Zoology

Department of Zoology

Narasinha Dutt College

About the Department

Department of Mathematics, Narasinha Dutt College came into existence since the inception of the college in 1924. Department offers courses at Undergraduate (UG) and Post Graduate (PG) levels. It runs 3-year B.Sc. (Honours & General) courses in Mathematics and 2-year Post B.Sc. course leading to the degree of M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics (Self-Financing) affiliated to University of Calcutta. Both UG and PG sections are under Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) from academic session 2018-19. College authority initiated M.Sc. course in Mathematics in the academic session 2010-2011 on recommendations of NAAC PEER Team visited for the first cycle assessment in the year 2007. Right from its inception, the department has striven to set high standards of teaching. The department has regular faculty with diversified expertise, for example, Functional analysis, Operator Theory, Topology, Algebraic Topology, Quantum Field Theory, Operations Research, Optimization, Algebra, and Complex Analysis. Along with regular faculties, many highly qualified and experienced guest faculties from other colleges, Universities and National Institutes have been rendering their valuable service to this Post-Graduate section in Mathematics. Department organises Departmental and National Seminars in different field of Mathematicson a regular basis by inviting eminent Professors and Experts from reputed Institutions. M.Sc. pass out students from Mathematics Department are already well placed in different reputed institutions/ companies and some of them are pursuing further studies for achieving their research degrees.

Year of establishment : 1962

Departmental Email : ndczoology@gmail.com

Departmental Publication: –

Document No. 1

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

22nd ANNUAL REUNION SOUVENIR

Syllabus

UG ZOOLOGY (CCF) FULL CORRECTED SYLLABUS 2025 –

Seminar / Workshops

1. Invited Lecture by Dr Sriparna Kuthe, SACT, Category I, for Sem I students on 29.11.2022
2.Special Lecture organized by IQAC in collaboration with the Departments of Botany, Chemistry, Computer Sc and Zoology. Topic: Research Methodology Speaker: Dr Rajendar K. Deora (Associate Professor, Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State
University Wexner Medical Centre, USA) Date: 30.01.2023 Time 12 noon
3. State Level Seminar, Topic –‘Impact of Acute Mental Stress on Gastropathy and Gut
Mitochondrial Pathology’ by Saikat Pramanik (Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Fellow), working at
IICB. Date: 12th April, 2023, Time: 12.30 PM, Venue – Department of Zoology
4. State Level Seminar, On the occasion of Earth Day, Topic – ‘Bird Migration – Amazing Journeys By the Feathered Jewels’ by Prosenjit Dawn, Assistant Professor in Zoology, Shyampur Siddheswari Mahavidyalay organized by Department of Zoology in collaboration with IQAC, Narasinha DUtt College on 26.04.2023
5.Centenary Celebration –SEMINAR ON VALUE BASED EDUCATION – TOPIC: “Need of Values to Lead a Meaningful Life” SPEAKER: SWAMI MAHAPRAJNANANDA Principal, R. K. Mission Vidyamandira, Belur Date : 04.10.2023; Venue: G1 Hall. Time: 12 pm to 2:00 pm.

Other Special Activities

25.04.2025 – Outreach Program at Tara sundari Girls’ High School.;’ Participants: Meghjit
Chowdhury, Sumit Adhikary, Subham Sadhukhan, Anwesha Khanra, Tulika Dhar. Dr Mohua Guha and Dr Shampa Sarkar accompanied the students. WORK FOR NSS ALSO.
26.08.2025 – Sem 2, Visit to local Fish Market, guided by Prof Subrata Kr Basu and Dr. Shampa Sarkar

Departmental Gallery

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 3^rd 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 3^rd 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 8^th International Poultry Fair in Kolkata was held on 13.02.2020 with the 3^rd 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, Odisha

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

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Result

RESULT OF 2023-26

RESULT OF B.SC PART II HONS.

RESULT OF B.SC SEM III CBCS HONS.

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Routine

ONLINE Routine for the Even SEM for session 2020-21

Routine for the session 2025 – 26

Academic calendar for the session 2019-20

FACULTY MEMBERS

Sl No.	Name	Designation	Email
1.	Prof. Subrata Kumar Basu	Associate Professor	subratakr.basu2014@gmail.com
2.	Dr. Shampa Sarkar	Assistant Professor (Stage III)	shampa.joy@gmail.com
3.	Dr. Mohua Guha	Associate Professor	mohuag2013@gmail.com
4.	Dr. Anirban Sinha	Assistant Professor	arup8express@gmail.com
5.	Dr. Sutirtha Sarkar	Assistant Professor	sutirthaento@gmail.com
6.	Saswati Biswas	SACT	saswatiarya@gmail.com
7.	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 1^st class out of 22 i.e., 86.3% students got 1^st 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 1^st in the RATE Examination of Calcutta University.
Prodyut Kr. Dutta awarded Presidential award for his brilliant performance in the field of dance correlating environments.

Achievements

Biotechnology Laboratory (In collaboration with Botany) Supported by BOOST programme of department of science & technology, Govt. of West Bengal. (Under BOOST programme, 2024). Sanction amount- Rs 23,86,235