The Department of Botany is one of the pioneering science departments and one of the finest departments in this College with its new dimension of teaching and excellent laboratory facilities for undergraduate (Honours and General) students.

The vision of the Department is to move towards excellence in higher education in order to achieve a just, plural and equitable society in consonance with the constitutional values. We offer to prepare students for lifelong learning by drawing attention to the vast world of knowledge about plants and introducing to the methodology of systematic academic enquiry. With this in mind, we aim to provide a firm foundation in every aspect of Botany and to explain a broad spectrum of modern trends in Botany.

Our Missions:

• To know the importance and scope of Botany.
• To impart knowledge of science as the basic objective of education.
• To develop a scientific attitude to make students open minded, critical and curious.
• To expose learners to the diversity amongst life forms.
• To make them aware of natural resources and environment and the importance of conversing it.
• To develop the ability for the application of acquired knowledge in the fields of life to make our country self-reliant and self-sufficient.

• Seminar Library Facility (658 Books)
• Mycological Herbarium
• Herbarium of Higher Plants (2351 identified and 3000 unidentified)
• Computer with internet and printing facility (2)
• Plant Fossil arboretum (26 specimens)
• Museum (370)
• Class rooms with ICT facility : One
• Laboratories : 03 Honours Laboratories, 01 General Laboratory
• Research Laboratory: 01
• Online monitoring of the students through WhatsApp Groups ensuring their progress.
• Evaluation and discussion of student’s academic progress and mental health for the overall progress of the student.
• Guidance for future career selection for the establishment of student.
• Motivating the students for significant social contribution through practice.
• Motivating the students for conservation of nature and natural resources through practice and training.

• Continuous Evaluation of the Student.
• Innovations in Teaching-Learning programme.
• Study and maintenance of Flora of Burdwan Raj College.
• Co-ordination with NSS unit of the College for keeping routinely checks up the college Medicinal Plant Garden.
• Pre-admission counselling and remedial coaching for the Postgraduate and allied entrance examination of the house student.
• The student admitted here are among the best students of the Purba Bardhaman district and neighbouring districts. Many of them are recipients of National / State level scholarships.
• In addition to the College library, textbooks and reference books as listed by the University of Burdwan are available in the departmental library.
• Annual educational tours/ field trips to Indian Botanic Garden (Shibpur, Howrah), Eastern Himalayas, Darjeeling, Sikkim, Gangtok, regular visits to the adjoining areas of college, and Burdwan University campus are conducted by all the faculties of the department. Students are much benefitted from these events which help understand the subject in a better and a more comprehensive way.

Students of this department have been in employment in various prestigious organizations and academic institutions over the years. Several of our former students have either completed their PhD work or are now pursuing PhD from renowned universities of India and abroad. Most of our pass outs regularly purse post graduate courses from different universities from across the state.