History of the department:

Date of Establishment	1st June, 1994
Introduction of B.Sc. (General/Regular) course	1994 – 1995
Introduction of B.Sc. (Major/Honours) course	2015
Affiliation of B.Sc. (General/Regular) course by Gauhati University	1997
Date of permission of B.Sc. (Major/Honours) course by Gauhati University	2015
First teacher to join the department	Dr. Susmita Chakraborty

Name of the ex-faculty of the department:

Sl. No.	Name of the Ex – Faculty
1	Susmita Chakraborty (M. Sc, PhD)
2	Babita Sarma (M. Sc, B.Ed)

Faculty:

Name of the Faculty	Mrs. Lily Devi (M.Sc, M. Phil.)
Designation	HOD & Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest	Microbiology
Name of the Faculty	Mr. Jabin Chandra Ray (M.Sc)
Designation	Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest	Ecology
Name of the Faculty	Mrs. Jyotirupa Sarma (M.Sc, B.Ed.)
Designation	Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest	Microbiology

Departmental Facilities and Activities:

• The department has a well-equipped modern laboratory to carry out all the practical classes. It also facilitates smart class experience to its students.
• The department regularly organizes students’ seminar as well publishes wall magazine and departmental magazine periodically. The name of the departmental magazine is ‘Kahua’. The name of the departmental wall magazine is ‘Nahar’. Department also organizes field work and excursion every year.

Publications   :           Nil

Modalities:

• Seminar :   Nil
• Workshop :    Nil
• Webinar   :    Nil
• Misc.   :    Nil
• Research Work  : Nil