Departments

BOTANY DEPARTMENT

GET-TOGETHER 2026, “ROMANTHAN”, a memorable gathering of faculty members, present students, and outgoing students of the Department of Botany on 18 September 2026.

Certificate Course on “AI in Bioinformatic for beginners" from 14-18 September, 2026

The Head of the Department and Working President delivering the formal introduction of the International Conference (ICECBISF-2026)

The Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor of Gauhati University, Prof. Nani Gopal Mahanta, delivering the Inaugural Address at the International Conference (ICECBISF-2026)

Release of the Abstract Book on the occasion of the International Conference (ICECBISF-2026)

Prof. Sanjib Kumar Panda, Dean, School of Life Sciences, Department of Biochemistry, Central University of Rajasthan, delivering the Keynote speech during ICECBISF-2026

Prof. Anath Bandhu Das, Emeritus Professor (CSIR), Dept. of Botany, Utkal University & Prof. Sashi Bhushan Tripathi, Dept. of Biotechnology, TERI School of Advanced Studies during ICECBISF-2026

Prof. Shaon Ray Chaudhuri, Dept. of Microbiology, Tripura University delivering the Invited Talk during ICECBISF-2026

Cultural Evening

Bihu Dance during the Cultural Evening of ICECBISF-2026

Certificate Distribution Programme

Certificates of the National Workshop held from 23rd to 27th October, 2025 were distribution in presence of Prof. Partha Pratim Baruah, Principal and Director of Nature's Beckon

Certificate Distribution Programme

Certificates of the National Workshop on Wildlife Sanctuaries and National Parks of Assam and North Bengal held from 23rd to 27th October, 2025, were distributed

National Workshop

National Workshop on Biodiversity Conservation in Wildlife Sanctuaries and National Parks of Assam and North Bengal from 23rd to 27th October, 2025, held at Buxa Tiger Reserve, West Bengal.

Book release

Release of the book “Forests and National Parks of Assam” authored by Assam Gaurav and Ashoka Fellow, Mr. Soumyadeep Datta.

Open-air class

An open-air class conducted by Mr. Soumyadeep Datta of Nature's Beckon at Buxa Tiger Reserve.

Trekking

Trekking through the thick dense forest from the base camp to Lepchakha Village of Buxa Tiger Reserve at an altitude of 3500ft.

National Workshop

Prof. Sarit Kumar Chaudhuri, Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor of Alipurduar University, delivering the keynote address at the National Workshop held in Buxa Tiger Reserve, West Bengal on 24/10/2025.

Ms. Ankita Chetry of B.Sc. 5th has bagged the Best Debater Award in the 1st Dr. Birendra Kumar Bhattacharyya Memorial North-East Inter-College/University Debate Competition – 2025.

Celebration of Vishwakarma Puja 2025

Talk delivered by Dr. Kajal Kumar Jadav, School of Wildlife Ferensic & Health, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh on the topic "Wildlife Forensic for the conservation of Biodiversity".

Teacher's Day celebration, 2025

A book donated to the Department by Rosemoyee Bhuyan, M. Sc. 3rd Semester, 2025

Felicitation of Mr. Soumyadeep Datta during lecture programme on 02/09/2025

Students of PG & Research Department of Botany with environmentalist Mr. Soumyadeep Datta.

Talk by eminent Environmentalist, author, & an Ashoka fellow Mr. Soumyadeep Datta on the topic "How forests influence the population of wild birds & plants in nature"

FYUGP Internship Programme 2025

FYUGP Internship programme 2025

The inaugural batch of the first-ever FYUGP Internship Programme conducted under the NEP 2020 framework.

Celebration of World Environment Day 2025

The Department of Botany, in collaboration with Nature’s Beckon, celebrated World Environment Day 2025, with environmental activist and writer Novanita Sharma as the resource person.

Students of Elite English Academy, Silpukhuri visited Orchidarium of Department of Botany on 24th May, 2024

Cultural procession

Cultural Procession 2022

A training programme on â€œFascinating World of Microbesâ€ for school students organized by Department of Botany in association with Microbiologists Society, India in 2022

Dhyandip Nath received meritorious award from Indra Lily Trust for obtaining highest marks in M.Sc Final in the Department of Botany in 2023.

