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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. 

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Subject Society - Kalpavriksha - Department of Botany

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2023-2024

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2022-2023

Field Trip to Sultanpur National Park 

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.

 

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2021-2022

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2020-2021

Kalpvriksha – The Botanical Society of Deen Dayal Upadhayaya College under the guidance of Dr. Reeta Kumari (Convenor) along with the other faculty of the department organised many events throughout the year. Society focuses on encouraging students to build leadership qualities, team spirit and healthy competition. In the month of October, the Student Council for the session 2020-21 was formed, with the following posts: Vishal Arora, B.Sc. (H) Botany Sem V (President), Ankit Sharma, B.Sc. Life Science Sem V andAstha Verma, B.Sc. (H) Botany Sem III (Vice President) along with two class representatives from each class. The student council in the meeting with the convenor, agreed to meet every Saturday of the semester to plan out the inter-class and inter-college events of the society.

We started our journey with an inaugural session which was held on 6th October 2020. This was an international webinar on the topic “How to enhance STEM by making it inclusive”. Professor
Chandralekha Singh (from Department of Physics and Astronomy (UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH), Alumni IIT Kharagpur, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Santa Barbar) was the keynote speaker for the webinar. More than 110 participants from various parts of the country took part in this webinar on the online platform, Google meet. A very thought-provoking and intellectual lecture was delivered by our speaker at the event. Highlighting the key points of discussion about the Stereotype threat and how it can hinder the growth of students or in general any academician. She explained about efficient problem-solving skills, robust understanding (terming it offense) but also about interest, belonging, self-efficacy, achievement goals, and intelligent mindset (terming its defense). At the same time, we conducted an online inter-college photography competition (The Artsy Lens) on the theme “Nature and Plants”. Positively we received more than 45 plus entries for the same. The judge of the competition was Dr. Jayanta Bordoloi. Results of the competitions were declared on the same day. Also, the core team for the session was officially announced and the event ended with a vote of thanks.
On 16th October 2020, another intern-college online webinar was conducted on the topic “Wellness Mantras”. Speaker for the webinar was Neelanjana Singh (Registered Dietician & Certified Diabetes Educator, Columnist, and Wellness Consultant). She has been a National Executive Member and President of the Indian Dietetic Association (IDA). She has authored many nutritional books
and has over 30 years of clinical experience in hospitals like AIIMS Delhi. This webinar played important role in spreading awareness among students and teachers about the importance of nutrition and healthcare especially in the time of pandemic and lockdown. Approximately 100 participants took part in this from different departments of our college.
Kalpavriksha held its online orientation program on 19th November 2020 on Google Meet. The orientation lasted for about 1.5 hours. The event was attended by approximately 150 people including new students, senior students, and teachers. Also, all the faculty teachers made sure to bless and wish the newcomers for their new journey of life. Teachers made them familiar with our department, faculty, and syllabus along with clearing their other doubts. Also, they were introduced to the council members and various activities held by it.
Intra-College webinar on “Cancer Prevention and The Clean Yamuna Prevent Cancer” was held on 22nd January ’21. This online webinar was conducted on google meet in which more than 115 participants took place. Dr. S. Khanna (Founder & President of DCFRC) and Dr. Pragya Singh (Sr. Manager- projects DCFRC) were the speakers for the session. Through her speech, Dr. S. Khanna drew attention to the early signs and symptoms of cancer and the precautionary steps one should always follow for a safe and healthy life. Dr. Pragya Singh talked about the adverse effects of water pollution, the reasons for water pollution, and how it can be checked from the individual level. After their talk interaction was held between participants and speakers.
 
A career counseling session was organized by our society Kalpavriksha in collaboration with the Zoology Department and Career Counselling and Placement cell of DDUC on 20th February 2021. The speaker for the webinar was Professor Divya Agarwal and Professor Vinay Tripathi of IIHMR Delhi. They made the students aware of the future aspects of Health Management in India and the scope of students in this field. About 120 participants were enrolled for this webinar. The webinar was organized on the Zoom Platform. The participation certificate we are given by theIIHMR Delhi. The speaker informs the students about the career choices they have in the field of Health Management and about their institution.
 
