Science Information & Activities
About Botany Department
The Department of Botany Established in 1993. T.Y.B.Sc. Botany started in 2005.
A Result :- Every year 60% students obtained distinction in the final year of
T.Y.B.Sc. Maximum number of students pass with first class.
B Placement :- Every year 90% students go for post-graduation
e.g. M.Sc. in Botany / M.B.A. Biotech / M.Sc in Geoinformatics / M.Sc Bioinformatics / M.Sc Mass Communication / M.B.A. / M.C.A.
C Organization of Study Tour :- Field visits are arranged every year to polyhouse at agriculture college, Mushroom cultivation unit . Local visits to Botanical garden of University of Pune, and Japanes garden at Mr. P.L. Deshpande garden – Yokayama friendship garden, to teach students different types of garden. Forest visits areorganized to Bhimashankar / Mahabaleshwar / Amboli for study of plant diversity.
D Workshops organized by the department
Botany department had organized a one day workshop for teachers of all colleges University of Pune
University from Pune district on reconstruction of F.Y.B.Sc. syllabus
E Equipment Facility and techniques Taught in the Botany dept.
1) Mushroom Cultivation
2) Molecular Biology
3) Tissue Culture
4) Fruit preservation
5) Classification of plant [ all groups i.e. algae, bryophytes, Pteridophytes,
Gymnosperms and Angiosperms]
F Equipments in the department
Zoom microscope, Binocular, Laminar Airflow, pH meter , Autoclave , Oven ,
Compound Microscope
Educational Charts – More than 90
Microscope Slides – 200
Museum specimen – 100