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Department of Botany

The Department of Botany has created a niche for itself in the college by achieving high repute in academic and co-curricular activities. Enriched by the legacy of some very renowned teachers in the past, the department is proud to have a committed faculty which excels in research, bookwriting and teaching. With three well- equipped, state-of-the laboratories and a museum. The department inculcates scientific and experimental spirit in the students. Also, the department has its own library that supplements the main college library. The Department pursues a mantra of holistic development of a student, inculcation of a scientific temper by supplementing the conventional classroom and modern teaching with botanical excursions, seminars, guest lectures by eminent scientists, slide shows, documentary films, quiz competitions, scientific debates etc. to help the students metamorphose his personality. Furthermore, the activities of the Botanical Society give opportunities to students to develop and display their talents. Botany being an important component to life Sciences, offers immense opportunities for further studies in Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Plants Molecular Biology, Genomics, Agroforestry, Environmental Science and other related fields. The Department boats of many eminent alumni, who occupy important academic and professional positions in India and abroad.

Year of establishment: 1954

Names of Programmes/ Courses offered: B.Sc. (Hons)Botany and B.Sc. Life Sciences
Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: B.Sc. (Life Science) with Department of Chemistry, Zoology, and Environmental Studies.
Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: B.Sc. Applied Physical Science (Industrial Chemistry), B.Sc. (Life Science), B.Sc. (Physical Science), Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, Zoology

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	Dr. Bela Bhatia, M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D., Associate Professor Specialization: Botany – Phycology –Ultrastructure and Histochemistry, Cell Biology, Embryology	View Profile Web Page
	Dr. Roshni Rajamohan, M.Sc., Ph.D. Associate Professor Specialization: Angiosperm Taxonomy; Systematics of Asteraceae; Ethnobotany; Genetics and Crop Improvement; Plant Physiology	View Profile Web Page
	Dr. Rajender Kumar, M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D., Associate Professor Specialization: Plant Physiology and Biochemistry/Seed Physiology	View Profile
	Prof. Aparna Nautiyal, M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D., Professor Specialization: Plant Tissue Culture, Plant Growth and Development	View Profile Web Page
	Dr. Kumar Shantanu, M.Sc., M. Phil., Ph.D., Associate Professor (Teacher-in Charge) Specialization:Morpho-taxonomy of Archegoniates; Ecological Niche Modelling, Ecophysiology, and Environmental Management; Bioinformatics.	View Profile Web Page
	Dr. Madhu Rani, Assistant Professor Specialization:Plant Abiotic (Heavy Metal) Stress Cytogenetics Environmental Science Plant development & anatomy	View Profile Web Page
	Dr. Anju K. Chhibbar Assistant Professor Specialization:Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Environmental Studies	View Profile Web Page
	Dr. Preeti Rawat Assistant Professor	View Profile Web Page
	Dr. Sourav Singh Deo Assistant Professor Specialization: Reproductive Biology and Ecological Physiology of Plants, Plant tissue culture Landscape architecture, Restoration of degraded ecosystem	View Profile Web Page
	Ms. Anjana Singh, Assistant Professor Specialization: study of diversity and distribution of Bryophytes,	View Profile Web Page
	Dr. Abhay Pratap Vishwakarma Assistant Professor	View Profile Web Page
	Dr. Neha Yadav, Assistant Professor Specialization:Plant Reproductive Biology Plant Systematics Plant Biotechnology and Plant Tissue culture Plant anatomy and embryology	View Profile Web Page
	Dr. Rubina Chongtham, Assistant Professor Specialization: Crop improvement, Genomics and Bioinformatics	View Profile Web Page
	Dr. Nisha Sogan Assistant Professor Specialization:Plant extracts, Herbal formulations for vector control, Nanotechnology.	View Profile Web Page
	Dr. Ashish Kumar Choudhary Assistant Professor Specialization: Lipid Biochemistry, Abiotic stress, Plant Physiology, Plant Biotechnology, Nanobiotechnology.	View Profile Web Page
	Ms. Shubhangani Sharma Assistant Professor Specialization:-	View Profile Web Page

Library: The department has an actively functioning library managed by the Botanical Society which has a collection of more than 300 books
Internet facilities for Staff and students is available
Class rooms with ICT facility
One lecture theatre
Laboratories: Three laboratories and one Museum
The department publishes the magazine “PETALS” annually under the aegis of the Botanical Society where students are encouraged and guided to write scientific and literary articles.

The Society organizes an annual festival ‘SANJIVANI’ and publishes an annual magazine ‘PETALS’.
Inaugural function of Botanical Society

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