Department of Botany

Faculty Members and Their Specialization

Dr. Jainendra Kumar, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Professor & Head) [Specialization: General Botany, Env. Biology, Cytology & Molecular Biology, Plant Tissue Culture, Bioinformatics].

Dr. Birju Prasad Sharma, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Professor) [Speciaization: Plant diseases & Pathology].

Dr. Aftab Ahmad, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Professor) [Specialization: Medicinal plants & Human genetics].

Dr. Nil Mani Mehta, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Professor) [Specialization: Plant Pathology].

Mrs. R.R. Sinha, M.Sc. (Reader) [Specialization: Cytology & Medicinal plants].

Dr. Shamsher Bahadur Singh, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Reader) [Specialization: Plant Ecophysiology]

Dr. Shanker Singh, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Reader) [specialization: Plant pathology, Cytology].

Dr. Manoj Kumar I, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Lecturer) [Specialization: Fungi, Microbiology].

Dr. Manoj Kumar II, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Lecturer) [Specialization: Plant Cytology & Genetics].

Dr. Shiv Shanker Yadav, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Demonstrator) [Specialization: Cytogenetics].

Shri Mahesh Prasad, M.Sc. (Demonstrator) [Plant Cytology & Biochemistry].

Shri Deepak Prasad, M.Sc. (Demonstrator) [Plant Pathology & Cytology].

Lab Technicians:

Shri Rabindra Prasad Singh

Mrs. Kaya Singh

Programs: I.Sc., B.Sc. (Hons.) in Botany, B.Sc. (Hons.) in Biotechnology, M.Sc. in Botany, 3-year ad-on programs in (1.) Bioinformatics, and (2.) Cultivation of Medicinal and aromatic Plants.
Regular 2-year M.Sc. program in Biotechnology to start from 08-09.