REPORT ON WORLD MUSHROOM DAY
OBSERVED BY: Department Of Botany in Collaboration with IQAC, Tezpur College
DATE: 15.10.2026
To mark World Mushroom Day on October 15, 2026, the Department of Botany, Tezpur College, in collaboration with the Tezpur College Mushroom Cultivation and Agro-Entrepreneurship Cell (TCMCAEC) and the IQAC, organized an interactive academic session aimed at highlighting mycology, mushroom cultivation techniques, and agro-entrepreneurial opportunities for undergraduates. Attended by faculty members Dr. Debahooti Baruah (HoD) and Ms. Afrina Borborah, alongside botany students, the session featured a comprehensive PowerPoint presentation by a B.Sc. 5th semester student, Miss Namita Devi, covering spawn preparation, substrate sterilization, mushroom bed management, harvesting, and nutritional-economic applications of edible mushrooms. The presentation was followed by a speech delivered by Miss Udita Mahanta, a B.Sc. 3rd semester student on the medicinal and nutritional values of mushrooms, and Mr. Bibek Sutradhar, a B.Sc. 1st semester student on value-added products of mushrooms. Subsequently, there was an engaging Q&A discussion on small-scale farming, waste-to-wealth practices using agricultural residues, and nutritional benefits, successfully enhancing students' technical insights, peer-to-peer learning, and entrepreneurial awareness toward eco-friendly self-employment pathways through the newly established TCMCAEC.