PURSUIT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY Opportunities & Options
Compiled by Dr. Manoj S. Rohilla, Sc.D, DBT Edited by Dr. Suman Govil, Adviser, DBT Dr. Purnima Sharma, MD, BCIL
PURSUIT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY Opportunities & Options May 2015 Copyright Š Deptt. of Biotechnology Ministry of Science & Technology Government of India
Compiled Dr. Manoj S. Rohilla, Sc.D, DBT
Edited Dr. Suman Govil, Adviser, DBT Dr. Purnima Sharma, MD, BCIL
Assisted Ms. Shreya Malik, Sr. Project Executive, BCIL
Published Department of Biotechnology Block 2, 7th Floor, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110003 Web : www.dbtindia.nic.in
Designed Ms. Shweta
Table of Contents
PURSUIT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY: OPPORTUNITIES & OPTIONS 1. Message
I-X
2. Introduction
XI -XX
3. Acknowledgements
XXI
4. University profiles M.Sc. in General Biotechnology
01-312 02-146
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
02
Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai
07
MS University, Baroda
11
Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
15
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
19
Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai
23
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
29
Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
35
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
39
Devi Ahilya Viswavidyalaya, Indore
44
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
49
Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla
53
University of Calicut, Calicut
57
Banasthali Vidyapeeth, Banasthali
61
Tezpur University, Tezpur
66
Gulbarga University, Gulbarga
72
University of Jammu, Jammu
76
University of Mysore, Mysore
81
University of Allahabad, Allahabad
85
Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar
89
University of Kashmir, Srinagar
95
Kumaun University, Nainital
100
University of North Bengal, Siliguri
104
University of Lucknow, Lucknow
108
Utkal University, Bhubaneshwar
112
Pondicherry University, Puducherry
116
Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Tirupati Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur
120 124
Visva-Bharati University, Shantiniketan
128
T.M. Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur
132
Burdwan University, Burdwan
135
HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar
139
North Eastern Hill University, Shillong
143
M.Sc. in Agricultural Biotechnology
147-203
Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat
147
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore
151
GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar
159
CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidhalaya, Palampur
164
Indira Gandhi Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Raipur
168
Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Agricultural University, Latur
172
Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar
175
University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad
179
Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur
183
University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore
188
Narendra Deva University of Agriculture & Technology, Faizabad
192
Rajendra Agricultural University,Samastipur
197
Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Kalyani
201
M. Sc. in Bioresource Technology
204-207
Baba Gulam Shah Baadshah University, Rajauri
204
M. V. Sc. in Animal Biotechnology
208-229
Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar
208
Nanaji Deshmukh Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur
212
Assam Agricultural University, Guwahati
216
Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur
219
Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana
222
Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shuhama, Srinagar
227
Masters in Medical Biotechnology
230-236
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
230
Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak
234
Masters in Molecular and Human Genetics
237-239
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
237
M.Sc./M.Tech. in Marine Biotechnology
241-253
Goa University, Goa
241
Annamalai University, Parangipettai
245
Cochin University of Science & Technology, Kochi
250
M.Sc. in Neuroscience
254-257
Jiwaji University, Gwalior
254
M.Sc. In Industrial Biotechnology
258-261
Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar
258
M.Sc. in Environmental Biotechnology
262-265
Shivaji University, Kolhapur
262
M.Tech. IN Biochemical Engineering & Biotechnology
266-302
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
266
Indian Institute of Technology New Delhi
272
Anna University, Chennai
277
Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
282
West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata
289
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
293
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
297
M.Tech. IN Food Biotechnology
303-306
Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
303
M.Tech. IN Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
307-311
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, Mohali
307
Universities/ Institutes offering M.sC./ M.Tech Teaching programmes in Biotechnology in India with DBT support
312
05. Outstanding Performers
313
06. COurse curriculum revision
323
07. Independent Evaluation Exercise & Feedback Mechanism
327
08. Bridging Skill Gaps
341
09. Fellowship Programmes
351
10. Career Opportunities
363
11. Milestones
371
12. Abbreviations
372
13. Contact us for further details
376
Message by Hon’ble Union Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan
Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Room No. 209, Anusandhan Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi - 110001 Email: dr.harshvardhan@nic.in | Website: www.drharshvardhan.com Phone: 011-223316766, 23714320 | Fax: 011-23316745
MESSAGE Integrated Human Resource Development is a Flagship programme of Department of Biotechnology to create well trained manpower to cater to the needs of R&D, teaching and industry. Deptt. has formulated post graduate teaching programme in biotechnology keeping in mind judicious selection of universities, selection of best students through all India written test, framing of model course curriculum, creation of laboratory infrastructure and provision of consumable grants to provide hands-on experience to students. Student feedback and mentoring and monitoring mechanism has been developed for continuous improvement of the programme. I am extremely happy that the Department is bringing out a publication covering details of 71 teaching programmes, fellowships for doctoral and post doctoral research as well as career opportunities for students. I am sure this publication would be very useful to the student community and compliment the Deptt. for taking this initiative. I wish success to this important endeavour.
(Dr. Harsh Vardhan)
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Message by Hon’ble Minister of State Shri Y. S. Chowdary
Minister of State for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Room No. 207, Anusandhan Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi - 110001 Email: ys.chowdary@sansad.nic.in| Phone: 011-23316766,23714320 Fax: 011-23316745
MESSAGE Realising the need for well-trained manpower in multi-disciplinary and rapidly advancing area of biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology has conceived an integrated human resource development programme. Translating that into action, the Department has made conscious efforts to select universities and certain other institutions engaged in biotechnology R&D, for initiating post-graduate teaching programmes on the basis of existing expertise and infrastructure. Our endeavour has been to select the best students and to offer studentships to all the selected students. I am extremely proud that this is one of first such programmes in the world. In this context, it is natural that one would look forward to compile and consolidate details of all such programmes offered. This publication covers details of about 71 teaching programmes, besides, showcasing the student and faculty trailblazers, which would greatly encourage the young and aspiring students. I congratulate the Department of Biotechnology for bringing out this publication for the benefit of students and research community.
(Shri Y. S. Chowdary)
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Message by Secretary, DBT K. VijayRaghavan Secretary
Government of India, Ministry of Science & Technology, Department of Biotechnology, Block-2, 7th Floor C.G.O. Complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi - 110003 Email: vijay.dbt@nic.in| Phone: 011-24362950, 2432881 | Fax: 011-24360747
MESSAGE Department of Biotechnology initiated post graduate teaching programme in biotechnology in 5 universities way back in 1985-86. These programmes have been expanded to cover 71 universities imparting M.Sc./M.Tech./M. Sc.(Ag.)/ M.V.Sc./M.Pharma degrees in biotechnology. Conscious efforts are made to select the universities on the basis of in-house expertise, infrastructure and nearby institutions engaged in R&D in biotechnology. Best students are selected and Department provides hands-on training and research experience to all students by creating necessary laboratory and library infrastructure and providing liberal grants for consumables. Students are also provided industrial training to meet the industry requirements. I am extremely happy that my colleagues Dr. Suman Govil, Adviser and Dr. Manoj Singh Rohilla, Sc.D, DBT have undertaken this mammoth exercise of collecting, compiling and verifying data of all the participating universities. I am sure this publication would be very useful for the present and future students willing to take up biotechnology courses. I wish this exercise great success.
(K. VijayRaghavan)
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Message by Former Secretary, DBT Dr. Manju Sharma Former Secretary
5 - Lajpatrai Road, The National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad -211002 Email: manjuvps@gmail.com| Phone: 011-26134608 | Mobile: 09810702411 Fax: 011-46063722
MESSAGE Biotechnology is regarded as the greatest intellectual enterprise of human kind and for meeting its basic requirements of food, health, nutrition, ecological and livelihood security. World has witnessed phenomenal progress in this field specially after the unravelling of the double helix structure of DNA by Watson and Crick. For research and development and application of Biotechnology which is knowledge and capital intensive, skilled human resource is critical. The all-round development of human resource has been given high priority by the Government since the inception of National Biotechnology Board and the Department of Biotechnology (DBT). I am glad that Department is bringing out a publication on Postgraduate teaching in Biotechnology supported by DBT, as a flagship programme. Intense efforts have been made in formulating a good programme covering all aspects such as selection of university and quality students through all India entrance test conducted by JNU, formulation of model course curriculum and revision at frequent intervals to cover developments in advanced areas. Research exposure to students and creation of requisite laboratory infrastructure as well as provision of consumable grants to conduct good courses have been an integral part of this programme. It is well monitored by experts; has taken note of the requirement of specialised courses and regional imbalances. At present, courses are being run in 71 universities in different parts of the country. I understand that the intended publication would cover details about specialisation of faculty, publications by faculty and students, dissertation by students and placement. I am confident that this would be very useful for the students aspiring to pursue biotechnology as a career. I wish further success to this very important endeavour of the department.
(Dr. Manju Sharma)
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Message by Task Force Chairman and Experts Prof. K.N. Ganesh Professor & Director
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune - 411008 Email: director@iiserpune.ac.in| Website: www.iiserpune.ac.in Phone: 020-25908000/9 | Fax: 020-25908186
MESSAGE I am extremely happy to be associated with various initiatives taken by Department of Biotechnology for creating well trained manpower in the field of biotechnology. I wish to compliment DBT for conceiving this pioneering effort for the benefit of student and research community. DBT supported teaching programmes take care of all aspects such as selection of universities, selection of students, teaching programmes in different specialization, regional representation and include feedback of all stakeholders such as students, faculty experts from academia and industry. Due care is taken for mentoring and monitoring of the programmes resulting in continuous improvement. The upcoming publication entitled “Pursuit of Biotechnology-Opportunities and Options� will be very useful to the student and research community. I compliment DBT for taking this initiative and wish it all success.
(K. N. Ganesh)
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Message by Task Force Chairman and Experts Prof. K.Dharmalingam Director-Research
1, Anna Nagar, Aravind Medical Research Foundation. Dr. G.Venkataswamy Eye Research Institute, Madurai- 625020 Email: amrf@aravind.org| Phone: 0452-4356550 | Fax: 0452-2530984
MESSAGE Human resource development is one of the earliest programs of NBTB, the ancestor of DBT. The programme was initiated to recruit new faculty who gained expertise in the modern areas of biotechnology in the eighties in addition to organize and teach the then new M.Sc biotechnology programme introduced by NBTB. Many universities could equip themselves with talented young persons and who in turn taught the M.Sc students well. If only this trend has continued, things would have been substantially different. Transparency in recruitment, understanding of the spirit of Biotechnology teaching as opposed to classical biology teaching slowly eroded. Unfortunately, things changed to the worst and several institutions that were excellent once declined due to inadequate and not so committed faculty. Apart from this, the newly minted institutions that appeared a few years back with ample support also compete for the same resource pool and this makes thing difficult for the state level Universities to successfully compete for adequate research funds. Research being an integral part of the teaching biotechnology many Universities that are involved in teaching the M.Sc courses do not have excellence in scientific research. Perhaps one way out of this situation is to include these new institutions as teaching organizations and let them take a lead in training young students. Considering the rural students and their numbers, this effort may not be adequate, unless the state universities are made to realize their role in higher education, the task of taking good education to a large segment of students is next to impossible task. Having associated with this programme for 30 years, I learnt a lot by teaching and it is a pleasure to still listen to some of the older students fondly recollecting their experience and this make me feel singularly lucky. Thanks to the vision of the first advisor to NBTB and first secretary to DBT Dr. Ramachandran, the teaching mission was launched successfully and its continued success depends on all the stakeholders.
(K.Dharmalingam)
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Message by Task Force Chairman and Experts Prof. Akhilesh Tyagi Director
National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi -110067 Email: director@nipgr.ac.in| Website: www.nipgr.ac.in Phone: 011-26742267,26735169| Fax: 011-26741759
MESSAGE To fulfill the need for appropriate human resource in multi-disciplinary and rapidly advancing area of biotechnology, Department of biotechnology formulated an integrated human resource development programme way back in 1985-86. This includes post graduate teaching programmes, short-term training courses for upgrading skills of mid-career scientists and faculty, and training in leading overseas laboratories. Conscious efforts are made to select universities on the basis of existing expertise, infrastructure and nearby institutions engaged in R&D in the field of biotechnology. Students are selected on the basis of all India common entrance test conducted by JNU and all students are provided studentships. The Department also provides for one time grant to purchase equipment for class room teaching and liberal grants for consumables, travel, inviting guest faculty in gap areas. A provision for summer training for students to ensure all round training also exists. It was my privilege to be associated with this novel programmes as Chairman of DBT-HRD Task Force (2003-06). We were involved in evaluation of new proposals received for financial support by DBT for initiating teaching programmes and monitoring of progress of ongoing programmes and policy decisions pertaining to selection of students, number of seats, curriculum for the courses etc. I remember intense discussion regarding courses in Human Genetics and Neuroscience. I am very happy that this programme has expanded to over 70 universities in the country imparting M.Sc./M.Tech./M.V.Sc./M.Pharma degrees in biotechnology and related areas. I understand that the Department is bringing out a publication covering details of teaching programmes and career opportunities for students in the field of biotechnology. I have no doubt that this publication would be very useful to the student community and compliment colleagues in DBT for putting efforts to bring out this publication. I wish success to this very important endeavour.
(Akhilesh Tyagi)
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Message by Task Force Chairman and Experts Prof. H.Y. Mohan Ram Research Professor
Indian National Science Academy, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi -110002 Email: hymohanram@gmail.com| Website: www.insaindia.org Phone: 011-27652773| Mobile: 09818185469
MESSAGE I am happy that Department of Biotechnology is compiling a document to trace the developments in supporting M.Sc./M.Tech. teaching programmes in the past three decades. Two main problems faced in the early years were shortage of competent teachers and inadequate infrastructure to meet the needs of students. Yet the demand was high. The DBT overcame the shortage of funds and their prompt availability by pooling both material and human resources for doing high quality research in the frontier areas of new biology was strengthened. Links were established with industries both in India and abroad. Bright youngsters were sent abroad for learning new techniques. Job opportunities were created for the trained persons. Having been associated with the Task Force on Human Resource Development in the beginning years, I keenly look forward to learn about the progress made. I wish to compliment the experts and the scientists of the DBT for their dedicated efforts in carrying out the programme further and in the production of this document.
(H.Y. Mohan Ram)
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Message by Task Force Chairman and Experts Prof. Sudhir Sopory Vice Chancellor
Jawahrlal Nehru University, New Delhi - 110067 Email: sopory@mail.jnu.ac.in.; vc@mail.ac.in Phone: 011-26741555, 26704033 Extn: 4001| Fax: 011-26742580
MESSAGE I am glad that Department of Biotechnology is bringing out a publication covering the M.Sc./M.Tech. teaching programmes since 1985-86. School of Biotechnology, JNU was one of the first six centres established under the aegis of Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India, for carrying out postgraduate teaching and research in areas related to Biotechnology. Initially established as a special Centre for Biotechnology in 1985, it was upgraded to the level of a school in the year 2006. DBT entrusted JNU with the conduct of a joint entrance exam for M.Sc. Biotechnology/M.Sc. (Agri.) Biotechnology/M.V.Sc. and M.Tech. Biotech programme and JNU took the responsibility. With a few participating universities in the beginning, the number of universities participating in the combined entrance examination for admission to these programmes has grown manifold. JNU has been successfully conducting the combined entrance examination to these programmes on behalf of these participating institutes and universities. Over the years, the Biotechnology programme has established itself as a leading academic programme both from the teaching and research point of view. Department of Biotechnology has played a crucial role in the success of this combined effort and in supporting research endeavours in the field. As one involved in many research initiatives supported by DBT, I am happy that DBT has decided to bring out such a publication covering these programmes, which will be very useful in disseminating information about DBT’s initiatives about institutions/universities who have established leading Biotechnology programmes over the years. I wish this initiative every success.
(Sudhir K. Sopory)
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Message by Task Force Chairman and Experts Dr. G. Padmanaban
INSA Senior Scientist Department of Biochemistry Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012 Telefax : 080-23601492
Professor G.Padmanaban INSA Senior Scientist
Department of Biochemistry Indian Institute of Science Bangalore-560012 Telefax : 080-23601492
MESSAGE I remember that the Master’s programme in Biotechnology was started in 6 universities by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT)around 1986, when the Department itself was established. This would indicate the initiative of DBT in generating good quality human resource right from the beginning. The rapid growth of Biotechnology industry in the country and the need to foster the diverse disciplines involved led to the establishment of many more centres in the country to cater to the demands. The more recent addition of Star colleges to recognise those seeking excellence in Biotech education is another milestone in the effort of DBT to generate quality human resource in the area. Biotech education in the country has seen an uncontrolled expansion and I do hope that the DBT-supported programmes would serve as a model to establish standards. With all your dedication and commitment, I am sure that good quality human resource would be generated in the country to keep pace with the fast pace of growth in this sector.
(G. Padmanaban)
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Introduction
DBT’s Integrated Human Resource Development Programme in Biotechnology - Journey so far.
Government of India set up multi-agency Board namely National Biotechnology Board (NBTB) with participation of Department of Science & Technology (DST), University Grants Commission (UGC), Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in 1982 to promote activities in multi-disciplinary aspects of upcoming area of biotechnology. Subsequently, in recognition of the need for a focal point in administrative structure of the Government for planning, promotion and coordination of biotechnology programmes, NBTB was upgraded to full-fledged department of Biotechnology in 1986 to give much needed impetus to biotechnology. Realising the need for well trained manpower to meet requirements for R&D, teaching and production activities in biotechnology in the country, Department initiated an integrated manpower development programme as early as 1985-86 comprising of post graduate teaching programmes, short term training courses for upgrading skills of existing faculty and scientists in universities and research laboratories, training of Indian scientists in overseas laboratories. Since its inception, Department has given importance to human resource development programmes which can be gauged from 10 fold increase in budget provision for HRD activities from 7th Plan to 11th Plan. (Fig.1)
RE
173063 (8705)
65891 (4497)
43631 (3360)
6666 (750)
5965 (739)
14638 (2085)
HRD
131564 (7095)
Fig. 1 (Rupees in lakhs)
131572 (6700)
Plan Wise HRD ExpeNditure Vis-a-vis Total Expenditure in DBT
512910 (23326)
Introduction
1987-1990 1990-91 1991-92 1992-1997 1997-2002 2002-2007 2007-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 7th Plan* 8th Plan 9th Plan 10th Plan 11h Plan 2 Annual Plan * 1986-87 to 1989-90 (DBT created in Feb. 1986)
In fact, India is one of the first few countries in the world to initiate post graduate teaching programme in biotechnology in 5 universities way back in 1985-86. These universities were judiciously selected on the basis of in-house faculty strength and infrastructure facilities, nearby institutions engaged in R&D, extramural funding received on competitive basis. The Department provided few faculty positions in gap areas, one time equipment grant for establishing practical laboratories and liberal recurring grants for consumables to provide good practical training. These programmes were started in collaboration with agencies like UGC, Department of Ocean Development (DOD) and were conceived as collaborative programmes with participation of faculty drawn from various existing departments in selected universities namely botany, zoology, microbiology, biochemistry, genetics, life sciences, computer science, mathematics and statistics etc. Funds for new faculty positions were provided by the Department for a plan period based on written commitment from host agency such as UGC or State Government (to take over positions once DBT support come to an end) to attract good faculty to these universities. To
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select best students for these programmes, selection of students is made on the basis of all India Common Entrance Test conducted by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU-CET) or IIT-Joint Entrance Test (IIT-JEE), IIT-Joint Admission Test for M.Sc. (IIT-JAM). In a few universities with different academic calendar or geographical location in North-East or J&K, students are admitted through all India written test conducted by the respective universities. All selected students are provided studentships. Placement analysis of students passing out of these programmes is an integral component and provision for mentoring and monitoring by in-house advisory committee, annual course coordinators meeting (Fig.2) and review by DBT-HRD Task Force has been built in.
Annual Course Coordinators meeting of DBT supported Teaching Programmes at GNDU, Amritsar
Keeping in mind requirement for manpower in specialised areas of biotechnology (other than general biotechnology) and regional balance based on geographical location of universities/institutions conducting these programmes, these programmes have been expanded to cover 71 universities imparting M.Sc./M.Tech./M.V.Sc. degrees in general, agricultural, marine, medical, pharma, environmental and industrial biotechnology. (Fig.3)
Area wise no. of universities conducting pg courses In Biotechnology Total No. of Universities 71 Fig. 3
01 01
M.sc. General biotechnology
01
M.sc. Agriculture biotechnology
01
02 02 08
M. Tech. m.v.sc. animal biotechnology M.sc. Medical biotechnology M.sc. Marine biotechnology
10
m.sc. Environmental biotechnology m.sc. Industrial biotechnology
33
12
m.sc. neurosciences master in molecular and human genetics
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Geographical distribution of universities/ institutes offering M.Sc./M.Tech. teaching programmes in biotechnology with DBT support is depicted in map of India. (Fig.4)
Universities/ Institutes offering M.sC./ M.Tech teaching programmes in biotechnology in india with dbt support As on March, 2015 Fig. 4
M.Sc. General Biotechnology
M.Sc. Agricultural Biotechnology
M.V.Sc. Animal Biotechnology
Master in Medical Biotechnology
M.Sc. Marine Biotechnology
Master in Molecular and Human Genetics
M.Sc. Neuroscience
M.Sc. Industrial Biotechnology
M.Tech. Food Biotechnology
M. Tech. Biochemistry Engg. & Biotechnology
M.Sc. Environmental Biotechnology
M.Sc. Bioresources and Biotechnology
M.Tech. Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
SRINAGAR
RajAuri
JAMMU Palampur Shimla
Amritsar Chandigarh MOHALI
Garhwal Roorkee PANTNAGAR
HISAR
Aligarh
DELHI GURGAON
LUCKNOW
Banasthali
Kanpur
Faizabad Allahabad Varanasi
GWALIOR INDORE
Jabalpur
ANAnd Baroda
Raipur
NAGPUR
Bhubaneswar
PARBHANI PUNE
HYderabad
KOlhapur
Gulbarga Dharwad
GOA
Tirupati
Bangalore MYSORE Calicut Annamalai Thrissur KOCHI
map not to scale
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Coimbatore
Kharagpur
Chennai
Puducherry Madurai
Siliguri Samastipur Bhagalpur
SHILlONG
Shantiniketan BURDWAN Kolkata Kalyani
JoRHAT Tezpur
30 years of support by DBT to teaching programmes can be divided into 3 phases: Initiation phase (1985-90) with 14 courses, Expansion and Diversification phase (2002-07) with 24 courses and Consolidation phase (2007-14) with only 9 new courses (with emphasis on practical training by introduction of thesis grant on per student basis and independent evaluation of on-going teaching programmes). Number of M.Sc./M.Tech courses in biotechnology funded by DBT during different plan periods since inception is depicted in Fig.5.
