- Name : Prof. P.K.Ratna Kumar
- Designation : Head of the Department
- Phone : (O) 0891-2844545, 2844546
- Email: head.botany@andhrauniversity.edu.in
PROFILE
The Department of Botany is 76 years old, being started in 1946 with Prof. M.O.P Iyengar as the first Head, Prof. J.Venkateswarlu and Prof. B.S.Rao as founder faculty members. The pass course, which existed for a couple of years, was replaced by an Honours course to be followed successfully by M.Sc. (Botany) by Research in 1949 and M.Sc. (Botany) by study since 1959. The department has qualified professor in various research thrust areas specialized in different fields of Botany. Cytogenetics has been one of the thrust areas in the research activities of the Department and identified as one of the pioneer centers in Cytogenetics and basing on the work carried out in this area, the UGC has recognized the Department as a Center for Special Assistance Programme in Plant Cytogenetics in the year 1972. Since then, this Center has successfully completed three decades of research activities in this thrust area and is in the 3 rd phase of UGC-SAP. And basing on the overall research work carried out in all the disciplines, the UGC has also recognized this Department and extended financial support of Rs.45.0 lakhs under COSIST program for strengthening the infrastructural facilities of the department and CAS-I completed 2012-2017 with financial support of 1.25 Crore.
NAAC PRESENTATION
PROGRAMS
| Sl.No | Name of the Program | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PG Programmes | ||||
| 1 | M.Sc. (Botany) | |||
| Doctoral Programmes | ||||
| 1 | Ph.D. (Botany) | |||
| Name | Designation | Qualification | Specialization |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prof. B.Sujatha | Professor & BOS, Chairperson | Ph.D. | Physiology, Crop Physiology and Biotechnology |
| Prof. P.K.Ratna Kumar | Professor & Head of the Department | Ph.D. | Fungal Biotechnology |
| Prof. D.Sandhya Deepika | Professor & Assistant Principal,AUCST | Ph.D. | Mycology |
| Prof. S.B. Padal | Professor & Director, Horticulture and Gareadening Unit | Ph.D. | Taxomony, Ecology, Ethnobotany |
| Dr. P. Balarama Swamy Yadav | Assistant Professor | Ph.D. | Cytogenetics, Plant Biotechnology |
| Dr. B. Sandhya Sri | Associate Professor (On Duty Deputed) | M.Sc., Ph.D. | Ethnobotany and Tissue Culture |