WELCOME TO NAYAGARH AUTONOMOUS COLLEGE

1. BRIEF HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT :

Nayagarh College, Nayagarh, was established on 09^th July, 1961. In the very next session i..e. from 1662, Biology as a pass subject was introduced with affiliation to Utkal University. Honours course in Botany was introduced from the session 1976 under the able leadership of Mr. G. K. Pattanaik. The initial strength of the Honours students was 16, which was later increased to 32 from 1991. At present the Botany department having Honours strength of 48.

02. INCUMBENCY LIST OF HODS:

Sl. No.	Name	Qualification	From	To
01	Mrs. Sashimnai Sarangi	M. Sc.	1962	1963
02	Dr. P.A. Khan	M. Sc., Ph. D.	1963	1964
03	Mr. P. raghunadanan	M. Sc.	1964	1967
04	Mr. G. S. P. Rao	M. Sc.	1967	1968
05	Dr. S. K. Rout	M. Sc., Ph. D.	1968	1969
06	Mr. A. K. Patnaik	M. Sc.	1969	1971
07	Mrs. D. Pradhan	M. Sc.	1971	1973
08	Mr. G. K. Pattanaik	M. Sc.	1973	1986
09	Mr. H. K. Pradhan	M. Sc.	1986	1987
10	Mr. G. K. Pattanaik	M. Sc.	1987	1988
11	Mr. H. P. Mohapatra	M. Sc.	1988	1990
12	Dr. S. K. Nayak	M. Sc., Ph. D.	1990	1995
13	Mr. S. K. Janardanan	M. Sc.	1995	1996
14	Dr. S. P. Mishra	M. Sc., Ph. D.	1996	1998
15	Mr. G. K. Patnaik	M. Sc.	1998	2004
16	Mr. D. K. Patnaik	M. Sc.	2004	2005
17	Mrs. J. M. Devi	M. Sc.	2005	2006
18	Mr. G. K. Patnaik	M. Sc.	2006	2009
19	Mrs. J. N. Devi	M. Sc.	2009	2010
20	Dr. R. K. Maharana	M. Sc., M. Phil., Ph. D.	2010	2020
21	Dr. J N Dash	M Sc., PhD	2020	Continuing

03. COURSE OFFERED AND SANCTIONED STRENGTH : +3 Degree in Botany as Core Course with a sanction strength of 48

04. DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES :

A. Academic :

Department of Botany is affiliated to Utkal University, is recognized in the Odisha State for excellence in teaching and research in major areas of Plant Science. The Department offers Graduate Course (B. Sc.) for three years duration for which admission is made through SAMS. There is semester system of examination along with regular internal evaluation as per the UGC guidelines. The faculty members are also receiving funds individually or in groups, from various extramural funding agencies. In addition to class room teaching, extramural lectures, seminars, elocution, completions and quiz tests are conducted in a periodic interval for training and overall skill development of the students.

B. Non-Academic :

The students, staff and invited guests deliver lectures in the monthly seminars. The students visit RPRC (Regional Plant Resource Centre), ILS (Institute of Life Sciences) etc. located at Bhubaneswar for study tour and practical training. Several students of the Department have qualified P. G. entrance examinations of different Universities of the state and national level including JAAM/ ICAR entrance examinations.

The Department hosted National and State level conferences, workshop and organized the Annual Conference of Orissa Botanical Society in 1992.

06. Technical Staff :

A. Demonstrator
Sl. No.	Name	Qualification	Designation	DOJ in the Department
01	Mr. B. P. Rao	M. Sc.	Demonstrator	23.11.1990
02	Mr Satyabrata Lenka	B. Sc	Lab Asst
03	Mr S R Mansingh	B. Sc	Lab Asst
B. Attendant Sl. No.	Name	Qualification	Designation	DOJ in the Department
01	Krushna Ch. Swain		Lab attendant
02	Brundaban Sahu		Lab attendant
03	Minati Sahu		Lab attendant
04	N Guru		Lab Attendant

Facilities available :

i. Seminar Hall : Yes

ii. Seminar library : Yes

No. of Text Books : 1292

No. of Reference Books : 20

Journal/Periodicals

iii. Laboratory with instruments (Major instruments installed in the Dept.)

The Department of Botany has one honours laboratory and one central research laboratory. The central research laboratory is well equipped with instruments.

Sl. No.	Name of the instrument
01	Laminar Flow
02	Autoclave
03	BOD incubator
04	pH meter
05	Seed germinator
06	Colorimeter
07	Binocular Microscope

iv. Computer and internet : Computer without internet

08. Student Achievements :

i. Scholarship :

ii. Medals :

iii. Prizes :

iv. NSS/NCC/Sports/Competition (outside and inside)

v. Extension Activities :

09. Seminars and workshop organized by the department:

Date	Topic	National/State/International	No. of participants

10. Eminent personalities visited the Department

Sl. No.	Name of the person with Designation and Address	Date of visit	Purpose
01	Dr. Chinmoy Pradhan Reader in Botany, UU		Invited Lecture
02	Prof. P. K. Chand, VC, North Odisha University		Academic Council meeting
03	Dr. Anatha B. Das, Professor and HOD, Botany, UU, Odisha	11.08.2017	Academic Council meeting
04	Dr. P. K. Jena OSD, Ravenshaw University	11.08.2017	Academic Council meeting
05	Dr. Chitta Ranjan Mohapatra Former Principal, P. N. College, Khordha	11.08.2017	Academic Council meeting
06	Mr. Dillip Mohapatra Promoter V Soya Industry	11.08.2017	Academic Council meeting
07	Chandi Charan Rath Prof R D Women's BBSR	15.02.2021

11. Results : +3 Final degree only (Tabular and Graphic form from 2009)

Academic year	No. of students appeared	No. of students passed	Division				% of pass
Academic year	No. of students appeared	No. of students passed	1st	2nd	3rd	GWH
2009-10	25	25	24	01			100
2010-11	18	17	15	01		01	94
2011-12	09	08	07	01			89
2012-13	33	30	26	04			91
2013-14	37	32	25	07			86
2014-15	39	38	37	01			97
2015-16	38	36	35	01			95
2016-17	50	50	48	02			100
2017-18	45	43	42	01			95
2018-19	46	43	43				93
2019-20	48	48	48				100
2020-21	38	38	38				100
2021-22	43	43	34				100

Faculty :

Sl. No.	Name	Designation	Qualification	DOJ in the Department
1	DR JANAKINATH DASH	Associate Prof and HOD	M.Sc, PhD	02.01.1989
2	GANESH MISHRA	Asst Prof	M. Sc	06.10.2016
3	SMITA SWAIN	Asst Prof	M. Sc	28.02.2014
4	SUCHISMITA PARIDA	Asst Prof	M. Sc, M.Phil	28.02.2014
5	RASMI RANJITA MAHAPATRA	Asst Prof	M. Sc, M.Phil	28.02.2014
6	Dr Pranati Nayak	Asst Prof	MSc, PhD	01/11/2019
7	RITISHREE MALLICK	Asst Prof	M Sc., M. PhIl	01/11/2019
8	Dr Prasanna Kumar Swain	Asst Prof	M Sc PhD	06/10/2016

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