Division of Biotechnology

B.Sc. Biotechnology

Biotechnology is a highly interdisciplinary field that combines biological sciences with engineering technologies to manipulate living organisms and biological systems to produce products that advances healthcare, medicine, agriculture, food, pharmaceuticals and environment control. Biotechnology can be classified into two broad categories: R&D in Biological Sciences and Industrial Processes. Biotechnology is a blend of numerous disciplines like biochemistry, microbiology, genetics, engineering, etc., therefore a master degree can be in any of these based on the interest.

If you are passionate about improving the quality of human lives through research, then this field will fit you perfectly. However, since the past decade, the Indian government has set up numerous research institutions of national repute conducting research in Cancer Biology, Stem Cells, Genetic Engineering, and Biomedical Sciences etc. Therefore, as of 2014, R&D in Biotechnology is improving quite rapidly in India.