{"id":1544,"date":"2024-08-02T04:55:04","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T04:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-botany\/?page_id=1544"},"modified":"2026-04-13T02:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T02:40:09","slug":"aboutus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-botany\/aboutus\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1544\" class=\"elementor elementor-1544\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a1a68c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0a1a68c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7876c8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7876c8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Us<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36c00fca e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"36c00fca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1af36247 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1af36247\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-108e6967 elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"108e6967\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the Department<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68d96212 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68d96212\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Department of Botany, one of the newly established departments of Assam Don Bosco University, was founded in July 2019 under the School of Life Sciences. The department commenced its academic journey with its first batch comprising thirteen undergraduate students and thirty-seven postgraduate students. At present, the department offers B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. programmes, and continues to expand its academic and research excellence.<\/p><p>The department is supported by a team of dedicated and highly qualified faculty members who are actively engaged in diverse and emerging areas of research. Their expertise spans across Plant Pathology, Microbiology, Plant Ecology and Geoinformatics, Plant Systematics, Plant Biochemistry, Microbial Ecology, Plant Stress Physiology and its Mitigation, Molecular Biology, Mushroom Biodiversity, Bioinformatics, as well as Biodiversity Conservation. These interdisciplinary research areas reflect the department\u2019s commitment to addressing contemporary challenges in plant sciences.<\/p><p>The Department of Botany is well-equipped with essential instrumentation facilities and aims to further strengthen its infrastructure by incorporating advanced, state-of-the-art equipment in the coming years.<\/p><p>The curriculum is comprehensive, covering diverse areas such as fungi, algae, lower and higher plants including gymnosperms and angiosperms along with plant genetics, biotechnology, physiology, taxonomy, molecular biology, microbiology, biochemistry, ethnobotany and ecology. The Department offers skill enhancement courses as well.<\/p><p>The primary objective of the department is to foster a deep understanding of plant life and its significance, while also instilling awareness about biodiversity conservation and sustainability for the betterment of society.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-923649f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"923649f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Courses Offered by the Department:<\/h3><ul><li>BSc (Honours) Botany<\/li><li>MSc Botany<\/li><li>PhD in Botany<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d4aa65a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7d4aa65a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12a34038 elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"12a34038\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-botany\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/11\/Presentation1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3128\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-botany\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/11\/Presentation1.jpg 576w, https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-botany\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/11\/Presentation1-264x300.jpg 264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f76abb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f76abb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">List of faculty members<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b351c8f faculty-list elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"b351c8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/erp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/emplist\/viewprofile.php?id=560\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Raj Kumar Pegu \u2013 Director SOLS, Associate Professor <\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/erp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/emplist\/viewprofile.php?id=752\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Thounaojam Thorny Chanu \u2013 HoD, Assistant Professor (Senior)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/erp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/emplist\/viewprofile.php?id=570\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Jyotishman Deka \u2013 Assistant Professor (Selection) <\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/erp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/emplist\/viewprofile.php?id=594\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Longjam Malemngambee Chanu \u2013 Assistant Professor (Senior) <\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/erp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/emplist\/viewprofile.php?id=640\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Thounaojam Premlata Devi \u2013 Assistant Professor (Senior) <\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/erp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/emplist\/viewprofile.php?id=843\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Toshinungla Ao \u2013 Assistant Professor (Senior) <\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/erp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/emplist\/viewprofile.php?id=650\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Farzana Naseem \u2013 Assistant Professor (stage I)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/erp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/emplist\/viewprofile.php?id=952\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Bikash Kalita \u2013 Assistant Professor (stage I)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Us About the Department The Department of Botany, one of the newly established departments of Assam Don Bosco University, was founded in July 2019 under the School of Life Sciences. 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