St. Mary’s College offers a BA in Botany with a specialization in Environmental Science and Plant Biotechnology. This program was introduced at the College in the year 2001. As part of the program, on-the-job training for a period of three weeks in plant preservation and conservation techniques is provided at the Centre for Botanical Studies, and a separate certificate is issued by them. Students of our department have the opportunity to select a subject of their choice from courses offered by different Departments of the College. The Botany Department offers an open course for students from other departments. Students of the Botany Department are also enrolled in various programs like Walk with Scholar, a higher-level academic mentoring program, the Student Support Programme, the Additional Skill Acquisition Programme (ASAP), NSS, and NCC.