The teachers are highly qualified with ample of experience in teaching. The syllabi are being updated with respect to the advancement in the field of botany. Moreover, to develop communication skills, seminars & workshops are being conducted, students are regularly exposed to the laboratory of nature.
Course- Certificate course in Flowericulture and Landscape Gardening.
Objectives- To develop technical skill of students to develop home gardening.
To acquainted the students with garden tools and equipments.
To provide self employment opportunity to the students.
To utilized wasteland by developing landscape designing.
Duration- 36 hrs.
Intake- 40
Departmental library - The departmental library has a collection of text books and reference
books covering the areas of Plant Sciences & also the general topics
of Life Sciences. Reading room facility with free access to the text
and reference books is available to the students. Currently there are
large no of books, reference books, floras & journals available.
ICT and IT infrastructure - Departments is equipped with LCD projector, Compute and Laptop.The department has a well equipped computer facility with advanced computers and peripherals.Specialization laboratories have independent computers with internet facility.
There is an independent computer laboratory with internet connectivity.
There are separate computers for the faculty members with internet facility.
Photographic Unit
Workshop has instruments for microphotography. The photographs of the specimens and microslides can be taken.
Evaluation - Regular unit test, surprise test, terminal examination.
Research activity- Faculty
members are working hard to enhance research activity of department.
Regularly attend and present papers in conferences, workshops and
symposiums. Published research papers in national and international
journals. One small and one large project of UGC is under the guidance of Dr. R.R. Khapekar. Teachers are invited as a resource Person.
Instruments and facilities - Laboratories are well equipped with instruments and equipments.
1. Plant Tissue Culture Labs
2. Spectrophotometer
3. Microgeldol
4. Centrifuge
5. Single pan balance
6. Paper pan balance
7. Incubator Shakers
8. Rotary microtome
9. Rocking microtom
10. PH. Meter
11. Micropippets
The department has organized facility for aseptic manipulations,
transfer and incubation to raise in vitro culture of Algae, Fungi,
Bacteria and Higher plants. These include laminar air flow cabinets,
shakers, incubators and incubation rooms.
Botanical Garden
It has the facility for
Ex-situ conservation of plants. The garden has facility for collection
and exchange of materials for academic purpose. It is the place for
students’ education and self-learning. It has small lawns and beds for
seasonal plants.
Herbarium
It
consists of number of plants belonging to pteridophytes, gymnosperms,
dicots and monocots. The students are being exposed to the herbarium
while teaching so as to have a clear view of what has been taught to
them in plant sciences.
Photographic Unit
Workshop has instruments for microphotography. The photographs of the specimens and microslides can be taken.
Museum
The department has museum. It
has number of plants belonging to different groups like algae, fungi,
bryophytes, pteridophytes, gymnosperms and angiosperms. The department
has fossils.
Mentor- Mentee - Teachers regularly interact with students through this scheme and solve their problems.
Staff Profile
Departmental Activities