About The Department 

(WBDST BOOST AWARDED DEPARTMENT)

No.1087/BT(Estt)/1P-19/2018. Dt.26/10/2019

History of Department of Zoology

The Department of Zoology, Rammohan College came into existence from the beginning of the College in 1961 as pass course undergraduate programme. Soon the department flourished under the leadership of various eminent teachers and it started Honours course in the year 1980 with 10 students affiliated by the Calcutta University. Now Department of Zoology is teaching 43 Honours students in each semester.

Future Prospect of Studying Zoology (Honours)

Zoology is “Study about animal” concept has been changed now a days. The most upgraded syllabus is taught in CBCS form, affiliated by University of Calcutta. After completion a student can go for not only M.Sc (Zoology/Life Science) but also M.Sc. (Biotechnology), M.Sc (Biochemistry), M.Sc (Molecular Biology), M.Sc (Bioinformatics), M.Sc (Marine Science), M.Sc (Wild Life), M.Sc (Oceanography), M.Sc (Forestry), Post Graduate Diploma in Forest Management (Bhopal), B.Tech (CEBB). The Department is also planning to introduce M.Sc. in Zoology (regular course) in future.

The Department will conduct FREE training course for IIT, JAM, JNU, BHU, CEBB for the students.

 

Academic Programs

3 years Honours degree course (CBCS) programme in Zoology in combination with Botany and Physiology/Chemistry (6 Semester)

3 years General degree course(CBCS) programme in Zoology in combination with Botany and Physiology/Chemistry (6 Semester)

Students Intake Capacity for Zoology Honours

General	SC	ST	OBC A	OBC B	Total
26	08	02	04	03	43

 

Lacewings of West Bengal

Distinguished alumni of the Department:

Prof. (Dr.) Ellora Sen

Year of pass out: 1991                                                                                           

Present status: Scientist F, National Brain Research Centre, Hariyana

Dr. Papiya Deb

Year of pass out: 1993

Present status: Associate Professor, Mumbai Mitibhai College, Mumbai

Dr. Kausiki Chakrabarti

Year of pass out: 1995

Present status: Associate Professor, Charuchandra College, Kolkata

Dr. Barnali Manna 

Year of pass out:  1999

Present Status: State aided college teacher category 1 (SACT 1), Sarojini Naidu College for Women

Madhumita Das

Year of pass out: 2004

Present status: Zonal Sales Manager for East, Translumina

Dr. Priyanka Ghosh

Year of pass out: 2008

Present status: Postdoctoral Fellow (Research work: Pancreatic cancer and Liver disease) of Internal Medicine and Liver Center at University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA

Dr. Nabanita Ghosh

Year of pass out: 2009

Present status: Assistant Professor, Maulana Azad College

Aishee Mukhopadhyay 

Year of pass out: 2013

Current job: Employed at Parivarthan Gurukul Heritage School, Hubli, Karnataka as Biology teacher for High school

Madhurima Basak

Year of pass out: 2013

Present status-PhD Scholar, Dept. of Endocrinology & Metabolism, IPGME&R and SSKM Hospital

Kolkata, WB, India

Anindita Dasgupta

Year of pass out: 2013

Present status- Pursuing PhD in National Centre for Cell Science, Pune, Maharashtra.

Piyaly Sen

Year of pass out: 2016

Present status: Ph.D. 2nd year at University of Debrecen (Faculty Of Medicine, Department of Biophysics and Cell Biology).