No. of M.Sc./M.tech. courses in biotech funded by DBt during different plan periods Fig. 5
24
14 10
09 06
06 01
1985-1990
1990-1995
1995-2000
2000-2001
2001-2002
2002-2007
2007-2011
These courses were supported by the department as a catalytic role involving all stakeholders and taking care of all components of the programme such as faculty specialisation, provision for guest faculty in gap areas, creation of laboratory infrastructure and provision for replacement of obsolete equipment as well as maintenance grant, liberal recurring grants to ensure good practical training, selection of best students, provision of studentship for selected students, online feedback by students (Fig.6) for further improvement of the programmes. Fig. 6
Launch of online feedback system by students at course coordinators meeting held in SKUAST, Srinagar by Prof. M.K. Bhan, the then Secretary, DBT
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Due to the undue hype created regarding potential of biotechnology, unlimited expansion of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programmes in biotechnology by private and public sector universities has resulted in over one lakh students registered in biotechnology courses at any given point of time (Biospectrum, 2014). Large gap in demand and supply of biotechnology students, quality of training imparted, availability of biotech courses in vicinity of applicants as well as low remuneration offered by biotech industries have impacted DBT supported courses indirectly which is evident from decline in number of applicants for admission to M.Sc., M.Sc.(Ag.), M.V.Sc. and M.Tech. in JNU common entrance test in recent years shown below in Figs. 7, 8 & 9.
No. of Applicants/Appeared for Jnu-cet for M.Sc. biotechnology Fig. 7
2009
2010
2011
2012
5437
6665
7168
7985
10810
12002
14763
Appeared 17036
16657
18405
Applicants
2013
No. of Applicants/Appeared for Jnu-cet for M.Sc.(AGRI) & m.V.Sc. biotechnology Fig. 8
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736 606
738
719
898 703
655
729
2009
887
Appeared 900
Applicants
2010
2011
2012
2013
No. of Applicants/Appeared for Jnu-cet for M.Tech. Biotechnology Fig. 9
Appeared
644
945
908
1089
1177
1542 1265
1201
1537
1713
Applicants
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Exercise for framing model course curricula for different specialisations is done once every 3 or 5 years to accommodate latest developments in the field and to remove discrepancies in terms of credits for theory and practicals. Remedial courses are offered for students from different disciplines and provision for opting electives offered by different departments is made. General courses like research methodology, scientific writing, oral and written communication skills, IPR and regulation have been introduced to improve general awareness. Flexibility is provided to universities/institutions conducting DBT supported PG teaching programmes in biotechnology to adapt and adopt model course curricula based on need, in-house expertise and infrastructure. The department keeps track of first placement of students passing out of DBT supported teaching programmes. Comparative analysis of placement of M.Sc. students in 7th Plan, 2000-2005 and 2009-13 is depicted in Figs.10,11,12 & 13). As expected, M.Tech. students opt for industrial placements (Fig. 12) while M.Sc. students prefer PhD (Fig.11). 35 % students opted for PhD (in 7th Plan) which has increased to 57% in 2000-2005 and 2009-2013 (Figs. 10, 11, 12 & 13 respectively).
Placement of Students (17 Universities/ Institutes ) 7th PLAN Fig. 10
Source: PG/ Post Doc. Programme database)
199 (35%)
177 (32%)
TOTAL No. Of Students
PhD/JRF/SRF
561
WORKING STUDENTS YET TO PASS
85 (15%)
100 (18%) NOT AVAILABLE
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Placement ANALYSIS OF Students (2000-2005) Fig. 11
M.Sc. General Biotechnology 8%
16%
4%
TOTAL No. Of Students
1208
57%
15%
Fig. 12
M.Tech. Biochemical Engg. & Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology 3%
26 % PhD (India)
TOTAL No. Of Students
46%
PhD (Abroad)
463
Working (Teaching, R&D)
15%
Working (Industries) Others
10%
Placement ANALYSIS OF M.Sc./M.Tech. TEACHING PROGRAMMES IN BIOTECHNOLOGY (2009-2013) Fig. 13
Source: Independent Evaluation report by BCIL PhD (India)
641(12%)
TOTAL No. Of Students
5271
385 (07%)
Teaching Biotech Industry, India
482 (09%) 49 (01%) 322 (06%) 26 (00%) 64 (01%) 353 (07%) 2949 (57%)
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PhD (Abroad)
Biotech Industry, Abroad Non-Biotech Industry, India Non- Biotech Industry, Abroad Entrepreneurship Others
The present compilation has been brought out to showcase impact of DBT supported post graduate teaching programmes, industrial training programme, fellowships for doctoral and post doctoral research. Details about core faculty and their specialisation, type of dissertation carried out by M.Sc./M.Tech. students, number of publications by core faculty and impact factor range in last 5 years, patents filed/granted, technologies perfected/ commercialised have been included. An analysis shows over 6,900 publications by 652 core faculty of 71 universities in last 5 years. Details of number of publications with impact factor range by core faculty in different participating universities are shown in (Figs.14,15,16&17).
No. of Publications by Core Faculty In M.Sc. BIOTECHNOLOGY COURSES IN DBt Supported PG Teaching Programmes in Last Five Years Fig. 14
Name of University/Institute
No. of Publications (Impact Factor)
200 (0.1 - 12.62)
Banasthali University
108 (1.0 - 41.298)
IIT Mumbai
163 (0.5 - 7.4)
MKU
157 (0.0 - 34.366)
Tezpur University Allahabad University
137 (0.5 - 13)
Hyderabad University
132 (0.0 - 31.03) 130 (0.5 - 5.7)
BHU
120 (0.1 - 6.10)
IIT Roorkee
112 (0.365 - 12.62)
HNB Garhwal
110 (0.0 - 9.63)
HPU
108 (0.0 - 8.136)
Kumaun University
101 (0.0 - 5.43)
GJUST SPMV
76 (0.1 - 5.6)
Mysore
70 (0.1 - 2.968)
NEHU
67 (0.257 - 4.41)
GNDU
63 (0.0 - 7.19)
Lucknow University
63 (0.0 - 7.04)
Utkal University
60 (0.0 - 3.991)
JNU Viswa Bharati DAVV Jammu University Pondicherry University Burdwan University Pune University NBU Gulbarga University Calicut University T.M. Bhagalpur MSU Kashmir University
56 (0.8 - 7.18) 51 49 (0.1 - 5.09) 49 (0.5 - 2.9) 43 (0.51 - 8.01) 40 (0.00 - 5.56) 32 (1.15 - 9.8 ) 27 (0.477 - 4.054 ) 24 (0.1 - 4.66) 23 (0.1 - 7.357) 18 (0.294 - 5.21) 11 (1.507 - 8.412) 10 (1.04 - 5.6)
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No. of Publications by Core Faculty In M.Sc. AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY COURSES IN DBt Supported PG Teaching Programmes in Last Five Years Fig. 15
Name of University/Institute
No. of Publications (Impact Factor)
139 (0.5 - 5.311)
GB PANT
71 (0.5 - 7.2)
OUAT TNAU
66 (0.0 - 6.645) 59 (2.0 - 9.66)
IGAU UAS B
50 (0.99 - 7.7)
AAU Jorhat
49 (0.0 - 8.278)
RAU
29
HPKVV
29 20 (0.1 - 5.93)
KAU
19 (6.6 - 7.5)
BCKV NDUAT
16 (0 - 1)
UAS D
14 (2 - 7.8)
MAU
08 (1 - 3.75)
No. of Publications by Core Faculty In M.Tech. BIOTECHNOLOGY COURSES IN DBt Supported PG Teaching Programmes in Last Five Years Fig. 16
Name of University/Institute
No. of Publications (Impact Factor)
464 (0.935 - 8.27)
IIT Guwahati
451 (0.92 - 9.737)
ICT (Bioprocess)
367 (0.97 - 11.50)
IIT Kharagpur ICT (Food) IIT Delhi
188 (0.5 - 3.0)
Anna University
136 (0.406 - 8.4)
NIPER
82 (1.0 - 11.85)
CUST
63 (0.936 - 3.95)
WBUT
TOTal NO. OF PUBLICATIONS
M.Sc. Biotechnology
2482
215 (0.234 - 9.599)
IIT Kanpur
M.Sc. Agriculture
560
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40 (0.0 - 5.56) 20 (0.5 - 3.0)
M.Tech. BIOtechnology
2026
M.V.Sc. ANIMAL
335
M.Sc. MEDICAL
107
M.Sc. MARINE
943
No. of Publications by Core Faculty In M.V.Sc. AND M.Sc. SPECIALIZED COURSES IN DBt Supported PG Teaching Programmes in Last Five Years Fig. 17
Name of University/Institute
No. of Publications (Impact Factor)
86 (0.22 - 5.99)
LLR UVAS MPPCVV
27 (0.938 - 3.52)
AAU Guwahati
34 (0.98 - 3.01) 82 (1.0 - 11.85)
SKUAST MAFSU AIIMS MDU
M.V.Sc. Animal
49 (0.978 - 6.0) 72 (0.907 - 8.278) 923 (0.99 - 6.1)
Annamalai Goa University BGSB
44 (0.935 - 9.75)
M.Sc. Bioresource
192 (0.98 - 4.75)
M.Sc. Environment
290
SPU
BHU
M.Sc. Marine
20 (0.563 - 2.324)
Shivaji University
Jiwaji
M.Sc. Medical
35 (0.94 - 9.898)
M.Sc. Industrial
23 (0 - 4.831)
M.Sc. Neuroscience
67 (0.905 - 12.812)
M.Sc. Molecular & Human Genetics
741 publications have resulted from dissertations conducted by M.Sc./M.Tech. students in biotechnology in last 5 years.170 Indian patents and 44 International patents have been filed/granted as an outcome of the programme. Achievements of several student and faculty achievers have been highlighted in Section on Outstanding Student & Faculty Performers to serve as role model for current, future students and faculty. Details of Biotech Industrial Training Programme (BITP), fellowships for doctoral and post doctoral research (DBT-JRF and DBT-RA) have also been covered to facilitate students willing to join these programmes. DBT supported human resource development programmes have provided the necessary trained manpower to meet the requirements of teaching, research and industry in the field of biotechnology and allied areas of life sciences. Integrated manpower development programme was conceived under the dynamic leadership of DBT Founder Secretary, Dr. S. Ramachandran and achieved greater heights and expansion to cover different specialisations and regions of the country in the tenure of Dr. Manju Sharma, Secretary, DBT. Dr. M.K. Bhan’s emphasis was on provision of research exposure to post graduate students to improve quality of teaching which was achieved by introduction of thesis grant on per student basis as well as online feedback by students. Dr. K.VijayRaghavan, Present Secretary, DBT has lent whole hearted support to the programme with emphasis on quality improvement by getting independent evaluation of the programme. Emphasis of present Secretary on documentation of impact of DBT supported programmes has encouraged us to bring out the current compilation.
M.Sc. BiORESOURCES
44
M.Sc. Environment
192
M.Sc. INDUSTRIAL
290
M.Sc. NEUROSCIENCE
23
M.Sc. MOLECULAR & HUMAN GENETICS
67
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Acknowledgements Acknowledgements
We wish to put on record our sincere appreciation for constant guidance and encouragement received from Dr. K.VijayRaghavan, Secretary, DBT for bringing out this publication. We would like to thank our present and former colleagues in the Department in HRD group, Administration and Finance for providing the necessary support in steering these programmes. We wish to put on record our sincere appreciation for guidance received from present and past task force Chairman and Members. Efforts of course coordinators of 71 universities and faculty members in successfully conducting PG teaching programme, present and past vice chancellors, Director (Admission) and Coordinator (Evaluation), JNU in smooth conduct of JNU Common Entrance Test in last 30 years is gratefully acknowledged. Information about the PG courses has been compiled on the basis of data received from course coordinators of 71 universities involved in PG teaching, independent evaluation study conducted by BCIL and has been verified by the coordinators. Sincere efforts of BCIL, Coordinating agency for BITP, Prof. J.K. Pal, Founder coordinator of DBT-JRF programme and Prof. D. Mitra, present Coordinator as well as Prof. Muniyappa, Coordinator of DBT-RA programme in smooth implementation of these programmes are gratefully acknowledged. The efforts of Shri Manoj Gupta, Manager, Ms. Nisha, Jr. Asstt. Manager, Ms. Shreya, Asstt. Manager, Shri Dilip Joy, Sr. Project Executive, BCIL in providing data and proof reading of the manuscript are sincerely acknowledged. We would fail in our duty if we did not acknowledge efforts of Ms. Shweta for creative design of book. Sincere thanks are also due to www.flaticon.com/authors for icons used in the book. Mrs. Rita Bhatla, Shri Naveen, Sh. Anil Vikram and Ms. Isha Girdhar, DBT in follow up with coordinators for data and photographs, typing the manuscripts and preparing graphs.
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University profiles M.Sc. Biotechnology
02-146
M.Sc. Agricultural Biotechnology
147-203
M.Sc. Bio-resources Biotechnology
204-207
M.V.Sc. Animal Biotechnology
208-229
Masters in Medical Biotechnology
230-236
Masters in Molecular and Human Genetics
237-239
M.Sc. Marine Biotechnology
241-253
M.Sc. Neuroscience
254-257
M.Sc. Industrial Biotechnology
258-261
M.Sc. Environmental Biotechnology
262-265
M.Tech Biotechnology
266-302
M.Tech Food Biotechnology
303-306
M.Tech Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
307-311
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi
Program M.Sc. Biotechnology
Location New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 1985-86
Mode of Selection JNU-Common Entrance Test (JNU-CET)
Number of Seats 34
School of Biotechnology, JNU
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3 pattern of education in Physical, Biological, Agricultural, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering/Technology, 4-years B.Sc. (Physician Assistant Course); or Medicine (MBBS) or B.D.S. with at least 55% marks.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
Fee Structure
22
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
22 22
19 26
30 31
18 34
31 34
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Semester I
262.50
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+
Semester iI
108.00
+
Semester iiI
175.50
+
Semester iV
108.00
=
TOTAL
654.00
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. Rakesh Bhatnagar Professor & Dean Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases
Mr. Salim Ansari Characterization of RNA Chapersones Hfq & Hf1 in Bacillus anthracis
Dr. Aparna Dixit Professor Transcriptional Control and Gene Regulation
Ms. Deepti Sharan Cloning, expression, purification and biochemical characterization of Alanine Racemase, a putative drug target of Aeromonas hydrophila. & Development of diagnostic tool to detect LYS-C & TNF-Îą, immune response genes of Labeo Rohita
Ms. Devanshi Khare Characterization of Hfq0206, a putative RNA binding chaperone present on pXO1 of Bacillus anthracis
Mr. Dilip Kumar Burnwal Cloning, expression, purification and biochemical characterization of Tryptophan Synthase and Senson Histidine kinaseas putative drug targets of Aeromonas hydrophila & Development of diagnostic tool to detect various immune related genes of Labeo rohita Dr. K.J. Mukherjee Professor Optimization of Recombinant Protein
Mr. Gaurav Dasharath Sankhe Combinatorial study of various efficient host platforms and concomitant improved design from it for recombinant protein overproduction in E.coli Mr. Shrish Chandra Tripathi Designing of serum free adapted, apoptosis resistant CHO DG44 cell line for the production of recombinant protein
Dr. Rajiv Bhat Professor Protein Stability Conformation and Folding Bimolecular
Mr. Kishor Kunwar Effect of mixed stabilizer - destabilizer system on the stability of enzyme activity using Lysozyme as a model Ms. Deepika Gakhar Effect of natural polyphenol curcumin on amyloid formation & aggregation of Bovine insulin
Dr. Uttam K. Pati Professor Transcription Diseases and Gene Expression
Mr. Shashank Taxak HIF-1-p53 Transcription inter - regulation
Dr. S.S. Maitra
Ms. Kumari Vandana Singh Identification of prevalent methanogens in municipal solid waste leachate
Associate Professor Biochemical Engineering
Dr. D. Choudhury
Associate Professor Structural Biology, Molecular Bioinformatics
Dr. Syamala M Rajala Assistant Professor Virology
Dr. Ranjana Arya
Assistant Professor Molecular Biology
Mr. Nilesh Kumar Sharma Regulation of CP4HA2 gene expression by Hypoxia inducing factor 1 (HIF)
Ms. Shailendra Singh Gill Change in soil microbial community structure in response to municipal solid waste (MSW) leachate infiltration Mr. Aneesh Kumar A. The prediction of residues that determine specificity in SDR superfamily Mr. Brijesh Kumar Sequencing similarity network analysis of SDR superfamily proteins Ms. Pallavi Sharma Cloning and expression of influenza a virus (HN) PB1F2 and nucleoprotein (NP) Mr. Avinash Kumar Effect of tyrosine kinase inhibitors on mutant vs. wild type epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in non-small cell lung carcinoma Mr. Shashi Kant Jha Role of udp-n-acetylglucosamine-2-epimerase/n-acety1mannosamine kinase GNE) in cell cytoskeletal organization Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options | 03
Dr. Ranjana Arya
Assistant Professor Molecular Biology
Mr. Danish Khatana Role of udp-n-acetylglucosamine-2-epimerase/n-acetylmannosamine kinase (GNE) in mitochondrial functions
Dr. Deepak Gaur
Associate Professor Mammalian Biology: Malaria
Dr. Rupesh Chaturvedi
Associate Professor Inflammation-Associated Carcinogenesis
Dr. Swati Tiwari
Assistant Professor Molecular Cell Biology
Dr. Abhinav Grover
Assistant Professor (UGC) Bioprocess Technology, Biotherapeutics Production & Bioinformatics
Dr. Ravi Tandon
Assistant Professor (UGC) HIV Immunobiology and Eradication
Dr. Manoj Kumar Sharma Assistant Professor (UGC) Plant Biotechnology
Dr. Jaydeep Bhattacharya Assistant Professor (UGC) Computer Programming
Students experimenting in biotechnology laboratory
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 35 (31%) Biotech Industry (India) 05 (04%)
112
Academic (Teaching) 02 (02%) PhD (Abroad) 70 (63%) Total 112
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Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years
435l 1808l
370l
200l
11
08
Projects
DBT
12
Projects
DST
Projects
ICMR
CSIR
20l
10l
02
01
Projects
DRDO
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 1035 lakhs (l)
226.79l
Projects
BUILDER DBT
Patent filed/granted 11 Indian Patents 04 International Patents 02 US Patents 01 European Patents
DBT
COE DST
PURSE UGC
59l
SAP
118l
JNU Support
UNIVERSITY
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 2241.79 lakhs (l)
No. of R&D Projects 34 Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 56 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.8-7.18
30l
Publications by Students 1. Kulshreshtha P, S. Aggarwal, H. Jaiswal, R. Bhatnagar. 2011. S-layer homology motif is an immunogen and confers protection to mouse model against anthrax. Molecular Immunology Vol.50 Feb, 2012 (Issues 1-2) Pages 18-25. 2. Kaur M., Chug H., Singh H., Chandra S., Mishra M., Sharma M., and Bhatnagar (2009) Identification and Characterization of immunodominant B – Cell Epitope of the C- Terminus of protective antigen of Bacillus anthracis. Molecular Immunology 46: 2107-2115. 3. Matta S.K., Agarwal S., Bhatnagar R. (2010) Surface localized and extracellular Glyceraldehyde – 3 – phosphate dehydrogenase of Bacillus anthracis is a plasminogen binding protein. Biochem. Biophys.Acta 1804(11): 2111-2120. 4. Agarwal S., Kulshrestha P., Mukku D.B. and Bhatnagar R. (2008) α-enolase binds to human plasminogen on the surface of Bacillus anthracis. Biochem. Biochys Acta 1784:986- 94. 5. Kanodia S., Agarwal S., Singh P., Agarwal S., Singh P. and Bhatnagar R., (2009) Biochemical and functional characterization of alanine racemase spore protein of Bacillus anthracis. Biochem. Mol. Biol. Reports; 42 (1): 47-52.
Technology Perfected/Commercialized S. No.
Title of the Technology
Licensor
Name of Leader
1.
Recombinant vaccine against anthrax
Panacea Biotech, New Delhi
Dr. Rakesh Bhatnagar
2.
Alpha interferon production
Ms Shasun Chemicals, Chennai
Dr. K. J. Mukherjee
3.
Streptokinase
Shanta Biotechnics Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad
Dr. K. J. Mukherjee
4.
Xylanases production
BCIL, New Delhi for licensing to industry
Dr. K. J. Mukherjee
5.
