Brief History f the Department

The Post Graduate Department of Botany, Sree Neelakanta Government Sanskrit College,Pattambi was established in 1979. B.Sc degree course was started in 1979 and the status of a full fledged Post Graduate Department was attained in 1995. At present the Departmnet has eight teaching staff and two non-teaching staff. Sri M.R Ravindra Kumar is the Head of the Department. The Departmnet has B.Sc and M.Sc courses approved by the University of Calicut with a student strength of 25 and 12 respectively.  

Courses

   STUDENTS ROLL

Faculty

Head of the Department: M.P.RAVEENDRAKUMAR

Details of Teaching Faculty including Guest Lecturers:

Retired faculty

Prof.Balameenakshi

Prof.Parvathy

Academic activities

The Department conducted a two day national Seminar on “Contemporary Issues of Environment” on 15^th and 16^th of  December 2005

Conduct study tours regularly for P.G and undergraduate students-to places of botanical significance.

Conduct Annual Seminars on various topics in connection with Botany Association inaugration.

Organise remedical classes, Seminars, debates etc as part of tutorial system.

Research and extension activities

Students actively participate in extension activities of NSS and CSS.

Department organised a two day National Seminar on “Contemporary Issues of Environment”  on   15^th and 16^th December 2005

Organised an invited lecture on “orchids of Kerala” b y Dr. Mukthesh kumar, Scientist, KFRI, Peechi on 10^th January 2006.

Academic & Research and other Extension

1. M.P. Ravindra Kumar-Head of the Department, Co-ordinator of Nature club;Co-ordinate all academic,research,and extension activities of the department. Coordinator of National seminar on “Contemporary Issues of Environment.
2. N. Shakkeela –Participated the workshop on “Recent Advances in Environmental research, on Dec 6^th and 7^th; at Govt. College  for women . trivandrum. Attended national seminar Microbes; the realm of scientists on 21^st February 2006 at KKTM College.
3. K. Rajeev-Attended athe All India Conference on Cytology and Genetics Dec 8-10, 2005; Department of Botany, Andra University. A.P); Attended International Conference on Ethnopharmacology and Alternative Medicine(Jan; 20-22;2006 Amala Cancer Research Centre, Thrissur)Attended 18^th Kerala Science Congress(29-31 Jan 2006;CESS,Trivandrum) Presented the poster ‘Investigation of Enclosymbiont theory using Genome signatures. Participated in the rfresher course in Biostatics(2005); Bioinfortmatics(2006) at ASC, University o fKerala.
4. 4. Dr. K. Sulekha. Engaged in research on Reproductive biology of Vanilla sps;florisitic analysis of Campus flora; preparing reference herbarium of local flora . completed PG thesis on ‘Morpho-anatomy of 5 species of Sida  . attended National Seminar on General Crops in India and Modern techniques for plant Improvement. KKTM Govt. College; Jan 27-29, 2005
5. D. K Sathish- Doing research in molecular Biology. Resource person to SCERT, Trivandrum; CCDS, Trivandrum Academic counsellor of IGNOU
6. K.L Sheela-Attended seminar on “Tsunami-Natural calamities and disaster managemnet. STEC; Jan 2006. Attended workshop in Quality assurance in Higher Education” NAAC Dec. 2005 Guided P.G. Thesis on “physico chemical charecterization and cytoxicity of Aginomoto 2006
7. V.S Anil kumar guided PG Thesis on “Deterioration of water qaulity of NILA”. Doing preliminary research  in environmnetal  degradation and cuttrophication along Pattambi banks of Nila.
8. Dr. Laija S. Nair-Ph.D Thesis ‘Lectin as bilogical marker in haemetological neoplasm”. Won Young Scientist Award in Life Science 2004 at 16^th KSC; organised KSCTE; Govt. of Kerala. Attended National workshop on “Frontiers in Biotechnology”-14-15 oct. 2005; CMS College,Kttayam. Participated International Conference on “Marine & Terrene Ecology. Jan 17-18; 2006 ;St. Xaviers College; Playam Kotta.

Awards 

Dr. Laija S. Nair- Young Scientist Award in Life Science 2004, instituted by KSCSTE, Govt. of Kerala.

Future Plans.

The Departmnet aims at developing a full fledged research wing Science threr are many teachers with Research qualification who have the will and capacity to encourage research, students can identify  hoe to do research wwork under them able guidence. The departmnet also wish to cultivate cash crops of recent interset like vanilla, Sfed musli etc . So as to create awareness of the awailabilty, cultivation pattern and marketing of these valuable crops to the traditional farmers of this locality.

Facilities For

1 analysis of proximal Composition of plant tisssues

2. Phytochemical Analysis

3. Microbiological Studies

4. Bioinformatic Studies

5. Micrography

6. Environmental Studies.

Rank Holders

Radhika-3^rd Rank PG Semester Exam 2002-2003

Study tour

The Departmnet use to conduct study tours every year for B.SC and M.Sc. Students to different Ecological areas and research stations. This helps the students to familirise with the flora and fauna and to study the biodiversity of different locations. The students have to submit a tour report for their practical examination.

Association

Name of secretory . K.G. Paramod