Smt. A.S.M. College for Women, is one of the premier educational institution in fostering Women education, was established in the year 1969 by Veerasaiva Vidyavardhaka Sangha, Ballari. I take this opportunity to state that Smt. A.S.M. College for Women has the distinction of being the first and the only Women’s Degree College in the district exclusively serving the cause of Women’s Education in Science. The Department of Zoology was started in the year 1973 and Zoology was introduced as a major subject for B.Sc. under Karnataka University, Dharward. When the Gulbarga University was established in the year 1980, the college came under its jurisdiction and presently it is affiliated to K.S.A.Women's University, Vijayapura from 2003-04 onwards till date. The intake capacity of the department is up to 100 students per each class. The Department is fully concerned with B.Sc., program with an impressive strength. The entire teaching faculty who served in the the department were qualified and dedicated in imparting the relevant knowledge and duties up to the satisfaction of students. Their contribution to the department is very high.  There are, at present, four faculty members viz., Dr. Dupam Satheesh, Mr. Md. Yunus Basha Dr. Syeda Kahkashan Tanveer Fatima, and Ms. V Lakshmi Sowjanya who are all fully qualified, able and efficient enough in discharging their duties with diligence and commitment. They take keen interest in their work and well versed in curricular and co-curricular activities of the department. The faculty members represented the College in the various academic activities. The staff members are involved in University BoS, BoAE, and BoE Meetings and contributed to university academic activities. Meetings are held regularly to discuss the curricular activities, distributing the syllabus, preparing lesson plan, preparation of question papers and result analysis. The students are regularly evaluated and trained through Internal Assessments, Seminars, Presentations, Preparatory Examinations etc., to face the Final Examination with confidence.

The Department organizes regular one day field study visits nearby places related to syllabus and one week study tours are organizing to distant places of Zoological importance to enrich the practical knowledge. Apart from this, we share the responsibilities with office staff in discharging the duties particularly involving ourselves in various committees and cells of the College. The teachers also encouraged to take up faculty development programmes. This has resulted in widening the knowledge horizon of the faculty so that they are competent to deliver their knowledge to the students in more effective way. The staff members are actively involved in research and publication in journals. The department has well equipped laboratory with specimen museum and computers with Internet facility. The students studying B.Sc. with Zoology combination are constantly secured university academic ranks every year.