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ONE DAY NATIONAL WORKSHOP FOR STUDENTS- 26th JUNE 2014

Dr. B. Siva Kumari organized a one  day National Workshop on KNOWLEDGE AND OPENNESS IN THE DIGITAL ERA on 26th
 June 2014 .

STUDENTS  IN THE WORKSHOP

PRESENTATION OF THE MEMENTOES

TWO DAY NATIONAL WORKSHOP FOR FACULTY ON 24th & 25th JUNE 2014

Dr. B. Siva Kumari organized a two day National Workshop on KNOWLEDGE AND OPENNESS IN THE DIGITAL ERA on 24th & 25th June 2014 for faculty members.

GROUP  PHOTO

PARTICIPANTS - IN FRONT OF THE OR CODE DEM

SECRETARY ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

Dr. B.  Siva Kumari appointed as a Secretary - Academic Activities on 23rd June 2014.

WORLD BIODIVERSITY DAY- MAY -22- HINDU EDITORIAL ON ALC CAMPUS

ALC campus, a repository of bio-diversity

G.VENKATARAMANA RAO

  

The efforts of the Botany Department has turned the college campus into a hotspot

These children seem to be enjoing the greenery on the Andhra Loyola College campus in Vijayawada on Thursday.- PHOTO: V. RAJU

The United Nations has declared May 22 as the International Day of Bio-Diversity. While bio-diversity is essential for the survival of life on earth, efforts are being made to preserve bio-diversity and conserve ethnic ecology by some institutes.

The efforts made by the Botany Department of the Andhra Loyola College (ALC) to preserve the existing species of flora and gather more for the purpose of educating its pupils has turned the college campus into a veritable bio-diversity hotspot.

These children seem to be enjoying the greenery on the Andhra Loyola College
  
campus in Vijayawada on Thursday.- PHOTO: V. RAJU

Botany Department head B. Siva Kumari said the number of plant species that grow on the ALC campus has increased to 1,000. The 98-acre campus has over 800 trees that belong to 180 different species. “Even Kondapalli forest does not have so many species of trees, but all most all the different species of trees that grew in the forest were in the campus. The remaining species are shrubs and herbs”.

Over the years the botany department with the support of the college management has developed a botanic garden with 300 different species of trees and shrubs in a two acre stretch. A separate herbal garden with 75 species of herbs, many of them with medical properties, has also been developed.

The campus has a few trees of the highly precious and endangered Pterocarpus santalinus, known to all as the Red Sanders. There are few trees of Mitragyna parvifolia, a relatively rare tree, also.

The Cannonball tree (Couroupitaguianensis) is a highly exotic looking tree. The bunches of ‘Nagalingam’ flowers and the big, round fruits that give the tree the name are a sight to behold. The flowers are borne in huge bunches sometimes covering the entire trunk of the tree.

Ficuskrishnae is another tree with leaves that are cup-shaped.

The legend is that Lord Krishna used them to eat butter. There is a legend behind every tree and shrub for those who are interested, Ms. Siva Kumari said.

Pasted from <http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/alc-campus-a-repository-of-biodiversity/article6039541.ece

GERBERA BLOOMING AT ALC GREEN HOUSE

FLORA OF ANDHRA LOYOLA COLLEGE RELEASED 8-3-2014

Flora of Andhra Loyola College-II edition released by officials

Dr.B.Siva Kumari, Dept. of Botany, authored a Book entitled "Flora of Andhra Loyola College” II Edition and it was released by Sri M.M.Pallam Raju, Minister for Human Resources Development, Govt. of India, on 8^th March 2014 during the Valedictory of Diamond Jubilee Celebrations.