Department of Biotechnology was founded in 2004 with a vision to make an impact through research and technology-based training. The department has teaching and research programs which encompass various basic and applied aspects of modern biotechnology.
Objective of Biotechnology Department
The main objective of the Department is to provide academic training and conduct research in the interdisciplinary areas of biotechnology with particular emphasis on extending the knowledge generated from these studies towards the development of technologies of commercial significance.
Research interests
Research interests of the department include Nanobioelectronics, neurobiology, genome informatics, immunotherapeutics, plant molecular biology and environmental biotechnology. The department has ten state-of-the-art laboratories, viz. Nanobioelectronics Laboratory, Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, Functional Genomics and Molecular Nanoscience Laboratory, Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, Plant Molecular Biology Laboratory, Computational Biology Laboratory, Biochemistry Laboratory, Immunotherapeutic Laboratory and Genome Informatics Laboratory.