Department Library

DEPARTMENT MAGAZINE PHUTON 2022

DEPARTMENT MAGAZINE PHUTON 2023

MUSHROOM CULTIVATION

Departmental Wall magazine

Orchidarium ( Collection , conservation and propagation of indigenous orchid species)

Garden of medicinal herbs

Xeric Corner and Collection of medicinal plants

Departmental Museum

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry laboratory

Botany Department

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Profile

Profile
B. Borooah College, Guwahati, a premier institution of NE India was established in 1943 as a night College for earners and learners with Arts stream only. In 1964, Science stream was introduced as Pre-University courses under Gauhati University. The three years Degree courses in Science was introduced in 1964. The science stream was brought under the deficit grant-in-aid in December, 1972. In 1973, Honours course in Botany was introduced with only six students and then the number of students gradually increased and the intake capacity has gone up at present to thirty five.

The Department was established in a Assam Type building with two laboratories and remained as such till 2002. At present the Department is in the newly constructed building and now better accommodation is provided to the students and teachers. The department was recognised as a Ph.D laboratory by Gauhati University in 2013. Post Graduate course in Botany affiliated to Gauhati University was introduced in 2013. Presently, the department is provided with separate classrooms and laboratories for UG and PG students, a separate common room for the faculty members along with the departmental library with computers and internet facilities. The alumni of the department are well placed in the society and serving the nation in different capacities in the government and private sectors. Many of the passed out students have qualified CSIR-JRF, CSIR-NET, GATE and pursuing higher studies in IIT, NIT, central Universities and State universities

Faculty Members

              
                      Dr. Nijara Goswami
                               
                                Designation: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

                                Qualification: M. Sc, M. Phil, Ph. D 
                               
                      DR. MANOJ BARTHAKUR
                               
                                Designation: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

                                Qualification: M.Sc, Ph.D. 
                               
                      Dr. Utpal Chowdhury
                               
                                Designation: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR,HOD 

                                Qualification: M. Sc., M. Phil., Ph. D. 
                               
