Department of Zoology

The Department of Zoology was established in the year 1934. This department has the prestige of starting PG course in Zoology in 1959, which was later on shifted to Karnatak University, Dharwad in 1967. The department is housed in a beautiful red coloured building and covers largest area on the campus. It has spacious building with a Library, 3 Lecture halls, 4 Student Laboratories, 3 well equipped research laboratories and one of the largest and best Museums in the entire North Karnataka, which is one of the best Zoology museums in India. The museum is well furnished with a collection of 2500 species of specimens, which are well maintained and appreciated by the public, visitors and students from the different places. The Department of Zoology has well qualified faculty members, four of them are with Ph.D and one is having the M.Phil Degree. Two of the faculty members are recognized as Research Guides of Karnatak University. Since its inception, 26 students have completed Ph.D and the department has received research grants from funding agencies like DST, UGC and VGST. Papers are published from the department in National and International journals.All the teaching staff are student friendly and the department offers courses from B.Sc. to Ph.D. The Department of Zoology organizes seminars, workshops , training programmes, extension programmes and study tours . B.Sc students are encouraged to take up small research projects and many of them have presented papers in National level conferences and seminars .Student knowledge enrichment programmes are organized by Dept. study circle i.e, Dr.Salim Ali Zoology Study circle. Department has some innovative practices like Vermicomposting, Apiculture , Rain Water harvesting, Construction of fish aquaria etc.