| Sl. | Name of the Faculty | Educational Qualifications | Specialization | Designation |
| 1 | Kakali Sau | M Sc., Ph.D. | Endocrinology | Associate Professor |
| 2 | Monika Mehta | M Sc., Ph.D. | Endocrinology | Associate Professor |
| 3 | Umasankar Pal | M Sc., Ph.D. | Parasitology | Assistant Professor |
| 4 | Babli Halder (Das Gupta) (HOD) | M Sc., Ph.D. | Neurobiology | Assistant Professor |
| 5 | Poulami De Bhowmik | M Sc., Ph.D. | Genetics & Molecular Biology | Assistant Professor |
| 6 | Aziz Hasan Mondal | M.Sc. | Aquaculture and Fisheries | Assistant Professor |
| 7 | Ranjita Das | M.Sc. | Molecular Biology | SACT-I (UNRESERVED) Less than 10 Years |
| 8 | Suman Purohit | M.Sc., B.Ed | Fishery Sciences | SACT-I (UNRESERVED) Less than 10 Years |
| 9 | Joyjeet Majumdar | M.Sc. | Genetics & Immunology | SACT-I (UNRESERVED) Less than 10 Years |
E-CONTENTS
| Faculty | Topic | View Details | Teaching Plan |
| Kakali Sau | Estrous Cycle | View Details | View Details |
| Monika Mehta | Insect Eye (Cockroach only) | View Details | PG Sem-I , PG Sem-III, UG Sem-I, UG Sem-III |
| Umasankar Pal | Applications of Transgenic Animals | View Details | PG Sem-I,PG Sem-III, UG P-III, UG Sem-I, UG Sem-II |
| Babli Halder (Das Gupta) | Apoptosis | View Details | View Details |
| Poulami De Bhowmik | Polymerase Chain Reaction | View Details | View Details |
| Aziz Hasan Mondal | In Vitro Fertilization | View Details | View Details |
| Ranjita Das | |||
| Suman Purohit | Industrial Melanism | View Details | |
| Sourav Dutta | DNA Repair | View Details |
Research activity 2015-2018
| Sl. | Type of publication from the Department | Number |
| 1 | Full length Paper | 5 |
| 2 | Book Chapter | 1 |
| 3 | Book(s) Edited | 2 |
| 4 | Ongoing Research Project | 1 |
Departmental Activities
Students’ Seminar: Every year, every first year Honours student has to present a seminar to the first year class on any relevant subject of his/her course. The duration of his/her talk lasts for 10 minutes with 5 minutes allotted for question-answer session. The student is graded by the teacher present on his/her presentation, material and skill in fielding the questions. A few presentations are selected for publication in Anweshona, the students’ journal.
Wall magazine: First year Honours student takes part in a wall magazine named “Nucleus”, on any relevant subject of his/her course. The wall magazine is then put up in the relevant notice board after inauguration by the principal
Excursion: Every year the third (and sometimes second) year honours students are taken on a long compulsory excursion to any site as indicated in their syllabus for a biodiversity study. Students prepare a field notebook that is presented in the Part III (Hons.) practical examination. General students are taken every year on local excursions, for preparing field note books for presentation in their relevant examinations. third year General students are usually taken to the local wetlands, Second year General students visit the zoological gardens and first year General students go to the Indian Museum
Special lectures organized by department:
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- In 2018 Rudra Nayan Das, alumni, Post Doc fellow, Weismann University, Israel delivered a talk on Stem cell therapy
- In 2017 Bidesh Chatterjee, alumni, Osaka University, Japan spoke on Cancer
- In 2016- Dr. Anthony Gomes, delivered a talk on Snake venom
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- In 2015- Rudra Nayan Das, alumni, NCBS, Bangalore spoke on Hope and opportunity in Biological Sciences.
Reunion: The last reunion organized by the department took place in 2016 (third reunion, occurring after every five years) Dr. K. Sau and Dr. M. Mehta were joint convenors for UGC sponsored National seminar “Recent trends in Biological Sciences”, 2017. Departmental students take part in many intra and inter college
cultural and scientific competitions.
Special Achievements: Sourav Dutta is the recipient of the “Ardhendu Sekhar Mukherjee Memorial Medal”, 2015, for securing highest marks in Genetics elective paper in Zoology from the Zoological Society, Kolkata Dr. Uma Shankar Pal, Dept. of Zoology, delivered a talk on the occasion of the National Science Day in Feb 2016. The lecture was organized by the Seminar Committee.
Topic: India’s Deadliest- Most Venomous Snakes in India
Post Graduate ZOOLOGY
PG Zoology has been complying with the CBCS syllabus of the University of Calcutta since 2017. The Laboratory is equipped with modern instruments like cold centrifuge, UV spectrophotometer, PCR machine, -200C freezer, Apparatus for TLC and western blot, GEL DOC, Inverted microscope, Phase contrast Microscope etc. which enable our students to explore different areas of Zoology. The Department offers Endocrinology, Fisheries, Genetics as Elective papers. Third Semester will commence from the 1st week of July, 2018.
Admission Criteria: Minimum 55% in Hons. in Zoology (50% in case of SC/ST/PWD candidates).