Zoology

Year of establishment : 1962

The department was established in 1962. At that time it offered only Zoology general courses. From the year 1970 Zoology honours courses was introduced.From then this department has been maintaining its glorious tradition of making the excellent results at the undergraduate examinations under the University of Calcutta. The Zoology department is also glorified by the students involved in various important professions.The department is like a family where the teachers and students are involved in the teaching and learning process not only in the classroom but beyond that. The department maintains a peaceful and productive environment for both the faculty and the students.

Departmental Publication: –

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY, 5TH JUNE, 2021 STUDENTS’ PRESENTATIONSpdf

22nd ANNUAL REUNION SOUVENIRpdf

  • TURTLE DAY
  • LOCAL EXC
  • GROUP
  • GROUP 2
  • WALL MAGAZINE
  • PTM ZOOLOGY
  • STUDENT SEMINAR
  • SHORT EXCURS
  • LOCAL EXC
  • Z00 5
  • Z00 7
  • Z00 4

Events

  • ICT facilities in all classrooms.
  • Mordernization of laboratories.
  • Mimio-teach technique to be introduced to cope up with the increasing number of students.
  • Study materials or class materials to be distributed to the students through e-mail or whatsapp.
  • Online class test to be introduced.
  • Preliminary research exposure for the students.
  • Teachers will participate in Research Projects sanctioned by UGC.
  • Other Certificate Courses will be organized on different aspects of environment and applied Zoology.
  • UGC sponsored seminar and College Seminar.
  • Departmental Student Seminar on the topics within curriculum, recent developments and current topics.
  • NEAC (National Environmental Awareness Campaign) supported environmental programme under the supervision of Ministry of Environment and Forest and Climate Change.
  • Quiz contest on biodiversity.
  • Certificate Course on Biodiversity Estimation and conservation.
  • Through its Nature Club/Eco Club arrange Bird Watching camp every year.
  • Interaction and special lectures by successful alumni students.
  • Library:One Departmental Seminar Library with 453 books which are regularly issued to the students for upliftment of their knowledge and cope up with the regular curriculum.
  • Internet facilities for Staff & Students:One desktop with internet facilities and printer available in the department. Faculties, students and staff members have access to Internet Facility in the Department for gathering knowledge related to the recent progresses.
  • Class rooms with ICT facility:One Laptop, one projector and one smart board are present in the ICT classroom of the Department with which the faculties give power-point presentation to the students and the students also use it for giving their seminars in the Department.
  • Laboratories:Students Lab-2 (Practical classes for the students are conducted here)Research Lab (Microscope with attached camera, set up for DNA isolation and gel electrophoresis and other instruments are available for research activities).
  • Parents –Teacher meeting :
    1. Parent eachers Meeting was held at the Department of Zoology for Sem 1 and Sem 2 students on 13.11.2019
    2. Teacher’s Day celebration Teacher’s Day celebrated by the students at the Department of Zoology on 5.09.2019. Both the teachers and the students celebrated the day with a cultural programme at the Department.
    3.  Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR): Students, Faculties and NTS of the Department of Zoology are regularly involved in Institutional Social Responsibility such as tree plantation, cleaning and restoration of water bodies, hygiene maintenance, awareness campaigns, environmental service through Nature Club/Eco Club etc.

1.An One day International invited lecture was organised jointly by the Department of Zoology and the IQAC of the college on 30.09.2019. Topic was “ Biology and Genomics for Cancer Therapy”. The speakers were Dr. Santasree Banerjee (BGI-SHENZHEN-CHINA) and Sri Krishnendu Ghosh(Research Scholar, University of Calcutta)

2.Excursion to Alipore Zoo was held on 20.01.2020 with the 3rd year Zoology Hons The students were guided by three teachers, Dr. Mohua Guha, Dr. Shampa Sarkar and Dr. Anirban Sinha. Sri Dibyendu Pakhira joined the team as Laboratory assistant. A group photo was taken in front of the animal house at the Zoo on that day.

3.Excursion to Ramkrishna Mission, Narendrapur was held on 11.02.2020 with the 3rd year Zoology General students. The students visited the Dairy farm, Poultry Farm, Mushroom cultivation centre there. The students were accompanied by the departmental teachers Prof. Subrata Kr. Basu, Dr. Shukla Mukherjee, Dr. Shampa Sarkar, Dr. Mohua Guha, Dr. Sutirtha Sarkar.

4.Visit to 8th International Poultry Fair in Kolkata was held on 13.02.2020 with the 3rd year Zoology Hons students and SEM 2.

 

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Project Reports

1. A field report on the educational excursion to Panchalingeswar, Kuldiha forest and Chandipur, Odishapdf

2. Visit to Zoological Garden, Alipore and World Wildlife Day celebration World Wildlife Day celebrationpdf

Courses Offered

No. of Seats : Click Here

Admission Criteria : Click Here

Syllabus :  pdf

Result

RESULT OF B.SC PART II HONS.pdf

RESULT OF B.SC SEM III CBCS HONS.  pdf

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Routine

ONLINE Routine for the Even SEM for session 2020-21pdf

Routine for the session 2020-21pdf

Academic calendar for the session 2019-20pdf

FACULTY MEMBERS

Sl No. Name Designation  Email
1. Prof. Subrata Kumar Basu  Associate Professor subratakr.basu2014@gmail.com
2. Dr. Shukla Mukherjee Associate Professor shuklamukherjee59@gmail.com
3. Dr. Shampa Sarkar Assistant Professor (Stage III) shampa.joy@gmail.com
4. Dr. Mohua Guha Assistant Professor (Stage III) mohuag2013@gmail.com
5. Dr. Anirban Sinha Assistant Professor arup8express@gmail.com
6. Dr. Sutirtha Sarkar Assistant Professor sutirthaento@gmail.com
7. Saswati Biswas SACT saswatiarya@gmail.com
8. Dr. Swati Pal Assistant Professor swatipal49@gmail.com

 

SUPPORT STAFF

Sri Krishnendu Maity​

Sl No. Name Designation  Email
1. Sri Krishnendu Maity  Lab. Assistant
2. Sri Dibyendu Pakhira Lab. Assistant

Achievements

  • At least more than 60% of the students who pass out get admission to PG course every year
  • In 2016, 19 students got 1st class out of 22 i.e., 86.3% students got 1st class in Part III Examination of Calcutta University.
  • In 2016, Tridev Sana obtained 81% and Shreoshi Bera Obtained 80% in CU Part I Examination.
  • As many as 6 students qualified for NET/SET in last 4 years.
  • Some passed out students of the Department who are teaching in different universities/colleges are
Universities Colleges
Debobrata Bandyopadhya –Rabindra Bharati University.

Gautam Aditya-Calcutta University.

Amlan Ghosh-Presidency University.

Trideep Ghosh-Burdhaman University

Subhobrata Ghosh- Burdhaman University, recently he joined Bose Institute, Kolkata as a Research Scientist.

 

 Tarak Khan-Maulana Azad College

Pronab Kr. Banerjee-Srirampur College

Rabindranath Mandal-Presidency College

Santanu Rana-Raja Peary Mohan College

Protyush Ghosh-Chandannagar Govt. College

Arkadeep Mitra- City College

 
  • Many students have joined Government service After Qualifying for different Competitive Examination.
  • Upendranath Bramhachari Fellowship Award received by Susanta Sadhkhan , in the year 2014 and also he stood 1st in the RATE Examination of Calcutta University.
  • Prodyut Kr. Dutta awarded Presidential award for his brilliant performance in the field of dance correlating environments.