DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
The Department was established in the year 2008-2009. The department offers four elective papers in the 4th semester viz. Computational Biology, Stem Cell Biology, Industrial Food Biotechnology and Environmental Biotechnology. The department has started to offer Ph.D. program from the academic session of 2013-2014 and M. Phil program from 2019-2020. The department is well equipped with instrumentation facility and basic laboratory amenities for catering to the need of M.Sc., M. Phil., and Ph.D. students. Department of Biotechnology, Government of India has selected this department to establish an Institute level Biotech Hub and Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility for infrastructure and manpower development of this region. The department has a self sustaining Mushroom unit which performs Research and Development along with production and selling of the products as food. As a mandate, the department takes active care in regular career counseling for students through advance career oriented training which enable them to secure placement to establish themselves.