Department of Zoology, Behala College started its journey in the year 1979 with a General course in Zoology under the affiliation of University of Calcutta. Honors course was introduced in the year 1998 with two Assistant Professors, two Laboratory assistant, one Graduate level Laboratory Instructor and with 15 student intake capacity. After 25 years of its persistent and sincere efforts, currently the Department is running in full swing with the dynamic effort of 7 faculty members and 2 laboratory Assistants,with 80 student intake capacity at Honours level.
Initially the Department followed 2+1 system, then 1+1+1 system from 2010. CBCS system was introduced in 2018.
The Department sincerely follows the curriculum for Zoology (Honours and General course) laid by its affiliating University, University of Calcutta, where the faculty members explore every scope to give a wholesome idea about classical as well as modern and advanced aspects of Zoological Sciences. Students are taught about Animal kingdom, Chordate and Non-Chordate Biology in relation to their Taxonomy, Eco-biology and conservation. Students are also taught about different aspects of Biochemistry, Parasitology and Immunology, Molecular and Cell biology, Endocrinology, Ecology and Ethology. Along with this, students attend several Discipline specific elective courses such as Fish and Fisheries, Animal Cell Biotechnology; and skill enhancement courses like Aquarium Fish keeping , Apiculture, Medical Diagnosis .
The Department always puts its best effort to conduct several fieldtrips/excursions to relate the subject knowledge with field derived practical experience. Students are indulged to take up project works on several aspects of their studied topics to have a wholesome knowledge.
∎ Seminars where subject experts /scientists from reputed Institutes are invited to deliver lecture on their research work. These seminars are followed by elaborative interactive sessions.
∎Student Seminars where students deliver review lectures on the relevant topics in relation to their undergraduate course of study.
∎ Laboratory visit, and
∎ Excursion to correlate the theoretical learning with field-based experience.
∎ Parent-teacher meeting as and when required.
Students from Department of Zoology actively participate in preparing.
∎Wall magazine and Wall posters delivering in-depth information of animal world to make the learning process more enjoyable.
Students from the Department of Zoology also participates in
∎ Seminar, Symposium, Workshops, Hands-on training, Quiz Competition and in different cultural activities in and outside the College.
∎ Department of Zoology has collaborated with WWF, India in completing ECHO project in the academic session 2021-2022.
∎ Our students are also actively associated with the ‘Save the Frogs’ and ‘Save the Frogs: India Chapter’ to deal with amphibian diversity and conservation issues.
Session-wise detail of Excursions conducted by the Department of Zoology
Academic session
Name of the Institute/National Park/ Sanctuary/Site visited
2016- 17
Bandhabgarh National Park: Madhyapradesh.
2016- 17
Indian Museum
2016- 17
Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary
2016- 17
Purbasthali
2016- 17
Purbasthali
2017- 18
Gorumara National Park: West Bengal [North]
2017- 18
Nimpith KVK
2018- 19
Gopalpur, Monglajori, Ventai: Orissa
2018- 19
Nature Park, Taratala
2018- 19
Alipore Zoological Garden
2019- 20
Bhitarkanika, Monglajori, Gopalpur: Orissa
2021- 22
Sundarban National Park: West Bengal
2022-23
Digha,Sundarban National Park: West Bengal
Hands- on training /Single day project work completed by students:
Academic session
Name of place visited
2021- 22
Fleming Hospital: To learn tools in medical diagnosis
2021- 22
Balagarh Fish Farm: To learn pisciculture techniques
Session-wise detail of seminars organised by Department of Zoology :
Academic session
Theme of the seminar
Lead speaker
2016- 17
Date-25.11.2016
Modern Thoughts in Research in Biological Science.
