Periyar University,Salem

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

The Department of Botany was established in the year 2011. The department is being blooming in to making wisdom. Our mission is to discover, maintain, and transmit knowledge concerning basic plant biology and provide leadership in the biological sciences. The department is successfully running postgraduate programme in Botany from the Academic year 2011-2012 and M.Phil. (Regular) and Ph.D. programmes in (Regular & Part Time).

RESOURCES FOR TEACHING AND RESEARCH

The department has separate class and laboratory facilities for teaching and research programmes. PG and research laboratories are established. Instruments, chemicals specimens, slides and other facilities such as furnishing the laboratories are equipped

RESEARCH PROGRAMME

The department of Botany is attempting to contribute solutions to the problems through its broad based and innovative research through M.Phil. and Ph.D. research programmes are started with various disciplines of Plant Science.

VISION

To equip our students to meet the empowering education through biological innovations

MISSION

Discover, maintain and transmit the knowledge concerning basic plant biology and provide leadership in the biological sciences.
Advance, integrate, evaluate and communicate knowledge of plant sciences from lab to land and beyond.
Seek out, anticipate and lead in addressing the agriculture, ecological and environmental needs of human community.

PROGRAMMES OFFERED

PROGRAMMES OFFERED	ELIGIBILITY
M.Sc. (Botany)	Candidate who has passed the B.Sc., degree in Botany/Plant Science/Life Sciences of the University or an Examination of any other University accepted by the Syndicate as equivalent thereto shall be eligible for admission to M.Sc. Degree of this University or any other University recognized by the Syndicate as equivalent thereto shall be eligible to register for the Degree of Master of science in Botany and undergo the prescribed course of study in an approved department of this University.
M.Phil (Botany)	[as per University Norms]
Ph.D (Botany)	[as per University Norms]
Value Added Course	Broucher

Syllabus

S.No	PROGRAMMES	DETAILS
2023 - 2024 ONWARDS
1	M.Sc. (Botany)	SYLLABUS
2022 - 2023 ONWARDS
1	M.Sc. (Botany)	SYLLABUS
2021 - 2022 ONWARDS
1	M.Sc. (Botany)	SYLLABUS
2019 - 2020 ONWARDS
1	M.Phil. (Botany)	SYLLABUS
2018 - 2019 ONWARDS
1	M.Sc. (Botany)	SYLLABUS
2	M.Phil (Botany)	SYLLABUS
2015 - 2016 ONWARDS
1	M.Sc. (Botany)	SYLLABUS

Faculty
Former Faculty

ACTIVITIES

Research activities span the entire range of the plant sciences, including plant systematic, genetics and breeding physiology, ecology molecular biology etc. The department of Botany is engaging innovative teaching with modern technology such as power point presentation, animation videos with updated online information to the students. Along with these, post graduate students are engaged to attend the national seminars, interdepartmental special lectures by emeritus/eminent national and international scholars and also encouraged to pursue the National Eligibility Test (UGC and CSIR), Civil Service Examinations.

Conference / Workshop

SI.No	Date	Name of the Conference/Workshop	Number of Participants
1	16-03-2020 to 17-03-2020	FSABS March 2020	400
2	25-02-2020 to 26-02-2020	Hands on Training (zero Natural Farming Budget )	150
3	06-02-2019 to 09-02-2019	Edible Mushroom Cultivation for Unemployed Women Sc/ST Population	200
4	04-01-2019	Herbalism Future Remedy	200
5	21-02-2018 to 23-02-2018	Edible Mushroom Cultivation for Unemployed Women Sc/ST Population Feb- 2018	200
6	01-02-2018 to 02-02-2018	National conference on Bioresource Utilization for Sustainable Food & Energy Production Biosfep Feb-2018	350
7	04-12-2017	Dissemmination of Innovation Technology - December- 2017	200
8	13-10-2017	Innovative Approach on Herbal products - October 2017	200
9	01-03-2017 to 03-03-2017	Mushroom Cultivation for Umemployed Sc/St Womens March-2017	200
10	03-03-2017	Workshop in Advanced in Molecular Cytogenetic Innovation - March-2017	250
11	07-08-2015 to 08-08-2015	Challenges and Future prespectives of plant sciences (NCP-2015)	200

Department Activities

Conference and Publications
National seminor	More
Visiting Professor Lecture	More
Expert speakers	More

Extension Activities

Extension activities is planned to train the local peoples to cultivate the mushrooms, vermicomposting and Panjakavya in self-employment basis.

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FACILITIES

Department of Botany	Department of Botany	Smart classroom
Department Library	Plant Breeding and Stress Physiology Lab	Incubation and Sterilization room
Cold Storage Room	Incubator	Mutation Breeding and Cytogenetics lab

Compound and dissection microscopes
Microtome, high speed centrifuge
Electronic balance, ph meter, cyclomixer.
Distillation counter, tlc, column chromatography.
Incubator, electrophoresis (page), air flow chamber.
Uv-trans illuminator, autoclave.
Deep freezer (-20), pcr, gel documentation.
Uv- visible spectrophotometer.
Hot air oven, etc..

FUNDED PROJECT

Name of the Faculty	Project Title	Funding Agency	Year	Amount	Status
Dr. S. Murugesan	Training on edible mushroom cultivation technology for Self helf group women	DST-SERB	2016-2020	38,01,600	Completed
Dr. S. Murugesan	Training on edible mushroom cultivation technology for unemployed women,population in the Salem District, TamilNadu, India	TNSCST	2016-2017	50,000	Completed
Dr. D. Arulbalachandran	Lead induced chromosomal aberrations in Black gram (Vigna mungo L. Hepper)	UGC	2014-2016	6,00,000	Completed
Dr. S. Murugesan	Phytochemistry, Pharmacological and Pharmacognostical studies on Justicia gerdarussa Linn. Potential for Pharmaceutical Applications	UGC	2014-2016	6,00,000	Completed

ALUMNI

CONTACT US:

Professor and Head
Department of Botany
Periyar University
Periyar Palkalai Nagar
Salem – 636011
Tamil Nadu
India
Ph: 0427-2345766 (Ext.No:279 & 280)
E-Mail : pubotany@periyaruniversity.ac.in

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