Though not very old, this department flourished within a short period and now is considered to be one of the leading departments of the state of Orissa with excellent academic achievements and has one of the best infrastructural facilities in the Biotechnology.
The Department
The department of Botany started as a part of the main building of the college in the year 1944. In due course a separate life science wing was created for the Botany and Zoology Departments. Biotechnology wing was added as a new dimension within the available space in the year 2002.
The department is the only one in Orissa which was awarded Star College Status in Life Science by DBT, New Delhi in 2009.
NAAC in 2003 adjudged the department as the best department in the college during its grading in relation to staff, academic curriculum, and infrastructure &laboratory facilities. The UGC team for CPE-I during its inspection in 2011-12 opined that the department has utilized the grant in a best manner to develop the infrastructure in the department. Further the UGC autonomy extension team in 2015 mentioned in their report that it is one of the best maintained departments in the college and have the equipments in working order.
The Department presently offers the following courses
| S.No. | Course Offered | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| Undergraduate Courses in Botany | ||
| 1 | Honor’s in Botany | 76 |
| 2 | GE in Botany | 76 |
| 3 | Ethics and Value | 76 |
| 4 | Environmental Sciences (Ancillary) – All Science and Commerce Students | 768 |
| 5 | Postgraduate Courses in Botany | 16 |
| 6 | Postgraduate Courses in Biotechnology | 24 |
| 7 | M.Phil. Course in Botany | 08 |
| S.No. | Photo | Name | Designation | View Profile | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Dr. Goutam Sabat | Assistant Professor | gsabat2010@gmail.com | View Profile |
| 2 |  |
Dr Sasmita Kumari Behura | Assistant Professor | sasmitabehura1@gmail.com | View Profile |
| 3 |  |
Dr. Rasmita Padhy | Assistant Professor | – | View Profile |
| 4 |  |
Dr. Somali Das | Guest Faculty | – | – |
| 5 | |
Dr. Jyoshnamayee Patra | Guest Faculty | – | – |
| 6 | |
Ms. Archana Pala | Guest Faculty | – | – |
| 7 | |
Ms. Sasmita Panigrahi | Guest Faculty | – | – |
Other Supporting staff
- Sri Banabas Behera, Laboratory Attendant
- P. Pabitra K. Burma, Gardner ( On Deputation to Account Section)
- Sri Panchanana , Gardner (Out Sourcing)
- Sibani Pradhan, Attendant (Out Sourcing)
- Bhagaban Patra, Peon
Department of Botany is having the following infrastructure facilities to cater the needs of both general Botany and Biotechnology students
- Lecture Halls : 5
- Seminar Hall and Library (Conference) : 1
- Laboratories : Central Laboratory : 1
P.G Laboratories : 2
U.G Laboratories : 2
- Unit : 1
- Staff Room : 1
- Head of the Department’s Chamber : 1
- Tissue Culture Room : 1
- Inoculation Room : 1
- Botanical Garden : 2 Units
- Store : 1
- Toilet : 2
- G &M. Phil. Lab : 1
- Microbiology Lab : 1
- Central Instrumentation Facility : 1
Research Projects
Three major projects and a number of minor projects have been operated in the department
A Major project has been submitted to DBT, Govt. of Orissa.
Research Work
The teaching faculty is carrying out a research project in B.Sc (Botany Hons), M.Sc. (Botany), and M Phil (Botany) on Stress Biology, Algology, Ethnobotany, Water Analysis, Biochemistry and Enzymology.
Two students are enrolled for M.Phil dissertation in the year 2021-22.
Other activities of the Department
- Demonstration of skill development by Pidilite Co. on 17.09.2018.
- Demonstration of “In-vitro Fertilisation, its future aspects in research and employability of students on embryology training by Santan-IVF” on dt.06-10-2018.
- EDP programme by Ganapati Sabat Foundation on Green Skill development of students at vill. Nimigaon, Hinjilicut on dt. 28-10-2019.
- Awareness programme by Himalaya Drug Ltd on skin disorder on 26.09.2012 talk by Dr.I.Panda, DMS.
- Open House Programme by Open House , Hyderabad -2010 to train the students to LINUX / OPENHOUSE free software instead of Microsoft or Windows.
- A mobilization programme for entrepreneurship development in collaboration with TSCK, Berhampur, for biotechnology students.
| S.No. | Name | Position | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ms. Adysa Adyadarsini | PGT | OAVS |
| 2 | Mr. Suresh Kumar Behera | SSB | |
| 3 | Mr. Pabitra Sabar | SSB | |
| 4 | Mr. Debasis Behera | UBI PO | |
| 5 | Mr. Bikash Pradhan | TGT | |
| 6 | Ms. Subhashree Patro | Jr. Clerk | |
| 7 | Ms. Ranjita Mishra | Scientist-C | |
| 8 | Ms. Nirali Biswal | ASO | |
| 9 | Dr. (Mrs.) Lichita Patro | OES-I | |
| 10 | Dr. (Mrs.) Manna Millan | OES-I | |
| 11 | Dr. Milimita Padhi | OES-II | |
| 12 | Dr. Biren Prasad Saha | Scientist | ILS |
| 13 | Dr. Binod Sabat | Scientist | |
| 14 | Mr. Siba Pattanaik | Bank Officer | |
| 15 | Dr. (Mrs.) I.P. Mishra | OAS | |
| 16 | Ms. Luna Mall | OFS | |
| 17 | Dr. P. Mall | Deputy Manager, Anthembio | Bangalore |
| 18 | Dr. R. Jena | Production Manager | |
| 19 | Dr. Sagar Nayak | NIO | Goa |
| 20 | Dr. P.N. Behera | Asst. Production Manager | |
| 21 | Mr. S. Mohanty | ICGEB | |
| 22 | Smita Mohanty | NII | New Delhi |
| 23 | Sweta Pani | SUM Hospital | |
| 24 | Mahesh K. Sahu | SUM Hospital | |
| 25 | R.K. Sahu | CP Group | |
| 26 | K. Venugopal Rao | CP Group | |
| 27 | P.C. Mahapatra | Trident | |
| 28 | K. Nalini | Larvol Group | UAE |
| 29 | Minakhi Panda | ILS | |
| 30 | Sunita Das | ILS | |
| 31 | Monalisha Nanda | Redbridge | USA |
| 32 | Mrs. Priyanka Padhy | Singapore | |
| 33 | Mihir Ranjan Sahu | Gennova | |
| 34 | Girish Bala Mahapatro | Stanford | USA |
| 35 | P. Shiva Sankar | Ph.D. Scholar | SU |
| 36 | Loknath Mahapatra | United Breweries | |
| 37 | Subhra Subhadarasini | Texas, USA | |
| 38 | Tapas R. Sahu | INTAS |
