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Welcome. DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY. RAJA PEARY MOHAN COLLEGE. About the Department:. The Department of Botany started as undergraduate pass course (Gen. Course) teaching department in 1956, when Biological Sciences were introduced in our college. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Welcome
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY
RAJA PEARY MOHAN COLLEGE
About the Department:
The Department of Botany started as undergraduate pass course (Gen. Course) teaching department in 1956, when Biological Sciences were introduced in our college.
Honours course was introduced after a long gap of 40 years in 1996.
It’s the youngest laboratory based department of this college and still a long path to be covered before a satisfactory level of development is achieved.
With assistance from UGC and our own resources, we are trying to upgrade our department to a desirable standard.
NAME QUALIFICATION
DESIGNATION
SPECIALIZATION
NUMBEROF
YEARS OFEXPERIENCE
Dr. Binod Kr. Pathak
M.Sc., Ph.D. AssociateProfessor
Plant Physiology
&Biochemistry
25 Yrs
Dr. ParthasarathiGhosh
M.Sc., Ph.D. AssistantProfessor
Cell Biology&
Genetics
15 Yrs
Dr. DibyenduTalukdar
M.Sc., Ph.D. AssistantProfessor
Cytogenetics&
Plant Breeding
15 Yrs
Nilu Halder M.Sc. AssistantProfessor
Phycology 7 Yrs
FACULTY PROFILE :-
Programs run by the department
Teaching & learning Research Programs Field Study and explorations Digital Phyto-informatics center
Teaching & learning
Since 1956, department of botany is successfully running general courses in Botany.
During 1996, our department has introduced Honours Courses in Botany. Both general & Hons. Courses are run following the guidelines and syllabus of University of Calcutta. Students regularly attend both theoretical and practical classes.
To improve the quality of teaching as well as learning process and to prepare students to adapt changing scenario of plant science, and despite severe constrain in floor spacing gradually have taken major initiatives as following-
Besides the conventional chalk and talk, use of modern audio-visual aids in class room teaching
Organizing regular class test, remedial coaching, oral presentation, involving students to publish wall magazine and articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals
Field study in different phyto-geographical regions
Teaching & learning continued:
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
With an objective to augment latest developments in plant sciences with teaching & learning process of students as well as faculty members and to upgrade departmental infrastructure, we initiated research programs in the following broad areas-
Floral biodiversity, systematic, ethnobotanical and medicinal plant study
Phycology (algal culture, systematics & biodiversity, identification, characterization & antimicrobial study of major algal constituents/products)
Plant cell biology (mitosis and meiotic study, chromotoxicity, MN assay etc.,) & mutation biology (gamma ray & EMS-induced mutagenesis, isolation and analysis)
Plant physiology & biochemistry Legume (grass pea, lentil, beans) breeding & stress biology (abiotic stress
factors like salinity, arsenic, drought and heavy metals, redox regulations, thiol-cascade modulations, antioxidant defense cross-talk and tolerance)
Research Projects Undertaken
1. Collection, characterization and identification of some aquatic flora of ponds, shallow water bodies and swampy lands of Hooghly district, West Bengal-funded by UGC, PI: Nilu Halder
2. Comparative response of Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) and grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.) to arsenic and NaCl-induced oxidative stress-funded by UGC, PI: Dr. Dibyendu Talukdar
FACULTY PUBLICATION
JOURNALS BOOKS/Proceedings
FACULTY PUBLICATIONResearch area-wise JCI & Impact factors
Student Publications Accepted and in press -03
a) Title: INVENTORYING FLORAL DIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY IN KALYANI AREA OF NADIA DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL, INDIA. International Journal of Current Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research, 2014
b) Title: Status, compositions and invasiveness of taxa in Kalyani, West Bengal, India.
