Department of Botany

About the Department

Department of Botany was established in 1966. Department is offering Undergraduate degree in which Botany is opted as one of the elective subjects.

Courses Offered

Courses Offered	Duration	Seats	Academic Qualification
B.Sc. (with Botany as one of the elective Subject)	3 years (Six Semesters)	160 (each year)	10+2 in science (with Biology as one of the subject)

Inter Disciplinary Courses

B.Sc. offered by the Department is an interdisciplinary degree course in which Botany is opted as one of the elective subject along with Chemistry, Zoology or Biotechnology which are to be studied for three years. Punjabi or HCP is taught in First year and English is taught in the second year of the course.

Faculty

Name & Email	No. of Public ations	No. of Books	Oral/ poster presen tation	Conferences/ seminar Attended Workshop Attended	Refresher/ Orientation courses attended/ FDP/ STTP	Area of Specialization
Prof. Harbhajan Singh harbhajansingh.palne@gmail.com	-	-	-	12	04	Mycology
Dr. Jasveer Kaur jasveer.ghuman@gmail.com	12	-	-	03	04	Cytogenetics
Dr. Kawalpreet Kaur Kawalpreet38@gmail.com	04	01	09	33	03	Phycology
Dr. Kanchan Devi kanchan992@gmail.com	06	-	02	03	-	Bryology

Technical /Non Teaching Staff

Name	Qualification	Designation
S. Gurmukh Singh	B.A., D.Lib	SLA
S. Surmukh Singh	Matric	SLA

Infrastructure

Two well equipped laboratories
One herbarium displaying plant specimens
One well maintained Botanical Garden

Department Activities

Name of the Event	Date
The department celebrated van- mahotasava on the college campus. A number of rare plants were planted in the Campus. Col.(Retd) J.S.Bala,Secretary, Sikh Educational Society graced the occasion.Principal Dr. Jyoti Lamba, members of the teaching and non teaching staff and students participated enthusiastically in the plantation drive.	12^th Aug.,2017
An educational trip was organized by the department to Energy Park cum Botanical Garden situated at Sarangpur, Chandigarh.78 students were part of that excursion. This trip was funded by Department of Science and Technology, Chandigarh Administration. Students were made aware of different sources of non-conventional energy and wide diversity in plants.	5^th Feb.,2016
Herbal Day was celebrated on the college campus. Principal S.S. Dhillon was the chief guest and planted herbal plants like kadipatta, Tulsi, Hing, Black Pepper, Champa, kevra in the pots. The objective of the herbal day celebration is to educate students about medicinal value of herbal plants and their importance in our life.	31^st August 2015
Students visited P.N. Mehra Botanical Garden, Sector -14, Panjab University and surrounding areas, where they learnt about the Biodiversity. A visit was made to Cactus House and Green House as well.	February,2015

Extension/ Outreach Activities

Participated in various flower shows every year such as :

P.U. Rose Festival,
HUDA Flower Festival
Chandigarh Rose Festival
JLPL Rose Festival
Panchkula Spring Fest

Prizes won :

During 2015 - 16 = 04
During 2014 - 15 = 22
During 2013 - 14 = 26
During 2012 - 13 = 03