Department of

Facilities

Courses

Groups available for BSc.

• Botany, Chemistry, Zoology
• Botany, Chemistry, Microbiology
• Botany, Chemistry, Geology

Certificate course in

• Floriculture and Land scaping
• Mushroom cultivation technique
• Plant Tissue culture technique

Teaching, Learning & Evaluation

• Black board, OHP, LCD, Charts, Models, Transparencies, Slide projector & CDs.
• Surprise test, Unit test, Terminal & Test Exams.
• Student’s Seminar, Projects, Guest lectures, Ques. Bank, Charts, Excursions, Visit to Scientific Labs. etc.
• Group wise, Paper wise, Division & Distinction wise result analysis is done every year.
• Extra-classes, Academic Counseling, Book Facilities, Literature, Notes & Personal Counseling provided in Remedial teaching.

Research, consultancy and Extension

• Research Papers Published in Journal – 45
• Paper/ poster presentation -60
• International - 17
• National - 43
• Conferences Attended - 146
• MRP (Minor) - 04(Two completed in 2012-13)
• Consultancy - 03( Mushroom culture, Tissue Culture, Floriculture)
• Best Practices- Collaboration with scientific labs viz;Institue of science, Ankur seeds pvt.ltd., PGTD ,RTM,N.U.,Nagpur,Agriculture College,Nagpur.

Infrastructure & learning resources

• Well Equipped Laboratory
• Museum and Herbarium
• Departmental Library
• Reading Room
• Audio-Visual Aids
• Research Facilities
• Botanical Garden

Departmental Library and Reading Room

• There are 274 books
• Different Regional Floras for the identification
• Books on medicinal plants
• Books on economic importance
• Books donated by Dr. P. N. Purekar
• Books donated by Mrs. Madhuri Randiwe
• Ph. D. Thesis of Dr. Acharya, Dr. Purekar, Dr. Ugemuge
• Ph.D. Thesis of present Faculty Members and Research Papers.

Audio-Visual Aids

• Over Head Projector
• Automatic Slide Projector
• PC with scanner and printer
• LCD Projector
• Subject CDs
• Digital Camera with Microscope attachment

Well Equipped Laboratory

• Charts and Models
• Compound Microscopes
• Dissecting Microscopes
• Chemicals
• Plant Physiology Apparatus
• Plant Ecology Apparatus
• Sophisticated Instruments