Department of Zoology Nabadwip Vidyasagar College

The Department of Zoology, Nabadwip Vidyasagar College was established in the year 1978 with 3 years degree course. The Honours course was introduced in the year 1996. The department runs with undergraduate Honours and General course in Zoology. The CBCS was introduced from the session 2018 – 2019. The department has three full time teacher and one guest teacher along with two non teaching staff. The department has good academic, laboratory and infrastructural facility along with modern equipments and good number of books. The department provides the students internet facility and ICT & audio – visual based teaching. The department regularly organizes special lectures, workshops, seminars in regular basis. Department organizes annual seminar with digital presentation and encourages the students to participate and deliver lectures. It is to inculcate the habit of oral presentation and also to capacitate them in computer handling and making PPT presentation. Department regularly publishes wall magazine on various topics to encourage group activity and the habit of cooperation among its students. Our faculty and students
actively participate in different extension programs organized by different organs of the institution. All the full time posts are currently filled up and the entire faculty holds Ph.D. So as such the department is highly enriched regarding faculty. Class tests (besides annual test) are regularly held and the records maintained in Department. Besides regular oral question and answer sessions are held to brush up their knowledge. As part of curriculum annual excursions are conducted to provide firsthand knowledge on different collection and preservation methods of fauna and flora and to study them in their natural habitats and explore the biodiversity of different regions.