Profile of Department of Botany

About the Department

The Department of Botany was established in 1969 with HS courses. The UG course was started in 01/12/1975 and the Honors course in 1989. DBT, Government of India under  the Scheme of IBT Hub (2013) and Star College (2017) and RUSA has supported the department in upgrading the laboratory infrastructure. The department runs a three -year B.Sc. degree course (under CBCS) and in Major FYUGP Courses (NEP 2020) that are spread over six and eight semesters, respectively, under the Semester System as per the Academic Calendar of Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh for Undergraduate Courses. The faculties of the  department is actively involved in research in various fields of botany, which include Angiosperm Taxonomy and Plant Diversity, Molecular Biology, Cytogenetics, Ethno-botany, etc. We also takes up active participation in interdisciplinary activities with the other departments of our college.

Best Practices of the Department

• Germaplasm conservation of lesser known fruits of Sivasagar District.
• To promote interest among the students towards gardening and conservation of plant species.
• To enhance and support bio-diversity on the campus.
• Green Auditing of the College Campus.
• Preparation of compost and vermicompost from the leaf litter.

Vision and Mission of the Department

Vision

Well-being of the human being and to provide a holistic learning environment to students through the study of plant science

Mission

• To provide a student-centered education so that they can take up careers in the areas of Plant Biology, Plant Biotechnology, Microbiology, Genetics, Plant Ecology, and Environmental Sciences, etc.
• To train up the students in modern laboratory tools and techniques.
• To impart knowledge about medicinal plants.
•  To nurture research culture among young generations.
• To establish collaboration with other institutes and within the department's college for the betterment of the students.
• To conduct innovative research in the field of plant sciences.
• Bringing quality in research and improving the number of citations and h-index.
• To develop entrepreneurship among the students.
• To encourages the students for higher learning.
• To conduct nature walks, field trips, botanical excursions, laboratory visits, etc. to achieve all-around development of students through association activities.
• To document the plant biodiversity of the area.
• To strengthen the institute by participating in interdisciplinary activities.

Future Plan of the Department

• To create a database of the plant biodiversity of the Sivasagar district
• To conserve the germplasm of the indigenous and rare plant species of the Sivasagar district by ex–situ means
• To develop a Botanical Museum
• To undertake research projects
• To organize National Seminars/Workshops/Conferences/ Student Seminar, etc.
• To organize popular talks
• To organize outreach activities
• To start the PG course in Life Sciences under Dibrugarh University

Department library

• Total number of Books: 320 
• Total number of Reference Books: 36