Introduction
Establishment of the Department with brief History
K. L. E. Society’s P. C. Jabin Science College is the single faculty Science college,
started in the year 1957 to impart need based and moral education to the students
of north Karnataka. In the beginning Zoology subject was co-existing along with
the Botany subject and both were combinedly functioning under the Department of
Biology. In the year 1971 Department of Zoology was bifurcated and started functioning
independently. Prof. C. J. Savanurmath was the founder Head of the Department and
successfully led the Department till 1979. During his tenure, the Department saw
a phenomenal academic development and a well set museum was established.
Infrastructure of the Department
Today the Department has well organized infrastructure with highly qualified and
experienced staff, well equipped Laboratories, a spacious staff Room, a classic
Museum, the Computer Room, a store Room and an Administrative office room. The Departmental
Library is also set and books are issued to the students regularly.
The Department museum has rare and precious zoological treasure, a mounted life
size elephant skeleton. It is the first of its kind in Karnataka state and fourth
in the country.
SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE DEPARTMENT
The Department of Zoology feels proud in possessing the rare precious Zoological
treasure, a mounted life size elephant Skelton, in its museum. It is the first of
its kind in Karnataka state and fourth in the Country. There are only three other
such pieces in the National Museums of Chennai, Kolkatta and Trevendrum.
Dr. C.J.Savanurmath, Retd, Professor of Sericulture, Karnataka University Dharwad
and Founder Head of the Department and his associates, did this herculian task of
articulating and mounting the mammoth Skeleton.
“Ganesh”, an elephant in the service of Moorusavira math, a leading veerashaiva
Math of the state, was electrocuted in the year 1971 and was buried in black cotton
soil of Bidnal, a nearby village. Ten months, after the event the odeaof recovering
the skeleton,took shape in the mind if Prof. C.J. Savanurmath, then Head of Zoology
of our college. After obtaining permission from the swami ji , the body of the elephant
was exhumed and it took more than 3 years hard sustained labour, native ingenuity
and tenacity to articulate the bones and mount them in a proper shape. Mounting,
the full 300kg weight of the skeleton on a platform was a challenging task. But,
Dr. Savanurmath and his team, designed special steel fabrication, involving engineering
skill and erected the entire huge skeleton in its original shape, which was installed
in 1974. It is hearing to see that the work has survived for more than 30 years,
without incurring slightest disturbance of damage.