Since its inception the department has seen increase in the enrolment of students, up gradation of laboratory and establishment of a botanical garden which is in its developing phase.
Laboratory: 1 medium sized laboratory which is equipped with instruments like Autoclave, Incubator, Oven, Microtome, soil and water Analysis kit etc, it can accommodate around 30 students at a time. Attached to the laboratory are 1 store room and 1 staff room.
Botanical Garden: botanical garden was established in 2018 under the leadership of Principal Professor Deskyong Namgyal.
Botanical Garden harbours a green house, Arboretum section, Herbal section, ornamental section, small pond and a bore well.
The purpose of having a Botanical Garden is to grow variety of crops at a given time, The dapatment in collaboration with
LEHO an NGO grown various member of cucurbitaceae like cucumber , zucchini, water melon and bottle gourd.
Also other vegatbles like spinach, tomato, brinjal etc were grown. The main aim behind growing these vegetables
is to train, motivate and encourage students to go for organic farming in their respective villages.
A small Arboratum is in the garden which harbours variety of trees of Ladakh region.
The trees include few species of Salix, Rosa, Robinia Psuedoacacia, Malus, Pinus,
Prunus, Myricaria etc. This collection helps students as well as teachers tolearn a lot about the
flora of Ladkh region.
A small Herbal section is also present in the botanical garden in which few medicinal plants of Ladakh region like Rheum speciformis, Allium sp, Inula and Dracocephalum etc are growing.
Name of The Staff | Designation | Department | Permanent Residence With Block | Contact No | Email ID |
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Razia Parveen | Assistant Professor | Botany | Shey Leh | 9622992119 | [email protected] |
Dr. Konchok Dorjey | Assistant Professor | Botany | Wanla Khaltse | 9419308873 | [email protected] |
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