Department of Botany

RESEARCH

RESEARCH GUIDES

• Dr. Sheeja T Tharakan sheejatharakan@gmail.com

  • Ph.D. students - 1
  • Registration Order
  • Full Time Research Scholar
  • CSIR - JRF 2019 

• Dr. Manju Madhavan manjumadhavan38@gmail.com

• Dr. Sr. Silvy Mathew silvymathew110@gmail.com

DEPARTMENT FACILITIES

• BOTANY LABORATORY

• 3 Laboratories - 2 PG and 1 UG
• Department Library – comprising of more than 1000 Books
• Museum – Permanent slides, Dry & Preserved specimens
• Herbaria

• BOTANICAL GARDEN

• ENDANGERED MEDICINAL PLANT GARDEN

• PLANT TISSUE CULTURE LABORATORY

• MICROBIOLOGY UNIT

• VERMICOMPOST UNIT

• MUSHROOM CULTIVATION UNIT

Research Lab Facilities for carrying out research studies such as:

• Preliminary phytochemical analysis of plant extracts
• Quantification of secondary metabolites using UV-VIS spectrophotometer
• Antimicrobial studies
• Plant tissue culture - Micropropagation, Suspension culture

Research Projects

UGC Minor Projects

• Antiviral and antibacterial activities of Premna latifolia - by Dr. Sheeja T. Tharakan (2011-2013)
• Phytochemical and Pharmacognostical evaluation of a rare endemic threatened climber of South India,  Spatholobus parviflorus (Valliplasu) -  by Dr. Manju Madhavan  (2013-2015) 

KSCSTE Funded Research Projects

• SPYTiS Research Projects sponsored by KSCSTE, Thiruvananthapuram

FACULTY PUBLICATIONS

Total Publications (Till 2020) - 81