Brief History of the Department

       Before 1994, the vast area of Bijni had been suffering from lack of science education. Students from this area had to be migrating to the various places like Bongaigaon, Pathsala, Kokrajhar etc. to take science education. To bridge the gap of knowledge of science education, in the year of 1994, the botany department was established along with the other science department during the tenure of U.C. Das (Ex-principal, Bijni College). The first lecturer of this department was Dr. Sushmita Chakravarty. The department was started with her hard work. Later on, the department was nourished by some lecturer like Mritunjoy Brahma, Jabin Chandra Ray, Babita Sarma, Kanak Basumatary, Jyotirupa Sarma, Beauty Queen Goyary and Sangju Basumatary etc. The department got permission from government in the year of 1996. With the initiation of college authority and departmental teachers, the department acquired concurrence for degree part-II in 22/02/2001. In 2013, along with the science stream, the botany department also came under Government provincialisation Act.
        In the year of 2015-2016, the department got permission to start the major course with intact capacity of fifteen seats. In this long journey from 1994 to 2023, lots of students passed out from this department and contributing to the society by meeting the shortage of science teachers in the locality and also working in various other areas. Recently in the results declared by Gauhati University in July 2018, out first major batch has passed out which is a memorable moment for our department.

Objectives :

1. To sensitize students towards the need for conserving natural resource
2. To study of botany is vital as plants are a fundamental part of life on earth
3. To deliver knowledge on latest developments in the field of plant science with practical approach
4. To empower the students to become an employee or an entrepreneur in the field of  botany/biology and to serve the nation

Vision:

         The vision of the department is to take initiative for opening the post graduate course as well as some vocational course like fruit preservation technique, tissue culture, mushroom culture, horticulture, medicinal plants herbarium etc., the main motive of this department is give service and spread botanical thought to the society and the department will continue to do this.

Faculties :

a) Present Faculties along with date of joining :

Sl.No	Name of the Faculty	Designation	Date of Joining	Specialization
1	Dr. Jabin Chandra Ray (HOD)	Assistant professor	22/06/2006	Higher Plant Ecology
2	Lily Devi	Assistant professor	07/11/2003	Microbiology
3	Thunali Brahma	Guest faculty	27/03/2023	Microbiology

Result of the department of last two years (For the session of 2021-22 and 2022-23) :

Years	No of students appeared	No of students passed	First class	Rank
2021-22	11	11	11	Nil
2022-23	11	11	11	Nil

Departmental Publications : NIL

Innovative practices : NIL

Achievements (University / state / national / international level) :

Sl. No	Name	Level	Achievements
1	Madhusmita Sutradhar	State	Participated world record ‘Bihu dance’at Guwahati on 14th Apri, 2023