Recombinant human GM-CSF and other therapeutic proteins
Indo-Bioactive Pvt. Ltd., Pune
Dr. K. J. Mukherjee
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Curriculum Structure 1st Semester
21 Credit
3rd Semester
18 Credit
Course No.
Course Title
Course No.
Course Title
BT 103
Microbiology
3
BT 202
Molecular Biology of Eukaryotic Systems 2
BT 105
Maths for Biologists
2
BT 208
Genetic Engineering & its Applications
3
BT 117
Bio - Statistics
2
BT 217
Downstream Processing
3
BT 106
Biophysical Chemistry
3
BT 211
Project -I
2
BT 118
Biochemistry & Enzymology
3
BT 212
Project Presentation - (Poster)
1
BT 113
Laboratory Techniques - I
4
BT 216
Bioinformatics
4
BT 120
Molecular Cell Biology
4
BT 215
Plant Biotechnology
3
2nd Semester Course No.
21
Course Title
Credit
4th Semester Course No.
Course Title
07 Credit
BT 162
Metabolism
3
BT 251
Journal Club
1
BT 161
Immunology
3
BT 255
Project Dissertation
2
BT 119
Molecular Biology & Molecular Genetics 4
BT 257
Project - II
3
BT 153
Bioprocess Technology
2
BT 258
Project Presentation - II
1
BT 154
Engineering Principles
2
BT 155
Laboratory Techniques - II
4
BT 157
Virology
3
Total credits/ 4 semesters 21 +21 + 18 + 7 = 67 In addition, students are encouraged to take non-credit courses of their specific interest in other Science Schools of J.N.U.
Students of Biotechnology
Course Coordinator
Dr. Rakesh Bhatnagar Professor & Dean School of Biotechnology Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi-110067 E-mail: dean_sbt@mail.jnu.ac.in | Phone: 011-26704087 | Fax: 26741561 06 | Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options
Madurai Kamaraj University Tamil Nadu Program M.Sc. Biotechnology
Location Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 1985-86
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Number of Seats 30
Students experimenting in laboratory
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3 pattern of education in Physical, Biological, Agricultural, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering/Technology, 4-years B.Sc. (Physician Assistant Course); or Medicine (MBBS) or B.D.S. with at least 55% marks.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
Fee Structure
22
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
21 25
21 25
07 25
13 30
19 30
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Semester I
5,675
+
Semester iI
5,675
+
Semester iiI
5,535
+
Semester iV
5,535
=
TOTAL
22,420
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization; Participating Faculty (*) & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. B. Ashok Kumar Assistant Professor Genetic disorders associated with nutrition & C. elegans as an animal model
Ms. Tripti Kumari Molecular and functional characterisations of Riboflavin transporter (cRFT2) from C. elegans
Dr. S. Krishnaswamy Sr. Professor Bioinformatics & Structural Biology
Ms. Prerna Srivastava Molecular and Phylogenetic Analysis of O1factory Transduction (OT) Pathway in Vertebrates
Dr. H. Shakila Associate Professor Microbial Pathogenesis & Vaccine development
Mr. P. Rebecca Rangnamei Cloning of molecular Adjuvants human GM-CSF and P28 to improve the efficacy of HIV vaccine
Dr. P. Gopal Assistant Professor Plant viruses, Plant Molecular Biology
Ms. Monika Bhatt Probing the DNA binding properties of BCI protein of Bhendi Yellow Vein Mosaic Virus (BYVMV)
Dr. G. Sridevi Assistant Professor Plant Genetic Engineering
Ms. Swetapadma Majhi Isolation and cloning of AtIRT, AtFer and MoFer Genes from Arabidopsis thaliana and Moringa oleifera
Dr. K. Veluthambi Emeritus Professor Plant Molecular Biology
Ms. Rucha Dilip Sarwade Functional Genomics studies in a T-DNA Tagged Transgenic Rice Line, TC-19
Dr. R. Usha Professor (Rtd.) Plant Biotechnology
Ms. Kanika Bansal Interaction of host proteins with post transcriptional gene silencing suppressors of Bhendi yellow vein mosaic virus
Dr. Ranjan Prasad Associate Professor (Rtd.) Genetic Engineering
Mr. Dhawan Kumar Rawat A. Analysis of contings and identification of unique ORFs in Streptomyces peucetius. B. Mutation of specific amino acid in DrrC of Streptomyces peucetius
Dr. P. Palanivelu Sr. Professor (Rtd.) Eukaryotic gene cloning
Ms. Sana Fatma Molecular cloning of a phytase gene from the thermophilic fungus, Thermomyces lanuginosus in Saccharomyces cerevisiae using the yeast vector pYES2
Prof. P. Sivakumar Participating Faculty *
Mr. Sahil Lall Glutaminase-free L. Asparaginase from Arthrobactor species.: Isolation, Production and its partial characterisation
Prof. K. Dharmalingam Participating Faculty *
Mr. Rahul Raj Singh Analysis of heterogeneity of alpha-1 acid glycoprotein (Orosomucoid) in M.leprae infected human sera
Dr. Anitha Sironmani Professor & Head Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
Dr. Sankar Natesan Professor Biotechnology of Cardiac remodelling Dr. S.B. Anand Assistant Professor Molecular Parasitology & Cancer biology
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PhD (India) 55 (68%)
81
PhD (Abroad) 24 (30%) Biotech Industry (India) 02 (02%) Total 81
Dr. Amutha Santhanam Assistant Professor Proteomics, Bio fermentation and Nanotechnology
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 400l 300l
Dr.SRD. Jebakumar
Professor & Head Microbial bioremediation, Bioprospecting & Bioprocessing of microbial metabolites
165l
Dr. P. Varalakshmi
Assistant Professor Biofuels and Bioactive compounds from Microalgae
Dr. M. Pandi
Assistant Professor Cancer biology, Fungal biotechnology & Medical microbiology
25l
25l
50l 5l
07
08
01
01
02
12
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
UGC
TNSCST
DBT
DST
DAE
ICMR
CSIR
Dr. D. Ganesh
Associate Professor Plant tissue culture & Molecular Biology
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 970 lakhs (l) No. of R&D Projects 32
Dr. A. Jayachitra
Assistant Professor Anti-oxidant properties, Plant Biotechnology of Medicinal plants & Plant genetic engineering
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years
Dr. N.D. Kannan
Assistant Professor Cancer biology & Medicinal plants
192.50l
132.70l
Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 163 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.5 - 7.4
65.55l 38.50l
COE
Patents filed/granted 01 Indian Patent
147.31l
144.68l
DBT
PURSE
DST
DST
FIST
UGC
20l
SAP-DRSII
UGC
44.76l
CORE M.Sc., M.Sc., Advanced PG GRANT Biotechnology Computational Diploma in Plant Genetic Biology Engineering
DBT
DBT
DBT
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 638.69 lakhs (l)
Text Books Authored by Faculty 11 Text Books
Technology Perfected/Commercialized S. No.
Title of the Technology
Licensor
Name of Leader
1.
Binary Vector
Rasi Seeds Pvt. Ltd, Salem, Tamil Nadu
Dr. K. Veluthambi / Dr. R. Usha
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Publications by Students 1. Majhi, B.B., Bhosale, S. Jawkar and K. Veluthambi. 2014. Evaluation of codA, tms2, and ABRIN-A as negative selectable markers in transgenic tobacco and rice. In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology (In Press) DOI10.1007/s11627-014-9625-1 2. Shah, J. M. R. Singh and K. Veluthambi. 2013.
Transgenic rice lines constitutively co-expressing rice thaumatin-like protein (tlp-D34) and chitinase (chil1) transgenes in one T-DNA display synergistic enhancement of sheath blight resistance. Biologia Plantarum 57: 351-358. 3. Sunitha, S., P.V. Shivaprasad, K. Sujatha and K. Veluthambi. 2012. High frequency of T-DNA deletions in transgenic plants transformed with intron-containing hairpin RNA genes. Plant Molecular
Biology Reporter 30: 158-167 DOI 10.1007s11105011.0327/0 4. Phogat, S.K., A.S. Karthikeyan and K. Veluthambi (1999). Generation of transformed calli of Vigna radiata
(L.) Wilczek by Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated transformation. Journal of Plant Biology 26: 77-82. 5. S. Damodharan, R. Gujar, S. Pattabiraman, M. Nesakumar, Luke Elizabeth Hanna, Ramanathan D Vadakkuppattu and R. Usha (2013). Expression and immunological characterization of cardamom mosaic
virus coat protein displaying HIV gp41 epitopes.
Microbiol Immunol 57: 374–385. Impact factor: 1.30 6. R.M. Packialakshmi, N. Srivasata, K.R. Girish and R. Usha 2010 Molecular characterization of a distinct
begomovirus species from Venonia cinerea and associated DNA-β using the bacteriophage φ29 DNA polymerase. Virus Genes 41(1), 135-143. 7. Solomon RobinsonDavid Jebakumar, Amit Kumar and V. Satheeja Santhi. 2013. Atrazine biodegradation efficiency, metabolite detection and trzd gene expression by enrichment of bacterial cultures from agricultural soil.
Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B. 14(12): 1162-1172. Impact factor: 1.293 8. Satheeja Santhi V, Ashutosh Gupta, Somasundaram Saranya, Solomon Robinson David Jebakumar. 2014.
A novel marine bacterium Isoptericola sp. JS-C42 with the ability to saccharifying the plant biomasses for the aid in cellulosic ethanol production. Biotechnology
Reports. (1)2: 8–14. DOI: 10.1016/j.btre.2014.05.002.
9. Satheeja Santhi V., Ashok Kumar Bhagat, Somasun daram Saranya, Ganesan Govindarajan, Solomon Robinson David Jebakumar. 2014. Seaweed (Eucheuma cottonii) associated microorganisms, a versatile enzyme source for the lignocellulosic biomass processing. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. (In Press). Impact factor: 2.235
Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
31
Course Title
SBT-01.1C SBT-01.2C SBT-01.3C SBT-01.4C
Biochemistry Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Immunology Laboratory in Analytical Biochemistry& Separation techniques SBT-01.5C Lab in Molecular Genetics SBT-0.1.1E Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture SBT-0.1.2E Principles of Virology
2nd Semester
4 5 4 4 4 5 5
44
Course No.
Course Title
SBT-02.1C SBT-02.2C SBT-02.3C SBT-02.4C SBT-02.5C SBT-02.6C
Enzymology & Enzyme Technology Molecular & Developmental Biology Plant molecular biology & IPR Biophysics and Bioinformatics Lab in Microbial Technology Lab in Immunology & Animal Cell Culture Plant Molecular Virology Infection and Immunity Algal Biotechnology Plant Physiology
SBT-0.2.1E SBT-0.2.2E SBT-0.2.3E SBT-0.2.4E
Credit
Credit
4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5
3rd Semester
35
Course No.
Credit
Course Title
SBT-03.1C Recombinant DNA Technology SBT-03.2C Animal Biotechnology & Immunotechnology SBT-03.3C Microbial & Bioprocess Technology and Biosafety Aspects SBT-03.4C Lab in Recombinant DNA technology SBT-03.5C Lab in Plant biotechnology SBT-0.3.1E Structural Biology SBT-0.3.2E Plant Genome & Functional Genomics SBT-0.3.3E Agrochemicals & Microbial degradation
4 4 4 5 5 5
4th Semester
20
Course No.
Course Title
SBT-0.4.1E Industrial & Medical Applications of Fungal Metabolites SBT-0.4.2E Bioprospecting & Metagenomics of Marine Microbial Community SBT-0.4.3E RNA Silencing and Viral Suppressors
Project Work
Total credits/ 4 semesters 31 +44 + 35 + 20 = 130
Course Coordinator
Prof. T. Anitha Sironmani Coordinator, Head & Chairperson School of Biotechnology Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai - 625021, Tamil Nadu E-mail: asironmani@gmail.com| Phone: 0452-2458273| Mobile: 09942146141 10 | Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options
4 4
Credit
5 5 5 5
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda Gujarat Program M.Sc. Biotechnology
Location Vadodara, Gujarat
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 1985-86
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Number of Seats 25
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (MSU)
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3 pattern of education in Physical, Biological, Agricultural, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering/Technology, 4-years B.Sc. (Physician Assistant Course); or Medicine (MBBS) or B.D.S. with at least 55% marks.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
Fee Structure
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
19 25
15 25
17 25
20 25
20 25
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Semester I + ii
4,300/ 5,500
Semester iii + iv +
4,300/ 5,500
TOTAL =
8,600/ 11,000
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. T. Bagchi Professor & Coordinator Immunology, Infectious Diseases
Ms. Anjali Role of MapA in adhesion of Lactobacillus strains Mr. Aditya Mahadevan Iyer Comparison of 2D gel electrophoretic profiles of PBMCs isolated from tuberculosis infected patients and house hold contacts Ms. Madhulika Pathak Analysis of IL-10 and TNF-a expression by Antigen 85A and CPF-10 peptide stimulated PBMCs of tuberculosis patients and house hold contacts Ms. Namrata Agrawal Cloning, Expression & purification of Plasmodium falciparum antigen MSP3 and MSP4 Ms. Terence Christie The inhibition of Entero pathogenic E.coli Adhesion to HT -29 Cells by Lactobacilli under different in vitro conditions Mr. Bansode Yashwant Dattatraya Analysis of Foxp3 and Ifn-A Expression by AG85a and Cfp10 peptide stimulated Pbmcs of tuberculosis patients and Household contacts
Dr. M. Nair Associate Professor Molecular Biology, Microbial Genetics
Ms. Aparajita Neena Soren Regulatory effect of phrS sRNA, on hcn synthase gene Ms. Charmi A Gandhi Study of receptor for Pyocin S2 in diverse genera Mr. Francis Vincent Analysis of expression and solubilization of cloned Omega-3 fatty acid desaturase expressed in E.coli and Yeast Ms. Hemangi Jayram Gavit Regulation of Tetracycline Resistance by RybB in E.coli Ms. Monika Jain Regulatory effect of Isrc on the expressin of flu Gene in E.coli Ms. Shrushti Modi Study of extracellular expression of a-agarase in Bacillus subtills WB800 under pst promoter Ms. Reemadevi Rajan Singh Isolation and cloning of Cyclodextrin Hydrolysing enzyme form Bacillus licheniformis
Dr. J. Manjrekar Associate Professor Molecular Biology and Developmental Biology
Mr. Ashok Priyadarshi Cloning and Disruption of SKI-7 Gene and to observe its Phenotypic effect Ms. Meenakshi Shankar Iyer Cloning and knockout of UPF-1 gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ms. Raunaq Anil Deo Induction of [PS/] prisons in [psi-] cells using cloned SUP35NM Fragment Ms. Renu Sudhakar Cloning & Expression of C-Terminal egion of Sup35 Gene in [Psi+] cells & analysis of [Psi+] Phenotypes in transformants
Dr. Bina Chandani Associate Professor Biophysics : Protein folding
Mr. Bhupesh Dev Oxidative refolding of Lysozyme by using different folding additives Ms. Nidhi Shukla Effect of redox status and additives on Lysozyme refolding
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Dr. Devarshi Gajjar Associate Professor Molecular Medical Microbiology
Dr. H. S. Chhatpar
Professor Microbial Physiology and Biochemistry
Dr. A. J. Desai
Professor Microbial Physiology, Environmental Microbiology, Microbial genetics
Dr. A. Gayathri
Reader Molecular Microbiology and Enzymology
Dr. P. Vyas
Reader Microbial Biochemistry and Environmental Microbiology
Dr. S. Ingle
Reader Applied Microbiology and Fermentation
Dr. A. Nerurkar
Lecturer Medical and Applied Microbiology
Dr. Nandita N. Baxi
Lecturer Applied Microbiology
Ms. Divya Nair Lecturer Statistics
Students experimenting in biotechnology laboratory
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
Other 19 (21%) Biotech Industry (India) 06 (07%)
91
PhD (Abroad) 03 (03%) PhD (India) 63 (69%) Total 91
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Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 688l
100l
82l
15l
DBT
DST
UGC
OTHER
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 885 lakhs (l) 06
01
01
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
No. of R&D Projects 09
Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 11 Publications with Impact Factor Range 1.507-8.412
Textbooks Authored by Faculty 02 Textbooks
Curriculum Structure 1st Semester
25
Course No.
Course Title
MBY 2107 MBY 2108 MBY 2109 MBY 2113
Introductory Microbiology Immunity and Infection - I Biochemistry Introductory Genetics & Genetic Engineering Developmental Biology, Biophysics & Environmental Biotechnology
MBY 2111 MBY 2112
Credit
Course No.
Course Title
3 3 4
MBY 2308 MBY 2309
Molecular Biology - I Bioprocess Engineering & Industrial Biotechnology Cell Biology and Enzymology - I Genetic Engineering in Microbes Advanced topics Practicals Seminar Dissertation
4 3
Practicals
8
2nd Semester
MBY 2310 MBY 2311 MBY 2312 MBY 2317 MBY 2314 MBY 2318
25 Credit
4 3 3 3 3 6 1 2
25
Course No.
Course Title
MBY 2208 MBY 2209 MBY 2210 MBY 2217 MBY 2212
Microbial Diversity and Physiology Immunity and Infection - II Biochemistry - II Introductory Genetics & Molecular Bio. Development Biology, Biophysics & Biostatistics Practicals Seminar Dissertation
MBY 2220 MBY 2214 MBY 2218
3rd Semester
Credit
3 3 3 4 3 6 1 2
4th Semester Course No.
Course Title
MBY 2410 MBY 2411 MBY 2412 MBY 2413 MBY 2414 MBY 2423 MBY 2424 MBY 2418
Molecular Biology - II Industrial Biotechnology Cell Biology and Enzymology - II Advanced Topics Genetic Engineering in Eukaryotes Practicals Dissertation Viva
Total credits/ 4 semesters 25 +25 + 25 + 25 = 100 Course Coordinator
Prof. T. Bagchi Head & Coordinator Department of Microbiology & Biotechnology The M.S. University of Baroda,Vadodara-390002 (Gujarat) E-mail: bagchi@msubiotech.ac.in | Phone: 0265-2794396 | Fax: 2792508 14 | Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options
25 Credit
3 3 3 3 3 2 6 2
Savitribai Phule Pune University Maharashtra Program M.Sc. Biotechnology
Location Pune, Maharashtra
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 1985-86
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Number of Seats 25
M.Sc. Practical (Imaging) on Animal Tissue Culture
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3 pattern of education in Physical, Biological, Agricultural, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering/ Technology, 4-years B.Sc. (Physician Assistant Course); or Medicine (MBBS) or B.D.S. with at least 55% marks.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
Fee Structure
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
17 20
15 25
11 25
14 25
15 25
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Semester I
12,771
+
Semester iI
12,771
+
Semester iiI
12,828
+
Semester iV
12,828
=
TOTAL
51,198
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization; Participating Faculty (*) & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. J. K. Pal Professor Cell & Molecular Biology, Genetic Engineering
Ms. Aarti Tripathi Effect of chronic alcohol induced oxidative stress on protein synthesis Mr. Abhishek Panwar Cloning and expression of eukaryotic initiation factor 2α (elF-2α) kinase from Chironomous ramosus Mr. Hitesh Verma Role of Grp78 in chemo resistance of breast cancer using spheroid as model Ms. Ramya Ravindran The regulation of protein synthesis in T-cells in the context of HIV1 infection Ms. Archana Pal Generation of dominant negative Leishmania donovani mutant for GCN-2 like elF-2α Kinase
Dr. W. N. Gade Professor Biochemistry, Microbiology, Proteomics
Mr. Rishabh Kaushik Investigation of bacterial communities with rocks using culture dependent and culture independent methods Mr. Kumar Gaurav Validation of microbes present in the probiotics from different manufacturers Mr. Pawan Kumar Exploration of culturable bacterial diversity from the gut of soil feeding termites and their growth on heavy metals Ms. Pranika Bhatia To clone and express catalytic kinase domain of human heme regulated inhibitor in Pichia pastoris
Dr. Preeti Jain Participating Faculty *
Ms. Sweta Dubey In vitro evaluation of anti leishmanial activity of Pongamia pinnata Mr. Banshilal Kharadi Expression and purification of recombinant protein of Leishmania donovani derived unique elF-2α (N-terminal)
Dr. Sujatha Raman Participating Faculty *
Ms. Punita Kumari Phytosynthesis of Arsenic Nanoparticles and development of a strategy for efficient detection of Arsenic in water Mr. Abhishek Gupta Accumulation of chromium and green synthesis of its nanoparticles in known chromium hyperaccumulators: Pteris vittata and Medicago
Dr. Kavita S. Lole Participating Faculty *
Ms. Deepika Gavshinde Analysis of inter viral interactions of Hepatitis-E virus enclosed proteins
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Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 56 (71%) PhD (Abroad) 03 (04%) Biotech Industry (India) 07 (09%)
79
Academic (Teaching) 04 (05%) Others 09 (11%) Total 79
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 160l
250l
123l
DBT
05 Projects
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 160 lakhs (l) No. of R&D Projects 05
Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 32 Publications with Impact Factor Range 1.15 - 9.8
Patents filed/granted 03 Indian Patents 01 US Patent
Textbooks Authored by Faculty 01 Textbook
DST PURSE
UPE,DRDP
UNIVERSITY
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 373 lakhs (l)
Publications by Students 1. Muralidharan B., Bakthavachalu B., Pathak A. Seshadri V. 2007. A minimal element in 5’UTR of insulin mRNA mediates its translation regulation by glucose. FEBS Lett. 581, 4103-4108. 2. Tanpure A.A., Patheja P, Srinvatsan S.G., 2009 Label-free fluorescence detection of the depurination activity of ribosome inactivates protein toxins. Chem. Commun. (Camb). 48,501-503. 3. Kulkarni A.P., Mittal S.P., Devasagayam T.P., Pal J.K. 2009. Oxidative stress perturbs cell proliferation in human K562 cells by modulating protein synthesis and cell cycle. Free Radic. Res. 43, 1090-1100. 4. Sujatha Raman, Dina Ermias Dagne, Nutan P Malpathak, W.N.Gade 2011. Evaluation of Indian Peanut Cultivars on the Induction of Caulogenic Buds in vitro. International Journal of Agriculture and Forestry.
