Department of Botany was established in 1965 and has well-furnished and well equipped UG, PG and research laboratories , a very rich Paleobotanical museum with 100 specimens, a botanical garden of over 1.2 acre area with 110 species biodiversity.
Department is providing a consultancy for identification of plants.
The herbarium cabinet houses over 300 well documented and preserved herbarium specimens.
The department is regularly conducting a training program in snake conservation. The training includes identification of snakes, rescuing of snakes and expert advice in snake bite.
The department is running a nursery project under its guidance and supervision.
The department has a very good track record of UG and PG results.
Students are encouraged to take part in co-curricular and extracurricular activities like Avishkar, conferences and competitions.
Faculties of the department are actively engaged in research activities and have 42 publications and several books on their credit.
Department has successfully completed four research projects funded by various funding agencies.