The Department of Botany was established in 2017. The main thrust area of the department is to teach under-graduate students of botany. The teaching areas include; Plant Physiology, Cytogenetics & Plant Breeding, Plant Anatomy and Embryology, Cell and Molecular biology, Biodiversity, Plant Ecology and Taxonomy, Plant Pathology, Medicinal Botany etc. In addition, the subject is also taught as ‘skill courses’ so as to make students capable of earning in the form of part or full time business after graduation. The Department maintains a botanical garden which has a rich diversity of wild, economically and medicinally important plants. At present the department has one sanctioned post which is filled. The department is organizing field trips for the students of different semesters to acquaint them with the regional flora. The department is also well versed with latest microscopes and equipments required for practical/lab work.
VISION
The Department aspires to attain distinction in providing cutting edge learning experience to undergraduate students in order to become their first choice.
MISSION
The Department of Botany strives to impart quality education to its students through advanced infrastructural and technological facilities
To expand opportunities for students by offering new courses especially skill courses and upgrading the existing programs.
The Department of Botany was established in 2017. The main thrust area of the department is to teach under-graduate students of botany. The teaching areas include; Plant Physiology, Cytogenetics & Plant Breeding, Plant Anatomy and Embryology, Cell and Molecular biology, Biodiversity, Plant Ecology and Taxonomy, Plant Pathology, Medicinal Botany etc. In addition, the subject is also taught as ‘skill courses’ so as to make students capable of earning in the form of part or full time business after graduation. The department is well equipped with laboratories, exquisite and rare ethnobotanical specimens in the departmental museum, established herbal garden with endemic and rare plants growing in its abode. . The department has a highly dedicated and motivated faculty involved in teaching and its extensional aspects deeply rooted in research work. The department is organizing field trips for the students of different semesters to acquaint them with the regional flora.
One-Day Seminar on LOCF and Career Counselling (Co-organized): 18th March 2021
[Convener: Prof. Farooq Ahmad Shah, AP, Education; Coordinators: Dr Tauseef Ahmad Parray; Dr Ayaz Mahmood, AP, Chemistry]
One-Day Workshop on “Developing Writing Skills” (co-organized with Debates & Seminar Committee, GDC Sogam), 8th April 2021
[Convener: Dr Tauseef Ahmad Parray; Coordinator: Prof. Sajad Ahmad, AP, English]
Msc, Ph.D.,
Msc, MPhil, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Lecturer (Academic Arrangement)
