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Department of Botany

Teaching in Botany began in the University of Calcutta in the year1913 under the headship of Dr. C. C. Calder, the then superintendent of Royal Botanical Garden. Prior to that in the year 1912, Sir Taraknath Palit donated a large part of his property for the foundation of University College of Science and Technology,

Courses Offered :
MSc in Botany
Phd in Botany

Faculty :

Ruma Pal
Bratati De
Subir Bera
Krishnendu Acharya
Rita Kundu
Mousumi Poddar Sarkar
Binay Chaubey
Santanu Paul
Maumita Bandyopadhyay
Surekha Kundu
Sudipta Ray
Debabrata Maity
Susmita Das
Sourav Moktan
Soumitra Paul

Some of the Research Topics :

Palaeophy to diversity in Damodar Basin during Permian and its palaeoenvironmental implications.

A study of the effects of cerium oxide nanoparticles and its bulk form on Arabidopsis thaliana and Nicotiana tabacum

Study of the anti-leukemic and anti-oxidant potential of some wild edible mushrooms of West Bengal: leading to chemical identification of the lead molecules.

Melittopalynogical and biolochemical investigations of natural honey samples from Sal (Shorea robust Roxb. ex Gaertner.) forested areas of West Bengal, India.

DNA based Phylogeny tracing of Mosses
Stress Biology
Evaluation of anti -proliferative and apoptotic potential of crude Indian algal extracts on human cancer

Contact Information
Kolkata University
Address: 87, 1, College St, Calcutta University, College Square, Kolkata, West Bengal 700073
Phone: 033 2219 2286