1. Year of Establishment: 1999
2. Faculty Strength:
3. Courses offered: B.Sc (General & Honours)
4. Best practice of the department :
a. Documentation of traditional knowledge, medicinal
plants and agriculturally important germplasm as students’ project and
availing of ‘Summer School for B.Sc Students’ in Research labs.
b. Institution of ‘Linnaeus Award’ for Subject topper
from the College as a means of encouragement to excel in their academic
studies.
c. Community extension service by training womenfolk,
students and teachers in mushroom cultivation and spawn production.
5. Other activity: Faculty Extension service :-
a. Faculty members have given talks on Climate change,
Biodiversity Conservation and Forest managements in educational
institutes, villages and other social gathering.
b. Faculty members have assisted District level Science Exhibitions and Seminars as judges.
c. Faculty members have/are rendered their service as
interview board members of Schools.
d. Faculty members have provided free textbooks and have
organized free tutorial classes for Higher Secondary Level Science
students from economically deprived families.
e. Vocational course on mushroom cultivation (RUSA)
6. Project taken by Department: Research Work
Title of Project | Sponsoring Agency | Year of Sanction | P.I | Amount (In Lakhs) |
Study of Traditionally Used Bio-Pesticidal Plants of Nagaland | DST, Government of Nagaland | 2015-2016 | P.Tiatemsu | 5.11 |
Documentation and Phylogenetic Analysis of Banana (Musa sp. L) of Nagaland | DST, Government of Nagaland | 2017-2018 | P.Tiatemsu | 2.6 |
Preparation of Castile Soap Using Non-Timber Forest Produce and Traditionally Used Medicinal Herbs | DST, Government of Nagaland | 2019-2020 | Ms. Naomi and Dr. Aolemla | 2.5 |