Inter-college Annual Botanical Fest-‘Delonix’ was held on 3rd March 21. Delonix' 21 started by organizing an inaugural lecture by Ms. Vani Murthy popularly known as the queen of compost/ Worm Rani. She is a renowned urban farmer, passionate citizen leader, and founding member at Solid Waste Management Round Table (SWMRT), Bengaluru. The topic for this inter-college webinar was "Waste Management". More than 130 participants took part in this via Zoom from all over the country. This lecture was full of interaction and examples. She mainly focused on how to make the earth a better and clean place to live. According to her, refusing the use of plastic items, recycling waste, and self-realization of keeping our surroundings clean is the most important step towards betterment. She talked about alternatives to plastics we use in our daily life. In the end, she took queries from participants and also shared her experience.
The students participated enthusiastically in the live events and the winners were announced at the end of the event.
 
Dalil (The Online Debate Competition) found enthusiastic involvement from different colleges, in which more than 72 participants from all over India participated. was organized on Google Meet on 3rd of March from 1:30 P.M. to 6.00 P.M. The judges were Dr. Arun Kumar Maurya, LLB and LLM from the University of Delhi currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany, Multanimal Modi College, Modinagar, U.P, and Dr. Uzma Nadeem, Ph.D. in Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Allahabad, currently working as Teacher In-Charge of EVS Department, Mata Sundri College for Women.
 
Quizzing Cameos (The Online Quiz Competition) in which more than 150 participants from all over India participated. The event was organized with the help of google forms of whose link was shared with all the participants via email. The score of the event was quickly generated just as the participant submitted the form.
 
Graphite Art (The Online Sketching Competition) in which more than 45 participants from all over India participated. In the event, live samples of Biological specimens were given which the participants had to draw within the stipulated time and submit online.
 
Covid Mantra (Online Slogan Writing Competition) in which more than 27 participants from all over India participated.
 
Intellection (E-Poster Making Competition) in which more than 64 participants from all over India participated.
 
Advertere (Video Ad Making Competition) in which more than 10 teams consisting of 3 to 4 members from all over India participated.
 
This was followed by the ‘Alumni Meet’ on the 4th of March 2021 in which more than 110 participants from various colleges attended. The resource persons were Ritu Mehra , Kakali, Riya, Satyendra Pandey, Sudhanshu Jain, Sudhan, Prashant, Hardik. They interacted and motivated the students to follow their passion and intuition in their careers. All the queries related to career and emotional stress and examination pressure were beautifully addressed by them. The events ended with a vote of thanx.
 
DR. REETA KUMARI
CONVENOR ‘KALPAVRIKSHA’
The Botanical Society
 

2019-2020

Kalpvriksha – The Botanical Society of Deen Dayal Upadhayaya College under athe guidance of Dr. Sujata Sinha (Convenor) along with the other faculty of the department organised many events throughout the year.  The society focuses on encouraging students to build leadership qualities, team spirit and healthy competition.  In the process they inculate bon homie and also learn to take eco-friendly steps in life. In the month of August, the Student council for the session 2019-20 was formed, with the following posts: Janvi, B.Sc. (H) Botany Sem V (President), Varsha, B.Sc. Life Science Sem V and Vishal Arora, B.Sc. (H) Botany Sem III (Vice President), Ayushi Sharma, B.Sc. Life Science Sem V and Deveshree, B.Sc. (H) Botany Sem III (General Secretary), Deepak Arora, B.Sc. Life Science Sem III and Harsha, B.Sc. (H) Botany Sem III (Joint Secretary), along with two class representatives from each class. Soon after, the society was inaugurated by Professor Veena Agarwal, Department of Botany, University of Delhi.  She gave a thought provoking talk on “New Dimensions in Medicinal Plant Biotechnology: Biotherapeutics and Nanoparticles”.  The lecture was attended by students of all 3 years of B.Sc.(H) Botany and B.Sc. Life Sciences.  The student office bearers were inducted in the ceremony.  On 21st August 2019 and 26th September 2019, the students of all 3 years were provided an opportunity to interact with each other in freshers’ party “Flawsome”.  Various games and performances helped freshers open up and showcase their talent.