Central European Journal of Experimental Biology, 2014
c) Title: Compositions, distributions and status of economic plants among invasive floras of Uttarpara, Hooghly, West Bengal, India. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Research,
Field Study & Exploration
Since 2005, at least 41 field studies have been conducted by the department in different phyto-geographical areas of West Bengal & Eastern HimalayasAs follows:-
Academic session Study area
Gangetic West Bengal(Hons. & General
students)
Sub-Himalayan & Eastern Himalayas
(for Hons. Students)
2005-06 Adisaptagram, Kalyani, Uttarpara, AJC Bose Indian
Botanic garden
Lava, Lolegaon, Rishop, Neora valley
2006-07 Uttarpara, Kalyani, Mohanpur, AJC Bose Indian
Botanic garden
Gangtok, Lachung chu valley
2007-08 Haringhata, Kalyani, AJC Bose Indian Botanic garden
, Uttarpara
Kalimpong, Latpanchor, Mongpu
2008-09 Adisaptagram, Kalyani, Uttarpara, AJC Bose Indian
Botanic garden
Gangtok, Phodong, Chungthang, Mangan,
Lachen Chu valley
2009-10 Ballyghat, Bally, Uttarpara, Kalyani, AJC Bose Indian
Botanic garden
Pedong, Rishikhola, Zuluk, Jelep La, Nathan
valley, Nathula pass, Gangtok
Academic session Study Area
Gangetic West Bengal(Hons. & General students)
Sub-Himalayan & Eastern Himalayas
(for Hons. Students)
2010-11 Hooghly, Chinsura, Kalyani, AJC Bose Indian Botanic garden
Pelling, Ra Bangla, Gangtok
2011-12 Chinsura RRI, Kalyani, Uttarpara, AJC Bose Indian Botanic garden
Dodok, Bersey Rhododendron
sanctuary 2012-13 Bally, Chinsura RRI, Kalyani, AJC Bose
Indian Botanic gardenBorong, Dodok,
Pelling, Namchi
2013-14 Kalyani Farm, Uttarpara, Hooghly Not conducted
2014-15 Under process Under process
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STUDENTS PROFILE (ADMISSION):-
2008 - 2009
ADMITTED
BOTANY
MALE FEMALE GRANDTOTAL
DEGREE GENERAL
SC ST OBC GENERAL SC ST OBC
Part-1 7 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 17
Part-II 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 5
Part-III 4 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 11
TOTAL 12 0 0 0 19 1 1 0 33
STUDENTS PROFILE (ADMISSION):-
2009 - 2010
ADMITTED
BOTANY
MALE FEMALE GRANDTOTAL
DEGREE GENERAL SC ST OBC GENERAL SC ST OBC
PART-I 9 1 0 0 16 0 0 0 26
PART-II 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 7
PART-III 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3
TOTAL 11 1 0 0 24 0 0 0 36
STUDENTS PROFILE (ADMISSION):-
2010 - 2011
ADMITTED
BOTANY
MALE FEMALE GRANDTOTAL
DEGREE GENERAL SC ST OBC GENERAL SC ST OBC
PART-I 4 0 0 0 14 0 0 1 19
Part-II 6 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 19
PART-III 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 6
TOTAL 12 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 44
STUDENTS PROFILE (ADMISSION):-
2011 - 2012
ADMITTED
BOTANY
MALE FEMALE GRANDTOTAL
DEGREE GENERAL
SC ST OBC GENERAL SC ST OBC
PART-I 4 1 0 1 11 0 0 0 17
PART-II 4 0 0 0 9 0 0 1 14
PART-III 6 1 0 0 12 0 0 0 19
TOTAL 14 2 0 1 32 0 0 1 50
STUDENTS PROFILE (ADMISSION):-
2012 - 2013
ADMITTED
BOTANY
MALE FEMALE GRANDTOTAL
DEGREE
GENERAL
SC ST OBC GENERAL SC ST OBC
PART-I 12 0 0 1 15 2 0 0 30
PART-II 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 6
PART-III
3 0 0 0 9 0 0 1 13
TOTAL 17 0 0 1 28 2 0 1 49
STUDENTS PROFILE (ADMISSION):-
2013 – 2014
ADMITTED
BOTANY
MALE FEMALE GRANDTOTAL
DEGREE GENERAL SC ST OBC GENERAL SC ST OBC
PART-I 5 0 0 0 10 2 0 0 17
PART-II 12 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 23
PART-III 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6
TOTAL 20 0 0 0 24 2 0 0 46
STUDENTS PROFILE (RESULT):-
UNIVERSITY RESULTS
PART - IBOTANY YEAR APPEARED PASSED FAILED 1ST CLASS
2008 – 2009
15 10 5
2009 – 2010
26 23 3 7
2010 – 2011
15 13 2
2011 – 2012
17 12 5
2012 – 2013
30 24 6 2
STUDENTS PROFILE (RESULTS) :-
UNIVERSITY RESULTS
PART – II
BOTANY YEAR APPEARED PASSED FAILED 1ST CLASS
2008 – 2009 4 4 0
2009 – 2010 7 7 0
2010 – 2011 19 19 0
2011 – 2012 13 12 1
2012 – 2013 6 6 0
STUDENTS PROFILE (RESULTS) :-
UNIVERSITY RESULTS
PART - IIIBOTANY YEAR APPEARED PASSED FAILED 1ST CLASS
2008 – 2009 11 11 0
2009 – 2010 3 3 0
2010 – 2011 6 6 0
2011 – 2012 16 15 1 4
2012 – 2013 13 12 1 1
2013 - 2014 5 5 0
STUDENTS PROFILE (RESULTS) :-
UNIVERSITY RESULTS
% PASSED (PART-I -- PART-III)
BOTANY
YEAR PART-I % Passed
PART-II % Passed
PART-III % Passed
2008 – 2009 66.66 100 100
2009 - 2010 88.46 100 100
2010 - 2011 86.66 100 100
2011 - 2012 70.58 92.30 93.75
2012 - 2013 80 100 92.30
2013 – 2014 NOT YET PUBLISHED 100
STUDENTS PROFILE (RESULT) :-
2008 - 2009 2000 - 2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013
Part-I
Part-II
Part-III
66.66%
88.46% 86.66%
70.58%
80.00%
100% 100% 100%92%
100%
100% 100% 100%94% 92%
UNIVERSITY RESULT (% PASSED)Part-I Part-II Part-III
Achievements after last NAAC visit:
Digital phyto-informatics center
Our department has taken a major initiative to digitalize the knowledge and information gathered during the field study and exploration.