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Technology Perfected/Commercialized S. No. 1.
Title of the Technology
Licensor
Name of Leader
Extraction, purification and characterization of opthalamic grade Hyaluronic acid from rooster combs
Cadila Pharmaceutical Laboratory, Ahmedabad
Dr. W. N. Gade
Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No. *
BT 11 BT 12 * BT 13 BT 14 BT 15 BT 16
24
Course Title
Biological Chemistry Cell Biology Quantitative Methods Biological Chemistry Cell Biology Quantitative Methods
2nd Semester Course No. *
BT21 BT 22 BT 23a BT 23b BT 24 BT 25 BT 26 BT 27 BT 28 BT 29
Credit
4 4 4 6 3 3
26
Course Title
Credit
Molecular Biology 4 Genetics 2 Microbial Technology 3 Virology 2 Immunology 2 Bioinformatics 2 Molecular Biology 4 Genetics 2 Microbiology, Virology & Immunology 3 Bioinformatics 2
* All courses have been identified in terms of the prerequisites and lateral integration. All practical courses have lateral integration with theory. In 4th Semester, All theory courses are optional.
Total credits/ 4 semesters 24 +26 + 24 + 31 = 105
3rd Semester Course No. *
BT 31 BT 32 * BT 33 * *
BT 34 BT 35 * BT 36 BT 37 BT 38
Course Title
Tissue Culture (Plant & Animal) Fundamentals of Genetic Engineering Advanced Techniques in Biological Chemistry & Molecular Biology Biochemical Engineering Pluripotent Cell Technologies and Reproduction Tissue Culture (Plant & Animal) Genetic Engineering Advanced Techniques in Biological Chemistry & Biochemical Engineering
4th Semester Course No. *
BT41 BT 42 * BT 43 * BT 44 BT 45 BT 46 * BT47 * BT 48 BT49 BT 50 BT 51 BT 52
Course Title
Structural Biology Industrial Biotechnology Applications of Genetic Engineering Plant Biotechnology Chemical Synthesis & Screening in Biotechnology Genomics & Proteomics Molecular Immunology & Immunotechnology Molecular Approaches to Drug Discovery Nano Biotechnology Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) & Patents Seminar Project
Course Coordinator
Dr. J. K. Pal Professor & Coordinator Department of Biotechnology Savitribai Phule Pune University, Ganeshkhind, Pune - 411007, Maharashtra E-mail: jkpal@unipune.ac.in| Phone: 020-25694952 | Fax: 020 - 25691821, 25694952
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24 Credit
4 2 2 2 2 4 4 4
31 Credit
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 4 10
Banaras Hindu University Uttar Pradesh Program M.Sc. Biotechnology
Location Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 1985-86
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Number of Seats 27
Banaras Hindu University campus
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3 pattern of education in Physical, Biological, Agricultural, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering/Technology, 4-years B.Sc. (Physician Assistant Course); or Medicine (MBBS) or B.D.S. with at least 55% marks.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
Fee Structure
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
16 16
11 16
19 27
18 27
13 27
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Semester I + ii
2,732
Semester iii + iv + + 3,065
TOTAL =
5,797 3,065
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. Ashok Kumar Professor Microbial Molecular Biology/ Environmental Biotechnology
Mr. Anup Kr. Srivastava Synthesis and characterization of Zinc oxide Naoparticles (ZnONPs) from Anabaena L31 and their Conjugation with Shinorine Mr. Amarjeet Proteome alteration in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena PCC7120 following exposure to UV-B radiation and temperature stress Mr. Anand Prakash Gupta Biochemical and Protomic studies on Anabaena BT2 after stresses of UV-B radiation and temperature
Dr. A.K. Tripathi Professor Bacterial Genetics & Genomics
Ms. Monika Molecular analysis of heat shock sigma factor (RpoH) in Azospirillum brasilense Sp7 Ms. Leepika Kalanoria Cloning, overexpression and characterization of a bathy bacteriophytochrome in Azospirillum brasilense Ms. Preeti Characterization of anti-sigma factor in Azospirillum brasilense
Dr. S.M. Singh Professor Immunology & Animal Cell Culture
Mr. Arijit Nandy Effect of prollactin on the survival of Dalton’s lymphomas cells: A role of tumor microenvironment Mr. Vijay Kr. Verma A study of capability of male hormone androgen to alter tumor microenvironment: Implication in modulated regulation of tumor cell survival Mr. Sachin Garuav Effect of Estrogen on the survival and pH regulation in murine T cell lymphoma
Dr. A.M. Kayastha Professor Enzymology & Enzyme Technology
Ms. Arti Kataria Isolation, partial purification and biochemical characterization of α–amylase inhibitor from pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) seeds. Ms. Sonam Roy Immobilization of β-Amylase on beads prepared from chitosan/PVP blends and chitosan coating PVC Mr. Virendra Kr. Patel Isolation, purification and immobilization of α-amylase from Vicia faba
Dr. Arvind Kumar Associate Professor Molecular Biology and Immunology
Mr. Rohit Sahai Study on carcinogenic genes in blood samples of urethane induced Balb/c Mice Mr. Gaurav Kr. Thakur Role of Quercetin as anti-inflammatory and anti-cancerous agent Mr. Anil Meena In-vitro & in-vivo study of anti-cancerous, anti-inflammatory roles of Chrysin on Urethane & LPS activated Balb/c Mice Lungs
Dr. B.D Singh Emeritus Professor Plant Biotechnology
Mr. Praveen Kr. Singh Computational identification and characterization of WRKV gene family members in Phaseolus vulgaris L. Mr. Ravindra Kr. Yadav Genome wide identification and In-silico analysis of Mmap Kinase gene family from Cajanus cajan
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Dr. B.D Singh Emeritus Professor Plant Biotechnology
Mr. Shahid Prawez Bioinformatics Investigation of WRKY Gene family Members in Cajanus cajan
M.Sc. students experimenting in Laboratory
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
Fellowship (India) 42 (46%) Fellowship (Abroad) 01 (01%) Academic (Teaching) 04 (05%)
91
Entrepreneurship 01 (01%) PhD (Abroad) 01 (01%) PhD (India) 42 (46%) Total 91
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Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 110l
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years
300l 65l
60l 170l 100l
12l
03
02
01
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
DBT
DST
ICMR
100l
Bioinformatics
ICAR
General Funds
DBT
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 247 lakhs (l)
DBT
SAP
UGC
DST
100l
PURSE
CORE GRANT
UGC
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 770 lakhs (l)
No. of R&D Projects 07 Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 130 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.5 -5.7 Curriculum Structure 1st Semester
20
Course No.
Course Title
BTM101 BTM102 BTM103 BTM104 BTM105
Microbiology Biochemistry & Biophysics Cell Biology Genetics and Molecular Biology Practical: Based on BTM101, BTM102, BTM 103 & BTM104
3rd Semester
Credit
Course No.
3 3 3 3
BTM301 BTM302 BTM303 BTM304
8 BTM305
2
nd
Semester
Course No.
Course Title
Animal Cell Culture Environmental Biotechnology Practical : Based on BTM301 & BTM302 Research Project: Review & Lab. Techniques and Seminar Application of Biotechnology
20 Credit
3 3 4 8 2
22
Course Title
BTM201 BTM202 BTM203 BTM204 BTM205
Enzymology & Enzyme Technology Genetic Engineering Immunology Plant Biotechnology Practical : Based on BTM201, BTM202 BTM203 & BTM204 BTM206 M Techniques of Biotechnology
Credit
3 3 3 3 8 2
4th Semester Course No.
Course Title
BTM401 BTM402 BTM403 BTM404
Bioprocess Engineering & Technology 3 Bioinformatics & Biostatistics 3 Practical: Based on BTM401 & BTM402 4 Research Project : Project worksDissertation and Seminar 8
Total credits/ 4 semesters 20 +22 + 20 + 18 = 80 Course Coordinator
Prof. A.M. Kayastha Professor & Coordinator School of Biotechnology Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005 (Uttar Pradesh) E-mail: biotechcoordinator@gmail.com | Phone: 0542-2368331| Fax: 2368693, 2368174 22 | Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options
18 Credit
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Maharashtra Program M.Sc. Biotechnology
Location Bombay, Maharashtra
Mode of Selection IIT-JAM
Year of DBT support implemented 1985-86
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Number of Seats 28
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
Reagent preparation for Biochemical Identification of Microorganisms
Eligibility At least 55%aggregate marks (taking into account all subjects, including languages and subsidiaries, all years combined) for General/OBC category candidates and at least 50%aggregate marks (taking into account all subjects, including languages and subsidiaries, all years combined) for SC, ST and PH category candidates in the qualifying degree. For candidates with letter grades/CGPA (instead of percentage of marks), the equivalence in percentage of marks will be decided by the Admitting Institute(s).
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years 2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
16 17
21 23
26 26
25 26
26 28
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Fee Structure
Semester I
6,400
+
Semester iI
5,000
+
Semester iiI
5,000
+
Semester iV
5,000
=
TOTAL
21,400
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Prof. N. S. Punekar Professor Microbial Biochemistry, Enzymology, Metabolic Regulation, Fungal Metabolic Engineering
Ms. Priyank Singhvi Proteome analysis of Arginase deleted strain of Aspergillus niger
Prof. P. J. Bhat Professor Eucaryotic Gene Expression, Yeast Molecular Genetics, Eucaryotic Transcriptional Regulation
Mr. Anil Birla Evolutionary acquisition of a new protein binding domain by a Catabolic Enzyme
Prof. P. V. Balaji Professor Glycobiology, ProteinCarbohydrate Interactions Molecular Biology of Glycosytransferases, Molecular Modeling, Docking & Md Simulations
Mr. Terse Vishram Laxman Functional annotation of Putative Glycosytransferases from Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Prof. D. Panda Professor Cell Biology, Biophysics, Protein Structure-Function, Molecular Medicine And Mechanism (S) of Action of Anti-fungal, Anticancer and Antibacterial Drugs
Ms. Manali Khandelwal Regulation of assembly dynamics of microtubules by microtubule associated proteins
Prof. Rinti Banerjee Professor Biomaterials & Articifical Organs, Haemorheology & Biomedical Fluid Dynamics
Mr. Ameya Vinod Prabhakar Microbubble-nanoparticle complexes for triggered drug delivery in cancers
Prof. Swati Patankar Professor Molecular Parasitology and Genomics Applied to the Malarial Parasite Plasmodium Falciparum
Ms. Prashanti Patel Characterization of cellular responses to curcumin in P. falciparum
Prof. Samir Maji Assistant Professor To study the Amyloid Formation by Protein/ Peptides in the Disease and Functional Amyloid Perspective
Mr. Amresh Kumar Mechanism of protein aggregation relevant to Parkinson’s diseases
Mr. Surendra Kumar Verma Cloning, over-expression and purification of Arginase from Aspergillus niger
Mr. Praveen Kumar Construction of a GALI allele lacking signal transduction function by site directed mutagenesis Mr. Alok Kumar Verma Deciphering the evolutionary significance of triplicate genes in Yeast genome
Ms. Ankita Jindal Tau aggregation and Alzheimer’s disease: Mechanistic insight using biophysical tools and chemical biology
Mr. Thorat Ketan Vilas Nanoparticle Aerosols for pulmonary drug delivery
Ms. Pritha Aggarwal Analysis of Enzyme activity of P. falciparum Glutathione Peroxidase
Mr. Sandeep Kumar Role of Heparin in Amyloid Fibril formation
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Prof. Sanjeev Srivastava Assistant Professor Proteomics, Systems Biology, Stress Physiology and Cellular Responses
Prof. Ranjith Padinhateeri Assistant Professor Nucleosome Dynamics and Chromatin Assembly, Dynamics of Actin and Microtubules and Mechanics of DNA
Prof. Ashutosh Kumar Assistant Professor Structural Biology, Biomolecular NMR Spectroscopy
Prof. Kiran Kondabagil Assistant Professor Mechanisms of Assembly of Large DNA Viruses, Virus Engineering: Viral Nano-Containers for targeted delivery
Mr. Ram Krishan Gupta A proteomic study of Meningiomas Tumors Mr. Sachendra Kumar Proteomic analysis of glioblastoma multiforme and correlation with Radiology for SVZ involvement and survival prediction Mr. Rajat Sharma Computational study of Nucleosome Organization Kinetics
Mr. Pandav Chakma Prediction of de-novo structures of soluble proteins using Chemical shift data Mr. Arpit Katiyar Comparative analysis of NMR chemical shift predictions for proteins in fibril state Mr. Singham Amarnath Ram Bacteriophage burst size distribution and its universality Ms. Gulshan Virus Specific Superfamily 3 Helicase Mr. Mohd. Wasif Khan Cloning and Purification of Phage N4 vRNAP segment I - segment III Fusion Protein Mr. Robin Kumar Single Strand Binding Protein (SSBP) from Vaccinia Virus and Mimi Virus
Prof. Prasenjit Bhaumik Assistant Professor Structure function relationship of Enzymes and Biological Macromolecules. Protein Crystallography, Structure based Antimalarial Drug Development, Structural Enzymology
Ms. Sneha Soni Converting a signal transducer into a Catabolic Enzyme Mr. Mohd. Saif Purification and Crystallization of Histoaspartic Protease (HAP) to determine High Resolution Crystal Structure
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization (Faculty who have not supervised student dissertation in 2012-13)
Prof. R. Manchanda Professor & Head Neuromuscular Physiology & Biophysics
Prof. G. Subrahmanyam Professor Protein Phosphorylation Gene Regulation, Molecular Mechanism of Signal Transduction
Prof. Soumyo Mukherji Professor Bioinstrumentation, Cardiovascular Physiology, Transducers and
Biomedical sensors, Biosensors
Prof. K. K. Rao Professor Cell Biology, Protein Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Genetic Engineering, Prokaryotic Gene Regulation
Prof. G. Subrahmanyam Professor Protein Phosphorylation Gene Regulation, Molecular Mechanism of Signal Transduction
Prof. P. S. Phale
Prof. Shamik Sen
Professor Aromatic Hydrocarbon Degradation, Elucidation of Metabolic Pathways, Molecular Enzymology and Kinetics, Genetic Engineering, Bacterial Physiology, Bio-Surfactant Production & its significance
Assistant Professor Cell & Matrix Mechanics and Computational Modeling
Prof. Rohit Srivastava
Associate Professor Fluorescent Biosensors, Nanoengineered Sensors, controlled release, Layer-by-Layer Assembly, BioMEMS
Prof. Debjani Paul Assistant Professor Micro Fabrication Technology, Thin-Film Transistors, Biosensors, Microfluidic Devices, Biophysical Aspects of Bacterial Invasion Interactions Of Cells With Micro and Nano-Structured Surfaces, Integration of Microfluids and Electronics
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Prof. Santanu K. Ghosh
Prof. Prakriti Tayalia
Prof. Ambarish Kunwar
Prof. Rahul Purwar
Assistant Professor Undertaking Mechanism of faithful Chromosome Segregation during Meiotic Cell Division
Assistant Professor Cellular Programming, Tissue Engineering, Immunotherapy, Biomaterials, Micro fabrication
Assistant Professor Biophysics, Non-equilibrium Statistical Physics, Computational Modeling
Assistant Professor Tumor Immunology, Cancer Biomarker
Students of M.Sc. conducting practicals in Laboratory
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 25 (27%) Others 24 (26%)
93
PhD (Abroad) 10 (10%) Academic (Teaching) 10 (11%) Fellowship 15 (16%) Biotech Industry (India) 09 (10%) Total 93
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Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 180 Publications with Impact Factor Range 1.0 - 41.298
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 1755l
Text Books Authored by Faculty 02 Text Books
510l 360l
325l
200l
60l
60l
200l
25
09
10
02
08
03
02
08
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
DBT
DST
CSIR
DIT
BRNS
NMRL
MHRD
OTHER
Total Quantum of Funds Rec. Rs. 3470 lakhs (l) No. of R&D Projects 67 Technology Perfected/Commercialized S. No. 1.
Title of the Technology
Licensor
Name of Leader
Uchek
Biosense Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
-
Publications by Students 1. Srivastava R., Ray S., Vaibhav V, Gollapalli K., Jhaveri T., Taur S., Dhali S., Gogtay N.,Thatte U., Sri kanth R. and Srivastava S. 2012. Serum profiling of leptospirosis patients to investigate proteomic alterations. J. Proteomics.
2. Ray S., Srivastava R., Tripathi K., Vaibhav V., Patankar S., Srivastava, S. 2012. Serum proteome changes in dengue virus-infected patients from a dengue endemic area of India: Towards new molecular targets? OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology
New CD Instrument in common facility of Biosciences department
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Curriculum Structure 1st Semester
40
Course No.
Course Title
BB403 BB405 BB407 BB409
Biomolecular Spectroscopy 6 Molecular Biology 6 Analytical Biochemistry 6 Biological Thermodynamics & Kinetics 6 Mathematical methods for Biologists 6 Biochemistry Laboratory 10
BB401 BB451
Credit
3rd Semester Course No.
Course Title
BS501 BS503 BS505 BS551 BS553 BB601
Molecular Enzymology Genetic Engineering Molecular Immunology Genetic Engineering Laboratory Bioinformatics Introduction to Bio-nanotechnology (Elective I Half Sem Course) Project Stage - I
BS591
2nd Semester
41 Credit
6 6 6 10 6 3 4
42
Course No.
Course Title
BS 400 BB 402 BS 402 BS 404 BS 450 BS 452
Molecular Biophysics Programming for Bioinformatics Cell Biology Metabolism and Bioenergetics Biophysics Laboratory Microbiology Laboratory
Credit
6 4 6 6 10 10
4th Semester Course No.
ES 200
Course Title
Credit
Environmental Studies (Half Semester Course) Environmental Studies (Half Semester Course)
3
Elective II
6
BS 592
Project Stage - II
24
HS 200
Total credits/ 4 semesters 40 +42 + 41 + 36 = 159
Students working in Laminar Air Flow
Course Coordinator
Dr. Rohit Manchanda Professor & Head Department of Biosciences & Bioengineering Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai - 400076, Maharashtra E-mail: head.bio@iitb.ac.in, rmanch@iitb.ac.in| Phone: 022 - 2576 7771 | Fax: 2572 3480
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36
3
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Uttarakhand Program M.Sc. Biotechnology
Location Roorkee, Uttarakhand
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 1985-86
Mode of Selection IIT-JAM
Number of Seats 24
IIT, Roorkee campus
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3 pattern of education in Physical, Biological, Agricultural, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering/ Technology, 4-years B.Sc. (Physician Assistant Course); or Medicine (MBBS) or B.D.S. with at least 55% marks.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
Fee Structure
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
29 30
18 24
29 37
24 37
18 24
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Semester I
13,380
+
Semester iI
7,600
+
Semester iiI
8,080
+
Semester iV
7,700
=
TOTAL
36,760
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. R. Prasad Associate Professor & Head Molecular Biology & Proteomics
Mr. Ankit Verma Effect of salinity stress on growth of rice cultivar and HPLC analysis of sorbitol in reference to salinity stress adaptation Ms. Sandhya Kumari Study of stress induced alterations in ion flux profiles and ion homeostasis control in a salt-sensitive variety of rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Dr. (Mrs.) Ritu Barthwal Professor Molecular Biophysics
Mr. Deepesh Kumar Gupta Multispectroscopic studies in mitoxantrone Drug-DNA hexamer complexes with D-(TGTACA)2 and D-(TGATCA)2 Ms. Zia Tariq Multispectroscopic studies of groove binding and stacking in Ligand-DNA complexes
Dr. G. S. Randhawa Professor Genetics
Ms. Prita Kumari Standardization of pre-culture and co-cultivation time for transformation of guar (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L.) Mr. Varun Bansal Cloning and Expression of Mannan Synthase gene and seed protein profiling of Cyamopsis tetragonoloba
Dr. R. P. Singh Professor Microbiology
Mr. Gary Stanley Fernandes Analysis of manganese peroxidase from Phanerochaete chrysosporium and its role in AZO dye decolorization Ms. Nisha Analysis of Regulatory factors affecting conformational characteristics of amyloid beta peptide fragment Aβ (25-35) Mr. Ravi Parkash Evaluation of Antimicrobial potential of some Indian Ethnomedicinal plants for Rice pathogens
Dr. Vikas Pruthi Associate Professor Microbial Technology
Mr. Anshu Singh Studies on Antimicrobial activities of secondary metabolites from Arnebia benthamii Mr. Mohit Sharma Fabrication, Characterization and In vitro assessment of Antimicrobial activity of ferulic acid encapsulated nanofibers
Dr. Partha Roy Associate Professor Molecular Endocrinology & Animal Biotechnology
Ms. Kartika Vashishtha Effects of Antimicrobial compound triclosan on sertoli cell function
Dr. A. K. Sharma Assistant Professor Biochemistry
Mr. Akhilesh Kumar Purification and partial characterization of a globulin protein from Murraya paniculata
Mr. Sachin Gupta Synergistic Anticancer effect of pterostillbene and formononetin against human breast (MCF-7) and liver (HEPG2) cancer cell line
Ms. Ankita Srivastava Cloning & Bioinformatics analysis of a serine protease from candidates Liberibacter asiaticus Ms. Feza Hasan Cloning and Expression of a trypsin inhibitor from Putranjiva roxburghi
Dr. Pravinder Kumar Assistant Professor Structural Biology
Ms. Nandita Bodra Mura enzyme as potential and emerging target for the discovery of antibacterial agents
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Dr. Pravinder Kumar Assistant Professor Structural Biology
Mr. Syed Yusuf Mian Cloning, Expression and purification of DAHP synthase
Dr. Bijan Choudhary Assistant Professor Biotransformation & Biochemical Engineering
Mr. Harish Kumar Production of Poly (3-Hydroxybutyrate-CO-3hydroxy Valerate) using cheap carbon sources by a halophillic isolate Mr. Sumit Kinger Characterization of crude xylanase from a halophillic isolate
Dr. Sanjay Ghosh Assistant Professor Bioprocess Engineering
Mr. Amrendra Kumar Screening, production and purification of a potential phytase from three different fungal strains Mr. Prabhjot Singh Physio-Chemical Characterization of phytase from three different fungal strains employing SSF
Dr. N. K. Navani Assistant Professor Molecular Biology & Chemical Biology
Mr. Alok Kumar Cloning of essential yogf and yiha genes of E. coli for antisense expression
Dr. (Mrs.) Shailly Tomar Assistant Professor Molecular Biology & Virology
Ms. Pooja Sadana Cloning, Expression, Purification and Crystallization of Non-structural protein1 (nsP1) domain of chikungunya virus
Ms. Bishnupriya Chhtariya Isolation, Characterization and functional screening of probiotic bacteria from dairy samples
Mr. Toger Trupti Ajay Expression, Purification, Crystallization and characterization of Alphavirus non-structural replication enzyme-1 Dr. (Mrs.) Maya Nair Assistant Professor Molecular Biophysics
Ms. Kamala Soren Anticancer activity of Averrhoa bilimbi leaves extracts against human breast cancer cell line MCF-7 Mr. Virendra Singh Estimation of total flavonoid, Total Phenol and screening of phytocomponents in Averrhoa bilimbi fruits and activity of crude extract on MCF-7 cell lines
Dr. (Mrs.) R. Pathania Assistant Professor Molecular Biology & AntiMicrobial Drug Discovery Dr. D. Sircar Assistant Professor Plant Biotechnology Dr. P. M. Krishna Mohan Assistant Professor Biophysics (Protein NMR)
M.Sc Biotechnology students experimenting in laboratory
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Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 20 (41%)
49
Non-Biotech Industry (India) 08 (16%) PhD (Abroad) 21 (43%) Total 49
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years
450l 86l
255l 175l 120l
125l 100l 45l
50l
08
08
07
03
03
02
02
03
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
DBT
DST
CSIR
MHRD
ICMR
DRDO
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 1320 lakhs (l) No. of R&D Projects 36 Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 120 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.1 - 6.10.