The student council in the meeting with the convenor, agreed to meet every Monday of the semester to plan out the inter-class and inter-college events of the society.  It was decided to have at least one interclass competition every month and inter-college Botanical Fest on 4th October 2019. The first interclass event was held on 28th August 2019.  It was the poster-making competition on the topic “Do’s and Don’ts in the laboratories”.  The students participated enthusiastically and the winners were announced at the end of the event.  Their posters were put up on display in the corridors.  Same were laminated and put-up in the Botany Laboratories.

Teachers’ day was celebrated on 5th September 2019.  The students expressed their gratitude towards their teachers. In the last week of September, Inter class photography competition ‘Blossom’ was held.  Students went all out to capture nature through their lenses.  The soft copies of their photographs were judged and the winners were announced.

Alumni Interaction Session was held on 3rd October 2019.  Four alumni from various professional realms were invited to talk to the present undergraduate students.  Mr. Vivek Tripathi (railway; civil services), Mrs Rakhi Solanki (psychotherapist), Mrs Upasana (school teacher) and Mr. John Momo (Ph.D. student) interacted and motivated the students to follow their passion and intuition in their career.

Inter-college Annual Botanical Fest-‘Delonix’ was held on 4th October 2019.  It was flagged off by a Plantation Drive in collaboration with ‘Harela Foundation’.  The faculty and students planted several saplings in the college campus and in the Botanical Vertical Garden.  The students also pledged to take care of the saplings and to contribute positively to the environment. Inter-college Debate on environmental conservation was the highlight of Delonix.  Participants from different colleges/institutions debated on the topic “Botanical Quiz, Botanical Rangoli making, Plant specimen sketching competition also found enthusiastic participation from different colleges.

In the month of October itself, a 4 day outstation Educational Excursion was organised to Manali.  The students studied the flora of the area and made e-herbarium.  They also studied various ecological factors, under canopy temperature, relative humidity, wind velocity, light intensity, soil temperature, soil moisture and pH, water temperature, water pH and water turbidity at different locations at different time intervals and learnt to tabulate and analyse the readings.  They also got an insight of ecological succession on how bare rocks get inhabited by lichens, mosses, ferns and then higher plant groups. Besides study, they enjoyed the trek to ‘Manu’ temple and Hadimba Devi temple; snow in Rohtang pass and water sports on the River Beas in Manali.

DR. SUJATA SINHA
CONVENOR
‘KALPAVRIKSHA’
The Botanical Society

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2018-2019

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.

Inaugral Lecture 2018-19 :  On 28th of August, we had our Inaugural Session of Kalpavriksha, the Botanical Society of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College. It included a Lecture and Orientation Program for the newly inducted students in the departments of Botany and Life Sciences.

For this, the Guest Lecturer was Dr. Rajendra Gupta, Professor, Department of Botany, University of Delhi. The topic of the Lecture was “The Conflict between Science and Religion”. Students get there queries cleared and had an positive of science and religion . And many positive feedback by many students of other courses as well, this was an fantastic step taken by society to influence on everyone . students are praised by society and to encourage there talent of management many students were praised by chief guest by giving them badges.Event list had many activities which includes dance and photography and , and specially dance performance “panch tatva” was cheered by the students .not even a single seat in auditorium was vacant . Chief guest enlighted the audience with there experience and knowledge . Our respected principal Dr S.K garg also enlighted us. In last refreshments distribution was there.  And all student enjoyed a lot !  It was the very first time we had the common freshers of  life sciences  and botany dept. together ever,  As the name suggest itself PEHEL

Rangkari -The pot painting competition held on 07 September 2018 in the college premises. Under the supervision of  Dr. Charu Karla  and society president.  Rangkari received a good response by the participants. We got thirty entries out of many students opted madhubani art to decorate their pots.   

