Department of Botany

1. Name and address of the Department :       Department Of Botany

                                                                        Birjhora Mahavidyalaya

                                                                        PO & Dist- Bongaigaon

                                                                        (ASSAM), PIN-783380

2.  Telephone number/s                         :        03664-228808 (office)

3.  Date of establishment of the department:   w. e. f. 1986-1987

4. Built-up area of the department             :    166.83 sq. m.

5. Programmes  offered by the department : 

Programme	Level of study	Cut-off  marks at  entry level in %	Student strength
B.Sc. Major	UG	Passed HS with at least 40% marks in the subject Biology.	15
B.Sc. General	UG	Passed HS with at least 30% marks in the subject Biology	50

 6. List the teaching staff :

Name of  the Teaching staff	Desig-nation	Highest Qualification	Specialisation
Dr. Ranu Roy	HoD & Senior lecturer	Ph.D.	Plant Physiology
Dr. Dinesh Ch. Deka.	Senior lecturer	Ph.D.	Cyto-genetics and Plant Breeding
Mrs. Neelanjana Barua.	Senior lecturer	M.Sc.	Cyto-genetics and Plant Breeding
Sri Ananta Borah.	Lecturer	M.Sc.	Taxonomy

  

7. List the major thrust areas within the subject in which research activities are being pursued.

·         Cytotoxic Effects of Insecticides Plant extracts on Economic Plants;

·         Environmental pollution;                         

     ·         Sex Reverse of some Economic Plants;

     ·         Plant diversity of Bongaigaon district;

     ·         Productivity of Mushroom using different raw materials.

8.  Infrastructure :

• Well-equipped Lab

•   One Botanical Garden

• One Nursery

• One Herbal Garden especially for medicinal plants

• One Orchidarium

• One Mushroom Cultivation, Research and Training Centre.

 9. Activities : 

       Besides different examinations, such as annual examination, selection test, pre-test and test conducted

       by the college authority centrally, the Department has been monitoring the students by the followings:

        1.       Entrance test for admission into the Major course,

2.       Unit test of the chapters taught from time to time,

3.       Departmental seminars on the topics selected from the course taught and

4.       Field work and class work in the garden.

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