About the Department 
       
Our Biotechnology Department make the students as a job provider by using the knowledge skill and expertise for setting up Biotechnology based enterprises in different areas like Agriculture, Medicine, Pharmaceutics, Fisheries, Horticulture and Vertinary field as well as it serves a platform for higher education and research.

Eligibility

B.Sc. degree with Biology / Biochemistry / Chemistry with Biology ancillary / B.F.S / Biotechnology / Polymer Chemistry / Microbiology / Zoology / Botany / Plant Science / Plant Biotechnology / Animal Science / Animal Biotechnology / B.Pharm / Industrial Chemistry / Applied Microbiology / Human Genetics / Medical Genetics / Molecular Biology / Genetics Technology / Environment Science / Environment Biotechnology / Genetic Engineering / Bio Informatics / Plant Biology & Biotechnology / Animal Cell and Biotechnology / Biological Techniques & Specimen Preparation / Agriculture / B.E / B.Tech

Lab Facilities 

Future Enhancement 

• Higher Studies B.Ed., M. Phil., Ph.D.,

   

  Job Oppurtunities

• Assistant in Labs, Seed Companies, Biofertilizer & Biopesticide Industry, Plant Tissue Culture Units, Pharmaceutical Companies. Can do further studies in Bio Informatics and Nano Technology, Junior Research Fellowship in CSIR Laboratories, Assistant Scientist in Seed Companies, Quality Controller in Biofertilizer and Biopesticide Industry, Quality Controller in Pharmaceutical Companies, Plant Tissue Culture Scientist in R&D Lab, Marketing Executives, Entrepreneur in Biotech Industry.

Department Activities

The Department offers U.G. and P.G. courses and gleams under the direction of Mr.K.Abdhul, Head of the Department and with 8 devoted faculty members. It has a well-equipped  Laboratories, separately constructed for U.G. and P.G. candidates with exemplary instruments. It comprises instruments like, Spectrophotometer, Refrigerated Centrifuge, Gene Amplifying Machine, Vortexer  and Thermostat Shaker. A separate cold room is also available for preservation of chemicals, solutions and cultures.

  Blood Identification Camp was conducted by our department from 28^th July 2010 to 30^th July 2010.

  The Seminar on Functional Foods was channeled by Dr. J.M.Sasikumar, Head, Dept. of Biotechnology and Industrial Biotechnology at Karpagam University , Coimbatore on 9^th Sep 2010.

  Guest lecture on Medical Transcription was delivered by Ms.S.Sathyapriya and Ms.Rohini Pratap on 11^th Dec 2010.

  Dr. S.Basker,Asst.Prof., and Dr. V.Narmatha Bai together published a paper entitled Invitro Propogation of an Epiphytic and rare Orchid Eria Bambusifolia Lind in Dec 2010, in the Journal Research in Biotechnology.

  Mr.S.Karthik,Asst.Prof., attended UGC-NRC-DBS 2nd Workshop on Techniques in Protein Purification from 22^nd Nov 2010 to 29^th Nov 2010, organized by Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

  Mr.G.Dharmaraj, Asst.Prof., and Dr.S.Arumugam jointly published a Paper on Analog Designing and Target Identification of Collagenase in Wound Healing in International Journal of Biotechnology and Biochemistry.

  Ms.Y.Sujatha Devi of III B.Sc., Biotech won II Prize in Singing Contest in an Inter-Collegiate Meet, conducted by Kongu Arts and Science College, Erode on 7^th and 8^th of Jan 2010.

  Ms.Juby Mary and Ms.Nandhini of II M.Sc., Biotechnology acquired the II and VII  Ranks in the University Examinations, respectively.

  Mr.Saffic of  III B.Sc., Biotechnology acquired the VIII Rank in the University Examination.

  Industrial Visit was arranged for the students of both U.G. and P.G. to Indian Institute of Science (IISC) , Bangalore and Central Sericulture Research and Training Institute (CSRTI), Mysore   on 16^th and 17^th Sep 2010.

  Ms.M.Ramya of I M.Sc., Biotech and P.Anburajan of III B.Sc, Biotech succeeded in getting I Prize and II Prize respectively in the Innovation Day, conducted by Nandha Educational Institutions, Erode from 28^th to 30^th Jan 2011.

  The following students presented Papers in the UGC sponsored National Level Seminar on Conservation and Utilization of Rural and Ethnomedicinal Plants held on 28^th and 29^th Jan 2011 in Gobi Arts and Science College , Gobichettipalayam,Erode.

   State Level Seminar on Frontiers in Biotechnology was conducted on 18^th Feb 2011. More than 160 candidates from various colleges participated and presented Papers and displayed Posters

Syllabus

for details related to syllabus please visit the below link

III year - http://b-u.ac.in/syl_college/pg_an42n8.pdf

II year - http://b-u.ac.in/syl_college/pg_an42n9.pdf

I year - http://b-u.ac.in/syl_college/1011/p33.pdf

• Higher StudiesM.Sc (BT), B.Ed. 

Professional Courses

• MBA (BT), B.E (BT),M.Tech (BT), Ph.D Research

Job Oppurtunities

• Assistant in Labs, Seed Companies, Biofertilizer & Biopesticide Industry, Plant Tissue Culture Units, Pharmaceutical Companies. Can do further studies in Bio Informatics and Nano Technology, Junior Research Fellowship in CSIR Laboratories, Assistant Scientist in Seed Companies, Quality Controller in Biofertilizer and Biopesticide Industry, Quality Controller in Pharmaceutical Companies, Plant Tissue Culture Scientist in R&D Lab, Marketing Executives, Entrepreneur in Biotech Industry.

Department Activities

Seminar

• Seminar on “Avenues of Biotechnology” held on 07.08.2009.
• Seminar on “Bio Informatics – a Scenario” held on 31.08.2009.
• Seminar on “Educational Opportunities in Western Countries” held on 31.08.2009.
• Science Exhibition held on 27th and 28th of January 2010.