Plantation Drive was also on 7 september 2018 in the college premise. As we all know that the pollution level in DELHI is increasing day by day and greenery is declining in the city. This triggers the alarm of awareness that we need to take care of this environment. We won't have a society if we don't care for this environment.   As it's said awareness starts from the home itself, so the KALPAVRIKSHA SOCIETY OF DDUC had this plantation drive to create awareness among the students. 70 students along with the teachers take part in this activity.

चर अचर जगत The Environment Science Quiz competition was held on 18 September 2018 in the college premises, received a good response by the participants. We got thirty entries which were put into pairs, 16 teams.  It was a competition of 25 questions which tested the brains of the students. Quizzing comes from the word Inquizzitive which means to ask, inquire. Although the theme was Environment Science, questions were based on common things that we observe in our day to day life and required the presence of mind.   It was a successful event as the uniqueness and the innovation used in making the quiz was liked and applauded by the participants.

Poster making competition :  Nature is composed of the most beautiful things, which is now slowly harmed by the harmful UV rays. So based upon this the society held a poster making competition on the 18 September 2018, in the college premises. On the auspicious day of OZONE DAY,  the society organised the competition on the theme spectrum of nature.  That competition was really good and interesting. We got 13 entries from the students of different courses. That was an amazing experience as we received great ideas from the students through their posters which was based on the theme. Students used different colours different techniques for their posters.All n all that was an amazing competition, with a good participation.

The Botanical society  annual fest ‘DELONIX’  was on 20th February 2019 and 21st February 2019.  Our fest displayed the flavours and tint of environment and nature. We held many engrossing events like inter-college competitions. Participants as well as audience were very

Enthralled for the annual fest.  20th February 2019, the 1st day of delonix was full of many enthusiastic events and competitions. Many people from other colleges also participated and unveiled their extraordinary flair. The first event of the day was  FLORA UTSAV- the botanical rangoli making competition. Participants used organic materials to make rangoli. They made rangoli related to botany such as T.S. Of spore tetrad, gametophyte of funaria, T.S. Of wheat grain etc. Corridor was decorated with these eye catching and mesmerising rangoli.

The second event of the day was AD-MAD COMPETITION. The event was headed by Priya and Sargam. This was held from 9:30 AM to Every team was allotted a prop and product and were given 3 minutes to prepare an ad. Every team highlighted botanical essence in their acts and audience took immense interest in every act. It was a successful event.

The third event of the day was  प्रकृते जिज्ञासा the botanical quiz. It was started at 12:00 PM. Event heads of this event were Ayushi and Hardik. This quiz tested the botanical knowledge of the participants. This quiz filled audience with curiosity and enthusiasm at each and every question. The symbolism of Its success was the zeal audience and participants exhibited.

The fourth event of the day was TRACE ART. This event was started at 2:00 PM. It was a specimen sketching competition. People who like to do magic on the papers with their pencils participated in this competition. Many specimens such as pine cone were kept and participants displayed their flair on drawing sheets.

The fifth and last event of the day was सृजनिकाthe extempore competition. It started from 1:30 PM. A topic was given on the spot and participants were given 2 minutes to prepare on the topic. Participants came up with many unique views and event was successful.

21st February 2019, the 2nd day of delonix was also filled with enthusiasm.  The first event of the day was तर्क-वितरकinter college debate competition. Topic of the debate was “Is it justified to banning various products for the sake of green future. It was started on 10:00 AM. Many participants came up with their views for and against the motion. They all came up with concrete and strong points and left everyone present in the room ponder.

