Department of Botany was established in 2004. The programmes offered by the department is B.Sc., M.Sc., M.Phil., and Ph.D. Curriculum of the programmes revised through local, regional, national and global level.
The department favors important scope and carrier opportunities in various fields including teaching and research in various universities and colleges. Department conduct value added and developed skills through vermitechnology and mushroom culture.
Every year department of Botany organizes the fields visit to study the natural habitats of plant groups are mentioning the curriculum.
The enrollment of students may be one seventeenth regular strength. The Department of Botany is having qualified teachers with adequate knowledge in teaching as well as research. All the faculties are handling online, virtual, ICT methods of teaching.
Department of Botany operating Linnaeus club of Botany with office bearers of our department, activities like vermicompost production, seed ball production and nursery production. The club is organized a special invited lectures, conferences and workshops in every semester.
Every academic year students achieve a university ranks. Our department students are actively participate to intercollegiate competitions and placed prizes also. A two days national conference in Phytochemistry (RIPC2019) successfully organized by our department Department organized a national level lecture workshop sponsored by Indian National Academy of Science.
Received grants from UGC, worked on isolation and identification of larvicidal compounds from plants against vector mosquitos.
The faculties of the department are publishing the research articles and books in national and internationally well reputed journals with impact factors.
Our department enrolled 8 research scholars doing Ph.D under fulltime and par time. Among them 2 scholars are awarded.
Further extension studies the MoU signed under the Tamil Nadu Scientific Research Centre. Department has enormous infra-structure facilities including well equipped laboratories.
Department library stocked with more than 350 books for references. Subscribed various journals and e-resources are available. Our department achieved in 100% results in PG level.
Department student's everyday displaying medicinal plant description in the title of 'Plant of the day.
Name | : Dr. M.ARUMUGAM |
Designation | : Head, Department of Botany |
Contact No. | : 9865341821 |
Email ID | : aarubot@gmail.com |