It is a moment of great pleasure for me to make the students, who are desirous to opt Botany as one of the subjects, aware that Botany deals with the study of various aspects of plants— conventional and non-conventional. Ever since the department was established, the department has produced a large number of stalwarts who have taken lead in various walks of life like Medicine, Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Sericulture, Administrative services etc. The main goal of the department at present is to impart quality education and inculcate the attitude of applied research in the minds of new entrants. In future, the department is going to introduce some more subject specific /skill based courses which is the need of the hour, so that the students may get an opportunity to work in any part of the world and can compete with the students of any prestigious institution. By introducing such courses the main aim of the department is to produce entrepreneurs out of the students, so that they may not become merely employees but employers. I want to convey the students that the department has a rich faculty and some of them have strong research background. I advise students to opt Botany as one of the subjects so as to get benefitted from the research work of the well versed researchers that will ultimately help in the welfare of the whole mankind/society. - "HOD'S Message"
Botany is the scientific study of plant life. As a branch of biology, it is also called plant science(s), phytology, or plant biology.
Botany covers a wide range of scientific disciplines that study plants, algae, and fungi including: structure, growth, reproduction, metabolism, development, diseases, and chemical properties and evolutionary relationships between the different groups.
The study of plants and botany began with tribal lore, used to identify edible, medicinal and poisonous plants, making botany one of the oldest sciences. From this ancient interest in plants, the scope of botany has increased to include the study of over 550,000 kinds or species of living organisms.
As with other life forms in biology, plant life can be studied from different perspectives, from the molecular, genetic and biochemical level through organelles, cells, tissues, organs, individuals, plant populations, and communities of plants. At each of these levels a botanist might be concerned with the classification (taxonomy), structure (anatomy and morphology), or function (physiology) of plant life.
Historically, botany covers all organisms that were not considered to be animals. Some of these "plant-like" organisms include fungi (studied in mycology), bacteria and viruses (studied in microbiology), and algae (studied in phycology). Most algae, fungi, and microbes are no longer considered to be in the plant kingdom. However, attention is still given to them by botanists, and bacteria, fungi, and algae are usually covered in introductory botany courses.
The study of plants has importance for a number of reasons. Plants are a fundamental part of life on Earth. They generate the oxygen, food, fibres, fuel and medicine that allow higher life forms to exist. Plants also absorb carbon dioxide through photosynthesis, a minor greenhouse gas that in large amounts can effect global climate. It is believed that the evolution of plants has changed the global atmosphere of the earth early in the earth's history and paleo-botanists study ancient plants in the fossil record.
The department is since its inception housed in a separate 2- storied building with 8 compartments. In the ground floor there are two lecture theatres, each of about 150 student's capacity, a store room and a wash room for the staff. One of the lecture theatres has been converted into the Edu-sat cum Audio-Visual Centre of the College. In the first floor there are 5 rooms, consisting 2 labs - one larger, (25x 25) feet and another smaller, (25 x 15) feet, one staff room, and an office for the staff.
Laboratory Facilities: For the smooth conduct of practical in the 3 year degree course classes we possess, although inadequate, one big and another smaller laboratory. The former has a capacity for 50 students and the latter with just 20 pupil accommodation.
Botanical Museum: A spacious, rich and diverse museum is available in the dept. It contains a vast array of plant specimens preserved in formalin jars representing their morphological, anatomical and above all taxonomical features. Anatomical and ultra-structural details of plant organs, tissues and macromolecules like DNA are illustrated by mould-models. Paleontological and ethanobotonical sections of the museum are also an attraction here. Materials available in the museum are used as a resource for practical observations and demonstrations of the students.