The valedictory lecture was delivered by professor S.B. Babbar who is a professor of department of botany in north campus. The topic of his lecture was “The origin, evolution and diversity of plastids”.  The lecture started at 12:00 PM. His lecture focussed on the evolution of various cell organelles and specially plastids by  endosymbiotic theory which was given by Lynn Margulis. The students present there showed great interest in the topic as it was relevant to the subject they were studying. Many students also asked questions from him.  After the lecture all the office bearers of kalapavriksha were felicitated by professor S.B. Babbar.

The last event of the day and the fest was the ALUMINI MEET. It was started at 1:30 PM. All the pass-outs came to refresh their memories of college days and to reconnect with their fellow mates and teachers. They came and met all the freshers and shared their experiences about academics, non- academics and talked upon the various career options.

Dr. Charu Kalra

Teacher in Charge

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2018-2019

‘Kalpvriksha’ The Botanical Society

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.

Inaugral Lecture 2018-19 :  On 28th of August, we had our Inaugural Session of Kalpavriksha, the Botanical Society of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College. It included a Lecture and Orientation Program for the newly inducted students in the departments of Botany and Life Sciences For this, the Guest Lecturer was Dr. Rajendra Gupta, Professor, Department of Botany, University of Delhi. The topic of the Lecture was “The Conflict between Science and Religion”. Students get there queries cleared and had an positive of science and religion . And many positive feedback by many students of other courses as well, this was an fantastic step taken by society to influence on everyone . students are praised by society and to encourage there talent of management many students were praised by chief guest by giving them badges.Event list had many activities which includes dance and photography and , and specially dance performance “panch tatva” was cheered by the students .not even a single seat in auditorium was vacant . Chief guest enlighted the audience with there experience and knowledge . Our respected principal Dr S.K garg also enlighted us. In last refreshments distribution was there.  And all student enjoyed a lot !  It was the very first time we had the common freshers of  life sciences  and botany dept. together ever,  As the name suggest itself PEHEL

Rangkari -The pot painting competition held on 07 September 2018 in the college premises. Under the supervision of  Dr. Charu Karla  and society president.  Rangkari received a good response by the participants. We got thirty entries out of many students opted madhubani art to decorate their pots.   

 

Plantation Drive was also on 7 september 2018 in the college premise. As we all know that the pollution level in DELHI is increasing day by day and greenery is declining in the city. This triggers the alarm of awareness that we need to take care of this environment. We won't have a society if we don't care for this environment.   As it's said awareness starts from the home itself, so the KALPAVRIKSHA SOCIETY OF DDUC had this plantation drive to create awareness among the students. 70 students along with the teachers take part in this activity.

चर अचर जगत The Environment Science Quiz competition was held on 18 September 2018 in the college premises, received a good response by the participants. We got thirty entries which were put into pairs, 16 teams.  It was a competition of 25 questions which tested the brains of the students. Quizzing comes from the word Inquizzitive which means to ask, inquire. Although the theme was Environment Science, questions were based on common things that we observe in our day to day life and required the presence of mind.   It was a successful event as the uniqueness and the innovation used in making the quiz was liked and applauded by the participants.

Poster making competition :  Nature is composed of the most beautiful things, which is now slowly harmed by the harmful UV rays. So based upon this the society held a poster making competition on the 18 September 2018, in the college premises. On the auspicious day of OZONE DAY,  the society organised the competition on the theme spectrum of nature.  That competition was really good and interesting. We got 13 entries from the students of different courses. That was an amazing experience as we received great ideas from the students through their posters which was based on the theme. Students used different colours different techniques for their posters.All n all that was an amazing competition, with a good participation.

