Faculty of Botany
Profile
Year of Establishment : 1954 with PUC.
Medium of Instruction : Course is taught in both English and Telugu
Progression
- Upgraded to B.Sc(BZC) level later.
- Introduced as one of the optional subjects with Microbiology and Chemistry(MBC) in 1997.
- Medicinal Botany introduced as an elective to 3rd year 1996.
Activities
- Seminars and extension lectures by inviting eminent academic and proficient in related fields.
- Quiz Programmes.
- Science Exhibitions(collegiate and intercollegiate)
- Field Trips to various places for herbarium collection and to have first hand knowledge about natural vegetation.
- Yearly Board of studies meetings for ratification of curriculum and evaluation pattern.
Laboratories
- Department has two spacious, well established laboratories.
- Major equipment in the Laboratories
- Autoclave
- Centrifuges
- pH meter
- Chromatography Chamber
- Research Binocular Microscopes
- Student Microscopes
- Microscopes with 100 x objective
- Colorimeter
- Inoculation Chamber
- OHP
- Slide projector with good collection of slides
- Horticultural implements
Museum
- Has good collection of specimens and models displayed in show cases.
- Herbarium cabinets with plant herbarium and fungal herbarium.
Innovations
- Continuous evaluation in theory and practical
- small projects given to students in practicals.
- students trained in mushroom cultivation and vegetative propagation techniques.
Garden
- Department maintains college garden, also garden for classwork material and medicinal plants.
FACULTY DETAILS
S.NO |
FACULTY NAME |
QUALIFICATIONS |
EXPERIENCE
(years) |
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES |
1. |
Dr. A. Revathi |
M. Sc, Ph. D |
15 as PTL
11 as permanent |
HOD |
2. |
Lt. E. M. Sunitha |
M. Sc |
6.5 |
|
3. |
Mrs. O. Sitakumari |
M. Sc, M. Ed |
12.5 |
|
4. |
Mrs. A. Rajamani |
M. Sc |
6 |
|
5. |
Mrs. A. Rama Devi |
M. Sc, B. Ed |
0.5 |
|
6. |
Mrs. D. Aparna |
M. Sc, B. Ed |
0.5 |
|
7. |
Mrs. P. Siva Kumari |
M. Sc |
|
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