Botany Department

Department Contact Details

Contact Number: 0171-2630283
Extension: 108

Faculty

Name Qualifications
Dr. Divya Jain M.Sc., M.Phil, Ph.D.
Mr. Sumit Chibber M.Sc.
 
Course(s)/Subject(s) Offered:
UG Level:
Botany in Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)
Highlights:
  1. Two well equipped labs  with modern facilities and equipments like compound microscope , TLC Apparatus , all types of microscopes etc.
  2. A well stocked and maintained museum containing 110 various species of plants.
  3. Eminent scientists are invited as guest faculties to give the exposure of latest developments in the field of Botany to the students regularly to provide regular exposure to the students with latest developments in the field.
  4. Excursion tours arranged for plant collection every year.

Incharges:  Zeenat Madan and Sumit Chhibber

 Organised Seminars/ Quiz/ Workshops/Lectures:

  • Celebrated 72n Van Mahotsav on 25 July 2021. The volunteers connected online through the WebEx platform to listen to the Honourable Chief Minister of Haryana, Sh Manohar Lal Khattar who inaugurated this program by releasing a booklet on the occasion. After the online inaugural and speeches of the programme a tree plantation drive was held on the college campus. About 50 trees were planted on the college campus.
  • Webinar on the occasion of World Nature Conservation Day on 28 July 2021 on the topic of “Biodiversity Conservation”. The resource persons of the webinar were Dr. Adarsh Pal Vig, Chairman, Punjab Pollution Control Board, and Dr. Kailash Chandra, the former Director of Zoological Survey of India.
  • Van Mahotsav was celebrated by organizing a Plantation Drive in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Ambala on 04 Aug 2021.
  • Seminar on “Atmanirbhar Haryana Aur Rozgaar Srijan” held on 08 Sept 2021 in collaboration with Swadeshi Jagran Manch.
  • Workshop on Waste Management and Eco bricks formation on the occasion of World Ozone Day on 16 Sept 2021.
  • A Webinar on Solid Waste Management under Swachh Bharat Mission in collaboration with Municipal Committee Ambala, Sadar was organized on 27 Sept 2021.
  • A Training Programme on Leadership Skills was organized in collaboration with Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Chandigarh on 21 Oct 2021.
  • E-Waste Collection Drive was carried out on the college campus from 18 to 24. April 2022. E-Waste was collected and then handed over to the recycler and dismantler unit.
  • A Rally on Swachh Bharat Swasth Bharat was organized to celebrate Earth Day on 22 April 2022 in the nearby areas of the college.
  • An Extension Lecture was organized on the topic “Earth as Resource” to celebrate Earth Day on 23 April 2022. Dr. Dipti Grover, Assistant Professor, Institute of Environmental Studies, KUK was the Resource Person.

Participation

  • Two students of B.Sc. Medical II year, Ayushi Batra and Yashdeep Kaur participated in the District Level Science Quiz competition sponsored by DGHE, Panchkula, and held at Govt. College Ambala Cantt on 14 Oct 2021.
  • Four students of B.Sc. Medical III year, two from Botany (Lalitesh Saini and Anshika) and two from Zoology (Manvi and Ankita) prepared Botany and Zoology models and participated in DGHE sponsored Inter-District Science Exhibition held at AAA Govt. Collegem Panchkula on 23- 24 Nov 2021.
  • Two students of B.Sc. Medical II year, Ayushi Batra and Yashdeep Kaur participated in the Zonal Level Science Quiz competition sponsored by DGHE, Panchkula held at Govt. College Ambala Cantt on 09 Dec 2021.
  • Two students of B.Sc. Medical II year, Ayushi Batra and Yashdeep Kaur participated in the State Level Science Quiz competition sponsored by DGHE, Panchkula held at Pt. Neki Ram Sharma Govt. College Rohtak on 28 April 2022.
  • Students of B.Sc. Medical II year participated in the Nature Walk held on 17 Feb 2022 to collect plant specimens for herbarium work.

Association Incharge:  Ms. Zeenat Madan & Mr. Sumit Chhiber

 

Date

National Online Activities

Results

5th June, 2020

1.     It’s Debatable: A debate on the topic “Technology is that which separates us from environment”

2.     Meme-for-Green: Meme designing competition on the theme “Environment”

3.     Green-a-licious: Cookery competition with healthy dose of greens.

Debate

First: Jessica Sehgal, SD College, Ambala Cantt.

Second: Gursimran, SD College, Ambala Cantt

Third: Jasmita, SD College, Ambala Cantt

Meme-for-Green

First: Komal Rathee, Jat Kanya Mahavidalya, Rohtak

Second: Gursimran, SD College Ambala Cantt.

Third: Sukriti, SD College, Ambala Cantt.

Green-a-licious:

First: Srishti Sachdeva, ICFAI Business School, Bombay

Second: Shikha Oberoi, SD College Ambala Cantt.

