, flood relief etc.
35. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans:
STRENGTH:
1. The greatest strength of the Botany Department is the academic capability of the faculty members.
2. Sufficient space well ventilated and lighted laboratory rooms are available.
WEAKNESSES:
1. Mushrooming of private coaching centers are very close surrounding to college campus.
2. Distance of university office campus from college.
3 Lack of sufficient space to horizontal expansion of the department.
4 Lack of ground area for botanical garden. Thus have compulsion to purchase experimental specimen(plant materials) from outside.
5 Lack of required numbers of teaching, staff, peons, and lab technician.
6 Lack of class rooms as per required.
OPPORTUNITIES:
- Bright prospect for research and development.
Bright future to select the area of agriculture, medical, bio-technology, bio-informatics, micro-biology, forestry, bio-engineering, ethano- botany, plant pathology, plant breeding and environmental scientist.
CHALLENGES:
- Inconsistency in the work culture due to creation of vacancies by retiring staffs of teaching as well as non teaching.
Overload to the existing teachers.