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SERB
OTHER
FIST scheme DST
Total Quantum of Funds Rec. Rs. 86 lakhs (l)
Publications by Students 1. Nivedita Singh, Akhansha Nayyar, G. Bhattacharjee, A.K. Singh and Vikas Pruthi, 2012. Assessment of Dentifrices against Candida Biofilm. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 167: 1688-1698. (Publication: Springer)
2. Gunda Viswanath, Sujata Halder, Gunda Divya, Chandrajeet B Majumder, Partha Roy (2008). Detection of potential progesterogenic endocrine disruptors using a recombinant human progesterone receptor binding assay and transactivation bioassay. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 295 : 1-9.
3. Gunda Viswanath, Shamba Chatterjee, Swati Dabral, Siddarth R Nanguneri, Gunda Divya, Partha Roy (2010). Anti-androgenic endocrine disrupting activities of chlorpyrifos and piperophos. Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 120 : 22-29.
4. Ajanta Chakraborty, Neetu Gupta, Kaushik Ghosh, Partha Roy (2010). In vitro evaluation of the cytotoxic, anti-proliferative and anti-oxidant properties of pterostillbene isolated from Pterocarpus marsupium. Toxicology in Vitro 24 : 1215-1228.
5. Bhavna Sharma, Rajani Salunke, Santosh Satapati, Chandrajeet Balomajumder, Patha Roy (2011). Screening of some Indian medicinal plant extracts for their anti-hyperglycemic activities in streptozotocin induced diabetic mice. Journal of Food Biochemistry 35 : 1398-1406.
6. Swati Srivastava, Upasana Bedi, Partha Roy (2012). Synergistic action of insulin-sensitive and Sirt 1mediated pathways in the differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells to osteoblast. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 361 : 153-164.
7. Swati Srivastava, Rohini Bankar, Partha Roy (2013). Assessment of the role of flavonoids for inducing osteo blast differentiation in isolated mouse bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells. Phytomedicine 20 : 683-690.
8. Patel G.K., Kawale. A.A. and Sharma A.K. (2012). Publication and physiochemical Characterization of a serine protease with fibrinolytic activity from latex of medicinal herb Euphobia hirta. Plant Physiol. Biochem.
with Antimicrobial and Trypsin Inhibitory Activity from Seeds of Bottle Gourd (Lagenaria siceraria). J. Plant Biochem. Biotechnol. 18 (1), 101-104.
10. Tarun Kumar Sharma, Aradhana Chopra, Mahak Sapra, Dinesh Kumawat, Supriya Deepak Patil, Ranjan Pathania & Naveen K. Navani (2012). Green Synthesis and Antimicrobial Potential of Silver Nanoparticles. Int J Green Nanotech. 1 : 93-110.
11. Iyer V.R., Sharma, R. Pathania, R. and Navani, N.K. (2012). Small RNAs of Pathogenic bacteria: Not small enough to be overlooked for therapeutics. Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology. 4 (1): 17-30.
12. Dev A., Bodra N. Kumar, P., Pratap, S, Kumar P. (2013). Homology modeling and functional characterization of three-dimensional of DAHP Synthase from Brachypodium distachyon. J. Proteins Proteom. 4 (1).
13. Narayanan A, Paul LN, Tomar S, Patil DN, Kumar P, Yernool DA. (2012) Structure-function studies of DNA binding domain of response regulator KdpE reveals equal affinity interactions at DNA half-sites. PLoSOne. PMID: 22291906; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3264566. (Impact factor 4.41) 14. Tapas S. Kumar A., Dhindwal S., Preeti, Kumar P. (2011). Structural analysis of chorismate synthase from Plasmodium falciparum: A novel target for antimalaria drug discovery. Int J Biol. Macromol. 49(4), 767-77. (Impact factor 2.61)
15. Sakshi, Patil D.N., Tomar S., Sylvestre M., & Kumar P. (2010). Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic studies of cis-biphenyl-2,-3-dihydrodiol-2-3-dehdrogenase from Pandoraea pnomenusa B-356. ActaCrystallogr Sect F. 66:1517-20. (Impact factor 0.65)
16. Tomar S. Patil D.N., Datta M., Tapas S., Preeti, Chaudhary A., Sharma A.K., Tomar S., Kumar P. (2009). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the complex of Kunitz-type tamarind trypsin inhibitor and porcine pancreatic trypsin. ActaCrystallogr Sect F StructbBiolCryst Commun. 1;65(Pt 11);1179-81. (Impact factor 0.65)
52, 104-111.
9. Shee C., Agarwal S., Deepankar G., Meena K., Sharma A.K. (2009). Identification of a Peptide-like Compound
Pilot Plant Facillity for Process Development
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Curriculum Structure 1st Semester
28
Course No.
Course Title
BT- 500 BT- 511 BT- 511 BT- 512 BT- 513 BT- 514 BT- 515 BT- 550
Foundation Course in Mathematics or Fundamentals of Biology Fundamental of Biology Biochemistry Biotech Laboratory - I Applied Microbiology Cell & Molecular Biology Computer Application
2nd Semester
Credit
4 4 4 4 4 4 4
24
Course No.
Course Title
BT- 521 BT- 522 BT- 523 BT- 524
Biophysics Immunulogy & Immunotechnology Biotech Laboratory - II Genetic Engineering Major Elective - I Minor Elective - I
3rd Semester
Credit
4 4 4 4 4 4
4th Semester
08
Course No.
Course Title
BT- 620
Biotechnology Project Major Elective - IV
Course Title
BT- 611 BT- 612 BT- 613
Structural Biology Seminar & Term Paper Biotech Laboratory - III Major Elective - II Major Elective - III Minor Elective - II
Credit
4 4 4 4 4 4
Course No.
BT- 601 BT- 602 BT- 603 BT- 604 BT- 605 BT- 607 BT- 608 BT- 609 BT- 610 BT- 614 BT- 615 BT- 616
Course Title
Credit
Cell & Tissue Culture Technology Enzymology & Enzyme Technology Instrumental Method of Analysis Molecular Carcinogenesis & Therapy Vaccine Development & Production Ecology & Environmental Biotechnology Mol. Diagnostics and Therapeutic Biotechnology Gene Regulation Genomics & Proteomics Bioinformatics General Biology and Microbiology Transgenic Animal Technology
Total credits/ 4 semesters 28 +24 + 24 + 08 = 84
Faculty along with M.Sc. Biotechnology students
Course Coordinator
Dr. Ramasare Prasad Associate Professor & Head Department of Biotechnology Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee- 247667, Uttarakhand E-mail: rapdyfbs@iitr.ernet.in| Phone: 01332- 285216, 01332- 285791| Fax: 01332-286151 34 | Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options
4 4
List of Electives
24
Course No.
Credit
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Aligarh Muslim University Uttar Pradesh Program M.Sc. Biotechnology
Location Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
Year of DBT support implemented 1985-86
Mode of Selection All India Entrance Test conducted by University
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Number of Seats 14
Building of Aligarh Muslim University
Eligibility Candidates who have graduated under 10+1+3 or 10+2+2 system and secured at least 5% more marks in aggregate over and above the minimum as specified for admission to M.Sc. (Biotechnology), shall be considered eligible for admission.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
Fee Structure
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
14 14
14 14
14 14
14 14
14 14
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Semester I
13,960
+
Semester iI
13,960
+
Semester iiI
13,960
+
Semester iV
13,960
=
TOTAL
55,840
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. Asad Ullah Khan Professor & Coordinator Drug Designing / Drug Resistance
Ms. Azna Zuberi Combating Streptococcus mutans Biofilm : An alternate grapheme-zinc oxide nano particle mediated approach Mr. Haris Saeed Study on the prevalence of ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from vegetables and meat in Aligarh Locality Mr. Zoheb Ahmed Isolation and characterization of ESBL genes in the ESBL producing gram negative bacteria from vegetables and fruits
Prof.M. Saleemuddin UGC-BSR Faculty Enzyme Technology
Mr. Faizan Uddin Elucidation of toxic effects of fatty acids and their complexes with milk proteins on mammalian erythrocytes and some fungal strains Mr. Aafreen Javed Purification and characterization of human alpha-lactalbumin, a potential breast tumor marker
Dr. Rizwan H. Khan Professor Protein Structure and Function
Mr. Saima Nusrat Induction of aggregation in bovine serum fetuin by SDS at different pH below its pI Mohammad Khursheed Siddiqui Effect of anionic surfactants –SDS and AOT on aggregation of lysozyme Ms. Tooba Siddiqui Effect of sugars on SDS induced aggregation of human serum albumin at pH2
Dr. M. Owais Professor Molecular Biology / Immunology
Mr. Amit Garg Efficiency of RBC ghost entrapped levofloxacin enmeshed in fibrin beads against experimental murine listeriosis Ms. Swati Varshney Synthesis of silver nano particles and study of their activity against Candida albicans in combination with fluconazole Mohammad Anees Ahmed Subtilosome mediated cytosolic delivery of COX-2 specific si RNA that mimic nanocell: Potential in treatment of liver cancer in Balb/c mice
Dr. Hina Younus Assistant Professor Enzymology
Mr. Hadi Hasan Choudhary Human salivary aldehyde dehydrogenase: Purification and kinetic characterization Ms. Ayesha Sadaf Protective effect of thymoquinone on glucose or methylgyoxal modification of superoxide dismutase: A structural study Sehbanul Islam Effect of black seed component thymoquinone on glucose or methylflyoxal induced glycation of superpoxide dismutase
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Building of Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 50 (66%) PhD (Abroad) 02 (03%) Biotech Industry (India) 02 (03%) Biotech Industry (Abroad) 01 (01%) Non-Biotech Industry (India) 08 (10%)
76
Academic (Teaching) 06 (08%) Entrepreneurship 02 (03%) Others 05 (06%) Total 76
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 100l
100l
50l
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years 50l
50l BUILDER
10l
5l
DBT
01
01
01
01
01
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
DBT
DST
CSIR
ICMR
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 315 lakhs (l) No. of R&D Projects 06
ICAR
UP - CST
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 50 lakhs (l) Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 157 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.0-5.26. Patents filed/granted 04 India 01 Outside India
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Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
21
Course Title
Biochemistry Analytical Techniques Biostatistics & Computer Applications Cellular & Molecular Biology Seminar/Journal Club Lab - I Lab - II
Credit
3rd Semester Course No.
Course Title
3 3 3 3 1 4 4
22 Credit
Bioprocess Engineering & Technology Immunotechnology & Molecular Virology Genomics & Proteomics Plant Biotechnology Project Proposal Lab - I Lab - II
3 3 3 3 2 4 4
Non-Credit course
2 Semester Course No.
IPR & Bio - safety
21
nd
Course Title
Immunology Microbiology & Industrial Applications Genetics & Genetic Engineering Proteins & Enzymes Seminar/Journal Club Lab - I Lab - II
Credit
3 3 3 3 1 4 4
4th Semester Course No.
22
Course Title
Bio-entrepreneurship Project Work Seminar/Journal Club
Total credits/ 4 semesters 21 +21 + 22 + 22 = 86
Biotechnology students showcase their talent
Course Coordinator
Prof. Asad Ullah Khan Coordinator Inter-disciplinary Biotechnology Unit Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202002, Uttar Pradesh E-mail: btisamu@gmail.com| Phone: 0571- 2720449, 0571- 2401658| Fax: 0571-2701081 38 | Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options
Credit
3 18 1
Guru Nanak Dev University Punjab Program M.Sc. Biotechnology
Location Amritsar, Punjab
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 1991-92
Mode of Selection JNU-CET, GNDU Entrance Test
Number of Seats 13+2 (Punjab Domicile) through JNU-CET; 14 through GNDU Entrance Test
Visit of Prof. H.Y. Mohan Ram, Delhi University & Dr. P. S. Ahuja, IHBT, Palampur to GNDU
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3 pattern of education in Physical, Biological, Agricultural, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering/Technology, 4-years B.Sc. (Physician Assistant Course); or Medicine (MBBS) or B.D.S. with at least 55% marks.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
Studentship Rs. 3000/month (for students admitted through JNU-CET excluding Punjab Domicile)
Fee Structure
22
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
14 18
12 18
18 26
19 26
19 29
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Semester I
38,400
+
Semester iI
22,000
+
Semester iiI
39,650
+
Semester iV
22,050
=
TOTAL
1,22,100
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. Gurcharan Kaur Professor Medical Biotechnology
Ms. Anuradha Sharma Chloroform and hexane extracts of T. cordifolia in glioblastoma cell differentiation: Study of some molecular Markers Ms. Rishu Rana Anticancer role of Tinospora cordifolia extracts: study of some molecular markers Ms. Sandeep Kaur Saggu Study of anticancer potential of chloroform and hexane extracts of Tinospara cordifolia in IMR-32 Neuroblastoma Cells
Mr. Pramod Kumar Verma Associate Professor Biochemical Engineering
Ms. Kulpreet Isolation, screening and preliminary characterization of Alkaline protease producing bacteria Mr. Ajay Kumar Screening of Chitinophaga sp. for chitinolytic activity Mr. Rajesh Kumar Cloning of Plasmodium falciparum gene PF1780w in PET-28a expression vector
Dr. Pratap Kumar Pati Associate Professor Plant Tissue Culture & Genetic Manipulation
Ms. Navdeep Kaur In vitro Propagation and Hairy Root Culture of Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal and Nicotiana tabaccum L. Ms. Priya Sharma Expression Analysis of Auxin Efflux Carrier Genes, in response to salt and brassinosteroid treatment in Arabidopsis thaliana Ms. Prabhjit Kaur Expression Analysis of Annexin genes in response to salt and brassinosteroid treatment in Oryza sativa (var. Pusa Basmati-I)
Dr. Ramandep Kaur Assistant Professor Microbial Technology
Ms. Harmeet Kaur Expression and Purification of truncated globins from Myxococcus xanthus Ms. Simrapreet Kaur Cloning of putative Methyl Accepting chemotaxis protein coding region of Corallococcus coralloides Ms. Sonia Sharma Cloning and Expression of globin domain of putative methyl Accepting chemotaxis protein of Corallococcus coralloides
Dr. Prakash C. Mishra Assistant Professor Bioinformatics & Structural Biology
Ms. Amandeep Kaur Antimalarial activity of myxobacterial extracts Ms. Aashita Sharma Antimalarial activity of extracts of Myxobacteria grown on different media Mr. Manish Kumar Cloning of Plasmodium falciparum gene MAL13P1.61 in PET-28a expression vector
Dr. Prabhjeet Singh Professor & Head Plant Molecular Biology
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Student conducting experiment in Laboratory
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 29 (63%) PhD (Abroad) 03 (07%) Biotech Industry (India) 05 (11%)
46
Non Biotech Industry (India) 02 (04%) Academic (Teaching) 01 (02%) Others 06 (13%) Total 46
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 675l
50l
50l
100l
100l
50l
DBT
DST
CSIR
ICMR
IFCPAR UGC
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 1025 lakhs (l) 09
01
02
02
01
02
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
No. of R&D Projects 17
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Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years 99.52l
Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 63 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.0-7.19
Patents filed/granted 01 Indian Patent 01 US Patent
20.45l
15.50l
5.51l
PURSE
FIST
DBT
DBT
DBT
DBT
Publications by Students Ashuthosh Sharma, Varinder Singh, Gagan deep Singh and Partap Kumar Pati 2011 First report of leaf spot disease inWithania coagulans caused by Alternaria alternata in India. Plant Disease.
UGC
UGC
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 140.98 lakhs (l) Technology Perfected/Commercialized S. No. 1.
Title of the Technology
Licensor
Name of Leader
In vitro protocol of rose micropropagation
M/SKanan Devan Hills Pvt. Ltd. (Munnar, Kerala), Developed as part of Ph .D. work at IHBT Palampur
Dr. P.K. Pati
Students experimenting in Laboratory
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Curriculum Structure 1st Semester
26
Course No.
Course Title
BTL401
Introductory Biomathematics and Biostatistics Biochemistry Analytical Techniques Immunology General Microbiology & Microbial Genetics Computer Applications Lab in Biochemistry & Analytical Techniques Lab in General Microbiology
BTL402 BTL403 BTL404 BTL405 BTL406 BTL421 BTL422
2 Semester Course No.
Course Title
BTL451 BTL452 BTL453 BTL454
Plant Tissue Culture Animal Tissue Culture Molecular Biology Genetic Engineering Tools and Techniques Bioprocess Engineering & Technology Introduction to Bioinformatics Lab in Plant Tissue Culture Lab in Immunology & Animal Tissue Culture Elective to be offered from outside the Department
BTL456 BTL471 BTL472
3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
Course No.
Course Title
BTL501 BTL502 BTL521 BTL522
Fermentation Techniques Genetic Engineering - Applications Research Projects Lab in Bioprocess, Engineering & Technology Lab in Genetic Engineering Seminar Journal Club Assignment Advances in Plant Biotechnology Medical Biotechnology Microbial Biotechnology Elective to be offered from outside the Department
BTL523 BTL524 BTL531* BTL532* BTL533*
26 Credit
3 3 2 4 4 1 3 3 3 3
29
nd
BTL455
Credit
3rd Semester
Credit
3 3 3 3 3 3 4
* BTL531, BTL532, BTL533 are elective courses offered by the Deptt. Student can choose any two out of three electives and accordingly credits will be added
4th Semester
23
Course No.
Course Title
BTL551 BTD571
Genomics and Proteomics Research Project
Credit
3 20
Total credits/ 4 semesters 26 +29 + 26 + 23 = 104
4 3
Faculty with students of Biotechnology
Course Coordinator
Prof. Prabhjeet Singh Head & Coordinator Department of Biotechnology Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar-143005, Punjab E-mail: biotechgndu@yahoo.com; singhprabhjeet62@gmail.com| Phone: 0183-2258431| Fax: 2258272 Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options | 43
Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya Madhya Pradesh Program M.Sc. Biotechnology
Location Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Year of DBT support implemented 1990 - 91
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Number of Seats 21
Students experimenting in Laboratory
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3 pattern of education in Physical, Biological, Agricultural, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering/ Technology, 4-years B.Sc. (Physician Assistant Course); or Medicine (MBBS) or B.D.S. with at least 55% marks.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
Fee Structure
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
15 21
09 21
13 21
14 21
15 21
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Semester I
15,050
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+
Semester iI
14,661
+
Semester iiI
15,050
+
Semester iV
14,661
=
TOTAL
59,422
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization; Participating Faculty (*) & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. Hamendra Singh Parmar Assistant Professor Animal Biotechnology, Development of Therapeutic target and potential drug candidates
Mr. Isha Hareshnhai Ravel Influence of L-cetrizine on Glucose Homeostasis of Normal and Diabetic Rats Mr. Kan Singh Effect of Naringin on TNBS induced chronic Inflammation to Rats Ms. Raniki Kumari Effect of Naringin on Isoproterenol Induced Myocardial Infarction to Rats Mr. Vipin Kumar Singh Effect of Naringin on Streptozitocin and Nicotinamide Ms. Jyoti Yadav Influence of Manfiferin on the metabolism of normal health rats Mr. Sumit Kumar Anand Preventive Effect of Hesperidin on Isoproterenol Induced Myocardial Infarction to Rats Ms. Bhagyashree Nijampurkar Evaluation of Anti Imflammatory potential of L-thyrixine on Air Pouch Model of Inflammation Mr. Imrat Effect of Hesperidin on High Energy Diet Induced Obesity to Rats
Ms. Lucky Juneja Participating Faculty *
Mr. Praksh Kalwani Ameliorating Effect of Blue Light in Pathogenesis of Types 1 and Types 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Role of Vitamin D in Ameliorating: An In silico and in vivo Approach.
