The Department of Botany, established in 1982. Started B.Sc Botany (Model ||) course with vocational subject Biotechnology and allied subject Biochemistry in 1998. The faculty has 2 teachers and one of them is a Ph.D. holder. The course is designed to train the students in the frontier areas of Biotechnology, Tissue Culture, Genetic Engineering, Microbiology and Botany. The course also includes a 2 month long job oriented training programme in Biotechnology. The Department has a Botanical garden.
The Department possesses infrastructure facilities for lab work in Genetic Engineering, Plant Tissue Culture, Microbiology and General Botany. The Department library is well frunished so as to meet the needs of the students. The present student strength stands at 24 in each class with 5 teaching and 4 non-teaching staff. The deparment has a well functioning Botany Association. In 2003 the second rank in M.G. University Degree examination was from this Department.
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Faculty
Dr. Annie Joseph Menachery, M.Sc.BEd., M.Phil, Ph.D (Head of the Department)
Smt. N. Meena, M.Sc., B.Ed |