Department of Botany

Chairman: Prof. Dr. Zamin Shaheed Siddiqui.

The Department of Botany is a sanctuary for researchers, innovators, and future leaders in various fields of knowledge that have been nurtured for over seven decades. The department offers more than 70 well-designed courses, ranging from undergraduate to PhD level, to meet the challenges of this era, including biodiversity conservation, increasing food demand, combating climate change, plant diseases, and harnessing plant potential for human welfare.

The Department of Botany is dedicated to nurturing critical thinking, scientific inquiry, and hands-on experience. Whether your interest lies in Classical Taxonomy, Chemosystematics, Cytogenetics, or Medicinal plants. Plant Anatomy and Plant Tissue Culture. Phycology, Marine Botany, Mycology, Plant Pathology, Fungal Biotechnology, Plant Microbe Interaction, and Diagnosis of emerging and re-emerging plant diseases. Plant Physiology, Plant Enzymology, Bio-saline Agriculture, Stress Physiology, and Phenomics. Plant Ecology, dendrochronology, Environmental Pollution, and Halophytes utilization. Molecular biology, or ecological restoration, your journey starts here.

Career Opportunities

Besides the huge market for college lecturers, O and A level instructor, botany graduates can join the herbal industry, national or international research institutions, NGOs working for environmental conservation agencies like IUCN and WWF. Potential candidates can join the fertilizer, agriculture, forestry, or horticulture sector, or become entrepreneurs.