Dr. Sujoy Ghosh
[Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta]
Dr. Silpak Biswas
[Department of Diagnostic, Medicine/Pathobiology Division, Veterinary Medicine, Kanas State University, Manhanttan, USA]
2017- 18
Date-27.04.2018
Environmental change- Impact on human health and Biodiversity
Dr. Ashok Kanti Sanyal
[Chairman, West Bengal Biodiversity Board, Department of Environment, Government of West Bengal]
2018- 19
Date-01.03.2019
Environmental change- Life style and Cancer
Dr. Manas Ranjan Ray
[Former Senior Assistant Director, Office in Charge, and Head, Department of Experimental Haematology, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute]
2022-23
Date-26.09.2022
Awareness programme on Amphibian diversity and conservation
Dr. Joytirmay Deb
Smt. Sarbani Nag
Wall Magazine by students:
Theme Wall magazine
Date of publication
ZOOSPORE: Trends In Animal Science
28.02. 2019
Reintroduction of Cheetah: Issues & Development
02.03.2022
Conservation of Mangrove Forest
13.11.2022
Detail of Student Seminar-
Topics
Session and Date
Students Involved
Action potential: Origin and Propagation
Biting mechanism in snake
Parental care in Amphibia
Gluconeogenesis: Requirement and importance
Enzyme inhibition: Kinds and mechanism
Menstrual cycle: Hormonal control
Fish migration: Causes and effect
GTPase and signal transduction
Session-2019-2020
Date-27.09. 2019
Students of Semester-III (Zoology Honours)
Different types of cells of immunological aspect
Cell signalling in immunological aspect
Function of blood cells
Session-2021-22
Date-10.06.2022
Students of Semester-IV (Zoology Honours)
Aneuploidy in Human and Drosophila
Polyploidy in plants i
Detection of mutation: chromosomal and biochemical aspect
Gene mutation and metabolic disorder in human
Session-2022-23
Date-14.10.2022
Students of Semester-V (Zoology Honours)
Detail of the Seminar/ Webinar/ Workshop/ Poster presentation /Quiz competition/Extempore competition attended/participated by the students outside of the College
Name of the Seminar/ Webinar/ Workshop/ Poster presentation /Quiz competition/Extempore competition
Name of the participating student(s)
Extempore competition in Zoo Festival, organised by the Zoological Garden, Alipore, Kolkata.
Date-18.11.2019
Secured 3rd position
Tanisha Ghosh
One day National level seminar and poster presentation entitled How to checkmate Cancer organized by Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamadir .
Date-6.03.2020
Subhayan Adhikary, Sayantan Dey
A Five day online workshop on Science Illustration, organized by, Science Media Centre, IISER Pune.
Duration-14.07.2020-18.07.2020
Arpan Bose
One day international webinar organized by Cytogenetics and Genomics research unit department of Zoology, Calcutta university, associated with Bijoy krishna girls' college. Date-19.08. 2020.
Maitrai Karak, Pranja Hazra and others
International Zoo Festival Quiz Competition.
Date-19.08.2020
Upasana Dey
Webinar on Mangrove Forests organized by WWF volunteers
Date-30.01.2021
Sujan Kumar Mondal and others
A five day, online training program on “Methods in Cell and Molecular Biology” .
Duration-24.05.2021-28.05.2021
Tanisha Ghosh
Recent Strategies and Prospects of Aquaculture” organized by the Department of Zoology, Vidyasagar College.
Date-10.07.2021-11.07.2021
Saptarshi Bhattacharjee
International webinar on "Comprehensive Current Approaches to Oncogenetics and Pollination Ecology" organised by Department of Zoology, Barasat Government College.
Date-01.10. 2021
Maitrayee Karak and Piu Naskar
One month internship entitled as “The evolution of metamorphic organisms in a changing climate”
Date-05.10.2021
Tanisha Ghosh
One day International level Symposiumentitled Our planet, Our Ecosystem, Our Health, organized by Serampur College.
Date-17.05.2022
Biswadip Sanpui, Susmita Chakraborty
A Three Day workshop on Basic Molecular Biology Techniques.
Created awareness related to healthy food habit to control the carbon footprint
2021-22
Creating awareness for amphibian diversity and conservation
Save the frogs-India Chapter, Wish Foundation
Biswadipr Sanfui
Sambit Chakraborty
Susmita Chakraborty
Haimanti Sinha
Amit Das
Teacher guide-
Dr. Abhisek Basu
Created awareness for amphibian diversity and its conservation through, organising seminar, online story writing competition, online photography competition,
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