The Botanical society  annual fest ‘DELONIX’  was on 20th February 2019 and 21st February 2019.  Our fest displayed the flavours and tint of environment and nature. We held many engrossing events like inter-college competitions. Participants as well as audience were very

Enthralled for the annual fest.  20th February 2019, the 1st day of delonix was full of many enthusiastic events and competitions. Many people from other colleges also participated and unveiled their extraordinary flair. The first event of the day was  FLORA UTSAV- the botanical rangoli making competition. Participants used organic materials to make rangoli. They made rangoli related to botany such as T.S. Of spore tetrad, gametophyte of funaria, T.S. Of wheat grain etc. Corridor was decorated with these eye catching and mesmerising rangoli.

The second event of the day was AD-MAD COMPETITION. The event was headed by Priya and Sargam. This was held from 9:30 AM to Every team was allotted a prop and product and were given 3 minutes to prepare an ad. Every team highlighted botanical essence in their acts and audience took immense interest in every act. It was a successful event.

The third event of the day was  प्रकृते जिज्ञासा - the botanical quiz. It was started at 12:00 PM. Event heads of this event were Ayushi and Hardik. This quiz tested the botanical knowledge of the participants. This quiz filled audience with curiosity and enthusiasm at each and every question. The symbolism of Its success was the zeal audience and participants exhibited.

The fourth event of the day was TRACE ART. This event was started at 2:00 PM. It was a specimen sketching competition. People who like to do magic on the papers with their pencils participated in this competition. Many specimens such as pine cone were kept and participants displayed their flair on drawing sheets.

The fifth and last event of the day was सृजनिका- the extempore competition. It started from 1:30 PM. A topic was given on the spot and participants were given 2 minutes to prepare on the topic. Participants came up with many unique views and event was successful.

21st February 2019, the 2nd day of delonix was also filled with enthusiasm.  The first event of the day was तर्क-वितरक- inter college debate competition. Topic of the debate was “Is it justified to banning various products for the sake of green future. It was started on 10:00 AM. Many participants came up with their views for and against the motion. They all came up with concrete and strong points and left everyone present in the room ponder.

The valedictory lecture was delivered by professor S.B. Babbar who is a professor of department of botany in north campus. The topic of his lecture was “The origin, evolution and diversity of plastids”.  The lecture started at 12:00 PM. His lecture focussed on the evolution of various cell organelles and specially plastids by  endosymbiotic theory which was given by Lynn Margulis. The students present there showed great interest in the topic as it was relevant to the subject they were studying. Many students also asked questions from him.  After the lecture all the office bearers of kalapavriksha were felicitated by professor S.B. Babbar.

The last event of the day and the fest was the ALUMINI MEET. It was started at 1:30 PM. All the pass-outs came to refresh their memories of college days and to reconnect with their fellow mates and teachers. They came and met all the freshers and shared their experiences about academics, non- academics and talked upon the various career options.

2017-2018

Kalpavriksha, society of Department of Botany, facilitated various student activities:

