Departmental Activities

• Seminars/Workshops/Training Courses/Lectures Organized: Seminar and Workshop
  The Department of Botany organizes seminars and workshops regularly to encourage students and teachers to learn the essence of the subject. Resource persons from different renowned universities and research institutions are invited to facilitate the students and the teachers an opportunity for exchange of ideas and knowledge. Following are the events organized during the Academic Session 2022-2023:

  Topic/Title	Event Date	Link
  Know Your Neighbours.	01.04.2024 to 02.04.2024	Report
  Seminar on "The Concept, Scope and Role of Ethnobotany in Indian Society" Speaker: Dr. Prabir Ranjan Sur Scientist (Retd.) Botanical Survey of India.	29.03.2023	--
  Workshop on "Basic Aspects of Cell Biology in collaboration with UGBOS, University of Calcutta".	25.11.2022 to 26.11.2022	Report

• Field Trips:
  Field trips are a part of the curriculum for both Botany Honours and General stream students of Calcutta University. The Department organizes long botanical excursions to different phytogeographical regions in India for the purpose of studying floral diversity in different natural habitats. In this process, the students become aware of the ecological importance and its interaction with plant community. In the current academic session, the department conduct botanical excursion to places like Dooars, Lava and Kalimpong with the 3rd semester and 5th semester Botany Honours students.
  
  Similarly local excursions are conducted regularly by the Department for both Honors and General students in different local areas including Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah. Visit to Indian Botanic Garden is an annual event for the students of Botany.

  Topic/Title	Event Date	Report
  Compulsory Educational Excursion for Botany Semester-1 Honours students (CCF) to Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (BCKV).	26.11.2023	Report
  EXCURSION SCHEDULE for the Odd Semesters, academic session 2024-2025.	18.11.2024, 19.11.2024, 26.11.2024, 04.12.2024 and 11.12.2024	Detail
  Local Excursion to Indian Botanical Garden, Shibpur, Hoerah.	19.12.2023	Report
  Local Excursion to Subhash Sarobar Area.	10.10.2023	Report
  Long Excursion to Ranchi, Netarhat, Betla.	29.09.2023 to 04.10.2023	Report
  Local Excursion to Subhash Sarobar Area.	25.07.2023	Report
  Local Excursion to Indian Botanical Garden, Shibpur, Howrah.	12.05.2023	Report
  Local Excursion to Bon-Bitan, Kolkata.	12.05.2023	Report
  Local Excursion to Kathgola, Maniktala Logyard, Kolkata.	19.01.2023	Report
  Local Excursion to Subhas Sarovar, Kolkata.	26.09.2022	Report
  Local Excursion to Indian Botanical Garden, Shibpur, Howrah.	20.09.2022	Report
  Long Excursion: Darjeeling and its adjoining areas (eg. Dooars, Lava and Kalimpong).	15.11.2022 to 21.11.2022	Report
  Long Excursion: Areas in and around Kalimpong, Lava, Rishop, Dooars, W.B..	16.02.2019 to 24.02.2019	Report
  Long Excursion: Dooars and adjoining areas of North Bengal, West Bengal.	16.01.2018 to 22.01.2018	Report

• Interdisciplinary Activities:

  Topic/Title	Event Date	Report
  National Science Day 2023. Students were encouraged to actively participate through oral and poster presentation.	29.03.2023	Report
  Parents-Teachers Meeting for 2nd Semester (Hons.)	08.05.2023	Report
  World Health Day Celebration.	07.04.2022	Report