Introduction

BS Botany Department is privileged to have a strong faculty and academic program. At present, this department is offering degree courses for BS (Hons) & MSc. program. Department of Botany has gained credence from the comity of global academic and research institutions. Department aims to provide quality education in diverse areas of research. We are striving to nurture our industry with trained and skilled manpower and with the development and innovative production processes. Our research activities on medicinally important plant-derived constituents, nutritional fortification of edible grain crops, development of industrially important fungal enzymes and natural pigments, edibles free from biotic contaminants, etc. are being valued by national industrial enterprises. A number of nationally and internationally funded research projects are also underway, and the academia is focusing on to broaden need-based research endeavours. Molecular Biology, Plant Physiology, Integrative Biology, Environmental Biology, Economic Botany, Mycology, Microbiology and Biotechnology are some of the focal areas of research at this establishment. Currently, research work is being carried out in the fields of plant molecular biology, fortification of cereal crops, medicinal plants and nutraceuticals, seed priming, enzymology, plant tissue culture, stress physiology, biochemistry, phytoremediation and heavy metal tolerance, improving crop acclimation to different agroclimatic zones and fungal taxonomy. Research on genetic basis of stress tolerance in different crops is also underway. The genomic resources are being utilized to enhance crop production by gene manipulation. Furthermore, research actives on seed metabolism, plant nutrition and plant growth regulators are in progress for different economically important crops and medicinal plants.

Vision

Exploration of natural world of plants and allied creature for unraveling vast untapped resources of nature for the benefit of human race as well as the glorification of knowledge.

Mission

We are committed to ordain human capital with excellence in the changing scientific scenario through innovative and interactive learning and research.