Profile
The Goalpara College Botany Department was founded in 1966 by Professor Kula Bhusan Das as its founding Head of the Department (HoD). Subsequently, the Department started offering a Major Course in 1990. Since then, students have excelled in both Major and General courses from the department. Currently, the Department has five permanent faculty members and two bearers to ensure holistic and quality education of the students.
The Botany Department's mission is to impart quality education, enhance understanding of the subject, and focus on applied knowledge about the symbiotic relationship that exists between humankind and nature. In the last fifty plus years, the Department’s students have gone ahead and pursued successful careers and brought laurels to Goalpara College and the Botany Department.
In 2021, the Department instituted an annual academic excellence award to honour its founding HoD, Professor Kula Bhusan Das.
Department Award
Prof. Kula Bhushan Das Award for Academic Excellence
The Botany Department is immensely proud and privileged to announce the institution of an annual award to encourage academic excellence among students, and honour the legacy of its Founder HOD, Professor Kula Bhusan Das. Initiated in 2021, the Award is granted to the Department’s graduating topper, securing the highest grade point in their batch. It’s funded by Professor Das’s daughter, Barnali Das and son, Dr. Diganta Bhusan Das. The award includes Rs. 25,000 as prize money as well as a merit certificate.
The goal of this Award is to motivate meritorious students of the Department to strive harder for excellence and to support their dreams of pursuing higher education. Professor Das’ family is hopeful that the Award will work as a humble contribution towards building the brighter future of the awardees and the reputation of our institution.
Background
Way back in 1966, the Founder HoD, Professor Kula Bhusan Das had set up the Botany Department with his blood and sweat, almost as a one man army. In the initial years, he was the only faculty member and he continues to inspire us with his dedicated contributions, as well as his life of trials and tribulations. An upright man with strong beliefs and principles, he was much loved and respected by his students, faculty members, and the community at large during his tenure at Goalpara College.
Professor Das comes from a very humble origin. Born in 1936 in a farmer’s family in a tiny, nondescript village in Chapar (a small town in Dhubri District), his early years were tough, full of struggles and sacrifices. He lost his father quite early during the second year of his graduation, leading to severe resource constraints. Son of the soil and a self-made man, he worked as a teacher on and off to not only fund his own education but also bear the responsibilities of a large family of six younger brothers and sisters. He finished ISC from St. Anthony’s College, Shillong, B.Sc. from Cotton College, and M.Sc. from Gauhati University, before joining Goalpara College in 1966.
Awardees
2021 - Ms. Habiba Yasmin
2022 - Mr. Raja Saikia
2023 - Ankita Ray
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