Department of Botany is an established center for imparting knowledge relating to plants, their benefits to society and their relationship with environmental factors. It came into being as a separate department in 2014. The department has a competent faculty with research expertise in different specialties of plant sciences. The dedicated staff of Botany department is striving for excellence in order to compete with other national and international institutes of higher education in Botany. At present, the department is offering degree courses for BS, M.Sc., M.Phil. and Ph.D. programs. Higher studies in different research specializations of plants will make students capable of keeping pace with the recent research trends in Botany. The department has well equipped research labs with a number of nationally funded research projects in Tissue Culture, Plant Anatomy, Biodiversity, Stress Physiology, Environmental Biotechnology, Pomology, Molecular Biology, Plant Biochemistry and Plant-Pest Interaction. The department has established research facilities in the above-mentioned fields of specializations and the academia is focusing to broaden need-based research endeavors.
Vision:
The vision of Botany department is the exploration of natural world of plants and dissemination of knowledge to improve the environmental management and human well-being.
Mission:
To produce trained plant scientists equipped with enthusiasm to maintain and uplift the standard of research in the country. The program deliver a sound theoretical knowledge and practical expertise of plant sciences that would enables graduates to effectively address the local to global plant and environmental related issues.