                      DR. HEMEN CHANDRA MAJUMDAR
                               
                                Designation: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

                                Qualification: M. Sc, B. Ed, Ph. D 
                               
                      Dr. Juri Moni Shyam
                               
                                Designation: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

                                Qualification: MSc, Mphil, PhD 
                               
                      Dr. Prapty Das
                               
                                Designation: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

                                Qualification: M.SC, MPhil., PhD

Activities

ID	Activities	Description	Date	View
466	Certificate Course	Mr. Nabajyoti Goswami of NIELIT, Guwahati, conducting class in the 30-hour Certificate Course on “AI in Bioinformatic for beginners."	2026-09-14	View File
460	International Conference	Inaugural session of International Conference on Environmental Challenges and Bioresource Innovations for a Sustainable Future (ICECBISF-2026) held on 13-14 March 2026	2026-03-13	View File
461	Release of Abstract Book	A book of Abstracts was released on the occasion of the International Conference on ‘Environmental Challenges and Bioresource Innovations for a Sustainable Future (ICECBISF-2026).	2026-03-13	View File
413	Certificate distribution Programme of National Workshop held from 23/10/2025 to 27/10/2025	Certificate of the National Workshop held from 23/10/2025 to 27/10/2025 were distributed	2025-11-12	View File
409	National Workshop on Biodiversity Conservation in Wildlife Sanctuaries and National Parks of Assam and North Bengal from 23rd to 27th October, 2025 held at Buxa Tiger Reserve, West Bengal.	National Works on Biodiversity Conservation in Wildlife Sanctuaries and National Parks of Assam and North Bengal from 23rd to 27th October, 2025 held at Buxa Tiger Reserve, West Bengal.	2025-10-23	View File
408	Departmental Talk	A Departmental Talk was delivered by Dr. Rajib gogoi, Scientist F & Head, BSI, Sikkim on the the Topic "Journey as a student of Plant Taxnpmy: Science to environmental social responsibility"	2025-10-14	View File
407	Departmental Talk	Talk delivered by Dr. Kajal Kumar Jadav, School of Wildlife Ferensic & Health, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh on the topic "Wildlife Forensic for the conservation of Biodiversity".	2025-09-08	View File
406	Departmental Talk	Talk by eminent Environmentalist, author, & an Ashoka fellow Mr. Soumyadeep Datta on the topic "How forests influence the population of wild birds & plants in nature"	2025-09-03	View File
404	Celebration of World Environment Day 2025	The Department of Botany, in collaboration with Nature’s Beckon, celebrated World Environment Day 2025, with environmental activist and writer Novanita Sharma as the resource person.	2025-06-05	View File
375	Lecture programme	Mrs Aparajita Das , an entrepreneur and also an alumnus of Department of Botany has delivered a motivational talk on " Grow your future being an Agripreneur"	2025-04-25	View File
374	Workshop	A one day workshop was organised on " Basics of Indian Knowledge System" where Dr. Debashree Kakati, Assistant Professor of Botany, Mangaldoi College was invited as a Speaker of the event.	2025-04-11	View File
387	Board of Studies (BOS) Meeting	Departmental 1st BOS meeting was held with 5 External members including Faculty members of Botany Departmeny on 8th April, 2025	2025-04-08	View File
373	Popular Talk	Prof. Alak Kr. Borgohain, Former Vice Chancellor Tezpur University, delivered a lecture on "Application of Digital Technology in Bioscience"	2024-11-11	View File
369	Alumni Lecture Series I	Mr. Kankan Sarmah, Pychologist, Dispur Policlinic IVF Center delivered a lecture on "Mind and Mine" on 18th September 2024.	2024-09-18	View File
368	World Environment Day	Saiyam Mazumdar, the youngest Animal and Snake Rescuer in India was invited on World Environment Day. He is the recipient of Rashtriya Bal Puraskar Award in 2024.	2024-06-05	View File
325	Hands on training in laboratory equipment for school students organised by Biotech hub	Students of Junior Commonwealth High School visited Botany Department for participating Hands on training in laboratory equipments.	2024-02-29	View File
300	Training cum workshop on "Entrepreneurship Development through Mushroom Cultivation"	Mr.Pranjal Baruah, Secy., Mushroom Development Foundation Assam conducted the workshop with hands on training on Mushroom beg preparation.	2023-09-08	View File
25	Mushroom Cultivation	Mushroom Cultivation is a regular practice and a resource generating source of the department of Botany	2022-09-23	View File
292	Plant Count in B. Borooah College Campus	Students and Faculty members of the Department surveyed and counted the plant species in B. Borooah College campus for conservation of biodiversity in the college campus.	2021-10-25	View File
26	Popular talk	Mr. Kankan Sarmah, Pychologist, Dispur Policlinic IVF Center delivered a population talk on "Overcoming Insecurities in Life" on 6th March 2021.	2021-03-06	View File
237	Online faculty Development programme on Moodle Learning Management System,	On line faculty development programme on Moodle Learning Management System organized by post graduate department of Botany , B. Borooah College in association with IIT Bombay spoken tutorial ,	2021-01-04	View File
21	Annual general meeting of Botanical Society of Assam	Department of Botany organised the Annual general meeting of Botanical Society of Assam on 30th December 2020 both in online and offline mode. Prof. Sunil Kumar Chaturvedi, Nagaland University	2020-12-30	View File
24	Webinar	Dr. Partha Pratim Baruah, Professor, Gauhati University delivered a talk on "Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Study and Research : Way of Mitigation and beyond"	2020-07-07	View File
22	Webinar	Dr. K. K. Sarma, Senior Scientist, NESAC, Meghalaya, delivered talk on "Geospatial Technology and Natural Resource Management" on 3rd july 2020	2020-07-03	View File
246	Inaugural Function of M.Sc Course in Botany	Dr. Tabu Ram Taid, Dr. S. N. Barman, Prof. (Dr) Sachin Kumar Borthakur, Dr. Boga Dhar Gogoi, Mrs. Bonti Choudhury, Mrs. Jasoda Devi and Mr. Durga Prasad Baruah graced the auspicious occasion.	2012-08-19	View File
405	FYUGP Internship programme 2025	The inaugural batch of the first-ever FYUGP Internship Programme conducted under the NEP 2020 framework.	0000-00-00	View File

