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One of the oldest
Departments in
Tamil Nadu State.
Offers Best Training in
Plant Sciences
at
Under-graduate, Post-graduate and Research levels.
Focus on Research for more
than four
decades.
Well known in
research fields
such
as Algology, Angiosperm Taxonomy, Ethnobotany, Gravitropism,
Paleophytology, Palynology, Plant Growth Regulator Studies,
Plant Histochemistry, Seed Physiology and Plant Tissue
Culture.
Field based studies for
Biodiversity.
Offers consultancy in Algae
and
Plant identification.
Hosting interns through
Shastri
Indo-Canadian
Institute under Canadian Youth Internship Programme.
New Species and New
Varieties in Plant
Fossils, Algae and Flowering Plants have been described.
Pollen Atlas for Chennai
prepared is referred by Allergy Specialists
in Chennai.
Research Collaborations
with institutes
such
as C.P. Ramaswami Iyer
Environmental Education Research Centre, Chennai; Foundation
For Revitalization of Local Health Traditions, Bangalore; IIT-Madras,
Chennai; International Ocean
Institute, Chennai; Queen's University, Canada and
Centre for
Plants, People and Ecosystems, Chennai.
Students
of this Department
are
recognized for
their knowledge and training in Botany and are recruited in
Universities, Colleges, Non-Governmental Research Organizations/
Institutions in
India and abroad.
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