Department of Zoology

About The Department

About the Department

Zoology Department is one of the major department of Khejuri College. The Dept. was introduced in 2011 as a general course,with just 16 students and one faculty member along with Botany and Anthropology. From 2017, the Dept. running with honours course (CBCS pattern) with 20 students and four teachers in the academic year 2017-2018 and the number of seats has been increased from 20 to 45.The academic excellence of the dept. is evident from the well performance of the students of under graduate who have studied their post-graduate courses in different universities of India. The Department organises classroom lectures, interactive sessions, field studies as well as significant seminars for the best benefit of the students. The lectures are held mainly as PowerPoint presentations. The students are prepared to excel both in curricular and co-curricular activities. The dept. has conducted different seminars, organise excursion, awareness programme, skill-based training programme etc. By organise such types of   programme the dept. also guides students as well as local people for economic development. Various types of laboratories equipment are available in this section which are used for practical knowledge of the students with the help bywhich the students get hands on knowledge of various subject. There are about 200 preserved specimen presents in this dept. for identification.

Aim and Objectives of the Department

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1. To introduce the concept of Zoology.  

2. To enable the students to know the fundamental of Zoology.

3. Students pursuing Zoology subject study the characteristics and Developmental stages of animal life.

4. The department aims to provide a broad multidisciplinary course in Zoology.

5. To train students in a wide range of science based skills. 

6. The subject also aims add developing identification skills, animal handling skills, observation skills.

7. The subject also proposes to student for teaching job and self employment (e-g. Apiculture, sericulture, pisciculture, Fishery management, Biofertilizer etc ).

8. To facilitate higher education and research in Zoology.


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Programme Offered

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B.Sc. Zoology 3-yrs Hons. Programme (CBCS) 
B.Sc. Zoology 4-yrs Hons. Programme (CCFUP)- 2023-24 sesssion onwards 

Programme Outcome

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1 .The students would learn about the basic zoological principles and criteria.

2. Students should be able to identify, classify and differentiate diverse chordates and nonchordates based on their morphological, anatomical and symmetric organization.

3. Understand the nature and basic concepts of cell biology, Genetics, Taxonomy, Biochemistry , Physiology, Evolutionary Biology, Developmental Biology etc.

4. Apply the knowledge of internal structure of cell, its functions in control of various metabolic function of organism.

5. Understand about various concept of Genetics and its importance in Human health.

6. Skill development courses are introduced such as apiculture, sericulture develop specific skill of the students as self development.

7.The program will fortify the students to develop fundamental knowledge in biodiversity and conservation, pollution of environment and their control measures.

8.The program will help the students to learn the safety measures in animal handling and management programmes in laboratories.

9.Students will be learn about different diseases, causative organism, parasites,host, vectors as well as the basic principles of immunology including vaccinations and genetic basis several diseases like cancer.

10.Another program outcome will be ability of students to estimate various important environmental parameters like O2, CO2, pH, alkalinity, water turbidity etc.

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Faculty Member

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1 Ms. Chhabi Sahoo M.Sc. SACT-II chhabisahoo19@gmail.com 9679382358

Fishery Special

2 Mr. Asim Sahoo M.Sc. , M.Phil. SACT-II sahoo.asim@rediffmail.com 9046324656

Genetics and Molecular Biology

3 Ms. Shreyasi Pradhan M.Sc. SACT-II shreyasipradhan.1995@gmail.com 9830953818

Medical Biotechnology

4 Mr. Buddhadeb Jana M.Sc. SACT-II mrbuddhadebjana123@gmail.com 8641975736

Molecular Biology