Botanical Garden Guru Nanak Dev University

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India - Punjab - Amritsar

Institution Code: AMRS

BGCI Member: No

About the Botanical Garden Guru Nanak Dev University

Botanical Garden, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar is located at 31.6340° N, 74.8259° E was established in year 1975 and spread in 10 hectares of land. It has about 500 species and divided into 12 sections as per Benthem & Hooker's System of classification. It houses open air theatre, lily pool, aquatic pond, fern house and herbal garden.

Main Address:
Botanical Garden Guru Nanak Dev University
Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences
Faculty of Life Sciences
Amritsar
Punjab 143005 India

Telephone: 91 183 2451048
Fax: 91 183 2258819
URL: www.gndu.ac.in
Primary Email: botanical.environmental@gndu.ac.in

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Prof. Jaspal Singh Sandhu
    Curator's Name: Dr. Manpreet Singh Bhatti
    Plant Records Officer's Name: Prof. Renu Bhardwaj
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 7
    Educational Staff Number: 4
    Research Staff Number: 20
    Administration Staff Number: 1

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: Private: No
    Status: State: Yes
    Status: Educational: Yes
    Status: Municipal: No
    Status: Satellite: No
    Status: Trust: No
  • Date founded: 1975
  • Physical Data
  • Natural Vegetation Area: Yes
    Natural vegetation area: Size: 4 Hectares
  • Landscaped Area: Yes
    Landscaped Area: Size: 6 Hectares
  • Total Area: 10 Hectares
    Latitude: 31.6308
    Longitude: 74.8715
    Annual Rainfall: 700 mm
    Altitude: 360.00 Metres
    Total area of glasshouses: 10 Metres
  • Locality: Information
  • Locality: Garden Name: Mata Kaulan Botanical Garden
  • Local Address: Grand Trunk Road, Amritsar
  • Locality: City: Amritsar
  • Locality: State: Punjab

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: Yes
    Herbarium: Number of Specimens: 400
    Arboretum: Yes
    Arboretum Size: 2
  • Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: Yes
    Seed Bank: Yes
    Published Plant Catalogue: Yes
    Computer Plant Record System: Yes
  • Open to public: No
    Friends society: No
    Retail Outlet: Shop: No
    Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: No
    Disabled access: No

Plant Collections

  • Accession Number: 500
  • Special Collections:Trees and shrubs (5,000 accessions) such as Dalbergia sisso, Tectona grandis, Terminalia bellerica, Butea monosperma and Acacia spp. and a wide variety of other plants used for teaching and research, lilies, bamboos, cacti and other succulents (+100 spp.)
  • Invasive Species Monitoring: No
    Invasive Species Policy: No
    ABS Policy: No
    Plant Collection Policy: No

Conservation Programmes

  • Conservation Programme: No
    Medicinal Plant Programme: Yes
    Ex Situ Conservation Programme: No
    Reintroduction Programme: No

Research Programmes

  • Biotechnology: No
    Plant Breeding: Yes
    Conservation - Biology: No
    Conservation - Genetics: No
    Data Management Systems and Information Technology: Yes
    Ecology: No
    Ecosystem Conservation: No
    Education: Yes
    Ethnobotany: No
    Exploration: No
    Floristics: No
    Horticulture: No
    Invasive Species Biology and Control: No
    Molecular Genetics: No
    Pollination Biology: No
    Restoration Ecology: No
    Seed/Spore Biology: No
    Systematics and Taxonomy: Yes
    Sustainability: No
    Pharmacology: No
    Agriculture: No
    Land Restoration: No
    Urban Environments: No

Education Programmes

  • Visitor/Education Centre: Yes
    Education Signs in Garden: Yes
    Public Lectures/Talks: Yes
    Education Booklets/Leaflets: No
    Guided Tours: Yes
    Permanent Public Displays: Yes
    Special Exhibitions: No
    Courses for School Children: No
    Courses for University/College Students: Yes
    Courses for General Public: No
    Education Programme: Yes