The
Department of Botany established from the beginning of the college, since 2000.
The main objective of the department is to provide the facility for detail
learning about the plants life. The 3 year B.Sc. course is conducted as per the
curriculum provided by Sant Gadage Baba Amravati University, Amravati. The
departmental Laboratory is well equipped with all the necessary equipments,
class work material, chemicals, glassware. The laboratory has capacity of 20
students seating at a time. The
department is able to conduct the basic research in Plant Taxonomy, Mycology,
Plant Phyiology, Genetics, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Anatomy, and
Cytology. For the research work, the equipments like Digital pH meter, Hot
water Bath, Micro-pipette, Dissecting Microscope, Compound Medical Microscope,
Stereoscopic Microscope, Binocular Research Microscope, Electrophoresis Unit,
Centrifuge Machine, Autoclave, Laminar Air Flow Chamber are the major
Laboratory instruments are available in Departmental Laboratory. Apart from the
regular black board teaching, the modern & innovative teaching aids like
ICT lab, Digital Projector, Smart Board are used to simplify the curriculum to
the students of department. The power point presentation, related audio-video,
diagrammatic charts, Online lecture are
used in the teaching in Botany. Also
for the field knowledge, the short & long tour are organized regularly
& as per the syllabus. The ‘Plant of the Day’ activity is run by the
department for knowing the common & economically important plants present
around the place. Through this student participation activity, the potted
Medicinal plant garden is developed by Botany department. In this garden more
than 40 plant species, specifically important for practical purpose are
developed & cultivated. The
teaching faculty takes the efforts to enlist the plant flora from Lonar Crater
& its surrounding. The students are
also involved in participation in state level Avishkar Research Competition.
Also the departmental faculty gives the suggestion regarding the crop
improvement, plant disease control measures to adjoining farmers.
