Started in the year 1953 the department of Botany holds laurels for meritoriously producing 57 Degree and 49 Post Graduate batches. The pioneers of this department include Prof. P.M Chacko, Dr. C.V. Krishna Iyengar, K.V. Varghese, N.J. Abraham, P.J.Joseph, T.M. Thomas Thelly, Mathew M. Sebastian, Sr. V.C. Annakkutty, Fr. James Vellankal, M.C. Mani, K.P. Sebastian, T.U Thomas and Rev. Dr. M.M. Mathew. Great alumni like K.S.Sebastian, K.C. Sebastian, M.N.Gopinath, Noyal Thomas IFS, Dr. Jose C. Periyapuram and Fr. Joseph K.M have brought glory to the department by glittering in their careers. It has 3 major and 3 minor UGC, DST & KSCSTE Projects amounting to Rs. 57 lakhs to its credit. The department became a research department in 2002 and has 5 research guides and has produced more than 56 research publications in international and national journals. The Dept. has been recognised under FIST scheme of DST Govt. of India New Delhi with a project amount of Rs. 40.5 lakhs.