Department of Zoology

1. Name and address of the department     :       Department of Zoology

                                                                          PO & Dist. Bongaigaon

                                                                          (ASSAM), PIN 783380

2. Telephone number/s                    :                 03664-228808 (office)

3. Date of establishment of the department :        w. e. f. 1986-87

4. Built-up area of the department in sq. m.         109 Sq. m

5. Programmes  offered :

6. List the teaching staff  : 

7. Infrastructure :

           Jointly with the Botany Department, an Herbal Garden Maintenance committee is being run. In this Herbal Garden, besides some botanical components the department has a butterfly-rearing house. The department has a field Lab in the herbal Garden itself and the adjoining hills, which are also the property of the College.

(a) The Department monitors overall performance of the students through regularly conducting unit tests, seminar, group discussion, fieldwork etc.

(b) The teachers update themselves by attending U G C sponsored orientation course, Refresher course, attending workshops, seminar, group discussion, etc.

DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES FROM 2000 TO 2007 

• Technical Education on Modern Fishery : The Fishery Extension Officers of Bongaigaon District Fishery Development Office delivered some special lectures to the students of Third year B. Sc. students of Zoology Major from 17 June to 19 June 2004. Subsequently a short excursion trip was made to Goroimari induced breeding center on 20 June.

• Contour map preparation workshop  :  Sri Subhash Das, then Demonstrator of Bongaigaon Polytechnique delivered a lecture on how to draw a contour map of a study area, followed by a practical demonstration in the Herbal Garden in the college campus on 12 April 2004.

• Visit to Pygmy Hog Conservation Breeding Center  :  Under the guidance of Dr. Hilloljyoti Singha, lecturer, Deptt. of Zoology and Mr. Hemanta K Saud, lecturer, Dept. of Economics, a team of 13 students visited the center on 28 March 2004 and attended lecture from Dr. Goutam Narayan, Programme Manager of the Center. (It has been repeated in later period also by subsequent batches).

• Field study tour to Kakoijana Reserve Forest  :  19 students of ‘Biology’ Department visited Kakoijana RF on 22 November 2002 along with six teachers for a field excursion.

• Khagarpur Hill visit :  Students of Botany and Zoology Deptt. visited Khagarpur Hill for a day-long field trip on 31 December 2002.

• Paglar Tek visit  Students of Botany and Zoology Deptt. visited Paglar Tek near the river Brahmaputra for a day-long field trip on 5 January 2004..

• Workshop on Biodiversity :  A workshop was held in the Birjhora Kanya Mahavidyalaya on 28 January 2004: The resource persons were Dr. Hilloljyoti Singha, Deptt of Zoology, Mr. Ananta Borah, Deptt. of Botany and Mr. Hemanta K Saud, Deptt. of Economics.

• MOU for Health Unit  :  Dr. M. C. Sarmah, Senior Medical Officer, BRPL Hospital, Dhaligaon did a Memorandum of Understanding with the college Health Unit headed by Sri Biplab K Saha, senior lecturer of Zoology Deptt. for all purposes regarding health.

• Health Check-up Camp :  On 12 September 2003, a health check up camp was organized where all the students and teachers including the office employees took part in. The grouping of blood was done.

SEMINARS ORGANIZED BY ZOOLOGY DEPARTMENT

• 10 September 2003. Dr. Firoz Ahmed, Sub-divisional Medical & Health Officer, Bongaigaon delivered a talk on “AIDS and health awareness.”

• 18 September 2003. Sri Bibhuti Prasad Lahkar, Organizing Secretary, Aaranyak, a society of biodiversity conservation in northeast India presented a lecture on “Present status and conservation of Manas National Park.”

• 11 October 2003. Sri Kaushik Deuti, a scientist from Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata delivered a presentation on ‘A talk on wildlife of Sundarban’.

• 22 November 2003. Sri Abdul Wakid, a research scholar of Dibrugarh University presented a lecture on ‘Status and conservation of River Dolphin’.

RESULTS

2007:                 Major: Candidates appeared:

                           Total passed: 8

                           Pass 100%

                           First class: 2 (with distinction)

                           Second class: 6

                           General: Candidates appeared: 2

                           Total passed: 2

                           Pass 100%

2008:            Major: Candidates appeared: 1

                           Total passed: 11

                           Pass 91.66%

                           First class: 2 (1 with distinction)

                           Second class: 9

                       General: Candidates appeared: 1

                           Total passed: 1

                           Pass 100%