History of Department
Department of Botany came into existence in June 1987 with a view to prepare the students desirous of learning, understanding, teaching, and practicing various aspects of plant science. Undergraduate courses are offered at first and second-year students general streams with only Botany as a special subject in the third year. The department takes a conscious effort to expand its teaching program bringing together novel developments in the field of traditional areas of Botany through field excursions and projects. The department of botany has a separate well-equipped tissue culture laboratory. The department is enriched with learning resources such as charts, museum specimens, slides, models, herbarium, and modern facilities like computers and the internet which help the students in independent learning. The botanical excursions are organized in view to study the wild plant diversity, forest ecosystem and to inculcate the research knowledge to the students by visiting various universities. The department has undertaken research projects in the areas of plant physiology, plant pathology, and medicinal plant biology for which it has received funding from government funding agencies like UGC. The faculty members have active collaborations with scientists from institutes in or outside India. Our vision is to maintain our position as the premier department of higher learning and research in Botany and to further commit ourselves to academic excellence.
Strength
- Dedicated and proactive students
- Strong research activities
- Linkages with NGO, academic, and research institutes
- Adequate infrastructure and well-equipped laboratories
- Well established Botanical garden
- Well-structured tissue culture laboratory
- Eminent alumni
Highlights
- Student presentations and projects
- Major & minor research projects
- Various awards to faculties from national bodies
- Best paper presentation awards to faculty and students
- Editor or Reviewer to various national and international journals
- National Patent
- Gardens Club of Kolhapur awarded the “Special Appreciation Award” to Nakshatra Botanic Garden in December 2019.
