DURGAPUR GOVERNMENT COLLEGE

History

The Department of Zoology is functioning since 1984. This Department offers undergraduate courses in Zoology Honours and Program (CBCS pattern). The Department is situated in a separate building, namely, PG Building (Pran-O-Paribesh Bhawan). The Department is presently poised nicely with a perfect blend of experienced and young faculty members. Presently the Department is functioning with seven full time and two part time faculty members, with one supporting non-teaching staff and one casual staff. The Department has a rich collection of text and reference books as a seminar library (with 511 books). The seminar library is truly beneficial for the students as they can regularly issue books for their study. The Department is equipped with modern aids of teaching which includes laptop computers and Power Point Projectors. The Department is having a well decorated specimen display room with more than 100 specimens for identification purpose. Apart from this the Department offers cyber facility toward both the faculty members as well as the students and moreover this Department offers a homely atmosphere to the students. The students of this Department regularly participate in seminars and workshops in other Colleges/ Universities under the active guidance of faculty members of the Department. They spontaneously participate in college exhibition and other extracurricular activities like sports NCC and NSS. Most of the Honours Graduates of this Department get admitted in leading Universities like JNU, BHU, University of Calcutta, University of Burdwan, Presidency University, Visva-Bharati University and so on.