Department Overview
Botany Department is situated at the middle position in the Rajshahi College Campus. Honours course in Botany was started from 1957 in this college. At that time the Principal was Dr. Abdul Haque and the Head of the Department was Dr. Samsul Huda Chowdhury. Many renowned teachers served in this department. Now this department is rich in all Laboratory equipments with a huge number of books in the seminar library. Around one thousand students study in this department in B.Sc Pass, Honours, Previous and Masters courses.
In this Department, a Biotechnology laboratory is playing a major role to learn the new technology of tissue culture technique to plant production. A small Botanical Garden decorates the front of this Building.
Besides, brilliant and glorious academic attainments of the members of the teaching staff and the students of this Dept. regularly take part in co-curricular activities and they try to prove themselves, successful.
Head of the Department
Professor Nurun Nesa Khatun
Academic Links
| First Name | New Arts Building |
| Established | 1930 |
| Taught as Intermediate Standard | 1930-1931 Session |
| Present Name | First Science Building |
| Position | Ground Floor |
| Appointed for the first time | Babu Bolai Chand Kundu |
| Started Hons. Level | 1957 |
| First Hons. Graduate | Prof. Dr. R.J. Shamsul Alom |
| Renowned Teachers | Prof. Dr.Md. Mozahed Hossain (Physiologist) Prof. A.T.M. Naderuzzaman (Taxonomist) Prof. Dr. Md. Gawsuzzaman (Mycologist) |
| Student | 1050 |
| Teaching Staff | 14 |
| Specialization | Biotechnology Laboratory & Botanical Garden |
| Name | Period |
| Babu Bolai Chand Kandu | 1930-1937 |
| Herandra Chandra Ganguli | 1937-1942 |
| K. G. Banargy | 1942-1950 |
| Moulovi Abdul Ahad | 1950-1955 |
| Md. Mosarrof Hossain | 1955-1957 |
| Dr. Samsul Huda Chaudury | 1957-1958 |
| Dr. M. Siraz Uddin | 1958-1962 |
| Dr. S. M. Abdur Rohaman | 1963-1964 |
| Dr. A. K. M. Obidullah | 1964-1967 |
| Dr. Md. Gausuzzaman | 1969-1975 |
| Dr. Md. Samsur Rahaman | 01/07/75-30/10/87 |
| Dr. R. J. Md. Samsul Alom | 22/12/87-01/12/95 |
| Md. Anwarul Islam | 28/11/96-11/07/99 |
| Md. Ahsanulla | 07/12/01-13/01/02 |
| A. S. M Ali Akbar | 14/01/02-25/08/02 |
| Md. Habibul Hasan | 11/01/03-03/09/03 |
| Md. Muzibor Rhaman | 11/01/04-19/02/04 |
| Rabea Khatun | 22/04/04-30/12/0 |
| Md. Shoriful Islam | 31/12/04-21/04/05 |
| Azit Kumar Das | 21/04/05-09/07/05 |
| Badrunnesa | 28/01/06-12/09/06 |
| Md. Nasir Uddin | 25/01/07-05/09/07 |
| Md. Quamaruzzaman | 15/11/07-29/01/08 |
| Most. Firoza Begum | 01/03/08-06/07/08 |
| Kohinoor Banu | 14/02/09-28/03/14 |
| Most. Halima Khatun | 14/05/13-04/01/18 |
| Shahanara Begum | 26/02/18-10/09/18 |
| Dr. Md. Razaul Karim | 11/09/18-31/12/23 |
| Nurun Nesa Khatun | 01/01/24-Continuing |
Department Notices and Orders
Department Teachers List
| SL | TEACHERS’ NAME | DESIGNATION | BATCH | MERIT | DATE OF JOINING |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01. | Nurun Nesa Khatun (4631) | Professor | 14 | 60 | 12/09/2018 |
| 02. | Mst. Nasima Khatun (8921) (Professor) | Associate Professor | 03/08/2020 | ||
| 03. | Dr. Shah Md. Mahbub Alam | Associate Professor | 22 | 13 | 11/01/2022 |
| 04. | Dr. Zannatul Fardous (015555) | Associate Professor | 24 | 43 | 11/01/2022 |
| 05. | Dr. Md. Shariful Islam (14096) (Associate Professor) | Assistant Professor | 24 | 47 | 01/10/2023 |
| 06. | Dr. Md. Montaz Ali Sarkar (13920) (Associate Professor) | Assistant Professor | 24 | 70 | 01/10/2023 |
| 07. | Mst. Nazma Sultana (14528) | Assistant Professor | 09/11/2014 | ||
| 08. | Sharmin Sakila (21816) | Assistant Professor | 28 | 17 | 02/04/2022 |
| 09. | Mst. Bilkis Khanam (22964) (Assistant Professor) | Lecturer | 31/12/2014 | ||
| 10. | Syeda Sifat-E-Nuri (22970) (Assistant Professor) | Lecturer | 30 | 26 | 30/08/2016 |
| 11. | Shamima Nasrin (16134113025) | Lecturer | 34 | 25 | 21/10/2017 |
| 12. | Most. Abida Sultana (18136113033) | Lecturer | 36 | 33 | 27/07/2022 |
| 13. | Demonstrator | ||||
| 14. | Demonstrator |
