One of the oldest in Andhra Pradesh to offer Botany as a main subject at graduation level.Dedicated teachers like Sri Goparaju Ramachandra Raju, Sri T.U.Chacko, Sri Garikipati Sriramamurthy and their successors contributed alot for the development of this department.Presently this dept. is offering Botany and also Microbiology at +3 level.This dept.has all the facilities to carryout advanced research.A good Botanical garden and herbarium with many interesting species of plants are amenities.