About the Department

About the Department

The Department of Botany was established with the inception of the university in July 2024. The Department stands today as a unique institution in the Bastar South Chhattisgarh India  with multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary teaching and research in plant sciences. We believe that to be effective, undergraduate, and postgraduate teaching.
 we have taken cognizance of the high richness of floristic wealth and diversity of ecosystems and gene pool in the region. Due to the mosaic nature of geo-climatic conditions in the region, the flora and vegetation of Bastar Chhattisgarh India shows enormous variation. The region is also home to a large variety of traditional crops specially of millets that could form an important component of human diet in times to come. The rich biodiversity of the region can generate economic value in terms of extractable plant products, compounds. In view of increasing human activities of various types in the region and the upcoming patenting regimes, there is a need for proper evaluation, characterization, documentation, and conservation of the plant genetic resources of the region for utilization and economic well-being of the people.

The Department is emphasizing plan in plants diversity and its conservation; survey of plant genetic resources of the region, their taxonomic characterization and establishment of physical and electronic herbaria; conservation of plant diversity  of rare, endangered and endemic plants of the region; ecological analysis of forest ecosystems of Bastar Chhattisgarh India including plant biodiversity inventory and conservation; ecology of agro-forestry ecosystem; documentation of plant genetic resources, phylogeny and ecology.  value in terms of extractable plant products, compounds, genes and species, for conservation of ecosystems and plant genetic resources for utilization and economic well-being of the people.