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HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT The department of Botany was established in 1958. Post-graduation in Botany was started in 1971, with specialization in Plant-Pathology. In 1990, two more specializations i.e. Microbiology & Phycology were added. At undergraduate level Microbiology was initially started in combination with Chemistry & Zoology under self-financing scheme in1999. This combination was later changed to Chemistry; Microbiology and Botany. The department is running post graduation course in Microbiology since 2002. 3-months certificate course on instrumentation and Bonsai.
Names Of Heads :
1 Dr. S. Mittal 1958 – 1962 ( Head Deptt. of Biology )
2 Dr. S.Gupta 1962 – 1964 ( Head Deptt. of Botany )
3 Dr. A. P. Shukla 1964 – 1965
4 Dr. S.Gupta 1965 – 1968
5 Dr. S. N. Awasthi 1968 – 1971
6 Dr. S. Gupta 1971 – 1972
7 Dr. H.N. Tiwari 1973 – 1975
8 Dr. N. Sen 1975 – 1992
9 Dr. R. Shukla 1992 – 2000
10 Dr. A Newsarkar 2000 – 2001
11 Dr. R. Shukla 2001 – 2002
12 Dr. A. Dubey 2002 – 2007
13 Dr. K. Agarwal 2007 – 2009
14 Dr. Shashi Tiwari 2009 – 2010
15 Dr. Neelima Raipuria 2011 – 2015
16 Dr. Sheela Vishwakarma 2015 – 2017
17 Dr. Akhilesh Ayachi 2017-2021
18 Dr. Anuradha dave 2022 – till date
Self – Finance Subject Run By The Depaetment:
  • BSc - Chemistry, Microbiology, Botany
  • MSc - Microbiology

Infrastructure

 

    • LIBRARY : Department has separate library for Botany & Microbiology, with sufficient number of books for P G students. The books are well classified under different heads such as – General Botany, Microbiology, Cytology, Physiology, Taxonomy, Genetics, Ecology, Plant Pathology etc.

      SR. NO. PARTICULARS QUANTITY
      1 Total No. of UGC Books 448
      2 Books (General Fund) 1501
      3 Journals 05

    • MAJOR EQUIPMENT:

      SR. NO. PARTICULARS QUANTITY
      1 Camera Lucida 03
      2 pH meter 02
      3 Colony Counter 02
      4 Olympus Research Binocular Microscopes 02
      5 B.O.D Incubator 02
      6 Centrifuge 02
      7 Laminar Air Flow 02
      8 Stereoscopic Microscope 01
      9 Micro scope 50
      10 Oven 06
      11 Incubator 03
      12 Laptop 01
      13 LCD 01
      14 Mixer Grinder 01
      15 OHP 03
      16 Micro wave 01
      17 Electro Phoresis Kit 01
      18 Spectro Photometer 01
      19 PCR 01

    • COURSE COMBINATIONS WITH BOTANY

      UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL

      1. Botany with Microbiology/Chemistry/Zoology/Biotechnology
      2. B.Sc. Agriculture

      POSTGRADUATE LEVEL

      1. Botany
      2. Microbiology

      The curriculum is

      1. Recommended by Central Board of Studies and approved by HE the Governor of M.P.
      2. Board of studies of the Department

      RESEARCH ACTIVITIES:

      • One Research Project by MPCOST was completed in July 2009
      • One Minor Research Project by UGC is under process
      • One Minor Research Project by UGC was completed by
        Dr. Anuradha Dave in 2015-2017
      • National Workshop on Mushroom Cultivation 2016-17
      • National Seminar on "Environmental Conservation issues and strategies" March 2017-18
      • National Workshop on "Vigyan Lok Vyapikaran" organized by Jigyasa 2018
      • Well equiped Research Lab
      • Faculty members awarded Ph.D. Degree:
        1. Dr. Manjula Pathak - 2004
        2. Dr. Anuradha Dave - 2005
      • The faculty members awarded PhD:
        1. Dr.(Smt.) Sulekha Pathak -2015
        2. Dr.(Smt.) Rajni Nigam-2015
        3. Dr.(Smt.) Vijaya Shrivastava Kaushal-2015
        4. Dr.(Smt.) Rachna Pandey-2015
        5. Dr. Sudhir Singh Chandel -2023
      • Registered as guide for Ph-D in Botany  & Microbiology:
      • Dr. A K Ayachi
        1. Registered candidates : 03
        2. Awarded candidates : 07
        3. Alotted for Ph-D :      02
        4. Book published on "Credibility of folk Claims of Manipur and Nagaland" ISBN No.978-90-85304-99-6, Authors- Dr. A K Ayachi & Dr. Aparna Awasthi
      • Dr. Anuradha Dave
        1. Registered candidates : 01
      • Dr.(Smt.) Rajni Nigam
      • Dr.(Smt.) Vijaya Shrivastava Kaushal
      • Dr.(Smt.) Rachna Pandey

      Ph.D Scholar Details : view details

      NET/SET Qualified Staff Members :

      1. Dr Geeta Choubey:-MP. SLET 1999
      2. Mrs. Deepa Bansal:-MP. SLET 2017
      3. Dr Pranita Bhatele :-DBT-JRF (2007), MPSET (2017), CSIR-NET-LS Life Science (June- 2017) and ICAR-ASRB Agriculture Biotechnology NET (2018)
      4. Dr Richa Gumasta:-CSIR UGC NET Life Science 2022, ASRB- ICAR NET Agriculture biotechnology 2018, GATE Life Science -2021, GATE Life Science -2020

      ACTIVITY GROUPS :

      • Sir Jagdish Chandra Basu activity club performs various activities throughout the year.
      • National Workshop on Ethnobotany.
      • One-day workshop on Bonsai Preparation.
      • One-day workshop on Bioinstrumentation
      • Workshop on Mushroom cultivation.
      • Workshop on Microscope maintenance
      • State level Environmental Awareness Examination was conducted.
      • Guest lectures on special topics by eminent persons.

      • DEPARTMENTAL MAGAZINE : Annual departmental magazine titled “HARITIMA” is being published with the contribution of students, staff & other persons from various institutes.

      • EXCURSION / EDUCATIONAL TOURS / VISITS –

        Regular visits to S.F.R.I., T.F.R.I., and J.N.K.V.V. Jabalpur, and outstation trips are organized every year to places like Fossil Park (Ghughwa), Amarkantak & Pachmadi .

        Industrial Visit coca colafactory (24 march 2018)

        Institutianal visit Weed Science(15 jan 2019)

        sanchi milk factory (30 jan 2020)

        Institutianal visit JNKVV(5 march 2021)

        Institutianal visit RDVV (Feb 2023)

      • Publications of the Department: click to view

      • Published Journal:Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

      • LIST OF STAFF MEMBERS :

        1. Dr. A. Dave Professor
        2. Mrs. R. Nigam Associate Professor
        3. Mrs. V. Shrivastava Associate Professor
        4. Mrs. R. Pandey Associate Professor
        5. Dr. Geeta Choubey Asstt. Professor
        6. Dr. Deepa Bansal Asstt. Professor

    • Faculty Members details-click to view

 

      • LIST OF CLASS III AND IV :

        • Lab Technician - Mr. Rajneesh Jain
        • Lab Attendant - Mr. Purushottam Sen

 

      • Activities -Botany Department -click to view

      • Excursion tours of Botany Department-click to view

      • National Seminar Ethnobotany in Ancient Wisdom 2024 -click to view

 

    • Shining Stars of Botany Department