Facilities Available :-

The Department has the following major facilities:

• Botanical Garden
  Established in 1974, botanical garden is flanked in an area of 5 acres. Botanical garden is housing more than 500 species of angiosperms, gymnosperms, pteridophytes, bryophytes and macrofungi. Garden is having the experimental beds for researchers of the department. In department certain specific sections of plants are maintained eg. succulents, medicinal plants, threatened plants, grasses etc. Family wise maintenance of the plants is promoted for easy understanding of evolutionary pattern of the plants. The botanical garden is also having the facilities of (a) green house and (b) glass house.

• Green House
  Shade loving plants are grown in green house, where well maintained water circulation system and water sprinklers help to maintain the moisture during the dry seasons.

• Glass House
  For the acclimatization of the plants of extreme climates, department of botany is having a automated green house fully equipped with air conditioned system, water sprinklers and heating devices.

• Herbarium and Museum
  For reference purpose department of botany is having the herbarium facility where the more than 12000 specimen of plants (angiosperms, gymnosperms, pteridophytes, bryophytes, macrofungi and algae) are preserved, either in dry form on herbarium sheets or in preservative jars. In addition, seed samples and other plant originated artefacts are also preserved in the museum.

• Cactus garden
  Cactus garden housing more than 30 species is covering an area of 1 acre with a channel in between. A glasshouse for acclimatization of new species is also established in the cactus garden.

• Library
  Departmental library is having 2265 titles of 3218 books, 297 titles of 348 reference books and issues of 63 International and 20 national journals

• Computer laboratory
  To make easy access of internet and DTP work to the students of department, an internet laboratory with six computers has been established in the department.

• Instrumentation Lab (Research)
  Laboratory is housing sophisticated equipments:
  Table Top Refrigerated High Speed Centrifuge
  Gel Documentation System
  Spectrophotometer
  Deep freezer
  Binocular and Trinocular Microscopes with Photo-micrographic attachments.
  Thermal cycler
  Digital gel dryer
  Rota evaporator
  HPLC  system
  Cell imaging system (eye piece less microscope)

• Research laboratories
  Mycology Plant Pathology Lab.
  Mushroom Research Lab.
  Biosystematics lab.
  Cytogenetics and Plant Reproductive Lab.
  Stress Physiology Lab.
  Ecological Engineering and Cytology lab.

• Seminar Hall with smart board and projection facility.