Department of Biotechnology
About the Department
The Department of Biotechnology was established in 2005 and later upgraded to offer Postgraduate (2014) and Ph.D. programmes (2017) in Biotechnology. To meet the growing demand and to provide quality education in this dynamic field, an additional section in B.Sc. Biotechnology was introduced in the academic year 2019-2020.
The Department is well-equipped with modern infrastructure and facilities that align with the university guidelines and curriculum requirements. Currently, the department nurtures 275 students under the guidance of 10 faculty members.
Funding support has been received from DBT, ICMR, ICHR, and TNSCST for seminars, conferences, workshops, and student research projects. From 2024 onwards, the department of Biotechnology has also been supported under the DBT Star College Programme to strengthen the undergraduate programme.
Faculty members have actively contributed to innovation, with five patents filed, three patents and one industrial design granted. Research productivity is evidenced, with fifty plus publications in Scopus-indexed, Web of Science, and other peer-reviewed journals.
The students consistently excel, securing gold medals and 20+ university ranks every year. They have also won Best Student, Best Presentation, Hackathon/Ideathon Awards etc, and the Overall Championship in curricular, co-curricular, and extra-curricular activities across institutions in Tamil Nadu.
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Programme Outcome : Outcome
Vision & Mission
Vision
Build Life Sciences Community, for the betterment of humanity with multidisciplinary knowledge, skill, ethics and entrepreneurship.
Mission
- Realizing the full potential of biotechnology.
- Enhance scientific and technological empowerment of human resource.
- Provide a strong infrastructure for learning, teaching, research and commercialization.
- Enhance the knowledge base, nurturing the leads of potential utility, bringing the bioproducts to the market place.
- Socio-economic development/applicants of biotech for generation of products, processes and technologies to uplift women especially rural community.
- Promote Bioentrepreneurship and start-ups.
Courses Offered
| S.No | Course |
| 1 | B.Sc., Biotechnology |
| 2 | M.Sc Biotechnology |
| 3 | Ph.D Biotechnology |
| 4 | Diploma in Horticulture |
| 5 | Diploma in Mushroom Technology |
Endownment
| BIOME EXPRESS ASSOCIATION ENDOWMENT |