Some of the highlights of the Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology are:
- One of the oldest Departments of Botany in Tamil Nadu State.
- Offers Best Training in Plant Sciences at Under-graduate, Post-graduate and Research levels.
- Focus on Research for more than four decades.
- Well known in research fields such as Gravitropism, Plant Histochemistry, Plant Growth Regulator Studies, Seed Physiology, Paleophytology, Palynology, Algology, Plant Tissue Culture, Angiosperm Taxonomy and Ethnobotany.
- Field based studies for Biodiversity and Angiosperm Taxonomy.
- Offers consultancy in Algae and Flowering Plants identification and in Medicinal Plants.
- Former Professor Dr. P. Dayanandan has received the Best Teacher award, from Government of Tamil Nadu.
- Research Collaborations with institutes such as M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai; International Ocean Institute, IIT Campus, Chennai; Queen's University, Canada, Foundation For Revitalization of Local Health Traditions, Bangalore; Centre for Plants, People and Ecosystems, Chennai and C.P. Ramaswami Iyer Environmental Education Research Centre, Chennai.
- Hosting interns through Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute under Canadian Youth Internship Programme for the past two years.
- New Species and New Varieties in Plant Fossils, Algae and Flowering Plants have been described by the Staff of the Department.
- Six New Species of Flowering Plants were named in honour of four Teaching Staff - Eragrostis dayanandanii, Crotalaria dayanandanii, Liparis livingstoneae, Phyllanthus livingstonni, Saurauia durarajii, Anoectochilus narasimhanii.
- Pollen Atlas for Chennai has been prepared by the Staff of the Department, which is referred by Allergy Specialists in Chennai.
- Students of this Department are recognized for their knowledge and training in Botany and are recruited in Universities, Colleges, Non-Governmental Research Organizations in India and Research Institutes abroad.
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