Botany

Overview

The Department of Botany was instituted in the Postgraduate Centre of the University of Madras in 1972. The Department is offering M.Sc. in Plant Science, M.Phil. and Ph.D. programmes in Botany in the fields of Mycology, Microbiology, Plant Physiology, Nutraceuticals and Phytomedicine, Tissue culture and Reproductive Biology, Genetics and Plant Breeding and Plant systematics.

Programme Educational Objectives (PEOs)

• Graduates are to ensure an up-to-date level of understanding of the concept of basic and applied Botany to nurture the value of plants.
• Graduates should apply the major concepts and principles from different branches of biological sciences to explain plant-related phenomena.
• Graduates may articulate the importance of plants in terms of environment, agriculture, medicine and food.
• Graduates are professionally competent to solve problems in a sustainable environment; to conserve the endangered and economically important plant species.
• Graduates demonstrate proficiency in theory and practice of various experiments through the life-long learning process and to make them global builders.
• Graduates perform their competency with professional ethics in their working place.
• Graduates address the major concerns of our society and to create extension activities with linkage to community benefits.
• Graduates inculcate higher education and research culture at a global level through the continuous learning process and to strive hard in society.
• Graduates develop problem-solving skills during experiments and operating various equipment.
• Graduates understand the entrepreneurship skills of various ventures in Botany using plant resources, biological techniques and marketing of bioproducts.