Achievements

ID	Achievement	View
243	Prapti Sharma won the 2nd Prize in the PG Category at the Institutional-Level Speech Competition organized as part of the “Seva Sankalpa Abhiyan,” initiated by the Government of Assam.	View File
240	Azizur rahman of B.Sc. 5th Semester bagged the 3rd prize in the essay competition held on the eve of World Soil Day, 2025, organized by the Soil Conservation Department, Government of Assam, in collaboration with the Green Campus and Sustainability Cell, B. Borooah College (Autonomous).	View File
239	Ankita Chetry of B.Sc. 5th Semester bagged the 1st prize in the State level Debate Competition in State Level Cooperative Conclave 2025 organized by NABARD.	View File
238	Ms. Ankita Chetry of B.Sc. 5th Semester bagged the Best Debater Award in the Swahid Anil Bora Memorial All Assam Inter-University/College Debate Competition organized by Nagaon University.	View File
234	Ms. Ankita Chetry of B. Sc. 5th Semester has bagged the Best Debater Award in the 1st Dr. Birendra Kumar Bhattacharyya Memorial North-East Inter-College/University Debate Competition – 2025, organized by Dispur College in association with the Dr. Birendra Kumar Bhattacharyya Memorial Trust.	View File
185	The department of Botany participated in Best Clean Department Event in annual college week 2022-2023 and placed in 2nd position.	View File
186	The Botany department has participated in departmental wall magazine competition in the college week, 2022-2023 and the magazine "PRAKRITI" is placed in 2nd position.	View File
187	Ms. Jurima Saharia (5th sem honours) participated successfully in the one day workshop on Communication Skill and Personality Development organised by Jonak Cottonian 84-86 Batch.	View File
188	Ms. Liza Sarma (5th sem honours) participated successfully in the one day workshop on Communication Skill and Personality Development organised by Jonak Cottonian 84-86 Batch.	View File
183	The department of Botany participated in Best Clean Department Event in annual college week 2021-2022 and placed in 1st position.	View File
184	The students of department of Botany participated in Drama competition in annual college week 2021-2022 and placed in 1st position.	View File
175	2nd runners up in girls' Kabbadi competition	View File
176	Best Dancer award	View File
177	1st runners up in cultural rally competition	View File
178	1st prize in Drama Competition	View File
179	Ms. Bhabna Dutta has completed successfully the Internship project on "Identification of Timber species and studying about medicinal plants" in the premises of Assam state Zoo-cum-Botanical Garden during the academic year 2018-19.	View File
180	Ms. Jyotishmita Kashyap has completed successfully the Internship project on "Identification of Timber species and studying about medicinal plants" in the premises of Assam state Zoo-cum-Botanical Garden during the academic year 2018-19.	View File
181	Ms. Jahnabi Bora has completed successfully the Internship project on "Identification of Timber species and studying about medicinal plants" in the premises of Assam state Zoo-cum-Botanical Garden during the academic year 2018-19.	View File
182	Ms. Bonnie Simte Rahang has completed successfully the Internship project on "Identification of Timber species and studying about medicinal plants" in the premises of Assam state Zoo-cum-Botanical Garden during the academic year 2018-19.	View File
174	3rd position in the cultural rally in the college week, 2017	View File