This approach is unique in this region, as for the first time we are digitalizing the herbarium specimens of our department collected, pressed and dried since 1961, through scanning/photographing of pressed specimens with brief description of the taxa to develop a user-friendly and web-accessible virtual herbarium.
Over 300 specimens have been digitalized so far, and the process is still going on covering medicinal plant, endangered & invasive plant data bases, cryptogams, Gymnosperms, Lichens and algal flora
Our main objective is to update and equip our students in plant study but along with this we also want to help non-botanist academia and entrepreneurs in their queries regarding plant resources
Achievements after the last NAAC peer visit (August, 2005)
Criteria Target set on 2005 Target achieved/present status
Infrastructural development
1) New class room,
2) Introduction of new
instruments
3) Compartmentalization of
different labs based on
module
4) Acquiring/introduction of
scientific journals, etc., and
5) Grant application to funding
agency
i) New class room developed
ii) New instruments like student microscopes
with oil-immersion lens, cold centrifuge, UV-
Vis spectrophotometer, digital SLR camera,
high precision light microscopes
iii) Separate Plant physiology & biochemistry
lab, culture room, plant cell biology lab,
plant systematics, museum with new
specimens
iv) Journals acquired and properly displayed
v) Applied for up gradation of departmental
infrastructure grant to DBT, WB under
BOOST I program
Criteria Target set on 2005
Target achieved/present
statusMethodology in teaching & learning process
Introduction of advanced methodology along with conventional black-board teaching
i) LCD projectors, fully equipped dedicated computers with LAN facility for latest text & reference study
ii) Class test, oral presentation by students
iii) Increase in Hons. Seatsiv) Formation of alumni
association
Remedial coaching Planned for up liftment of knowledge and skill for financially weaker sections
Started for SC/ST and OBC and students from minority community
Resource development & utilization
Development of web-based data bases for knowledge and information gathered during different field study & explorations
Digitalization of herbaria, field exploration, publications, data base development of medicinal/economical, invasive plants, algal flora, cryptogams, etc. by students, alumnus and faculty members; skill development among students
Faculty Research
Upgradation of research through Ph.D., post-Ph.D. works, introduction of new arenas of activity, application for new projects, increase the quality & quantity of research publications in peer-reviewed national/ international journals/ periodicals/ etc
i) Ph.D. awarded to one faculty and under process for other after 2005,
ii) Research areas expanded from cell biology & biochemistry to phycology, biodiversity & systematic, enzymology, plant production, mutation biology, tissue culture and legume stress biology
iii) Two new research projects sanctioned by UGC during 2010-13
iv) Publication of research paper in peer-reviewed well indexed journals increased to 73 from 15 in 2005
v) SCI and impact factor increased to 610 (Google Scholar, Scopus) and 3.171, respectively
Research aptitude development of students
Enhancement of student attractions, skill, knowledge and feed back to the essence of plant science through publications in harmony with their syllabus
i) Publication of wall magazine by students
ii) Publication of field study in peer-reviewed indexed journals
iii) Students trained for excel graph preparation, scanning, digitalization of herbaria, biometrics analysis through MS software
Research collaboration/peer review support
Linking department to world plant diasporas initially through collaborations in non-grant activities/peer-review support to enrich faculty knowledge and percolate it to students
i) Non-grant collaborative works (Books, Research Topic, field study techniques) are underway with ICARDA, Frontiers Bioscience, Switzerland, IDRC, Canada, etc
ii) Development of software for digital herbarium with Cybersoftech corpn., Calcutta, India
iii) Peer review support to national and international journals published by Springer, Elsevier, Frontiers, Academic & other reputed organizations
Strength of the Department
Faculty: Young, Dynamic, Energetic and Motivated.
NET qualified.
Ph.D. holders with proper Research Training & Aptitude
Teachers with long experience in UG and PG teaching
One of the faculty member-Member, UG board of Studies (University of Calcutta) since 2000
A close and strong connection among Faculty members, Students – present and past, and Departmental Staffs
Weakness of the Department Acute shortage of Teachers/Faculty
Absence of trained specimen collector/s
Acute shortage of floor space
Infrastructural deficiencies in establishing vital laboratories like
Tissue Culture
Cell and Molecular Biology
Microbiology
Plant pathology
Algal and microbial culture room etc.
Future Target/Plans:Objectives: Resource Generation and Utilization
Application for New/Additional Teaching posts.
Application for Major and Minor Research Projects with scope for Research Associates, Scholars and Assistants.
Development of laboratories for Tissue Culture and Microbiology.
Re-development of medicinal plant gardens (roof top).
Introduction of self-financed short term vocational diploma courses.
Tapping of external funding agencies for resource generation- (already applied for Boost - I program of DBT, WB).
Preparation of PBR of the surrounding locality (Raghunathpur gram-panchayat is already selected as the 1st target village- preliminary survey already done.)
Activation of alumni association
Upgradation of departmental library
Periodic seminars/workshops
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