M.Sc. Biotechnology

Introduction

Biotechnology is making significant contributions to the global society by the creation and manufacture of products that facilitate diagnostics, therapeutics and the provision of services to areas like food, agriculture, energy and the environment. A career that is impacted by Biotechnology is not just a job. It is an invitation to participate in the development of new products and processes that could improve the quality of human life as much as any other discovery since the Industrial revolution. To execute the dire need of this multidisciplinary field of science, Institute of Biochemistry & Biotechnology is offering two Years M.Sc Biotechnology program. Under the supervision of erudite and skilled faculty, graduates will have the qualifications and flexibility to work in a wide range of biotechnology-related areas, both at home and abroad. The Institute is equipped with latest equipments and high tech. laboratories providing the most up-to-date podium for research.

The Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology was instituted in September 2009 after the up gradation and union of department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology and department of Biochemistry. Currently the undergraduate degree BS Biotechnology and postgraduate degrees (M. Phil/Ph.D) in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, and Forensic Sciences (only M.Phil) are going on with an overall strength of more than 250 students.