The Department of Zoology aims at imparting the best possible education to the students in the field of Zoology, Biological Techniques, and Biotechnology. Started primarily as a teaching Department, we have entered into the realm of full-fledged research at the Master’s and Doctoral levels. We are also committed to enlisting the services of expert teachers and researchers, of national and international repute, to facilitate the education of our students and to enhance the capabilities of our younger faculty members by example. Our goal is to develop our Department into a Centre of Excellence with respect to its teaching and research capabilities.
We offer three teaching programmes, namely, BSc Zoology, BSc Biological Techniques and Specimen Preparation (BT&SP) and MSc Biotechnology. In addition, we have facilities for research at the Master’s and Doctoral levels. At present, 19 faculty members are involved in the teaching of the three programmes, including eminent, veteran teachers with more than 35 years of teaching experience, and junior teachers who have recently obtained their Master’s degrees. Some of our teachers have their PhDs from Universities in U.S.A and Canada, and one has received postdoctoral fellowships from two Canadian Universities, and has several publications in refereed international scientific journals. Our objective is to enlist experts in the various fields to teach the respective subjects to our students.

The Department was established in 1969 to offer the subject of Zoology to the Pre-Degree and Undergraduate Subsidiary students. BSc Zoology was started in 1980, BSc BT&SP in 1995, and MSc Biotechnology in 2002. Research at the PhD level started in 2007.

MISSION STATEMENT

‘Impart the best possible education to our students and to develop the Department into a Center of Excellence in teaching and in research’