Departmental Profile

Synod College Shillong  ::  Botany Deptt.

Name of the Head of the Department:   Dr. (Mrs.) Borabell Wankhar

Address:   Nongkseh, Shillong- 793005.

Phone:   +91 9615968973

Contact email:   bwankhar1958@gmail.com

Number of Staff in Department:   4         Staff Details        View Profiles

Total Intake Capacity:   200         Details of Course Offered

About the Salient Achievements of the Department:   i. The Department’s students bagged the top positions in the Universisty Examinations 4 times ii. One student of the Deptt. Got the 2nd Prize in the Inter College Seminar Competition.

Details of Externally Funded Research/Infrastructure Projects:

Name Funding Agency Project Duration Total Fund Received Status

An ecological study of Centella asiatica- an important medicinal plant of Meghalaya. UGC 1 year Rs. 10,000/- Completed
Study on some aspects of Medicinal plants. Science & Technology Cell, Govt. of Meghalaya 1 year Rs. 10,000/- Completed
Survey and identification of Medicinal plants in East Khasi Hills District. Science & Technology Cell, Govt. of Meghalaya 1 year Rs. 10,000/- Completed
Setting an Orchidarium in the College campus. Science & Technology Cell, Govt. of Meghalaya 1 year Rs. 24,000/- Completed
Institutional Biotech Hub. Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt. of India 3 years Rs. 27,00,000/- Ongoing.

Other Activities (e.g., National/International Conferences, Symposia, Seminar, etc. organized during the last 10 years):   The Department has organized the following seminars/conferences in collaboration with Dept. of Zoology and IQAC of the College: i. Regional seminar on “Biodiversity: Herbal Medicine” on 6th August, 2006. ii. National Seminar on “Biodiversity: Herbal Medicine” on the 20th and 21st, September 2007.

Staff Details

Number of Professor :   0
Number of Associate Professor :   4
Number of Assistant Professor :   0
Number of Lecturer :   0
Number of other teaching staff :   0
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Course Details

Course Name

Duration

Intake Capacity

B.Sc (Honours) 3 years 50
B.Sc (Pass Course) 3 years 150

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Name	Funding Agency	Project Duration	Total Fund Received	Status
An ecological study of Centella asiatica- an important medicinal plant of Meghalaya.	UGC	1 year	Rs. 10,000/-	Completed
Study on some aspects of Medicinal plants.	Science & Technology Cell, Govt. of Meghalaya	1 year	Rs. 10,000/-	Completed
Survey and identification of Medicinal plants in East Khasi Hills District.	Science & Technology Cell, Govt. of Meghalaya	1 year	Rs. 10,000/-	Completed
Setting an Orchidarium in the College campus.	Science & Technology Cell, Govt. of Meghalaya	1 year	Rs. 24,000/-	Completed
Institutional Biotech Hub.	Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt. of India	3 years	Rs. 27,00,000/-	Ongoing.

Course Name	Duration	Intake Capacity
B.Sc (Honours)	3 years	50
B.Sc (Pass Course)	3 years	150