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Botany Department

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Tarun  Kumar  Sarma
Tarun Kumar Sarma

Associate Professor

Oli Khan (Sen)
Oli Khan (Sen)

M.Sc., Ph.D

Associate Professor

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Arpita  Swarnakar
Arpita Swarnakar

M.Sc, Ph. D. NET

Associate Professor

Debasree Gupta (Sengupta)
Debasree Gupta (Sengupta)

M.Sc., Ph.D

Associate Professor

Biplab Bagchi
Biplab Bagchi

Assistant Professor

ARGHA SARKAR
ARGHA SARKAR

M.Sc., Ph.D. (Botany)

Assistant Professor

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RAKA DASGUPTA
RAKA DASGUPTA

M.Sc., B.Ed.

GLI

About

The Department of Botany in Bangabasi College started long back in the year 1939 with intermediate, degree and Masters Course, which was later discontinued. Honours degree course commenced in 1995.

The Department possesses a very long history in academic performance. A large number of proficient students have been produced by the Department, who had established themselves as crown of many institutions in different parts of the country as well as abroad. At present the department enrolls about 58 students per year. The department has got sufficient facilities for teaching Honours.

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1 NEP
2 CBCS

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Facilities

  • The laboratories are well equipped to meet the demand of the honours curriculum.
  • The teachers of the department use different teaching aids like projectors, charts,models, microscopes, permanent slides, preserved specimen, Herbarium, museum etc. in the classrooms.
  • An interactive method of teaching is built up in the class between the teacher and student
  • The museum of the Department of Botany is unique for its collections of various botanical specimens. Moreover during botanical excursions many specimens are collected from different ecological habitats and the unique ones are displayed in the museum.
  • Moreover the students are also made aware of, how the specimens are collected, preserved and maintained in the museum.
  • The Seminar library is a small repository of books (about 600) in the department in addition to the Central one.
  • Botanical excursion is a part of the curriculum for both Botany Honours and General stream students of Calcutta University. The Department organizes long botanical excursions to different phytogeographical regions in India for the purpose of studying floral diversity in different natural habitats. In this process, the students become aware of the ecological importance and its interaction with plant community. Visit to Indian Botanic Garden is an annual fare for the students of Botany.
  • During excursion to other phyto-geographical regions the teachers and students of the Department interact with the local people and make them aware about the various reasons behind the loss of biological resources in those areas. They also suggest conservation measures for species, which are at high risk and to be conserved on priority basis.
  • Apart from these, publication of wall magazine, workshops and seminars etc. are organized by the Department.
  • The teachers are specialized in different areas of the subject and therefore, are perfectly competent to meet the demand of the learner. All the teachers, besides teaching, organize seminars and workshops.
     

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