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DEPARTMENT
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COURSE OFFERED |
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PRESENT FACULTY |
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Name of the Teaching staff |
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Qualification |
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Dr. Sumona Mukherjee |
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Associate Prof. &
Head of the Department |
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M.Sc., Ph.D., FBS. |
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Cytogenetics & Cytochemistry |
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Sm. Gopa Shome |
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Assistant Professor |
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M.Sc. |
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Plant
Physiology & Biochemistry |
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Dr. Debjani
Sinha Ray |
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Reader |
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M.Sc.,
Ph.D. |
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Plant
Physiology & Biochemistry |
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Dr. Bharati
Mukhopadhyay |
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Reader |
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M.Sc.,
Ph.D. |
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Plant
Physiology & Biochemistry |
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Dr.
Kajari Lahiri |
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Assistant Professor |
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M.Sc.,
Ph.D. |
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Plant
Physiology & Biochemistry |
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Dr. Gargi Sengupta, M.Sc. |
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Assistant Professor |
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Ph.D. |
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Cell
Biology, Plant Breeding, Tissue Culture |
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Dr. Kamala Gupta |
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Assistant Professor |
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M.Sc., Ph.D. |
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Plant
Physiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
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Dr. Rituparna Kundu Choudhury |
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Assistant Professor |
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M.Sc., Ph.D. |
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Plant
Physiology & Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
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PART TIME FACULTY |
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Name of the Teaching staff |
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Sm. Anindita
Banerjee |
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Part time Teacher |
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M.Sc. |
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Plant
Physiology & Biochemistry
& Molecular Biology |
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Dr. Sabari
Sarkar |
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Part time Teacher |
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M.Sc.,
Ph.D. |
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Microbiology |
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Dr. Atreyee
Sinha |
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Part time Teacher |
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M.Sc.,
Ph.D. |
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Palaeobotany & Pteridology |
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| Dr. Nimai
Chandra Barui |
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Part time Teacher |
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M.Sc.,
Ph.D. |
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Palaeobotany & Palaenology |
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| Dr. Bidyut
Biswas |
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Part time Teacher |
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M.Sc., Ph.D. |
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Cytogenetics |
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GUEST FACULTY FOR P.G. COURSE |
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Name of the Teaching staff |
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Dr. Alpana Bhattacharya |
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Ex. H.O.D, Department of
Botany,
Bethune College |
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M.Sc., Ph.D. |
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Cytogenetics |
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Dr. Kalyan Mandi |
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Ex. Principal,
Scottish Church College |
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M.Sc., Ph.D. |
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Cytogenetics |
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Dr. Pratip Palit |
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Principal
Scientist, CRIJAF,
Barrackpore, Bardhaman University |
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M.Sc., Ph.D. |
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Plant Physiology
& Biochemistry |
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Prof. Gour Gopal Maiti |
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Professor, Department of
Botany,
Kalyani University |
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M.Sc., Ph.D. |
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Taxonomy |
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Dr. Prasanta Mallick |
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Guest Teacher,
Burdwan University and Hoogly Mohsin College |
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M.Sc., Ph.D. |
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Phycology |
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Dr. Anirban Roy |
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Research Officer,
W.B. Biodiversity Board, Dept. Of Environ., Govt. of W.B. |
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M. Sc., Ph.D. |
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Ecology & Plant
Geography |
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Dr. Ashalata D’ Rozario |
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Reader, Dept. of
Botany,
Narsingh Dutt College |
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M.Sc, Ph.D. |
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Gymnosperm |
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Dr. Chhanda Mandal |
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Guest Lecturer,
Vivekananda University, Narendrapur & Scottish Church College |
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M.Sc., Ph.D. |
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Plant Anatomy &
Pharmacognosy |
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RESEARCH WORK |
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| Research Work |
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| Thrust Areas: |
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Biodiversity, Environmental Pollution, Ecology,
Instrumentation. |
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| Completed Research project: |
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Biodiversity protection & Environmental pollution
– funded by UGC During 2001-03 and 2004-06 respectively. |
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| Ongoing Research Projects: |
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- Analysis of important bioactive compounds and
genomic DNA polymorphism in Swertia - funded by CSIR from 2009
- Conservation & documentation of wild biodiversity in Bethune
College campus & surroundings – funded by WBBB from 2009
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| Total No of Publications: |
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80 in National & International Journals &
proceedings |
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FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURES FOR PG
TEACHING |
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 herbarium housing century old plants |
 Fossil Museum |
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- Well equipped Air conditioned Tissue Culture Laboratory.
- Well equipped Air conditioned Microbiology Laboratory.
- Well equipped Air conditioned Herbarium.
- Well equipped Air conditioned Computer Room with Internet and LAN Facility.
- Well Equipped Biochemistry & Cytogenetics Laboratory.
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- Centrifuge - clinical & cold
- Magnetic Stirrer
- Hot Plate
- Water Bath
- Microtome
- Laminar flow
- Tissue Culture Rack
- Trinocular microscope with photographic attachment
- Binocular microscopes
- Hot air ovens
- Incubators
- Autoclave
- Digital Pan Balance
- Chemical Balance
- Computers (desktop & laptop), with printer, scanner & Photo
printer
- Slide projector
- Overhead projector
- Paxiscope
- Epidiascope
- B.O.D. cum Shakers
- Gel apparatus a) Protein, b) DNA
- Shaker
- B.O.D. & B.O.D. Incubator
- Turbidimeter
- Power packs
- Micro pipettes of different calibrations
- Distillation plant
- 20 degree freezer
- Colorimeters
- UV-Vis Spectrophotometer
- Vis - Spectrophotometer
- Digital pH meter
- Digital Camera
- Digital Water Bath with sugar tube arrangement
- U-V Torch
- PCR
- GPS
- Leaf area meter
- Plankton nets
- Phase Contrast Microscope
- LCD desktop, Intel Core 2, 2.66Ghz(WindowsXp)
Botany PG Convocation 2010 |
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Exhibition on “Kando Gyan”
from 12.08.08 to 14.08.08 |
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Bonomohotsob |
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Bonomohotsob |
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1st Prize at INFOCOM
Fair 2010 for science model :”Photosynthetic Electricity Generation”
by 1st year honours student |
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SEMINARS & WORKSHOP ORGANISED |
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Seminars ~
UGC Sponsored & National Level |
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- UGC sponsored national level seminar on “Stress, Drug
Development & Nanotechnology” on 4th & 5th March, 2009 jointly
organized by Dept. of Botany, Chemistry & Zoology.
- National seminar on “North East India – A Hot Spot of
Plant Genetic Resources Diversity” sponsored by the Dept. of
Higher Education, Govt. of West Bengal on 26th March 2008.
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Seminar ~ Departmental |
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- Seminar on Glimpses on the Life of Carl Von Linneaus by
Prof. A. P.
Das of North Bengal University on 1.10.07.
- Seminar on Blue Green Algae by Prof. G.
L. Tiwari of
Allahabad University on 5.12.07.
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Workshop |
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 UGC Sponsored Workshop on Plant Physiology & Biochemistry from 30th January
2007 to 2nd February 2007. |
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