Ms. Shivani Bhagwat Participating Faculty *
Ms. Soumya Sucharita Characterization of the Proteins of Hydrogen Peroxide Treated Plants and to see the Activity of Certain Growth Responsible Enzymes Ms. Jyoti Tripathi Phytochemical Screening of Neolamarckia cadamba Ms. Ruchi Chandrawal Isolation and Purification of Phenylalanice Ammonia Lyase (PAL) from Neolamarckia cadamba Fruit
Ms. Preetibala Participating Faculty *
Ms. Pallavi Gupta Protective effect of aqueous extract of Chlorophytum borivilianum against Cyclophosphamide induced Toxicity in Experimental Rats
Dr. Anil Kumar Professor & Head Enzyme Technology, Molecular Biology & Genetic Engineering
Faculty with students
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Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 85 (67%) PhD (Abroad) 15 (12%) Biotech Industry (India) 10 (08%)
126
Non-Biotech Industry (India) 05 (04%) Academic (Teaching) 07 (05%) Entrepreneurship 02 (02%) Others 02 (02%) Total 126
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years 73.04l
30l 62.68l
25l
10l
12l 3l
02
01
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
DBT
UGC
MP COST, Bhopal
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 65 lakhs (l)
Research Project
Training Prog.
Herbakraft
Bioinformatics Sub Centre
MP Biotech. Council
DBT
M.Sc. Biotech.
DBT
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 162.07 lakhs (l)
No. of R&D Projects 04 Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 49 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.1 - 5.09.
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8.33l
3l
UGC
Research Project
Upgradation of research Facilities
MP COST, Bhopal
Publications by Students 1. Garg S., Ali R. and Kumar A. (2009). Production of Alkaline Xylanase by an Alkalo-thermophilic Bacteria, Bacillus halodurans, MTCC 9512 Isolated from Dung. Curr. Trends Biotech. Pharm. 3, 90-96.
2. Barh D., Tiwari S., Jain N., Ali A., Santos A.R., Misra A.N., Azevedo V. and Kumar A. (2011). In silico subtractive genomics for target identification in human bacterial pathogens. Drug Development Res. 72, 162-177 (IF: 0.869) 3. Sethi A., Parmar H.S. and Kumar A. (2011). Atherogenic
diet induced diabetes mellitus: Antidiabetic role of aspirin. Basic Clin. Pharmacol. Toxicol. 108, 371-377(IF: 2.124).
4. Jain M, Parmar HS. (2011). Evaluation of antioxidative and anti-inflammatory potential of hesperidin and naringin on the rat air pouch model of inflammation. Inflamm Res.;60:483-91 (IF: 1.964).
5. Barh D., Jain N., Tiwari S., D’Afonseca V., Li L., Ali A., Santos A.R., Guimaraes L.C., Soares S.D.C., Miyoshi A., Bhattacharjee A., Misra A.N., Silva A., Kumar A. and Azevedo V. (2011). A novel comparative genomics analysis for common drug and vaccine targets in Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis and other CMN group of human pathogens. Chemical Biol. Drug Design 78, 73-84. (IF:2.469)
6. Cerdeira LT, Schneider MP, Pinto AC, de Almeida SS, dos Santos AR, Barbosa EG, Ali A, Aburjaile FF, de Abreu VA, Guimarães LC, Soares Sde C, Dorella FA, Rocha FS, Bol E, Gomes de Sá PH, Lopes TS, Barbosa MS, Carneiro AR, Jucá Ramos RT, Coimbra NA, Lima AR, Barh D, Jain N, Tiwari S, Raja R, Zambare V, Ghosh P, Trost E, Tauch A, Miyoshi A, Azevedo V, Silva A,(2011). Complete genome sequence of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis strain CIP 52.97, isolated from a horse in Kenya. J Bacteriol. Dec;193(24):7025-6. doi: 10.1128/JB. 06293-11. GenBank: CP003061.
7. Silva A, Ramos R, Carneiro A, Almeida S, Barbosa S, Pinto AC, Cerdeira L, Santos A, Soares S, Guimaraes L, Barbosa E, Figueira F, Souza F, Abreu VC, Dorella F, Pacheco L, Ghosh P, Zambare V, Barve N, Tiwari S, Barh D, Miyoshi A, Schneider MP, and Azevedo V (2012). Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis 316, complete genome. GenBank: CP003077.1
8. Barh D, Jain N. ( 2012). A novel omics strategy to identify biomarkers for early diagnosis and classification of lung cancer. Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 7 (11), S5, Page No-S471. (IF: 4.473)
9. H ollmann A., Saviello M., Delfederico L., Luerce T.D., Barh D., Jain N., Tiwari S., Chandra S., Gupta K.K., Zambare V., Kumar A., Christopher L., Misra A.N., Kumavath R.N. Azevedo, V. Semorile L., Miyoshi A. (2012) Tight controlled expression and secretion of Lactobacillus brevis SlpA in Lactobacillus lactis. Biotechnology Letters. 34, 1275-1281. (IF: 1.853) 10. Parmar H.S., Jain P., Chauhan D.S., Bhinchar M.K., Munjal V., Yusuf M., Choube K., Tawani A., Tiwari V., Manivannam E. and Kumar A. (2012). DPP-IV
11. Tiwari V, Parmar HS. (2012). Diabetogenic effects of Parthenium hysterophorus induced allergic rhinitis. Inflamm Allergy Drug Targets. 2012;11:492-8.(IF:2.69) 12. B arh D., Gupta K.K., Jain N., Khatri G., Sicairos N.L., Canizalez-Roman A., Tiwari S., Verma A., Rahangdale S., Hassan S.S., dos-Santos A.R., Ali A., Guimaraes
L.C., Ramos R.T.J., Devarapalli P., Barve N., Bakhtiar M., Kumavath R., Ghosh P., Miyoshi A., Silva A., Kumar A., Misra A.N., Blum K., and Azevedo V. (2013). Globally conserved inter-species bacterial PPIs based conserved host-pathogen interactome in C. pseudotuberculosis, C. diphtheriae, M. tuberculosis, and Y. pestis: implementation in broad spectrum drug target identification. Integrative Biol. 5:495-509. (IF: 4.321)
13. Barve N., Mandloi P., Kumar A. and Jain A. (2012). 2D QSAR analysis of inositol derivatives as inositol monophosphatase inhibitors. Adv. Res. Pharmaceut. Biol. 2, 79-87. (IF :NA)
14. Hassan S., Schneider M.P., Ramos R.T., Carneiro A., Lima A.R. , Guimarães L.C., Ali A., Bakhtiar S., Pereira U., Santos A., Soares S.C., Dorella F., Pinto A., Ribeiro D., Barbosa M.S., Almeida S., Abreu V.A., Aburjaile F., Fiaux K.K., Barbosa E.G., Diniz C., Rocha F., Saxena R., Tiwari S., Zambare V., Ghosh P., Pacheco L.G., Dowson C., Kumar,A., Barh D., Miyoshi A., Azevedo V. and Silva A. (2012). Whole genome sequence of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis strain 162 isolated from camel. J. Bacteriol. 194, 5718-5719. (IF: 3.586) 15. Juneja L, Parmar HS (2013). Ovalbumin induced allergic rhinitis and development of prediabetes to rats: possible role of th2 cytokines. Inflamm Allergy Drug Targets. 2013 4; 12(3):199-205. (IF: 2.69)
16. Sharma M., Mehta S. and Kumar A. (2013). Purification and characterization of alkaline xylanase secreted from Paenibacillus macquariensis. Adv. Microbiol. 3, 32-41. (IF =0.28)
17. Barh D., Barve N., Gupta K.K., Chandra S., Jain N., Tiwari S., Sicairos N, L., Canizalez-Roman A., dos-Santos A.R., Almeida S., Ramos R.T.J., de- Abreu A.C., Carneiro A.R., Soares S.C., Castro T.L.P., Miyoshi A., Silva A., Kumar A., Misra A.N., Blum K., Braverman E.R. and Azevedo V. (2013) Exoproteome and secretome derived broad spectrum novel drug and vaccine candidates in Vibrio cholerae targeted by Piper betel derived compounds. PLOS One in press. (IF: 3.73) 18. Barh D, Jain N, Tiwari S, Field JK, Padín E, Ruibal E, López R,Bhattacharya A, Juneja L, Viero C, Silva A, Miyoshi A, Kumar A, Blum K, Herranz M, Azevedo V, Liloglou T (2013). A novel in silico reversetranscriptomics-based identification and blood-based validation of a panel of sub-type specific biomarkers in lung cancer’. BMC Genomics (Accepted). (IF: 4.40) 19. Parmar H.S., Bhinchar M.K., Bhatia M., Chordia N., Raval I., Chouhan D.S., Manivannan E., Jatwa R, Kumar A. (2014). Study on gluco-regulatory potential of glimepiride sulphonamide using in silico, in vitro and in vivo approaches. Current Pharmaceutical design. (Accepted) (IF: 3.7).
inhibitory potential of naringin : An in silico, in vitro and in vivo study. Diab., Res. Clin. Pract. 97, 105-111. Doi 10.1016/j.diabres.2012.02.011.(IF: 2.741)
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Curriculum Structure The School of Biotechnology has choice based credit system (CBCS) in M.Sc. Biotechnology.A student has to earn 109 actual credits and 16 virtual credits in total 04 semesters (two year duration). Maximum duration for completion of the course may be up to 03 years as per Ordinance No. 31of the University. If the student desires, credits for interdisciplinary/elective papers can be earned in any other school/department. Out of 109 actual credits, 33 credits must be accrued from core papers, 09 credits from elective papers, 09 credits from soft skill development, 03 credits from inter disciplinary papers, 30 credits from practical and 25 credits from project/ dissertation work. The 16 Virtual Credits have to be earned through Comprehensive Viva Voce examination conducted at the end of every semester(each of 04 credits). From these 125 credits, the credit for each subhead is as under: S.No. Type of Subject/ Activity
No. of Subjects
Credit/ Subject
Total Credits
1.
Core
11
03
33
2.
Electives
06
1.5
09
3.
Soft Skill
04
02
08 + 01*
4.
Inter Programme/ Inter Disciplinary
01
03
03
5.
Comprehensive Viva Voce
1/ Semester
04
16
6.
Practical
-
-
30
7.
Project Work
01
25
25
* Research Writing Skills
1st Semester
31
Course No.
Course Title
BT 101 BT 102 BT 103 BT 104 BT 105
Biochemistry (Core) Cell & Developmental Biology (Core) Molecular Biology (Core) Analytical Techniques (Core) Biostatistics and Computer Applications (Interdisciplinary Subject) Seminar & Communication Skills (Soft Skill Development) Practical Comprehensive Viva-Voce
BT 106 BT 107 BT 108
2nd Semester Course Title
BT 201 BT 202
Immunology (Core) Microbiology and Industrial Applications (Core) Genetic Engineering (Core) Genetics (Core) Genomics & Proteomics (Elective I ) # Cancer Genetics (Elective II) # Model Genetic Systems (Elective III) # Protein Engineering (Elective IV) # Seminar/ Research Skill Development (Soft Skills) Practical Comprehensive Viva - Voce
BT 209 BT 210
3 3 3 3 3 2 10 4
31
Course No.
BT 203 BT 204 BT 205 BT 206 BT 207 BT 208 BT 208
Credit
Credit
3 3 3 3 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 2 10 4
3rd Semester
32
Course No.
Course Title
Credit
BT 301
Bioprocess Engineering & Technology (Core) Metabolic Engineering (Core) Plant Biotechnology (Core) Animal Tissue Culture (Elective I)# IPR & Biosafety (Elective II)# Pharmacogenomics (Elective III) # Stem Cell Biology (Elective IV) # Computational Biology (Elective V) # Practical Seminar (Soft Skills) Research Proposal Writing Skills (Soft Skills) Comprehensive Viva - Voce
BT 302 BT 303 BT 304 BT 305 BT 306 BT 307 BT 308 BT 310 BT 311 BT 312
4th Semester Course No.
Course Title
BT 402 BT 403 BT 404
Project Work Comprehensive viva-voce Seminar (Topic other than the dissertation work)
1 4
31 Credit
25 4 2
# In Semester II, Any 2 out of 4 electives should be chosen by the students. In Semester III, Any 4 out of 5 electives should be chosen by the students.
Total credits/ 4 semesters 31 + 31 + 32 + 31 = 125
Course Coordinator
Prof. Anil Kumar Professor & Head School of Biotechnology Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore - 452001, Madhya Pradesh E-mail: ak_sbt@yahoo.com | Phone: 0731-2470372 | Fax: 0731-2470373 48 | Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options
3 3 3 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 10 2
University of Hyderabad Telangana Program M.Sc. Biotechnology
Location Hyderabad, Telangana
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 1990-91
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Number of Seats 25
M.Sc. students conducting experiments in Laborartory
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3 pattern of education in Physical, Biological, Agricultural, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering/Technology, 4-years B.Sc. (Physician Assistant Course); or Medicine (MBBS) or B.D.S. with at least 55% marks.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
Fee Structure
22
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
16 20
16 25
17 25
14 25
17 25
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Semester I
7,455
+
Semester iI
6,145
+
Semester iiI
6,145
+
Semester iV
6,145
=
TOTAL
25,890
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. Niyaz Ahmed Head & Professor Pathogen Biology
Ms. KM Dhriti Singh Molecular structure prediction and translation inhibitory function of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DosR protein “DATIN�
Dr. K P M S V Padmasree Associate Professor Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ms. Naila Fatima Importance of Mal/OAA shuttle during light stress in mediating beneficial interactions between chloroplasts and mitochondria to optimize photosynthesis in A. thaliana
Dr. J.S.S. Prakash Associate Professor Genomics
Mr. Umesh Prasad Sahu Expression and purification of putative Transcription factors: slr0701 of Synechocystis sp. PCC6803
Dr. M. Venkataramana Assistant Professor Virology
Mr. Deepak Bidolya Identification of differentially regulated proteins in plasma of dengue virus infected patients
Dr. Vaibhav Vindal Assistant Professor Genomics
Ms. Shruti Mishra Understanding the Transcriptional regulation and identification of global gene regulators of PE/PPE genes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Dr. N. Prakash Prabhu Assistant Professor Structural Biology
Mr. Shamsul Qumar Effect of sodium Dodecyl sulphate on Native Conformation and Fibrillation of Alpha-Lactalbumin
Dr. Sunanda Bhattacharya Assistant Professor Molecular Biology
Ms. Monika Environmental Factors affect heterochromatization by downregulating epigenetic writer SIR2
Dr. G. B. Madhu Babu Assistant Professor Neuroscience & Molecular Biology
Mr. Atif Iqbal Expression, Purification and Characterization of protein Serine / Threoine Phosphatase Type -1 of Leishmania donovani
Dr. Nooruddin Khan Assistant Professor Immunology
Mr. Suraj Srivastava Elucidating integrated stress response pathway and its impact on innate immune response during dengue virus infection
Dr. Paramananda Saikia Assistant Professor Innate Antiviral Immunity
Mr. Patrul Sahu Innate immunity against viral infection
Dr. Anand K. Kondapi Professor Molecular Therapeutics Dr. P. Prakash Babu Professor Neurodegeneration Stem Cell & Glioma Dr. Insaf Ahmed Quershi Assistant Professor Crystallography
M.Sc. students using Fluorescence Confocal Microscopy (FCM) in Laborartory
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Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (Abroad) 10 (14%) Academic (Teaching) 04 (05%)
72
Others 05 (07%) PhD (India) 53 (74%) Total 72
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years
574.62l
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years 75l
210.62l 135.50l
133.72l 15.96l
11
07
05
02
09
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
DBT
DST
CSIR
UGC
OTHER
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 1070.42 lakhs (l)
FIST
DST
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 75lakhs (l)
No. of R&D Projects 34 Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 132 publications with Impact Factor Range 0.0 – 31.03
Patents filed/granted 05 Indian Patents
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Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Subject
28
3rd Semester
35
Subject
Theory/ Practical
Genomics & Proteomics
Theory
Compulsory
3
Immunotechnology
Theory
Compulsory
1.5
Molecular Virology
Theory
Compulsory
1.5
IPR & Biosafety
Theory
Compulsory
2
Project Proposal
Project
Compulsory
5
Elective-I
Theory
Elective
2
Elective-II
Theory
Elective
2
Neurogenetics
Theory
Elective
2
Theory/ Practical
Compulsory/ Elective
Credits
Biochemistry/Microbiology Structure & Function Theory
Compulsory
3
Microbiology & Applications
Theory
Compulsory
3
Analytical Techniques
Theory
Compulsory
3
Genetics
Theory
Compulsory
3
Molecular Biology
Theory
Compulsory
3
Introductory Mathematics Theory
Compulsory
1
Practical Compulsory
4
Molecular Therapeutics
Theory
Elective
2
Theory
Elective
2
Lab I-Biochemistry & Analytical Techniques
Compulsory/ Elective
Credits
Lab II-Molecular Biology
Practical Compulsory
4
Computational Biology
Lab II-Micro Biology
Practical Compulsory
4
Seminars
-
0
Industrial & Food Biotechnology
Theory
Elective
2
Evolutionary Genetics
Theory
Core
2
Vaccine Theory
Theory
Elective
2
Stem Cell Biology
Theory
Elective
2
Biostatistics
Theory
Elective
2
Protein Engineering & Protein Folding
Theory
Elective
2
Compulsory
2nd Semester
25
Subject
Theory/ Practical
Compulsory/ Elective
Credits
Immunology
Theory
Compulsory
3
Cell & Developmental Biology
Theory
Compulsory
3
Genetic Engineering
Theory
Compulsory
3
Bioprocess Engineering & Technology
Theory
Compulsory
3
Biostatistics & Computer Applications
Theory
Compulsory
Seminar/Journal Club
Theory
4th Semester
19
Subject
Theory/ Practical
Compulsory/ Elective
Bio-entrepreneurship
Theory
Compulsory
2
3
Communication Skill
Theory
Compulsory
1
Compulsory
0
Project Work
Project
Compulsory
16
Lab IV-Immunology
Practical Compulsory
2
Lab V-Genetic Engineering
Practical Compulsory
4
Lab VI-Up-stream and Down-stream Processing Techniques
Practical Compulsory
4
Total credits/ 4 semesters 28 +25 + 35 + 19 = 107
Course Coordinator
Dr. Niyaz Ahmed Head & Coordinator Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad-500 046, Telangana E-mail: head.dobb@uohyd.ac.in| Phone: 040-23134731, 040-23134585 (O)
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Credits
Himachal Pradesh University Himachal Pradesh
Program M.Sc. Biotechnology
Location Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
Year of DBT support implemented 1994 - 95
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Number of Seats 19
Students experimenting in Laboratory
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3 pattern of education in Physical, Biological, Agricultural, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering/ Technology, 4-years B.Sc. (Physician Assistant Course); or Medicine (MBBS) or B.D.S. with at least 55% marks.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
Fee Structure
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
12 15
13 15
12 15
14 15
11 19
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Semester I
1,709
+
Semester iI
882
+
Semester iiI
1,284
+
Semester iV
882
=
TOTAL
4,757
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Prof. T. C. Bhalla Professor Recombinant DNA and Enzyme Technology
Mr. R P. Sahaja Immobilization of wild and mutant cells of β- galactosidase producing psychrotrophic ICH isolate Mr. Vijay Kumar Immobilization and application of β- galactosidase of a psychrophic bacterial isolate IC4
Prof. S. S. Kanwar Professor Animal Biotechnology, Biochemical and Biophysical Techniques and Microbiology Prof. Reena Gupta Professor Biochemistry and Immunology
Ms. Ila Joshi Assessment of anti-microbial properties of spice extracts Ms. Shalini Synthesis of n-octyl ferulate by silica immobilized lipase in a non -aqueous medium Mr. Vimal Nature of junk food: its fat analysis and structural and surface characteristics of lipase used by XRD and SEM Ms. Dolly Chopra Optimization of production and reaction conditions of polygalacturonase from Aspergillus sp. Ms. Deepika Singh Studies on immobilization of commercial lipase on silica
Prof. Duni Chand Professor Molecular Biology, Plant Biotechnology and Environmental Biotechnology Dr. Wamik Azmi Associate Professor Biochemical Engineering and Bio-business
Mr. Sarfaraz Nawaj Optimization of process parameters for fruit juice clarification using chitosan immobilized laccase from Cercospora sp.LPF-6 Ms. Neha Arya Application of laccase from Cercospora sp. LPF-6 in fruit juice clarification Mr. Gautam Jamra Large scale production of collagenase from Pseudomonas sp. Ms. Neha Arya Production of extracellular collagenase from Bacillus tequilensis Ms. Surbhi Goswami Studies on fungal uricase
Dr. A. K. Bhatt Associate Professor Fermentation Technology and Plant Biotechnology
Students experimenting in Laboratory
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Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (Abroad) 07 (11%) Biotech Industry (India) 02 (03%) Academic (Teaching) 09 (15%)
62
Others 08 (13%) PhD (India) 36 (58%) Total 62
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 45l
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years
122.96l 100l
10l
03
01
Projects
Projects
47.95l
DBT DBT
UGC
Govt. of HP
ICMR
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 55 lakhs (l) No. of R&D Projects 4
DBT
UGC
Govt. of Himachal Pradesh
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 270.91 lakhs (l)
Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 110 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.0 - 9.63.
