ABOUT THE DEPAPRTMENT
The Department of Botany endeavors to promote and inspire students to pursue higher studies in plant sciences, orienting them towards learning and investigation. The department has well equipped laboratories to carry out practical classes and research work, a museum and a botanical garden. A unique feature of the department is its faculty members which includes experts and active researchers from almost all areas of plant science. They publish quality research work in reputed national and international journals.The faculty members initiate innovative projects with active involvement of students to instigate scientific temperament in them. Students are encouraged to enthusiastically participate in all the activities of the department throughout the year, thereby constantly evolving them as vibrant personalities. The department has an active Botanical society named “Kalpavriksha”, which organizes events like subject lectures by eminent scientists and scholars, extracurricular activities including awareness programs for preservation of environment, conferences/seminars/workshops, plant identification and various competitions pertaining to the field of Botany. The Kalpavriksha holds its annual festival DELONIX every year in which it organizes various inter- and intra-college competitions. The Department has instituted Pt. DeenDayalUpadhyaya Memorial Inter-college Debate Rolling Shield from the academic session 2015-2016. The Botanical Society ‘Kalpavriksha’ publishes an annual journal Contemporary Plant Sciences (ISSN: 2393-8676).The sustained efforts of teachers bring students closer to Mother Nature through botanical excursions. Founded with a vision to empower our students in various upcoming thrust areas of basic and applied sciences viz. microbiology, plant biotechnology, molecular biology, bioinformatics etc., the department provides them the stepping stone to reach higher heights in their career.
Syllabus
Subject Society - Kalpavriksha - Department of Botany
2023-2024
2022-2023
KalpaVriksha organized a field trip to Sultanpur National Park on 3rd November, 2022. A total of 36 students along with 3 teachers i.e. Dr. Varnika Bhatia (Convener), Dr. Sujata sinha (Co-Convener) and Dr. Sandeep went for the trip. It was an amazing experience to explore the nature during field trip.