1. DEPARTMENT PROFILE

Quaid-E- Millath Government College for Women, Chennai attained Autonomous in 2004-05 and with it the erstwhile Department of Botany was renamed as the Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology and continued with its quest for Excellence in all spheres of educational curriculum in the college. Now our Department is the PG and Research Departnent of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology.

To motivate students to complete their education and inspire them to lead an independent life,
In addition to inculcating social values in them in order to build a healthy generation.
To impart quality education to meet the needs of profession and society and achieve
Excellence in teaching-learning and research.
To identify first generation socio economically poor students and motivate them to achieve their goals.
To attract and develop potential students and provide an environment conducive to Innovation, creativity, team-spirit and leadership.
To facilitate effective interactions among faculty and students and fostering network with alumini, institutions and stake-holders.
To practice and promote high standards of education, transparency and accountability.

The department strives to empower girl children of socially and economically Underprivileged categories to achieve highest academic career through various modes of Research.
All students of the Department of Plant Biology & Plant Biotechnology strive to reach highest level of academic knowledge, applied learning and performance skills to enswe
Fulfilling personal lives and carcers in our diverse and changing society.
The vision is also to facilitate transformation of students into good human beings, responsible
Citizens and competent professionals, focussing on assimilation, generation and disseminatiom of knowledge.

1. A holistic development and academic excellence to contribute effectively to the Understanding of the subject


2. To equip the girl students for self employment.


3. To motivate especially Undergraduate students to complete the course and pursue Higher education.


4. To encourage Post graduate students to pursue research and also enable them to find Job placements.


5. To impart quality research output from research scholars and also to encourage them To publish their research findings in higher cited journals.


6. To facilitate teachers and research scholars to obtain projects from funding agencies.


7. To improve infrastructure facilities for quality research.


8. To build approachable Teacher-Student relationship through general counselling.


9. Apart from academics, students are also encouraged to participate in extra-curricular Activities.


10. Field oriented programmes like gardening, mushroom cultivation etc. are encouraged To facilitate students to become great entrepreneurers in future.

IIG PG MPhil. And Ph.D. courses in Plant Biology & Plant Biotechnology are Offered.

• Excellent track record of acadenmic performance of our students which includes higher pass percentage in both UG and PG courses.
• Research attitude and aptitude of teachers.
• Herbal garden and Mushroom cultivation facility
• Good infrastructure that includes instruments, research labs etc.
• Organising Seminars/ Conferences/ Workshops.

• The department offers UG (both Tamil and English medium), PG, M Phil. And Ph.D.
• The sanctioned capacity for UG-30 (each medium), PG-12 and M.Phil-6. There are 15 Ph.D(10 Full-Time & 05 Part-Time) research scholars. The present strength of the Student is 264.
• The department is functioning with 11 Staff Members.
• Choice Based Credit Systemis being followed since 2008-09.
• As the department was renamed as Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology Many new subjects related to Plant Biotechnology like Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Bioinstrumentationhave Been introduced in bothUG and PG Courses.
• New subjects Viz, Non-Major Elective, Soft Skills and Computer Skilshave heen Introduced.
• In the progressive thinking of course curriculum, Project work was introduced for MSc,course since2009-10which has certainly proved to be a learning experience for The students.
• Currently (2023-24) for the PG,Major Elective Subjects are changed according to TANSCHE syllabus in order to improve self-employment opportunities for the Students
• Students (both UG and PG) accompanied by staff go on an Educational Tour every Year regularly to places like Ooty, Coonoor, Kodaikanal, Mysore, Shimoga, Coimbatore, Trivandrum and Cochin.Students also visit rescarch institutions, factories And conserved locations.