  • Delonix'17, the annual botanical festival was held from March 7 - 8, 2017.
    • Various inter and intra-college events like Botanical Rangoli, Leaf Painting, Plant Photography, Botanical Quest were organised.
    • Prof. Amar Kumar, University of Delhi, delivered the Valedictory lecture on “Intricacies of Plant Pathogen Interaction.
    • Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi, won the Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Memorial Rolling Shield for Debate on "Can there be a consonance between urbanisation and nature?"
    • Team from KM College won the Botanical Rangoli Competition.
    • Our students: Priya Suman for Leaf Painting, Kajal Jain and Parul Tiwari for Plant Photography, Shruti Kaushik and Mansi Arora for Botanical Quesy, Jugal Kishore for Creative writing and team of Rupa Kumari, Gaurav Gaur and Shruti Kaushik for Plant Identification Competitions were the winners.
  • Prof. A. K. Pandey, Department of Botany, University of Delhi, delivered the inaugural talk for the academic session 2017- 18, "Taxonomy and Ethnobotany" on September 28, 2017, followed by felicitation of the office bearers of the society.
  • A Kite Designing Competition was held on January 15, 2018.
  • A Plant Photography Competition on theme "Life as we see" was held on January 24, 2018.
  • Delonix'18, the annual botanical festival for 2018 was held from February 20 - 21, 2018.
    • Various inter and intra-college events like Botanical Rangoli, Botanical Quest, Plant Identification competition, Creative writing competition, Plant photography competition, Hall of Fame, Botanical Hunt were organised.
    • Prof. Girdhar Pandey, Department of Plant Molecular Biology, South Campus, University of Delhi, delivered a lecture on “From Genomics to Functional Genomics :   Stress Signalling Perspective”.
    • SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, won the Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Memorial Rolling Shield for Debate on “Transgenics is the only way to ensure food and nutrition security under burgeoning population & changing climate!!”
    • A Poster titled “Synthetic Seeds: A promising method to conserve endangered plant species” by Priya Singh Kushwaha and Kritika Bahuguna, both of B.Sc. (H) Botany 1st year, (prepared under the aegis of DBT Star College Scheme) was selected for National Science Day 2018 celebration organized by ‘Indian National Science Academy’, Delhi, ‘Indian Academy of Sciences’, Bengaluru and the University of Delhi on February 28, 2018 at INSA, Delhi.

2016-2017

The events for the current academic session started with a lecture titled Biodiversity under present scenario which was delivered by Prof. K.S. Rao, University of Delhi on September 30, 2016. Various intra-college events like plant specimen identification, botanical photography, debate competition, botanical quiz and best out of waste were organized throughout the session. The annual botanical festival Delonix'17 was held on March 7 & 8, 2017. A total of 10 intercollege events were organized apart from the intra-college events. The Valedictory Lecture was delivered by Prof. Amar Kumar, University of Delhi on the Intricacies of plant pathogen interaction. The major attractions were Botanical Rangoli, Leaf Painting, Plant Photography,
Botanical Quest, Creative Writing, Plant Identification, Dumb Charades and Botanical Treasure Hunt. Students from various colleges of University of Delhi enthusiastically participated. This year Daulat Ram College (University of Delhi) won the Pt. DeenDayalUpadhyaya Memorial Rolling Shield for Debate on "Can there be a consonance between urbanisation and nature?" 

2015-2016

  • A lecture series was initiated on Aug., 3, 2015 with its first lecture by Prof. Paramjit Khurana, J.C. Bose National Fellow on “The Joshimath Kalpavriksh - A Genomic insight into Mulberry Research”. Second in the series was by Mr. Veer Kumar, General Manager, Alfatech Services on “Rising Air Pollution in Delhi and Measurement Techniques” on Sep 3, 2015. Third subject lecture was delivered by Dr. Rajendra Gupta, (Centre for Education, Science and Culture, New Delhi) on the topic “Walking with Ancestors-Naming Plants and Animals in the Pre-historic World” on Jan 15, 2016.
  • A Botanical Excursion was taken toPachmarhi Biosphere Reserve during Oct, 2015. A total of 40 students visited the Reserve along with staff of the department of Botany.
  • The Annual publication of the Department,” Contemporary Plant Sciences”[ISSN: 2393-8676] Vol. 2, Issue 1, was released in March, 2016.“DELONIX”, two days annual fest organised various inter-college student activities like Brushes on strike on the theme ‘Nature or Environment’, Waste-O-Mania and Photography of Plants etc. The Valedictory lecture for the fest was delivered by Prof. K. S. Rao, Department of Botany, University of Delhi titled “Climate Change: Past, present and future implications”.
  • The Department also instituted a shield Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Memorial Shield for the winner of its annual debate. This year the issue was “Is Botany lagging in the era of Plant Biotechnology?” and the shield was won by a student of KMC, DU.
  • The department  also organised  weekly activities during the year such as Debate competition on “GM Crops: Future Solution?”, Quiz competition on  ‘General Science and Botany’, Paper reading competition on “Contemporary plant sciences”, Power Point Presentations ,Sketching Competitions and so on.

