M.Tech in BIOTECHNOLOGY

This course is a multidisciplinary program that focuses on several technological areas such as Fermentation technology, Animal and Plant Biotechnology, Probability theory and Computer Programming, Computational Biology, Bioengineering, Molecular Biology, Computer Programming and Biostatistics. The electives offered are - Enzyme Technology, Data warehousing and Data mining, Genomics, Proteomics and Microarray, Environmental Biotechnology, Food Biotechnology, Molecular Modelling and Simulation, Tissue Engineering, Bioethics, Biosafety and IPR, Management, Entrepreneurship and Biobusiness, Clinical Biotechnology, Metabolic Engineering and Nanobiotechnology.

Eligibility: Candidates who have acquired B.E./B.Tech degree in Biotechnology/ Chemical Engineering/Biomedical Engineering/Biochemical Engineering by securing not less than 50% marks in aggregate are eligible. 

Jobs: Companies related to Pharmaceutical, Process Fermentation, Agriculture and Food related industries and many more offer internship and placement opportunities.

The principal areas of research are hydrogen economy, membrane based separation techniques, plant tissue culture, crop management, molecular biology and genetic engineering and nanoparticles based applications, biofuels and renewable energy.The Infrastructure for M.Tech Biotechnology includes Instrumentation /analysis and product recovery Lab, Fermentation Research Lab, Nano silk Lab, Animal Cell Culture Lab, Plant Tissue Culture Lab.