Teaching Methods Adopted

1. Student Centric interactive Teaching-Learning process
2. Lecture Method with teaching aids
3. Audio-Visual Teaching Mode with Smart-board Projector Method
4. Practical based classes with better student:teacher ratio
5. Remedial Special Classes or tutorials
6. Class Tests
7. Students’ Seminars or quizzes
8. Educational excursions & field projects
9. Institute visits

Diversity of Students:

Students come from all different categories and communities. Few students come from other states like Manipur, Sikkim, UP etc.

Research and Publications

Number of faculty research projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received:

Publications:

Please See Individual Faculty profiles.

Record of 2011-12 to 2015-16:

Departmental Activities

Seminars/Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding:

a) Webinars organized during Covid-19 lockdown period:

b) Many Departmental Students’ seminars on diverse topics are organized in the Department on regular basis.

Special invited speaker seminar

Departmental students’ seminars

2. Reunion and Alumni Meet:

Departmental reunion and alumni-students interaction

3. Exhibition :

Brunfelsia-scientific exhibition by students

4. Cultural program:

Regularly on different occasions the students are encouraged to perform cultural activities in the Department and also in College. Recently the students of the department were given a formal platform to showcase their extracurricular or cultural talents on 14 th May, 2016. The program was a grand success.

Departmental cultural program by students

Strength of the Department

5. Institute visits & Excursions:

Excursions to states like tamil nadu/sikkim or neighbouring countries like bhutan

Field study projects by the honours & general students

Educational visit to botanical institutes and research labs

Educational visit to botanic gardens of different states like Sikkim, WB, Tamilnadu

INFRASTRUCTURE

1. Three well-equipped well-ventilated laboratories
2. LAB 1: 6X6 sq. m (approx.)
3. LAB 2: 6X3 sq. m (approx.)
4. LAB 3: 5.5X3 sq. m (approx.)- air-conditioned
5. Departmental Seminar Library (Ref: Stock list)
6. Botanical Museum specimens (Ref: Stock list)
7. Two computers, one with unlimited internet facilities
8. One colour printer
9. One pocket projector
10. One interactive Smart-board including Projector
11. Necessary instruments, Chemicals and glass-wares (Ref: Stocks list)
12. First-Aid kit
13. Water filter
14. Fire- Extinguisher
15. One ladder
16. One water-fiter

Strength:

• Well stocked library with easy access to books by students and teachers.
• Well equipped Laboratories and lecture room with Smart-board Projector.
• Highly qualified teaching faculties associated with research work.
• Good coordination among teachers and non-teaching staff.
• Students are enriched by regular interaction with teachers beyond classes.
• Remedial classes, tutorials, class-tests are taken on regular basis by the faculty members to help the students lagging behind their contemporaries.
• Regular long and short excursions and field-studies.
• Modern Science Laboratory visit by students.
• Assessment of students in regular interval through class tests.
• Encouragement of students to be involved in different academic activities
• Organisation of reunion of alumni and present students
• Organisation of Exhibition and cultural program
• Intra-Departmental News Magazine
• A rooftop pot-garden of medicinal plants

Challenges:

• Despite scarcity of space, relatively better academic and over-all performance of the students is always aspired for and encouraged.

Future Plans:

• More interactive tutorial classes for better academic performance
• Hands-on Pilot research projects by students
• E-Journal publication
• More space for laboratories
• Further up-gradation of Laboratories targeting PG studies
• One more Smart Board Projector for Lab-1