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Curriculum Structure 1st Semester
700
Course No.
Course Title
I
Remedial course (i) Introductory Biology (for Non-Biology students) (ii) Introductory Mathematics (for Biology students)
100
II
Biochemistry
150
III
Microbiology
150
IV
Genetics and Molecular Biology
150
4th Semester
V
Instrumental methods of Analysis
150
Course No.
Course Title
XIV XV XVI
Environmental Biotechnology Bio business Management Special Paper (Any One) (i) Biocatalysis and Biotransformation (ii) Food Biotechnology (iii) Metabolic Engineering (iv) Nanobiotechnology Research Project Report Seminar and Viva-Voce
2nd Semester
Credit
3rd Semester
600
Course No.
Course Title
VI VII VIII IX
Recombinant DNA Technology Immunology and Immunotechnology Plant Biotechnology Animal Biotechnology
Credit
150 150 150 150
Course No.
Course Title
X XI XII XIII
Biochemical Engineering Fermentation Technology Enzyme Technology Computer and Bioinformatics Minor Project
XVII
Total credits/ 4 semesters 700 + 600 + 650 + 450 = 2400
Students attending Lecture
Course Coordinator
Prof. T. C. Bhalla Coordinator Department of Biotechnology Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla - 171005, Himachal Pradesh E-mail: bhallatc@rediffmail.com | Phone: 0177-2832154 | Fax: 0177-2831948 56 | Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options
650 Credit
150 150 150 150 50
450 Credit
150 100 100
60 40
University of Calicut Kerala Program M.Sc. Biotechnology
Location Calicut, Kerala
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 1994-95
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Number of Seats 15
Students, Teaching and Non-Teaching Staff
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3 pattern of education in Physical, Biological, Agricultural, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering/Technology, 4-years B.Sc. (Physician Assistant Course); or Medicine (MBBS) or B.D.S. with at least 55% marks.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
Fee Structure
22
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
11 15
07 15
11 15
07 15
13 15
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Semester I + ii
7,965
Semester iii + iv +
2,565
TOTAL
=
10,530
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. M. V. Joseph Professor Immunology, Immunotechnology
Mr. Kendre Gajanan Bhujangrao Structural analysis and screening of MMP inhibitors by computational methods and it’s in vitro evaluation Mr. Anand Prakash Synergic effects of DNA demethylating agents with plant extracts on Dalton cell line Mr. Mohammed Shoyab Evaluation of genetic diversity and similarity between two species of Ter minalla using RAPD and ISSR markers Mr. Narasimha Dokka Antiproliferative and anti oxidant activity of medicinal plants Clidemia hirta, Connarus monocarpus and Canarum strictum on DLA cell line
Sh. C. Gopinathan Associate Professor Bioprocess Technology
Mr. Vikash Kumar Process optimization for enhanced biogas production from starchy agro wastes Mr. Shukdeo Prajapati Process optimization for enhanced biogas production from pineapple processing industry waste
Dr. P. R. Manish Kumar Head &Associate Professor Cell & Molecular Biology/ Recombinant DNA Technology
Mr. Amrendra Mishra Synthesis, characterization and biological effects of silver nano particles on bacterial strains and human chronic myelogenous leukemia – K562 cells Mr. Tapas Pradhan Cytotoxicity evaluation of Demethoxy derivative of curcumin vis-a-vis curcumin on K562-chronic myelogenous leukemia k562 cells Mr. Vikas Chandra Tripathi Studies on the effect of leaf extracts of Curcuma haritha on human chronic myelogenous leukaemia K562 cells & An attempt on PCR based amplification of Sir 2 gene sequence from the slime mould - Physarum polycephalum
Dr. K. K. Elyas Professor Medical Biotechnology
Ms. Saloni Patel Isolation and purification of lectins from Dillenia indica Ms. Reshma. S Comparative studies on the protease inhibitors from medicinal plants Scaevola sericea & Strychnos potatorum Ms. Vineetha Sharma Screening of lectin from medicinal and edible plant, Isolation and purification of selected lectin and characterization of lectin from leaves of Flacoutia jangomas Mr. Anand Prakash Mishra Screening, isolation and purification a comparative study of protease inhibitors from Exoecaria cochinchinensis and Piper longum
Dr. Smitha Bava Assistant Professor Cancer Biology
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Student experimenting in Laboratory
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 34 (81%) PhD (Abroad) 01 (03%) Biotech Industry (India) 01 (02%)
42
Academic (Teaching) 01 (02%) Others 05 (12%) Total 42
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years
50l 41l 10l DBT
01
01
Projects
Projects
KSCSTE
5l
Total Quantum of Funds Rec. Rs. 60 lakhs (l) No. of R&D Projects 02
XII th Plan
UGC
State Plan Fund
Total Quantum of Funds Rec. Rs. 46 lakhs (l)
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Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 23 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.1-7.357 Publications by Students 1. Gajanan Kendre, Rahul Raghavan, Sanith Cheriyamundath, and Joseph Madassery. 2013. Tetracycline and Glutathione Inhibit Matrix Metalloproteinase Activity: An in Vitro study using culture Supernatants of L929 and Dalton Lymphoma Cell lines. Journal of Cancer Research. Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 328134 2. Rekha. T., Kootackal Poulose Martin, Sreekumar. V. B. 2011. Genetic diversity assessment of rarely cultivated
traditional Indica rice (Oryzasativa). Biotechnology Research International 3. Awadesh Kumar Arya, Kottackal Poulose Martin, AnetaSabovljevic, Joseph Madassery. 2011. Transformation
through agro infection on decapitated shoot apex of field-growing Phylanthusamarus. ActaPhysiologiae Plantarum. Volume 33, issue 5, pp 2011- 2017
Curriculum Structure 1st Semester
18
Course No.
Course Title
BT101CC BT102CC BT103CC BT104CC BT105PC BT106PC BT107JC BT108LC
Cell and Developmental Biology Biochemistry Microbiology & Industrial Application Analytical Techniques Lab - I: Biochemistry Lab - II: Microbiology Seminar / Journal club Language Communication Skills
Credit
Course No.
Course Title
3 3 3 3 3 3 -
BT301CC BT302CC BT303CC BT304CC BT305CC BT306PC BT307PC BT308PC BT310JC BT311DC
Bioprocess Engineering Genetic Engineering Genomics & Proteomics Plant Biotechnology Immunotechnology Lab - VI: Bioprocess Engineering Lab - VII: Genetic Engineering Lab - VIII: Plant Biotechnology Seminar/ Journal club Dissertation Proposal Presentation
2nd Semester
25
Course No.
Course Title
BT201CC BT202CC
Molecular Biology Intellectual Property Rights & Biosafety Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Immunology Genetics Lab - III: Molecular Biology Lab - IV: Biostatistics & Bioinformatics Lab - V: Immunotechnology Seminar / Journal club
BT203CC BT204CC BT205CC BT206PC BT207PC BT208PC BT209JC
3rd Semester
Credit
3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 -
4th Semester Course No.
Course Title
BT401DC
Dissertation Work Presentation and Viva Voce Bioentreprenuership Seminar / Journal club Recent Advances in Biotechnology
BT402CC BT403JC
Total credits/ 4 semesters 18 +25 + 23 + 24 = 90
Elective (Any 1)
BT210EC BT211EC BT212EC BT213EC BT214EC BT215EC BT216EC
Microbial Technology Molecular Virology Cancer Genetics Pharmacogenomics Stem Cell Technology Molecular Therapeutics Bacteriology
3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Course Coordinator
Dr. P. R. Manish Kumar Associate Professor & Coordinator Department of Biotechnology University of Calicut, Calicut, Calicut- 673635, Kerala E-mail: manishramakrishnan@rediffmail.com 60 | Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options
23 Credit
3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 -
24 Credit
20 3 1
Banasthali Vidyapeeth Rajasthan Program M.Sc. Biotechnology
Location Banasthali, Rajasthan
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 1992-93
Mode of Selection UniversityTest at All India level
Number of Seats 25
Professor explaining to students about UV-VIS Spectrophotometer
Eligibility 55% in Bachelor’s degree in various Life Science disciplines
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
22
2008-09
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
25 25
25 25
25 25
25 25
25 25
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Fee Structure
Semester I
29,500
+
Semester iI
29,500
+
Semester iiI
29,500
+
Semester iV
29,500
=
TOTAL
1,18,000
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. Veena Sharma Associate Professor Toxicology/ Immunology
Ms. Bhawna Dahiya Antimicrobial and analgesic activities of some Indian medicinal plants Ms. Neelam Sharma Antimicrobial and analgesic activities of some Indian medicinal plants Ms. Pallavi Kulkarni Antimicrobial and analgesic activities of some medicinal plants
Dr. Nilima Kumari Associate Professor Biotechnology
Ms. Kavita Singh Antioxidant enzyme and chlorophyll flourescence analysis in two varieties of Triticum aestivum under drought and flooding stress Ms. Manu Shree Photosynthetic efficiency and other defense responses in two barley cultivars under aluminium stress Ms. Pratibha Singhal Defence responses in Triticum aestivum infected with Fusarium oxysporum
Dr. G. S. Shekhawat Associate Professor Plant Tissue Culture & Plant Biotechnology
Ms. Astha Malik (also guided by Dr. Sharad Vats) In vitro phytotoxicity evaluation of copper oxide nanoparticles in Brassica juncea Ms. Heena Garg (also guided by Dr. Suphiya Khan ) In vitro biochemical evaluation through callus culture of Stevia rebaudiana under calcium elicitation Ms. Pragya Yadav (also guided by Dr. Afroz Alam) Establishment of callus culture in Anethum graveolens and estimation of antioxidant enzymes in copper stress condition Ms. Swati Sandhya (also guided by Dr. Afroz Alam) Biochemical evaluation of Vigna radiata under mercury induced oxidative stress
Dr. Asheesh Shanker Associate Professor Bioinformatics
Ms. Saumya Pandey Diversity analysis of bryophytes using molecular markers
Dr. Suphia Khan Associate Professor Biotechnology
Ms. Priyanka Jalota Genetic diversity study in Jojoba using RAPD and ISSR markers Ms. Swati Agarwal Flouride induced changes in fingerprint and gene expression patterns in Vigna mungo
Dr. Nidhi Shrivastav Associate Professor Plant Tissue Culture
Ms. Neha Meena Analysis of antimicrobial activity of Lycopersicum esculentum under abiotic stress condition Ms. Sakshi Sharma Antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of Carica papaya under abiotic stress condition Ms. Sandhvika Singh Analysis of antioxidant activity of Carica papaya under abiotic stress condition by PAGE
Dr. Afroz Khan Associate Professor Bryophyte Taxonomy & Biodiversity
Ms. Shikha Kumari Assessment of molecular diversity in selected taxa of family Pottiaceae Schimp using RAPD
Dr. Jyoti Srivastava
Ms. Divyanshi Karothia Antimicrobial, phytochemical and synergistic effect of few medicinal plants against selected pathogens
Assistant Professor Biotechnology
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Dr. Dipjyoti Chakraborty Assistant Professor Plant Defence & Proteomics
Ms. Bharti Pathak Isolation, characterization of Rhizobium sp. from Cyamopsis tetragonobola and optimization of culture condition for indole-3acetic acid and extra cellular polysaccharide production Ms. Shivani Ror Biochemical responses of different varieties (T9, IPU 94-1, PU 40, PU 19, RBU 38, VM 1) of pulse crop (Vigna mungo) to drought stress Ms. Sonal Makhija The role of salicylic acid in ameliorating CGMMV virus stress in Cucumber sativus
Dr. Shrilekha Misra
Ms. Sheetal Singh Induction of mutation in Catharanthus roseus
Ms. Tripthi Sharma
Ms. Raj Rani In vitro pathogenesis related parameters in Vigna radiata upon infection incited by Fusarium oxysporum
Assistant Professor Plant Molecular Biology Assistant Professor Biotechnology
Ms. Shreya Daftari Study of biochemical parameters of Glycine max in response to Fusarium oxysporum
Dr. Sharad Vats
Assistant Professor Biotechnology
Ms. Snehlata Saini Evaluation of antioxidant potential of selected Bryophytes
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization (Faculty who have not supervised student dissertation in 2012-13)
Dr. Vinay Sharma
Professor & Head Plant Molecular Biology/ Biotechnology
Dr. Veena Garg
Professor Environmental Toxicology/ Animal Tissue Culture
Dr. Sandep Kumar Jha
Associate Professor Biosensors & Bioelectronics, Biochemistry
Dr. Suman Gupta
Assistant Professor (Sr.) Environmental Science
Mr. Chandra Kant Sharma Assistant Professor Biotechnology
Dr. Renu Bist
Dr. Monika Saxena
Dr. Ravi Dhabhai
Dr. Pramod Katara
Mr. Arun K. Sharma
Dr. Nidhi Sharma
Assistant Professor Biotechnology
Assistant Professor Biochemistry
Dr. Himani Kuntal
Dr. Sangeeta Choudhary
Assistant Professor (Sr.) Environmental Science Assistant Professor Transcriptomics & Proteomics
Dr. Rachna jain
Assistant Professor Biotechnology
Dr. Kambaska K. Behra Assistant Professor Plant Tissue Culture & Development Biology
Dr. Rashmi Tripathi Assistant Professor Toxicology & Histopathology
Assistant Professor Animal Biotechnology
Assistant Professor Environmental Biotechnology
Assistant Professor Bioinformatics
Dr. Kakoli Dutta
Assistant Professor Biotechnology
Assistant Professor Industrial Microbiology & Fermentation
Dr. Ritu Paliwal
Mr. Anand Prakash
Dr. Pratibha Sharma
Assistant Professor Biotechnology
Assistant Professor Biotechnology Assistant Professor Biotechnology
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
Academic (Teaching) 05 (13%) Non-Biotech Industry (India) 03 (07%)
40
Biotech Industry (India) 06 (15%) PhD (Abroad) 02 (05%) PhD (India) 24 (60%) Total 40
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Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 225l
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years 800l
90l 65l 32.38l
25l
FIST DST
05
16
01
02
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
DST
UGC
DRDO WOS-A DST
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 372.38 lakhs (l)
CURIE DST
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 865 lakhs (l) Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 200 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.1-12.62
No. of R&D Projects 24 Patents filed/granted 01 Korean Patent
Publications by Students Khan. S., Bauntiyal. M., Kumari A. and Sharma. V. 2012. Effect of fluoride pollution on genetic diversity of medicinal plant, Syzygium cumini. J. Environ. Biol. 33:745-750.
Professor explaining to students about RT PCR
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Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6
32
Course Title
Cell & Molecular Biology Biochemistry & Biophysics Microbiology Bioinformatics Analytical Techniques Laboratory - I
2nd Semester
Credit
4 4 4 4 4 12
32
Course No.
Course Title
C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12
Biostatistics & Research Methodology Enzymology & Enzyme Technology Genetics Genetic Engineering Immunology Laboratory - II
Credit
4 4 4 4 4 12
3rd Semester
32
Course No.
Course Title
C13 C14 C15 C16 C 17
Recombinant DNA Technology 4 Bioprocess Engineering & Technology 4 Cell & Tissue Culture Technology 4 Environmental Biotechnology 4 Elective 4 Elective I: Plant Biotechnology Elective II: Immuno Technology Elective III: Food Process & Biotechnology Elective IV: Microbial Technology Elective V: Genomics & Proteomics Elective VI: Bioentrepreneurship Laboratory III 12
C18
Credit
4th Semester
32
Course No.
Course Title
C19
Project Dissertation
Credit
32
Total credits/ 4 semesters 32 +32 + 32 + 32 = 128
Students with faculty, Banasthali Vidyapeeth
Course Coordinator
Prof. Vinay Sharma Head & Coordinator Department of Biosciences & Biotechnology Banasthali Vidyapeeth, P.O. Banasthali Vidyapeeth, Banasthali - 340022, Rajasthan E-mail: vinaysharma30@yahoo.co.uk | Phone: 01438-228302; 228341 extn. 280 | Fax: 228365 Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options | 65
Tezpur University Assam
Program M.Sc. Biotechnology
Location Tezpur, Assam
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 1998
Number of Seats 30
Mode of Selection JNU-CET & Tezpur University Entrance Exam
Department of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, Tezpur University
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3 pattern of education in Physical, Biological, Agricultural, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering/ Technology, 4-years B.Sc. (Physician Assistant Course); or Medicine (MBBS) or B.D.S. with at least 55% marks.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
Fee Structure
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
20 20
20 20
29 30
28 30
30 30
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Semester I
20,206
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+
Semester iI
11,700
+
Semester iiI
12,106
+
Semester iV
11,700
=
TOTAL
55,712
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization; Participating Faculty (*) & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. A. K. Buragohain Professor Molecular Biology And Plant Biotechnology
Ms. Pratima Gurung A study on nanoclay as an alternative source of silica for the growth of some freshwater diatom species and characterization of diatoms cultured in media containing silver and zinc Ms. Anandita Basu Cloning and Expression of the Mycobacterial thymidylate synthase complementing protein gene
Dr. A. K. Mukherjee Professor Snake Venom Biochemistry and Microbial Biotechnology
Dr. S. Baruah Professor Innate Immunity and Immunogenetics Dr. S. K. Ray Head & Associate Professor Molecular Biology, Genetics
Dr. M. Mandal Associate Professor Microbial Biotechnology
Ms. Sumita Dutta Mechanism of Anticoagulant action of a Non-Cytotoxic Acidic Phospholipase A2 from Indian Cobra (Naja naja) Venom Mr. Biblob Sarmah Purification and characterization of a fibrinolytic Serine Protease from Bacillus sp. Strain FF02B: Potential of Enzyme in cardiovascular Drug Development Mr. Debashree Talukdar Characterization of Macrophage Subpopulations Mr. Basavraj Sankar Khanppnavar To understand the inheritance pattern of KIR genes Ms. Tarinee Phukan To study the expression of Rsc 1775 Gene of Ralstonia solanacearum by lacZ Reporter Gene fusion Mr. Sunil Kumar Yadav To study the effect of plasmid conformation on the efficiency of transformation mediated by heat shock Mr. Mrinmoy Das Probiotic and Biochemical characterization of microbial strains isolated from curd Ms. Niranjana Chaliha Isolation and characterization of antimicrobial substance producing soil microbe
Dr. R. Doley Associate Professor Molecular Toxicology
Mr. Raka Choudahry Purification and characterization of the three finger toxin protein from Naja siamensis Mr. Vishal Dixit Morphological and Molecular characterization of Tick
Dr. T. Medhi Assistant Professor Redox Biochemistry and Enzymology
Ms. Rebra Kanta Mech Homology modeling of cytochrome P450 of Diaphornia citri (Asian citrius psylid) and its Interaction anlaysis with different pesticides Ms. Dhruba Jyoti Sharma Comparative study of bacterial Lipase activity Immobilized in presence of silver Nano particle
Dr. E. Kalita Assistant Professor Molecular Biology
Ms. Runuma Basumatary Synthesis and Characterization of cellulose based Antifouling agent Ms. Deepjyoti Kr. Das Synthesis and characterization of basic reusable nano catalysts for trans esterification of vegetable oils and algal oils
Dr. A. N. Jha Assistant Professor Computational Biophysics, Bioinformatics
Mr. Pankaj Losan Sharma Computational Studies of Intrinsically disordered region of proteins-SRP19 of Human and pectate Lyase KSM-P15 of Bacillus sp.
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Dr. S.P.G. Ponnam Assistant Professor Human Molecular Genetics & Cell and Molecular Biology
Mr. Bikash Kar Nath Mutation Analysis of the Human RPE65 Gene asssociated with Leber’s congenital Amaurosis
Dr. R. Mukhopadhyay Assistant Professor Cellular and Molecular Biology
Mr. Anand Bhushan Anti-inflammatory Activity of green tea extract and flavonoids
Dr. S. Saha Assistant Professor Cell and Molecular Biology, Protein Arginylation and Stress Response
Ms Kamlesh Verma Cloning of peroxisomal activated receptor y2 (PPARy2) into a mammalian expression vector
Dr. N. D. Namsa Assistant Professor Molecular Virology / Traditional Medicinal Plants
Mr. Khan Naseem Ahmed Mohammed Shamim Molecular cloning, expression and purification of N-and C-Terminal deletion mutants of Rotavirus Nonstructural protein 5 (NPS5)
Dr. L. Bora Participating Faculty *
Mr. Dibakar Gohain Process Optimization and Design for Bacterial Lipase Production and fermentation studies
Mr. Mithinga Brahma Mutational analysis of human TGFBI gene in lattice and granular corneal dystrophies
Mr. Akash Protim Gogoi Cloning of peroxisomal activated receptor garnal (PPARy1) into a mammalian expression vector
Mr. Pushpender Bhardwaj Identification of Desulfurization Genes (Dsz A,B and C) of a bacterium isolated from crude oil contaminated soil
Ms. Reshmi Das Biosynthesis and characterization of Biopolymer from Bacillus smithi MCTCC 7659 using a single Carbon Substrate Dr. B. K. Konwar Professor Plant Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Dr. A. M. Ramtake Associate Professor Radiation Oncology and Molecular Biology Dr. S. Dasgupta Assistant Professor Molecular Biology/ Disease Dr. M. V. Satish Kumar Assistant Professor Computational Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Dr. J. P. Saikia (Adhoc faculty) Assistant Professor Plant Biotechnology
A Bird’s-eye view of Tezpur University Campus
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Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 56 (57%) PhD (Abroad) 01 (01%) Biotech Industry (India) 07 (07%) Academic (Teaching) 12 (12%)
98
Others 22 (23%) Total 98
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 1160l
43.39l
21l 50l
25l
50l
02
01
01
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
25l
25l
20l
17
01
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
DBT
DST
SAP (DRS Phase-1) (in 2009)
FIST (in 2008)
ONGC DRDO CEFIPRA AYUSH - NMPB ICMR
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 1335 lakhs (l)
UGC
DST
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 64.39 lakhs (l)
No. of R&D Projects 24 Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 157 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.0 - 34.366 Patents filed/granted 01 US Patent | 01 International Patent | 01 European Patent Technology Perfected/Commercialized S. No. 1.
