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  University Departments :: University Department of Botany
 
Name of the Teacher     Designation Highest qualification Specialisation Experience (In yrs)
Dr. J.S. Prasad Prof. Ph.D Mycology & Plant Pathology

39

Dr. Jaykar Jha Prof. Ph.D Cytogenetice & Mol. Biology 31
Dr. I.N. Mishra Prof. Ph.D Cytogenetics, Range Management Biochemistry 28
Dr. S.N. Jha Prof. Ph.D Microbial Genetics 28
Dr. A.N. Kargupta Prof. Ph.D Algology 28
Dr. S.N. Choudhary Prof. Ph.D Plant Physiology & Tissue Culture 26
Dr. (Mrs.) Sheela Prof. Ph.D Plant Pathology & Tissue Culture 25
DR. B.K. Choudhary Reader Ph.D Cytogenetics 22
Dr. A.K. Jha (online) Reader Ph.D Ecology, Environ Biology & Taxonomy 21
NOTABLE ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT
  1. December 22-23,1983 - SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM OF XV INTERNATIONAL CONRGESS OF GENETICS ON MUTAGENESIS

  2. March 25-26, 1988 - NATIONAL SEMINAR ON GENETICS AND HUMAN HEALTH

  3. February 19-21,1989-NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ENVIRONMENTAL MlJTAGENS AND CARCINOGENS : MUTAGENICITY OF TOXIC CHEMICALS AND XIV ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF EMSI.

SEMINARS/SYMPOSIA ORGANISED

SUMMER INSTITUTE/REFRESHER COURSE ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT:

  1. Summar Institute in Biology for School Teachers 1977: UGC sponsored

  2. Refresher Course in Botany for College Teachers-March 3-23,1997

RESEARCH PROJECTS COMPLETED:

  1. Cytological Analysis of Beans, ICAR- A.B Prasad

  2. Improvement of Quality and Quantity of French Bean-UGC – A.B Prasad

  3. Bioaction of some ricefield herbicides on some N - fixing Blue Green Algae of ricefield - CSIR – A.B Prasad.

  4. Seed mycoflora of some paddy varieties grown in North Bihar - UGC – J.S Prasad, RAB Verma, N.K Jha.

  5. The activity of industrial effluents particularly sugarcane on cell division and chromosome structure, DOE – A.B Prasad.

  6. Survey of Wetlands of Darbhanga DST - EN Siddiqui.

  7. Biochemical studies of grasses of. Darbhanga DST-IN Mishra.

  8. Genotoxicity of some naturally occurring mycotoxins in rice and its modulation DST–B.Jha.

  9. Antagonistic/synergistic action of some heavy metals in Hordeum vulgare - UGC – B. Jha.

  10. Habitats and distribution patterns of Cyanobacterical flora of Darbhnga and bordering areas of Nepal - UGC- A.N Kargupta.

  11. Morphotaxonomy and Cytochemical studies of some members of Zygnemataecae of North Bihar - UGC - Career Award Project – A.N Kargupta.

  12. Floristic Survey of Darbhanga, UGC – A.K Jha.
     

ALUMNI IN PROMINENCE IN ANY SPHERE OF LIFE
  1. DR. BHAVANATH JHA - Head, Department of Biotechnology, LN Mithila University

  2. SRI KRISHNA MOHAN THAKUR - IFS, DFO, Ramnagar UP.

    Successful students of the Department in large numbers are faculty members in different colleges, Universities and research institutions in India and abroad

    EXTRAMURAL LECTURES : Delivered by eminent scientists: Prof. R.P Roy (Patna), Prof. K.S Bhargava (Lucknow), Prof. K.S Bilgrami (Bhagalpur), Prof G.P Aggrawal (Jabalpur), Prof V.L Chopra (TARS), Prof P.K Gupta (Meerut), Prof P.C Keshavan (JNU), Prof G.M Reddy (Osmania), Prof Zaffar Nizam (Osmania), Prof. A. Mahadevan (Madras), Prof. K.C Mishra (BHU), Prof S.P Roy Coudhary (BHU), Prof Shiv Das Ghose (Calcutta), Prof SN Patnaik (Utkal), Prof G.N Bhattacharya (Visva-Bharati), Prof Sunil Saran (Patna), Prof R.P Sinha (Patna) and many more

VISIT OF FOREIGN SCIENTISTS
  1. Prof Mrs. M Frankenberg-Schwager (Dept of Clinical Radiation Biology and Biophysics, Gocttingen University, FRG)

  2. Prof. Dr. Friederike Eckardt-Schupp (GSF Institute for Molecular Radiation Biology, Munich)

  3. Prof. Fred Ahne (GSF Institute for Molecular Radiation Biology, Munich)