Postgraduate

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Critical thinking and Problem Solving: Analyze the given scientific data critically and systematically and will have the ability to draw the objective conclusions. Know basics of cognitive biases, mental models, logical thinking, scientific methodology and constructing cogent scientific arguments.

An increased understanding of fundamental concepts and their applications of scientific principles is expected at the end of this course. Students will become critical thinker and acquire problem solving capabilities.

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Research Aptitude: Keenly observe about what is going on in the natural surroundings to awake their curiosity and design a scientific experiment through statistical hypothesis testing and other a priori reasoning including logical deduction.

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Employability: Apart from the research jobs, students can also work or get jobs in Marketing, Business & Other technical fields. Science graduates also recruited in the bank sector to work as customer service executives. Students can also find employment in government sectors. Often, in some reputed universities or colleges in India and abroad the students are recruited directly by big MNC’s after their completion of the course.

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Applicability: Acquire the ability to engage in independent and self-learning as well as to successfully pursue their career objectives in advanced education and in professional courses, in a 22 scientific career in government or industry, in a teaching career in the school systems, or in a related career following graduation.

Understand the importance of modern branches of science like genetic engineering for the improvement of human race.

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Social Responsibility: Students are trained to be an individual with concern for the society   they live and to contribute at maximum, their skills and knowledge in the broadest context, for the development of the nation.

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Ethics: Students will also strengthen their ethical and moral values and shall be able to deal with psychological weaknesses. Students are expected to possess basic psychological skills required to face the world at large, as well as the skills to deal with individuals and students of various sociocultural, economic and educational levels.  Be responsible citizen of India and be aware of moral and ethical baseline of the country and the world. They are expected to define their core ethical virtues good enough. Emphasis be given on academic and research ethics, including fair Benefit Sharing, Plagiarism, Scientific Misconduct and so on.

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Life-long learning: Develop scientific outlook not only with respect to science subjects but also in all aspects related to life. It will also enable the graduate prepare for national as well as international competitive examinations, especially UGC-CSIR NET and UPSC Civil Services Examination. Students will gain knowledge and skills for further higher studies, competitive examinations and employment.

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Digital Literacy: Digitally literate to enroll and increase their core competency via e-learning resources such as MOOC and other digital tools for lifelong learning. Graduates should be able to spot data fabrication and fake news by applying rational skepticism and analytical reasoning.

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Team Player: Students will learn team workmanship with productive cooperation involving members from diverse socio-cultural backgrounds in order to serve efficiently institutions, industry and society.

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Transferable skills: Develop various skills like Use of IT (word-processing, use of internet, statistical packages and databases), Communication of scientific ideas in writing and orally, Ability to work as part of a team, Ability to use library resources, Time management and Career planning.

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Use research-based knowledge and research methods including design of experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, and development of the information to provide valid conclusions.

PSO 1

Develop a conceptual understanding of principles and importance of Botany. This would enable the students to be resourceful in identifying the plants. All the courses in the programme are carefully designed to equip the students for competitive exams like CSIR NET, SET etc. and to write research proposals for grants.

PSO 2

Classify plants from Viruses, Bacteria, and Algae to Spermatophyte, identify flora in the field, appreciate their economic importance, specially as traditional medicines and understand biodiversity in correlation to habitat, climate change, land and forest degradation and trace the evolution of plants through Paleobotany.

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Benefited with knowledge of core subjects like plant diversity, molecular cytogenetics and application of statistics, analytical techniques, plant tissue culture, phytochemistry, pathology of chromosomes, karyotyping and chromosome mapping, microscopy and chromatography, etc. This would make them obtain skills in doing research etc.

PSO 4

Develop an understanding of application of Botany in 1 Agriculture through study of plant pathology 2 secondary metabolite production 3 Genetic Engineering.

PSO 5

Understand the ultrastructure and function of cell membranes, cell communications, signaling, genetics, anatomy, taxonomy, ecology and plant physiology and biochemistry to understand the multi functionality of plant cells in production of fine chemicals and wide spread industrial applications.

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Understand Molecular and Physiological adaptations in plants in response to biotic and abiotic stress and genes responsible for stress tolerance genetic engineering of plants.

The students will also gather the role of botany in environmental cleanup, forestry, floriculture, pharmaceutical industry, etc.

PSO 7

Understand the issues of environmental contexts and sustainable development

PSO 8

Perform procedures as per laboratory standards in the areas of Biochemistry, Anatomy, Breeding procedures for hybridization, Bioinformatics, Taxonomy, Economic Botany, Cell Biology, Reproduction and Ecology. This would help them create, select and apply appropriate techniques, resources and modern technology in multidisciplinary way and design experiments, analyze and interpret data to reach to an effective conclusion.

PSO 9

Carry out innovative research projects through best problem-solving skills thereby making them to use knowledge in depth

PSO 10

Project, Seminar and Dissertations would build up research aptitude among the students The objective is to train students in basics of research, literature recession,   analysis and expression of their understanding of the topic in their own words. This would help develop entrepreneurial skills in them.

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