Botany
About Department
The Department of Botany offers various courses including Field and lab based papers. In this course we are covering all aspects of the plant study which includes plant diversity, genetics, physiology, biochemistry, molecular biology etc. Students also have option to take up project work in their third year. Field visits, seminars, Short term courses are also conducted annually.
Mr. Rajendra Shetye
Designation: Assistant Professor
Department: Botany
Qualification: MSc
Appointment: Regular
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Teaching Experience: 15 years
Subjects Taught: Botany
Research Interest:
Research Papers Published/Presented:
Books Authored: NIL
Extracurricular activities/hobbies: Gardening
rajendra.shetye@gpcoe.edu.in
Ms. Akshatra Pracy Fernandes
Designation: Assistant Professor
Department: Botany
Qualification: M.Sc., SET
Appointment: Regular
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Teaching Experience: 03 years
Subjects Taught: Plant Systematics, Plant Ecology, Diversity and classification of plant kingdom, economics and applied botany.
Research Interest: Plant Taxanomy and ecology
Books Authored: NIL
Research Papers Published/Presented:
Extracurricular activities/hobbies:
akshatra.fernandes@gpcoe.edu.in
Ms. Akshatra Pracy Fernandes
Designation: Assistant Professor
Department: Botany
Qualification: M.Sc., SET
Appointment: Regular
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Teaching Experience: 03 years
Subjects Taught: Plant Systematics, Plant Ecology, Diversity and classification of plant kingdom, economics and applied botany.
Research Interest: Plant Taxanomy and ecology
Books Authored: NIL
Research Papers Published/Presented:
Extracurricular activities/hobbies:
akshatra.fernandes@gpcoe.edu.in
Ms. Sushama Salgaonkar
Designation: Assistant Professor
Department: Botany
Qualification: M.Sc., SET, GATE in Life Science
Appointment: Regular
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Teaching Experience: 08 years
Subjects Taught: Plant Physiology, Plant Ecology, Diversity and classification of plant kingdom, Plant molecular biology,Plant genetic engineering, Anatomy and Embryology.
Research Interest: Plant Physiology
Books Authored: NIL
Research Papers Published/Presented: NIL
sushamanaik@gpcoe.edu.in
Ms. Venecha Carvalho
Designation: Assistant Professor
Department: Botany
Qualification: M.Sc.
Appointment: Lecture basis
vinishacarvalho23@gmail.com
Ms. Venecha Carvalho
Designation: Assistant Professor
Department: Botany
Qualification: M.Sc.
Appointment: Lecture basis
vinishacarvalho23@gmail.com
Ms. Mrunal Madhav Kelkar
Designation: Assistant Professor
Department: Botany
Qualification:M.Sc., SET, CSIR-NET
Appointment: Lecture Basis
mru.kelkar15@gmail.com
Activities:
- Field trip at Strawberry Farm, Botanical Garden & Medicinal Garden
- Vanamahotsav (Ek ped maa ke naam) Phase I and II
- Project presentation competition
- Cloth painting competition by making use of plant pigment
- Plant Taxonomy Field Trip for TY B.Sc.B.Ed. on Sucorro Plateau
- World Wetland Day: Protecting Wetland for our Common future
Participation in 6th Bird festival- Goa
Participation in 6th Bird festival- Goa 04 students from Fo.Y.B.Sc B.Ed and 2 students from T.Y.B.Sc B.Ed had participated in 6th Bird Festival of Goa, 2023, comprises of many expert talks, exhibition, workshop and bird walks at Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary...
Study tour to Conoor and Ooty
Study tour to Conoor and Ooty The students of T.Y.B.Sc B.Ed and Fo.Y.B.Sc B.Ed were taken for a study tour to Conoor and Ooty along with the Botany Department, from 9th December to 14th December 2022. The students were accompanied by Ms. Kavitha Nair and...
National Conference on Recent Trends in Plant Sciences and Biotechnology
National Conference on Recent Trends in Plant Sciences and Biotechnology Botany Discipline, School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Goa University, Goa organised National Conference on Recent Trends in Plant Sciences and Biotechnology at...