Third: Harmeet Nagra: SD College Ambala Cantt

20th February, 2021

1.     Infographic Designing Competition

2.     Biodiversity at your doorstep: A short report writing competition

Infographic Designing Competition

First: Amandeep Kaur, KVA DAV College, Karnal

Second: Orooj Zehra, Daulat Ram College, DU, New Delhi

Third: Ananya, NMIMS, Bangalore & Aparna, SD College Ambala Cantt

Report Writing Competition

First: Pratyush Dhattarwal, University of Warwick, UK

Second: Lovepreet Kaur, SD College Ambala Cantt.

Third: Sourabh Vaish, SD College Ambala Cantt.

 

 
  1. World Nature Conservation Day was celebrated in collaboration with Zila Yuva Vikas Sanghthan on 28/07/2020. The campaign One Student One Tree was organized in which plantation was encouraged to nurture the nature. 135 participants from the state participated in this campaign.
  1. On 01/ Dec/2020 World AIDS Day was observed. An awareness lecture was organized to aware the volunteers about the causes, symptoms, precautions and treatment of AIDS. Ms. Zeenat Madan, Head, Dept. of Zoology, S. D. College, Ambala Cantt addressed the students.
  1. A National Webinar on “Solid Waste Management in Rural Areas” was organized on 04/12/2020 in collaboration with MGNCRE, MHRD, Govt of India. W.G Prasanna Kumar, Chairman, MGNCRE was the Chief Guest. Prof. V.K Garg , Central University Bathinda and Prof. Shatrughan, Senior Faculty, MGNCRE were the resource persons. Total 152 participants all over the nation participated in this webinar.
  2. National Webinar on “Pani ki Sanskriti” was organized in collaboration with Power Department (HPUs), Panchkula on 18/12/2020. Dr. Rajender Singh, Waterman of India was the resource person. 120 particpants took part in the webinar.
  1. Earth Day was celebrated on 22/04/2021 in collaboration with Eco Roots Foundation, New Delhi. Workshop on Nest Creation and Microgreens was organized. Mr. Rakesh Khatri, Nestman of India was the resource person. 85 students participated in this workshop.
  1. Webinar on “Food- Health- Planet” was organized in collaboration with Vegan Outreach on 27/04/2021. 80 volunteers participated in this webinar in which the importance of vegan diet was discussed.
  1. Webinar on “COVID-19, Vaccines and Safety Considerations” was organized on 07/05/2021 under Awareness Campaign against COVID-19. Dr. Deepali Verma, Pharmacovigilance Scientist, Astrazeneca, UK. was the resource person. 250 participants attended the webinar and discussed about the vaccination.
  1. Webinar on “Composting and Vermicomposting” was organised on 17/05/2021 in which 152 participants took part. Prof. S.S Hundal, Dept. of Zoology, P.A.U, Ludhiana was the resource person who discussed in detail about the methods of vermicomposting.
  1. An online 15 Days Certificate Course on “Solid and Hazardous Waste Management” was carried out in collaboration with MGNCRE, MHRD, Govt of India from 11 May-25 May 2021 in which 110 students from various streams got registered.

Name of the Teacher Incharge: Mr. Sumit Chhibber

Following activities were organized under the guidance of Dr. Divya Jain, Mr Sumit Chhibber, Ms. Zeenat Madan and Dr. Sonia Batra:

  • Members of the association planted medicinal plants and set up Vertical Garden from Plastic bottles in the college on 01-Aug-2016.
  • Botanical Excursions to Mussoorie on 10-Sep-2016 and in Ambala on 02-Mar-2017.
  • ‘ECOFEST’ on 16-Sep-2016. 200 students pledged for a clean and green campus and Installed colour coded dustbins. Cleanliness and Awareness Drive, Logo Making, Pot Making from waste material, Plantation Drive, Skit, Tag Line, Poster Making, Tattoo Designing Competitions were conducted in the Eco Fest.
  • Two students participated in the District level Science Exhibition held on 03-Feb-2017 at Government College, Ambala Cantt.
  • A Two days workshop on “Plant & Microbial Biotechnology and Biochemistry” was held on 9-Feb-2017. Dr. Navneet Batra, Head, Department of Biotechnology, GGDSD College, Chandigarh acted as the resource person during the workshop.
  • 20 students actively participated in the Biology Quiz organized on 28-Feb-2017.
  • 50 students of B.Sc. II (Medical and Biotechnology) participated in the “Plant Identification and Collection Drive” held on 01-Mar-2017.

Activities of Life Science Association for the session 2018-19

  • Organised a multi activity event Eco-Fest 2018 on 19-Sep-2018. A number of activities like Quiz, Skit, Eco-Pledge, Reusable bag designing, Short story writing, Plantation drive and caption contest were organized. More than 120 students participated in this event.
  • Organised a Botanical excursion to Mussoorie and Dhanaulti from 30-Sept-2018 to 2-Oct-2018 for students of B.Sc. Medical and Biotech. More than 25 types of bryophytes and pteridophytes were collected by the students.