Origin of the Department – 1978; offering PG Botany, Zoology & Microbilogy; Ph.D. programmes; carrying out research in the field of Aquaculture, Mushroom Culture, Vermiculture, Composting, Pest control, Ethnobotany, solid waste recycling, Biodiversity, Bio-nanotechnology, Environmental studies; Plant taxonomy, Plant reproductive bicolor and Conservation biology; Transforming technologies for rural development through extension.