Brief History of The Department of Botany Department of BOTANY is the oldest, Post Independence, departments among Biological sciences of the college, which started its journey in the year 1947 with General course in Under Graduate and Honours course was introduced in the year1959. The department has ICT enable classroom, a seminar library, two well equipped labs and a rich well maintained MUSEUM, as well as a properly preserved HERBARIUM containing about 416 specimens belonging to ferns, gymnosperms and angiosperms. Faculty members give individual attention to every student as much as possible. Regular evaluation through Online MCQ, Class tests etc. Department arrange curriculum based field work for both the Honours and General students. Some of the eminent ex-teachers of this department – Prof. Atul Chandra Dutta, Prof. Kumud Sankar Das, Prof. Sachindra Nath Banerjee, Prof. Amal Mukherjee among many others.