Guest Lecture held at the Botany Department for the students of B.Sc. and M.Sc.

DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY

Lecture held at the Department for the students of B.Sc. and M.Sc.

Guest Speaker: Dr. Preeti Chaturvedi Associate professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar.

 Topic:    “Ethano and Economic Botany”

 Date: 29-02-16

A lecture on the topic “Ethano and Economic Botany” has been taken by Dr. Preeti Chaturvedi Associate professor, February 2016 for the students of M.Sc. Botant. She is the Expert in the field of conservation biology and medicinal plant She has told about the importance of botany as it is the mother of all other agro sciences. She told that how the plants are beneficial for the mankind and they originate.

Some of the important following topics have been discussed with students during the lecture –

1. Present concept and scope
2. How ethnobotany started in india
3. Branches of ethnobotany
4. Present concept and scope
5. Plants in art, culture, epics and literature
6. Plants in art, culture, epics and literature
7. Tools of ethnobotany
8. Tools of ethnobotany
9. Major tribals of our country
10. Future of ethnobotany
11. Genesis of economic botany