Department of Biotechnology

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About the Department

Established in the year 1992, the Department offers M.Sc., PG Diploma and Ph.D. programmes in Biotechnology. The students are admitted by selection through the entrance examination conducted on all India basis.

The Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India has been supporting our M.Sc. Biotechnology teaching programme.  To augment the infrastructure facility and vibrant research, the members of the faculty attract extramural funding from both national (UGC, DBT, DST, CSIR, AICTE and BRNS) and international (Rockefeller Foundation and Danish Government) agencies. The publications coming out from the Department attest the exemplary of research work carried out in the Department.

+91-413-2654-428

head.dbt@pondiuni.ac.in

Vision and Message of Head of Department

Dr. K. Prashanth

  • Professor

Vision

The vision of the Department is to achieve excellence in teaching and research in the advanced disciplines of Biotechnology to cater to the needs of the student community and the welfare of society.

Mission

The department strives to excel in providing students with an in-depth understanding of the basic, advanced, and recent developments in the field of biotechnology. The department is dedicated to performing cutting-edge research in emerging areas of Biotechnology and to becoming a forerunner in these advanced fields and contributing to the betterment of society.

Office Contact Details

+91-413-2654-427

Faculty

The Department is equipped with spacious laboratories with state-of-the art facilities such as Cold room, Photo-documentation, Plant tissue culture, Biosafety, Animal cell culture and Animal house. The Department also has equipment such as high speed refrigerated centrifuges, UV-Vis spectrophotometer, Bioreactor system, Fermenter, CO2 incubators, CO2-O2 Incubator, Electrophoresis apparatus, Electroporator, Gel documentation and chemiluminescent system, Multimode reactor, PCR, Realtime PCR, Flash Chromatography, HPLC, GC, LCMS, Vacuum concentrator, TG and 2D Electrophoresis (IEF), Flow cytometer, Lyophilizer, Luminometer, MACS (Magnetic Active Cell Sorter) Phase contrast, Fluorescence and Inverted Microscopes, -80o C deep freezers, Ultrasonicator, Luminescence Spectrometer and Microplate Spectrofluorimeter.

  • Drug discovery from microbes, plants and animals.
  • Nucleic acid of plant pathogens
  • Probiotics for disease control in fish, shrimp, poultry and cancer.
  • Plant genomics and Genetic engineering of crop plants
  • Nosocomial infections; Bacterial pathogens; Host –pathogen interaction; Quorum sensing
  • Stem Cell Biology
  • Biological Nanomaterials
  • Epigenetics and Protein Engineering
  • Chemical Biology

The Department receives research grants from different funding agencies like DBT, DST, UGC, CSIR, AYUSH, AERB, ICMR, MOES, Puducherry Government and Industries. The Department is supported by the DST-FIST and the UGC-SAP programmes.

The students of our department often secure placements in (i) academic/research institutes in India and abroad as doctoral and post-doctoral fellows and (ii) leading biotech/pharma firms.

All the M.Sc. Students are encouraged to undertake summer internships/training in reputed Universities/research institutes, and leading industries.

To augment the infrastructure facility and vibrant research, the faculty members attracted extramural funding from both national (UGC, DBT, DST, CSIR, AICTE, ICMR, BRNS, Wellcome Trust and MoE-STARS) and international (Rockefeller Foundation and Danish Government) agencies. The publications in high-impact-factor journals and patents attest to the quality research work carried out in the department.

 
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