Department of Zoology

Under Graduate:

The Department of Zoology offers B.Sc. Honours Course in Zoology (CBCS system of the University of Calcutta) capable to house 35 numbers of student. The students are constantly guided by Nine esteemed full-time faculties and also specialised part-time and guest faculty. The classrooms are spacious with modern amenities. Laboratory facilities are excellent with all the modern instruments required for conducting practical experiments in under graduate level. Beyond all these the Department has well equipped smart class room for our students. Besides the excellent central library with wide ranges of books, the Department itself proffered seminar library harnessing specialized books for the students. An important event of the course curriculum is academic field workandZoological excursions. Excursions (local and out station excursion) are conducted for the betterment of the students. The excursion and field work programmes are compulsory and necessary for the future academic skill developments of the students.

Post Graduate:

The Department of Zoology successfully hold out Post Graduate Course in Zoology (CBCS system of the University of Calcutta) with all the modern facilities for the up-gradation of the students. This Department presently has 29 positions in M.Sc. curriculum with constant guidance from experienced full-time faculties from this institution as well as a number of renowned faculties, scientific personalities and academicians from different famous Universities and Institutions. The department has spacious class rooms to accommodate students perfectly. All the post graduate class rooms are equipped with modern teaching aids. Well-equipped computer laboratory with constant high-speed internet facility is another unique feature of the course. Besides, smart class rooms and e-classrooms are also dedicated for the student benefits. The department has well equipped laboratories furnished with up to date sophisticated instrumentation facilities to conduct modern Laboratory. Our post-graduation course has presently offered Genetics, Ecology, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Parasitology & Immunology and Entomology special paper options. All the specializations offer different respective laboratories with modern instruments like, PCR, Electrophoresis unit, Gel doc, electronic weighing machines, Gel documentation system, laminar air flow, TLC system, incubators, high end microscope with image capturing facility, pH meters etc. The department has a well-organized temperature-controlled culture room for tissue culture. A large number of Professors and Scientists from Universities and Institute directly engaged in development of our PG Department in different aspects. Students are encouraged by different project works to participate in different scientific poster presentation, seminar, scientific quiz competition for self-developments of the students both culturally as well as academically.