The Department of Biotechnology is established in the year 2004 with a mission to create fusion of engineering and life sciences that promotes scientific discovery and development of new technologies through research and education. The focus of the department is on basic research in modern biotechnology, molecular basis of life processes and bioinformatics. The department admits students for Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech.) in Biotechnology. A new Master of Technology (M. Tech.) in Bioinformatics has been started from the session 2010-2011. Besides basic and engineering sciences, the curriculum covers various subjects of Biotechnology.

Currently the department has 7 faculty members about 80 undergraduate students and associated staff. Research interests of the department are Bioprocess technology, Enzyme technology, Plant Biotechnology, Computational biology, Bioinformatics, Tissue culture and Drug Design. The department has developed modern research facility and infrastructure to support the teaching and research activities. The Department has four laboratories based on curriculum : Bioprocess & Downstream Processing, Biochemistry & Enzyme Technology, Molecular Biology & Genetic Engineering and Computational Biology. The department organized a corporate meet on Knowledge Park and a National Seminar on Biotechnology & Bioengineering in which distinguished speakers from IIT, AIIMS, IGIB, JNU and renowned companies like Monsanto and Biocon delivered plenary lectures. Prof. Subhas Chand, IIT Delhi delivered a Plenary Lecture on "Alternative Feed-Stocks& Process Engineering Challenges for the Production of Bio-ethanol" and Prof. Rakesh Bhatnagar, JNU Delhi delivered a talk on "Genetically Engineered Anthrax : Clone to Clinical Trial". The students of the department organize a technical festival KARYON every year. They organize several technical, biotechnology and management related events on national level.


Objective of the Department

i. To provide state of art expertise in various aspects of biotechnology.

ii. Develop expertise in Bioinformatics.

iii. Research for the benefit of human kind to develop effective interactions with industries involved in biotechnology and bioinformatics.

iv. Knowledge dissemination through seminars, symposia and shortterm refresher courses at national level.

v. Industrial consultancy and Industry-University partnership in Biotechnology.

Facilities at Department

i. A Bioreactor (10 liter capacity) fully equipped with Automatic Control along with Computer data Acquisition of Analysis Software.

ii. Gas liquid chromatography, Ultrafiltration Systems, UV-Vis Spectrophotometers, Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer, Ultracentrifuge, Refrigerated Centrifuges (low and high speed). Viscometer with PIV computer, Vertical autoclave.

iii. Incubator hybridizer, Lyophilizer.

iv. Analytical Ultracentrifuge, Protein Electrophoresis Apparatus.

v. Chromatographic and Electrophoretic Separation Systems for DNA and Proteins, Ultra Low Freezers (-20 Degree Celsius, -80 Degree Celsius), Dark room facility, ELSIA Reader, Gel dryer, Gel documentation unit, Polarimeter, Gas chromatography.

vi. Humidity and Temperature controller, UV trans illuminator, Laminar flow, PCR.

vii. Optical Microscopes, Microtome Crystat, Tissue bath.

viii. Nano Particle Analyser, Millipore Ultra Pure Water unit.

ix. 30 machines connected with interest to perform computation and simulation work.