Library, Laboratory, ICT Classroom
DEPARTMENTAL LIBRARY
In the departmental seminar library, there is a large number of current edition books of Botany/Biology/Plant Science. A separate Accession Register is maintained. An additional facility for the Honours students to borrow books.
Total No of Books: 275 books
LABORATORY
One Cytogenetics laboratory, One Biochemistry and One General laboratory.
Instruments: Well-equipped laboratories with instruments and microscopes for students to perform experiments. Common instrument centre with sophisticated instruments like Analytical balance, pH meter, Water bath, Laminar flow, Autoclave, Hot Air oven, Rotary Evaporator, and Microscopes, are available for the students.
TEACHING &LEARNING METHODOLOGY
Blackboard teaching, ICT-enabled classroom teaching, Hands-on training during practical classes as per specified syllabi, and fieldwork in nature.
INSTRUMENTS
Well-equipped laboratories with instruments and microscopes for students to perform experiments. Common instrument centre with sophisticated instruments like Analytical balance, pH meter, Water bath, Laminar flow, Autoclave, Hot Air oven, Rotary Evaporator, and Microscopes, to name the important ones.
HERBARIUM
The department has established a HERBARIUM. The herbarium is a pride of the Department of Botany. An herbarium is a critical resource for biodiversity, ecological, and evolutionary research. An herbarium consisting of plant specimens belonging to a large no. of Angiosperms is present in the department. Besides Angiosperms, there are Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms specimens as well. Each year, the students of Botany actively participate in excursion trips and collect various plant species. Some species are kept in the Herbarium after proper treatment.
MEDICINAL PLANT GARDENS
The Medicinal Plants Garden of our college, Netaji Mahavidyalaya, was started in the year 2023 with a large number of useful medicinal plants. It consists of three parts –
- Some medicinal plants were planted just behind the Department of Botany. It includes Vitex negundo (Nisinda), Dillenia indica (Chalta), Atalantis (Kanklas), Phyllanthus emblica (Amlaki), Terminalia bellirica (Bohera), Aegle marmelos (Bael), Costus (Insulin plant), Piper longum (Pipool), Rauvolfia serpentina (Sarpagandha), and many other plants.
- Some fruit plants are nurtured in front of the Department of Botany, namely, Mangifera indica (Aam), Syzigium cumini (Jam), Syzigium samarangense (Jamrul), Psidium guajava (Payera), Citrus cavaleriei (Gandharaj Lebu), etc.
- A mango orchard having a large number of mango plants and some other fruit, as well as medicinal plants, is grown behind the Water Analysis Laboratory as well as the Students' Union Room of the college.
A large number of timber-yielding plants such as Tectona grandis (Segun), were also planted in the periphery of the Medicinal Plants Garden.