DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY 

Started in the year 1953 the department of Botany holds laurels for meritoriously producing 53 Degree and 45 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 and DST Projects amounting to Rs. 35 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.

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Phone  Academic Profile
1 Dr Jomy Augustine, MSc, PhD      (HOD) 04822-216507 View
2 Dr P O Augusthy, MSc, PhD 04822-252878 View
3 Sri Paul V Karanthanam, MSc, MPhil

04822-201078

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4 Dr. Dennis Thomas, MSc. Ph.D. 04812-537536 View
5 Dr. Toji Thomas, MSc, Ph.D 04822-214204 View
6 Dr. Jos T. Puthur, M.Sc. Ph.D. 04872-214102 View
7 Dr. Johns Augustine, M.Sc., Ph.D., B.Ed. 04822-228488, 9847142798  
8 Sri. C T. Joseph Lab Assistant (H.G) 04822-205067  
9 Sri. Rudolf Thomas 04822-201859  

No. of seats       : BSc  - 48  

                         : MSc - 12

                         : PhD - 10