Botany Department Activities : B.C.M College for Women, Kottayam

Botany association :- The association regularly conducts talks of scientific and Botanical interest on an year around basis. It also holds 3 exhibitions, and programs related to nature conservation and awareness for the benefit of the students of the college.

Bulletin board :- The students actively maintain a bulletin display board maintained by the Botanical association of the college, where the following are displayed.
1. Latest news of Botanical interest.
2. Job opportunities in the field of Botany.
3. Students are introduced to plants on a daily basis under the scheme
"Plant of the day" and "flower of the day".
4. Thought for the day.

Field Trips :-The department organizes field trips to various places of botanical interest in to arouse the natural interest of students and to give them a practical guidance to the varieties of ecosystems in nature.

Some of the major places visited are

1. Kumarakom wetlands

2. Thatteckad Bird sanctuary in Kotahmangalam

3. Chinnar Forest

4. Kodaikanal

5. Ooty

6. Silent valley

7. Man made forest "Kareem Forest" in Nileshwar

Annual visits :-
2.     Rice Research Institute of India , Kumarakom
3.     Annual Flower show of Kottayam
4.     Kerala Agricultural Institute, Trissur
5.     Agricultural Institute Coimbatore
Scholarships offered
1. Sr. Little flower  Jubilee Scholarship for the highest mark in Botany III year for an amount Rs 10000.
2. Mrs. Aleyamma Scholarship   for the best student in Taxonomy in III year Botany for an amount of Rs 500.
3. Sr. Little Flower scholarship in II degree Botany Course for an amunt of Rs 500.
Day to Day Activities
The association of botany conducted various activities, and were classified under the following heads
Flower of the Day (Euphorbia pulcherima)
Flower of the day
The III DC Members of the Association exhibits a twig with flower along with its
Common name, Botanical name and its uses, in front of   the Department everyday.
Plant  of the day
A  plant (usually a potted one) of economical or commercial importance will be
exhibited in front of the department with its Common name, Botanical name, and its uses.

The Botany Association 2010-2011

President:.................................Sethulakshmi K.(III D.C)
Vice President:  .........................Sunaina M. Koya(II D.C)
General Secretary:  ...................Samantha P. Rajan(III D.C)
Joint Secretary:.........................Tunisha Maria Joy(I D.C.)
Treasurer:................................ Ruby Mercy  (III D.C)
Magazine Editor:....................... Sruthy M.S.(III D.C)
Staff Advisors:.......................... Dr. Jossy abraham, Dr. Peter K. Mani.

Sub Committee

Herbarium maintenance...........   Anumol C.A
   Specimen Maintenance.............   Reeni P. Elias
Maintenance Of Garden............   Sreeja Ram

Cleaning and Greening of Garden
The students of Botany posses the charge of the Botanical Garden and they clean, repot, water and introduce new plants to the garden as and when required.

Oh!..........A Day's Hard Work

Cleaning the Surroundings
The association members are instructed to keep our surroundings clean especially from plastic and other nondegradable wastes. They spend time to clean ours as well as the neighbouring campus clean.

Charity Activities
Students collect an amount of money and donate it to the college charity fund.

Maintenance of Department Library
The students maintain a well classified Library of the Department and issues books from the collection by keeping an isssue register

Maintenance of Charts and Specimens
The students always keep an eye to the shortage of materials in the specimens and its systematic arrangement. The Charts are also kept in an easily available form by the students of the association.

Display of News / Special days
The students of the Association displays news / events / special days of importence etc on the Bulletin Board

Thought of the day
The Students display Quotable Quotes of various personalites under the head "Thought of the day" on the Bulletin Board.

GENERAL ACTIVITIES

The members of the Botany Association participated in various activies and cultural programmes conducted by the College Union, College, other Departments and various Institutions outside the College.The following are the Activites, and the Names of Students who have participated in those activites.