WelcomeWelcome. DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY RAJA PEARY MOHAN COLLEGE.

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


2009 - 2010

ADMITTED

BOTANY


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


2010 - 2011

ADMITTED

BOTANY



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


2011 - 2012

ADMITTED

BOTANY


DEGREE GENERAL


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


2012 - 2013

ADMITTED

BOTANY


DEGREE

GENERAL


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


2013 – 2014

ADMITTED

BOTANY



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


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


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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