ABOUT DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY

Mission

Our goal is to develop our Department into a Centre of Excellence with respect to its teaching and research capabilities. ‘Impart the best possible education to our students is our basic motto.

History

The Department of Zoology aims at imparting the best possible education to the students in the field of Zoology, Aquaculture and Fisheries. Started primarily as a teaching Department, we have entered into the realm of full-fledged research at the Masters levels, and conduct of major and minor projects funded by various agencies At present, we have 8 faculty members involved in the teaching of the three programmes offered namely, B.Sc. Zoology, M.Sc. Zoology with Fishery Biology and Aquaculture as special subject.

The Department of Zoology aims at imparting the best possible education to the students in the field of Zoology, Aquaculture and Fisheries. Started primarily as a teaching Department, we have entered into the realm of full-fledged research at the Masters levels, and conduct of major and minor projects funded by various agencies At present, we have 8 faculty members involved in the teaching of the three programmes offered namely, B.Sc. Zoology, M.Sc. Zoology with Fishery Biology and Aquaculture as special subject.

The Department of Zoology was established in the year 1970 with B.Sc. Degree Course. PG was started in 1982 with a sanctioned strength of 10 students. The built up area of this department is 873.3 square meters. At present the sanctioned strength of Under Graduate course is 36×3=108 and that of Post Graduate Course is 12×2=24. Our sanctioned teaching posts are eight and that of the technical staff are four.