The vision of the department is to inculcate students with scientific temperament, environmental awareness & prepare them to face challenges in life. The mission of the department is to provide quality training in the field of plant sciences and to sharpen students towards the need for conserving natural resources. The study of Botany is crucial as plants are an essential piece of life on the planet. The curriculum for the B.Sc. Botany Program has been designed with an aim of encouraging the broad instructional goals and to support the growing demands and challenging trends in the educational scenario. It targets at providing an environment that encourages, promotes and stimulates the intellectual, professional and personal development of the student. The curriculum caters to the all-round development of the student, preparing globally ready individuals into the fast-pacing world. A bachelor's degree program in Botany provides the foundation for prospective botanists to pursue a graduate level education or find an entry-level career.

The course introduces students to the importance of plants as an integral part of existence on the planet. It is imperative to internalize fully the fact that human existence depends on plants and hence, the necessity to conserve nature is the need of the hour. A few activities are conducted at the end of each semester which are relevant to the topics covered. Algal collections, mushroom cultivation, educational visits to tissue culture labs, plant collection trips, industrial trips, project works, maintenance of plant diversity on campus are few of the activities. These activities enable the students to study the subject outside the classroom environment.