The Industrial section has been a part of the Botanical Survey of India since 1911. Its galleries contain more than 20,000 exhibits arranged in various bays and sections, based on their uses like: crude drugs, food, fodder, dyes, tannins, gums, narcotics, beverages, etc. It is also engaged in visual education through organising exhibitions, mobile demonstrations and lectures, etc. on the role of plants in environmental protection, their importance in our daily life and the need for their conservation. It also maintains a Herbarium of economic plants. The large volume of data compiled and used by George Watt for his Dictionary of Economic Products of India, are preserved and displayed in a series of ledgers in the Museum.

Established	1st April, 1887, merged with Botanical Survey of India in January, 1911.
Accessioned specimens
(i) Museum specimens	20,000
(ii) Herbarium specimens	70,000
Library holding	28,000 books and journals
Main Programmes	i Maintenance and modernisation of Botanical gallery. ii Conservation and education / awareness programme. iii Organising exhibitions and seminars.