The Department of Botany was established in 1927 under Madras University. Over the years it has become a full-fledged department with graduate and post graduate courses in Botany. Department became an approved research centre of Mahatma Gandhi University in 1986 (The department of English has been part of the tradition of St. Berchmans since its inception. However, it became a full-fledged department only when B A English was started in 1964. M A English Language and Literature was started in 1967. Department recognized as an approved research centre of Mahatma Gandhi University in the year 1985 (University Order No. AC A2 (1) 504/85 dtd. 20/12/1985). The Department is presently recognized by the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India under the FIST program. The Department has identified various thrust areas of research viz. Plant systematics, Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Seed Physiology, Environmental Sciences, Plant Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering. Steps are under way to start a fully-fledged laboratory in phytochemistry to give impetus to medicinal plant research.
| Research Guides | Area of Research | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Scaria K Varghese (Rtd.) SB College | Plant Tissue Culture | [email protected], 9447279384 |
| Dr. Francis Mathew, Assistant Professor, St Thomas College, Ranni. | Phytochemistry | [email protected], 9188721423 |
| Dr. V T Antony (Rtd.) SB College | Angiosperm Taxonomy | [email protected], 9447810122 |
| Sl.No | Name of the PhD scholar | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | V. T. Antony | 1990 |
| 2 | George Pulickan | 1994 |
| 3 | Shaji Philip | 1997 |
| 4 | Vinod Kumar T.G | 2004 |
| 5 | Joseph John K | 2005 |
| 6 | Aniamma Thomas | 2005 |
| 7 | Eapen P Koshy | 2008 |
| 8 | Pramod Kumar N | 2009 |
| 9 | Valsala Kumar N | 2009 |
| 10 | Jitesh Krishnan | 2009 |
| 11 | Jojo George | 2010 |
| 12 | George K J | 2010 |
| 13 | Roy Y. C | 2011 |
| 14 | Varghese M C | 2013 |
| 15 | M A Joseph | 2013 |
| 16 | Sunil Kumar | 2013 |
| 17 | Jessy Kurian | 2013 |
| 18 | Shaju S | 2013 |
| 19 | K Ajayakumar | 2013 |
| 20 | Jaison Joseph | 2014 |
| 21 | Mejo Jose | 2016 |
| 22 | Sheemol M S | 2017 |
| 23 | Kala K | 2017 |
| 24 | Asha Saji | 2017 |
| 25 | Alka E Varghese | 2017 |
| 26 | Ambili P | 2018 |
| 27 | Salvy Thomas | 2018 |
| 28 | Aneesh Babu V B | 2018 |
| Sl.No | Name of faculty | Title of project | Period | Funding agency | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Systematic studies of flora of Kottayam | BSI Coimbatore | 88,000 | ||
| 2 | Establishment of regional herbarium,Kerala. | UGC | 2,02,000 | ||
| 3 | Income generation by floriculture | IGSSS | 4,00,000 | ||
| 4 | Study of protein profile of different cultures of Psophocarpus tetragonolobus and it’s varieties | KSCSTE, Thiruvananthapuram | 1,70,000 | ||
| 5 | V-E in Biotechnology | UGC | 2,34,000 | ||
| 6 | Impact of tourism on the hydrobiology of Periyar lake, Thekkady, Kerala. | UGC | 4,60,000 | ||
| 7 | COSIP | UGC | 2,00,000 | ||
| 8 | Ecogeography and genetic diversity of Momordica Linn. Western Ghat | KSCSTE Thiruvananthapuram | 82,000 | ||
| 9 | Identification,propagation and documentation of underutilized ornamental plants of Kottayam and Idukki districts of Kerala | UGC | 72,000 | ||
| 10 | Studies on pollination biology. Micropropagation and hairy root culture of RotulaacquaticaLour. A rare riparian medicinal plant for conservation and sustainable utilization. | UGC | 1,50,000 | ||
| 11 | Dr Joseph Job | Production of glucose tolerant β-glucosidase from microbes | UGC | 80,000 | |
| 12 | Dr Soni Scaria | DBT STAR College | DBT | 18,00,000 | |
| 13 | Dr Joseph Job | BIRD | KSCSTE Thiruvananthapuram | 5,00,000 |
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