Question

ID	Semester	year	Paper Code/Title	View

Syllabus

ID	Title	View
88	Syllabus of Add on course "Mushroom Culture Technology and Entrepreneurship Development"	View File
85	SYLLABUS OF THE CERTIFICATE COURSE ON â€œHERBARIUM AND MUSEUM TECHNIQUES"	View File
84	SYLLABUS OF THE CERTIFICATE COURSE ON MEDICINAL PLANTS	View File
83	SYLLABUS OF THE CERTIFICATE COURSE ON "HERBARIUM AND MUSEUM TECHNIQUESâ€	View File
82	SYLLABUS OF THE CERTIFICATE COURSE ON MEDICINAL PLANTS	View File
80	Four-year Undergraduate Programme Subject: Botany As per NEP structure	View File
59	B. Sc Botany (Honours) Syllabus	View File
16	Botany CBCS syllabus for undergraduate classes	View File
1	M.Sc. (CBCS) Syllabus, Gauhati University	View File

Notable Alumni

ID	Title	File
41	Notable alumni of dept. of Botany from various major (honours) batches	View

ID	Name	Batch	Current Position	Image

Department Visitors

ID	Name	Date
111	Dr. Himu Roy	2023-03-30
110	Ms. Debolina Dey	0023-03-25
109	Dr. Kumanand Tayung	2023-03-04
108	Dr. Partha Pratim Baruah	2023-03-25
107	Dr. Nilakshi Devi	2023-03-28
106	Dr. Sachin Kumar Borthakur	2023-03-29

Ex Faculty Members

ID	Name	From	To
214	Mrs. Pranati Bartamuli Baruah	1993	2017
213	Lt. Durga Prasad Baruah	1981	2013
212	Mrs. Jasoda Devi	1976	2009
210	Dr. Boga Dhar Gogoi	1967	2003
209	Mrs. Bonti Choudhury	1964	1999
211	Lt. Sumbit Ram Kakati	1972	1999
208	Lt. Dr. Lily Mazinder Baruah	1964	1995

Project

ID	Project Name	Project Type	Funding Agency	Amount	Period	PI/Co-PI

Result

ID	Course Type	Year	Appeared Students	No. of Students Passed	First Class	Second Class	University Rank
31	UG	2020	30	29	29	Nil	2nd
32	PG	2020	12	12	12	Nil
33	UG	2019	20	20	20	Nil	2nd
34	PG	2019	12	12	12	Nil	14th
35	PG	2018	12	12	12	Nil
36	PG	2017	12	12	12	Nil	8th
37	UG	2018	27	27	27	Nil
38	PG	2016	10	10	10	Nil
39	UG	2017	22	22	22	Nil
40	PG	2015	08	08	12	Nil	12th, 13th
164	UG	2021	29	29	29	0
165	UG	2022	37	37	37	0
166	PG	2021	12	12	12	0
167	PG	2022	15	14	14	0

Magazine

ID	Title	File
49	PRAKRITI Session: 2018-19	View File
50	PRAKRITI Session: 2019-20	View File
51	PRAKRITI Session: 2022-23	View File
52	PRAKRITI Session: 2023-2024	View File

Departmental Events

Title	Description	Date	File

BOTANY DEPARTMENT

Cultural Evening

Certificate Distribution Programme

Certificate Distribution Programme

National Workshop

Book release

Open-air class

Trekking

National Workshop

FYUGP Internship programme 2025

Celebration of World Environment Day 2025

Cultural procession

Cultural Procession 2022

DEPARTMENT MAGAZINE PHUTON 2022

DEPARTMENT MAGAZINE PHUTON 2023

MUSHROOM CULTIVATION

Departmental Wall magazine

Orchidarium ( Collection , conservation and propagation of indigenous orchid species)

Garden of medicinal herbs

Xeric Corner and Collection of medicinal plants

Departmental Museum

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry laboratory

Botany Department

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Profile

Faculty Members

Dr. Nijara Goswami

DR. MANOJ BARTHAKUR

Dr. Utpal Chowdhury

DR. HEMEN CHANDRA MAJUMDAR

Dr. Juri Moni Shyam

Dr. Prapty Das

Activities

Achievements

Question

Syllabus

Notable Alumni

Department Visitors

Ex Faculty Members

Project

Result

Magazine

Departmental Events

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