2014-2015

  • The inauguration of the activities of the society for the session 2014-15 was held on 9th September, 2014. The Inaugural Talk was delivered by Dr. Ajay Arora, Principal Scientist, Plant Physiology Division, Indian Agricultural Research Institute on “Role of Ethylene on Post-Harvest losses in Crops”. The Annual Newsletter of the society, “Contemporary Plant Sciences” which has been assigned ISSN 2393-8676 was released on the same day. The event was attended by a strong gathering of 180 students.
  • Kalpavriksha organized an Intra-Department Debate Competition on 29th October, 2014 on the motion “Human Negligence Convert a Natural Calamity into a Massive Disaster”.  Mr. Jyotishman Kalita of Department of English and Dr. Sandeep Kumar of Department of Botany were the judges of this debate.
  • The debate was followed by an Intra-Department Quiz Competition on 1st November, 2014. 17 teams of the B.Sc. (H) Botany and B.Sc. Life Sciences participated in the quiz. Subsequently, an Inter-Department Quiz Competition was held on 23rd January, 2015 where 13 teams across 6 departments of the college participated. The theme of this quiz was “Contribution of India in the Field of Science and Technology”. On both occasions, Pratyosh Gogoi was the quizmaster.
  • Department of Botany has organized a National Conference on “Climate Change: Impacts, Adaptation, Mitigation Scenario and Future Challenges in Indian Perspective” on 2nd and 3rd March, 2015 at Conference Centre, University of Delhi. The conference was supported by Department of Science and Technology-SERB, Government of India. Prof. Akhilesh Kumar Tyagi , Director, NIPGR, New Delhi was the Chief Guest and delivered the inaugural address. Keynote address was delivered be Dr. Suruchi Bhadwal, Associate Director, Climate Change and Earth Science Division, TERI, New Delhi. In two days of the conference, papers were presented under six technical sessions along with two poster sessions with following sub themes: Climate change scenario in India; Natural resource and food security under climate change; Climate change and energy security; Role of science and technology under climate change; Economics and climate change; Adaptation and mitigation under climate change
  • Over 300 delegates participated in the conference. A total of 149 papers were presented which comprised of 25 invited papers, 34 oral presentations and 90 poster presentations. Moreover, there were two Young Scientists’ Sessions wherein upcoming original researches pertaining to issues related with climate change were presented by 20 young researchers from various Indian universities, colleges and research institution of national and international eminence. One of the important achievements of the conference was that undergraduate students enthusiastically participated in the conference and presented their posters in a scientific manner. It was an attempt to provide them a platform to interact and learn the nitti –gritty of scientific research from eminent Indian academicians, scientists and young researchers. The conference was culminated with a panel discussion and a set of recommendations to be followed further to fight with the issues related with climate change. 
  • Delonix- The Annual Festival of Kalpavriksha was held on  25th March, 2015. The intra-department festival saw four competitions viz. Best out of Waste, Poster Presentation, Salad Making and Live Specimen Sketching. On the same day, the valedictory function of the society was held and prizes for all the competitions held all through the session were distributed. 
 
Permanent Faculty Members

Associate Professor

  • Dr. SUJATA SINHA, Associate Professor
  • Dr. SACHCHIDANAND TRIPATHI, Associate Professor
  • Dr. RAJKUMARI SANAYAIMA DEVI, Associate Professor

Assistant Professor

  • Dr. VARNIKA BHATIA, Assistant Professor
  • Dr. CHARU KALRA, Assistant Professor
  • Dr. REETA KUMARI, Assistant Professor
Ad-hoc Faculty Members
  • Dr. Sandeep Kumar, Assistant Professor
  • Dr. Vandana Sharma, Assistant Professor

 

Former Faculty Members

Professor (Retd.)

  • Prof. (Dr.) V.K. GAUTAM, Professor

 

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