Title of the Technology
Licensor
Name of Leader
Bacterial Consortium for Bioremediation of Petroleum contaminated Soil
Tezpur University
-
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Publications by Students 1. Sawain CE, Lourembam SD, Banerjee A, BaruahS. 2013. Polymorphisms and expression of TLR4 and 9 with malaria in two ethnic groups of Assam Northeast India. Innate Immun. 19, 174-83. 2. Dutta A, Lourembam SD, Pradhan S, Brauah S. 2013. KIR diversity in three ethnic populations of Assam state, Northeast India. Tissue Antigens. 82, 48-52. 3. Khanppnavar B, Brauah S, Ray SK. 2013. TALE: An emerging tool for genome editing and genetic engineering. Current Sci. 104, 576-578. 4. Barman A, Kumar P, Kumar V, Doley R, Ray SK. 2013. Heat Shock at 37o C with plasmid ligated at 37o C yields more number of Escherichia coli transformation the plasmid ligated 16oC : a possible role of ligated plasmid conformation during heat shock. Current Sci. 104, 747-751. 5. Bora L, Das R, Gohain D. 2013. A novel melt stable and high tensile strength Biopolymer (PHA’s) from Bacillus megaterium (MTCC10086) and its characterization. J. Basic Microbiol. 53, 1–5. 6. Namsa ND, Mandal M, Tangjang S, Mandal SC. 2011. Ethnobotany of the Monpa ethnic group at Arunachal Pradesh. India. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 7, 31. 7. Namsa ND, Mandal M, Tangjang S. 2011. Anti-malarial herbal remedies of northeast india, Assam: An ethnobotanical survey. J Ethnopharmacol. 133, 565-572. 8. Mukerjee AK, Kumar TS, Rai SK, Roy JK. 2010. Statistical Optimization of Bacillius alcalophilus analyses immobilization onto iron-oxide (Fe304)
M.Sc. Third Semester students experimenting in Laboratory
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magnetic nano particle. Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering, 15, 984-992. 9. Tag H, Namsa ND, Mandal M, Kalita P, Das AK, Mandal SC. 2010. Antipyretic and antibacterial activity of Chloranthus erectus (Buch-Ham.) Verd. Court leaf extract: A popular folk medicine of Arunachal Pradesh. Indian J Pharmacol. 42, 273-276. 10. Konwar R., Karak N. Rai SK, Mukherjee AK. 2009. Polymer assisted iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles immobilized keratinase. Nanotechnology, 20, 225107. 11. Rai SK, Konwar R, Mukherjee AK. 2009. Purification, characterization and biotechnological application of alkaline B-keratinase produced by Bacillus subtills RM-01 in soild state fermentation using chicken-feather as substrate. Biochemical Engineering Journal. 45, 218 – 225. 12. Namsa ND, Tag H, Mandal M, Kalta P, Das AK. 2009. An ethnobotanical study of traditional anti-inflammatory plants used by the Lohit community of Arunachal Pradesh. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 125, 234-245. 13. Dubey B, Buragohain AK, Ray SK. 2009. Positive correlation of bacterial genome G+C% with the number of different anticodons used by the genome to decode all the codons. Icfai Univ. J. Biotech. 3, 39-47. 14. Powdel BR, Satapathy SS, Kumar A, Jha PK, Buragohain AK, Borah M, Ray SK. 2009. A study in entire choromosomes of violations of the intra-strand parity of complementary nucleotides (chargaff second parity rule). DNA Res. 16, 325-343.
Curriculum Structure 1st Semester
25
Course No.
Course Title
BT 401 BT 402 BT 403 BT 404 BT 405 BT 406 BT 407
Biochemistry Cell & Developmental Biology Molecular Biology Analytical Techniques Biostatistics & Computer Applications Seminar / Journal Club / Assignment Lab -1: Biochemistry and Analytical Techniques Lab- II: Molecular Biology CBCT course
BT 408
Credit
2 Semester Course No.
BT 411 BT 412 BT 451 BT 414 BT 415 BT 416 BT 417 BT 418 BT 419
Course Title
BT 420 BT 421 BT 422 BT 424
3 3 3
BT 425
Credit
Immunology Microbiology & Industrial Applications Genetic Engineering Genetics Genomics & Proteomics Seminar / Journal Club / Assignment Lab - III: Immunology Lab - IV: Microbiology Lab - V: Genetic Engineering
Course No.
3 3 3 3 3 1
22
nd
3rd Semester
3 3 3 3 3 1 2 2 2
20
Course Title
Bioprocess Engineering & Technology Immunotechnology Molecular Virology Elective - I Elective - II Lab - VI: Bioprocess Engineering & Technology Project Proposal Presentation CBCT course
Credit
3 2 2 3 3 3 1
Electives (Any Two)
BT 429 BT 433 BT 435 BT 437 BT 439 BT 445
Microbial Technology Animal Biotechnology Plant Biotechnology Environmental Biotechnology Nanobiotechnology Evolutionary Genetics
4th Semester
3 3 3 3 3 3
15
Course No.
Course Title
BT 427
Project Work CBCT course
Credit
12 3
Total credits/ 4 semesters 25 +22 + 20 + 15 = 82
Faculty & Staff of the Molecular Biology & Biotechnology
Course Coordinator
Dr. Suvendra Kumar Ray Head & Associate Professor Department of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology Tezpur University, Sonitpur -784028, Assam E-mail: hod_mbbt@tezu.ernet.in | Phone: 03712-275401 | Fax: 03712-267005 Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options | 71
Gulbarga University Karnataka Program M.Sc. Biotechnology
Location Gulbarga, Karnataka
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 1996-97
Mode of Selection JNU-CET and University Entrance Examination
Number of Seats 13
Students experimenting in Departmental Laboratory
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3 pattern of education in Physical, Biological, Agricultural, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering/Technology, 4-years B.Sc. (Physician Assistant Course); or Medicine (MBBS) or B.D.S. with at least 55% marks.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
Fee Structure
22
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
02 10
05 10
02 10
03 13
04 13
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Semester I
5,870
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+
Semester iI
3,105
+
Semester iiI
4,480
+
Semester iV
3,105
=
TOTAL
16,560
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. G. R. Naik Professor & Head Plant Biotechnology
Mr. Santosh Pandit Isolation and Screening of Lipase producing bacteria using biodiesel derived crude glycerol as a carbon source Ms. Savitha Leelavathi Screening of dietary nucleotides from different plant sources Mr. Gandhi Sarthak Deelip Screening of dietary nucleotides from different plant sources
Dr. Ramesh Londonkar Professor Animal Biotechnology
Mr. Rupendra Gedipalli Phytochemical screening & pharmacological studies of Buchanania lancer Sprens Mr. Santosh Krishna Bhatt Joshi Phytochemical screening & pharmocological studies of Buchanania lancer Sprens Ms. Devika. C. H. Phytopharmacological activity of Fucus glomerata Roxb. Ms. GeetaSankar Reddy Phytopharmacological activity of Fucus glomerata Roxb. Ms. Fathima Kausar Phytopharmacological activity of Fucus glomerata Roxb.
Dr. Kelmani Chandrakanth. R Professor Medical Biotechnology
Ms. ShruthiNagaral PCR amplification of AMPC resistant gene from K. pneumonia isolates Ms. Sangeeta Subhash Chandra PCR amplification of AMPC resistant gene from K. pneumonia isolates Ms. Rani Ashok Kumar PCR amplification of AMPC resistant gene from K. pneumonia isolates Ms. Rani Ashok Kumar PCR amplification of AMPC resistant gene from K. pneumonia isolates
Dr. M. B. Sulochana Associate Professor Industrial Biotechnology & Bioinformatics
Mr. Sabale Sonalirao Saheb Molecular characterization of Marionbacter flavimaris Mr. Bharath Suresh Babu N V Molecular characterization of Marionbacter flavimaris Mr. Shreekan Vishwanath Molecular characterization of Halomonas sp. Mr. Ashok JaganuRathod Molecular characterization of Halomonas sp.
Students & faculty of Department of Biotechnology, Gulbarga University
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Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (Abroad) 02 (02%) PhD (India) 13 (12%) Others 10 (09%) Entrepreneurship 05 (04%) Academic (Teaching) 15 (13%)
112
Non-Biotech Industry (India) 20 (18%) Biotech Industry (Abroad) 02 (02%) Biotech Industry (India) 45 (40%) Total 112
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years
60l 30l
50l 40l 20l
03
04
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
DBT
UGC
M.Sc Teaching Programme
UGC-Non SAP
Other
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 150 lakhs (l) No. of R&D Projects 08 Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 24 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.1 - 4.66
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DBT
UNIVERSITY
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 50 lakhs (l)
Technology Perfected/Commercialized S. No.
Title of the Technology
Licensor
Name of Leader
1.
GSBT Variety of Sugarcane
Deptt. of Biotechnology, Gulbarga University
Dr. G. R. Naik
2.
Biodiesel
KSBDB (Karnataka State Biodiesel Board)
Dr. G. R. Naik
3.
Rose cultivation & Gulukand prep.
Deptt. of Biotechnology, Gulbarga University
Dr. Kelmani Chandrakanth. R
4.
Fermented Dairy products
Deptt. of Biotechnology
Dr. Kelmani Chandrakanth. R
Curriculum Structure 1st Semester
24
Course No.
Course Title
HCT 1.1 HCT 1.2 HCT 1.3
Biochemistry Cell and Developmental Biology Microbiology
Credit
Course No.
4 4 4
HCT 3.1 HCT 3.2
Soft Core (Any 1)
SCT 1.1 SCT 1.2
Bio-Analytical Techniques Biodiversity, IPR and Bio Safety
4 4
Practicals based on HCT-1.1 Practicals based on HCT-1.2 Practicals based on HCT-1.3
2 2 2
Practicals
HCP 1.1 HCP 1.2 HCP 1.3
Soft Core (Any 1)
SCP 1.1 SCP 1.2
Practicals based on SCT-1.1 Practicals based on SCT-1.2
2nd Semester Course No.
2 2
24
Course Title
HCT 2.1 HCT 2.2
Immunology Molecular Biology Soft Core (Any 1) SCT 2.1 Bioinformatics SCT 2.2 Genomics & Proteomics Open Elective (Any 1) OET 2.1 General Biotechnology OET 2.2 Environmental Biotechnology
Credit
4 4 4 4 4 4
Practical
HCP 2.1 HCP 2.2
Practicals based on HCT-2.1 Practicals based on HCT-2.2 Soft Core (Any 1) SCP 2.1 Practicals based on SCT-2.1 SCP 2.2 Practicals based on SCT-2.2 Open Elective (Any 1) OEP 2.1 Practicals based on OET-2.1 OEP 2.2 Practicals based on OET-2.2
3rd Semester
2 2 2 2 2 2
20
Course Title
Animal Biotechnology Genetic Engineering Soft Core (Any 1) SCT 3.1 Microbial Biotechnology SCT 3.2 Bioprocess Engineering
Credit
4 4 4 4
Open Elective (Any 1)
OET 3.1 OET 3.2 Practicals HCP 3.1 HCP 3.2
Molecular Biotechnology Molecular Genetics
4 4
Practicals based on HCT-3.1 Practicals based on HCT-3.2
2 2
Soft Core (Any 1)
SCP 3.1 SCP 3.2
Practicals based on SCT-3.1 Practicals based on SCT-3.2 Open Elective (Any 1) OET 3.1 Practicals based on OET-3.1 OET 3.2 Practicals based on OET-3.2
4th Semester Course No.
2 2 2 2
24
Course Title
HCT 4.1 HCT 4.2
Plant Biotechnology Medical and Nanobiotechnology Soft Core (Any 1) SCT 4.1 Environmental Biotechnology SCT 4.2 Food Biotechnology Practicals HCP 4.1 Practicals based on HCT-4.1 HCP 4.2 Practicals based on HCT-4.2 Soft Core (Any 1) SCP 4.1 Practicals based on SCT-4.1 SCP 4.2 Practicals based on SCT-4.2 HCMP4.3 Major Project (72 Project Evaluation + 48 for Viva Voce + 30 IA = 150)
Credit
4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 6
Total credits/ 4 semesters 24 +24 + 24 + 24= 96
Course Coordinator
Dr. G.R.Naik Professor & Head Department of Biotechnology Gulbarga University, Gulbarga- 585 106, Karnataka E-mail: grnaik@hotmail.com | Phone: 91-8472 263290 Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options | 75
University of Jammu Jammu & Kashmir Program M.Sc. Biotechnology
Location Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 1997 - 98
Mode of Selection JNU-CET & University Test
Number of Seats 13
Plant Tissue Culture Laboratory
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3 pattern of education in Physical, Biological, Agricultural, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering/ Technology, 4-years B.Sc. (Physician Assistant Course); or Medicine (MBBS) or B.D.S. with at least 55% marks.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
Fee Structure
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
13 13
13 13
13 13
13 13
13 13
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Semester I
15,000
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+
Semester iI
620
+
Semester iiI
10,000
+
Semester iV
620
=
TOTAL
26,240
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. Manoj K. Dhar Professor & Head Plant Biotechnology
Ms. Archana Bhat Development of genic SSR markers for assessment of genetic diversity in Plantago L.
Dr. Jyoti Vakhlu Associate Professor Microbial Biotechnology
Ms. Sonal Mahajan Isolation, purification and characterization of plant growth promoting bacteria from vegetative stage of saffron
Ms. Samridhi Sharma Characterization of anthocyanin pigment and two biosynthetic pathway genes of Raphanus sativus
Ms. Vinica Dhar Comparison of bacterial community associated with corns saffron during different stages of its life cycle with that of bulk soil Dr. B. K. Bajaj Assistant Professor Fermentation Biotechnology
Ms. Sheetal Selection of carbon and nitrogen sources for xylanse production from bacterial isolates K4 Ms. Mahak Gupta Production of cellulases and its application for hydolysis of lignocellulosic biomass (rice straw)
Dr. Sanjana Kaul Assistant Professor Fungal Biotechnology, Microbial Diversity and Bio-prospecting
Ms. Rehana Jabeen Optimization of cultural conditions affecting growth and improved secondary metabolite production by Fusarium strain (RP-13) Ms. Supriya Sharma Assessment of antimicrobial and enzymatic activity of endophytic fungal assemblage from medicinal plants
Dr. Madhulika Bhagat Assistant Professor Animal Biotechnology
Mr. Rashid Hussain DNA Protecting effect and antioxidant activity of Rabdosia rugosa
Dr. Ritu Mahajan Assistant Professor Plant Molecular Genetics
Ms. Harpreet Kaur Characterization of genetic diversity of basmati rice of Jammu region using morphological, biochemical and molecular studies
Dr. Nisha Kapoor Assistant Professor Host-Pathogen Interaction
Ms. Preeti Choudhary Characterization of P. fluroescens isolated from rice and chilly fields (Morphological and molecular characterization of the isolated species)
M.Sc. Students experimenting in Laboratory
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Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 20 (29%) PhD (Abroad) 08 (12%) Biotech Industry (India) 05 (07%) Biotech Industry (Abroad) 05 (07%)
69
Non-Biotech Industry (India) 05 (07%) Non-Biotech Industry (Abroad) 05 (07%) Academic (Teaching) 10 (15%) Entrepreneurship 01 (01%) Others 10 (15%) Total 69
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years
400l
85l 75l 175l 110l 25l
50l
25l
05
01
05
04
01
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
DBT
DST
UGC
CSIR
ICMR
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 785 lakhs (l) No. of R&D Projects 17 Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 49 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.5 - 2.9.
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Other
FIST DST
SAP UGC
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 160 lakhs (l)
Publications by Students 1. Bijendra K Bajaj, Mukul Sharm and Sunny Sharma. 2010. Production from a newly isolated alkalit olerant Penicillium sp. SS1 using agro-residues. 3 Biotech 1:83-90.
2. Bijender K Bajaj, Sandeepu Raina and Satbir Singh. 2013. Pichia kudriavzevii RY55 with idisyncratic antibacterial activity. Journal of Basic Microbiology 53, 645-656.
3. Manoj K. DHAR, Sanjana Kaul and Jasmeet Kour. 2011. Towards the development of better crops by genetic transformation using plant artificial chromosome vectors. P. Plant cell Reports 30: 799-806. 4. Sheikh Nizamudeen and Bijendra Kumar Bajaj. 2009. A novel thermo alkali tolerant endoglucanase production using cost effective agricultural residues as substrates by a newly isolated Bacillus sp. NZ. Food Technol, Biotechnol, 47: 435-440.
5. Bijendra K Bajaj, Neha Sharma and Satbir Singh. 2013. Enhanced production of fibrinolytic protease from Bacillus cereus NS-2 using cotton seed cake as nitrogen source. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 2, 204-209. 6. Bijendra Kumar Bajaj and Gaytri Jamwal. 2013. Thermostable alkaline protease production from Bacillus pumilus D-6 by using agro-residues as substrates. Advances in Enzyme Researc, 1, 30-36.
7. Shivanjali Kotwal, Manoj K Dhar, Balbir Kour, Kuldeep Raj and Sanjana Kaul. 2012. Molecular markers unravel intraspecific genetic variability in Plantago ovata and some of its wild allies. J. Genet.92(2) xx-xx. 8. Bijendra K. Bajaj, Himani Pangotra, Masood A Wani, Ajay Sharma and Priyanka Sharma. 2009. Characterization of thermo-tolerant and acid /alkali tolerant B-glucosidase from bacterial isolate M+. J. Sci. Ind. Res., 68: 242-247.
9. M. A. Wani, Sanjana Kaul, M. K. Dhar and K. L. Dhar. 2010. GC – MS analysis reveals production of 2 – phenylethanol from Aspergillus niger endophyticin rose.
spacer region differentiates clinically important fungal species isloated from humans. J. Mycol. Plant Path. 42: 256-259.
11. Bijender K Bajaj, Himani Pangotra, Masood A Wani, Priyanka Sharma and Ajay Sharma. 2009. Partial purification and characterization of a highly thermostable and pH stable endoglucanase from a newly isloated Bacillius strain M-9. Indian J. Chem. Technol. 16: 382-387.
12. Manoj K Dhar, Archana Koul and Sanjana Kaul. 2012. Farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase: A key enzyme in isoprenoid biosynthetic pathway and potential molecular target for drug development. New Biotechnology 30 (2): 114-23.
13. Ritu Mahajan, Ankesh Kotwal, Kalpana Chib, Nishkamini Sharma. 2011. Assessment of Basmati rice germplam of Jammu province using aroma specific microsatelite markers. J of Plant Science Research, 27: 229-234.
14. Ritu Mahajan, Syed Tabia, Gourav Raina and Neha Mangotra. 2012. Assessment of genetic diversity of non-basmati rice of Jammu and Kashmir using microsatelite markers. Journal of Cereals and oil seeds 3: 21-27.
15. Sanjana Kaul, Suruchi Gupta, Maroof Ahmed and Manoj K Dhar. 2012. Endophytes from medicinal plants: A treasure hunt for bioactive metabolites. Phytochemistry reviews 11(4): 487-505.
16. Bijendra k Bajaj and N. P. Singh. 2010. Production of Xylanase from an alkali tolerant Streptomyces sp.7 b under solid state fermentation, its purification and characterization. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology DOI 10.1007/s1210-010-8960-x.
17. Vakhlu J and Gupta P. 2011. Metagenomics: A Quantum jump from bacterial genomics. Indian J Microbiol 51(4): 539-541.
J. Basic Microbiol. 50: 110-114.
10. Harjit kour, Manoj Kumar Dhar and Sanjana Kaul. 2012. PCR – RFLP analysis of internal transcribed
M.Sc. Students experimenting in Laboratory
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Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
24
Course Title
Cell Biology General and Applied Microbiology Biochemistry and Metabolism Molecular Biology Laboratory course in General and Applied Microbiology and Cell Biology
4
Laboratory course in Biochemistry and Metabolism and Molecular Biology
4
2 Semester Course Title
Genetic Engineering Enzymology Genetics Molecular Virology Immunology Laboratory course in Gnetic Engineering and Enzymology Laboratory course in Genetics and Immunology
Course No.
Course Title
4 4 4 4
24
nd
Course No.
Credit
3rd Semester
4th Semester Course No.
Course Title
20 Credit
Animal Biotechnology 4 Environmental Biotechnology 4 Journal Club 2 Research Project + Project Presentation + Viva-Voce + Dissertation 10
4 4 2 2 4
4
Credit
Plant Biotechnology 4 Bioprocess Engineering 4 Bioinformatics and Biostatistics 4 IPR 2 Lab Course I based in Plant Biotechnology 3 Lab Course based on Bioprocess Engg. 3 Seminar -
Credit
4
20
List of Electives
1. Applied Statistics 1 2. Human Genetic Disorders and Society 3. Environmental Chemistry 4. Instrumentation and Analytical Methods 5. Child and Human Rights
6. Fundamentals of Geology 7. Life through Geological Ages 8. Innovation and Entrepreneurship 9. Fundamentals of Climate Change Science
Total credits/ 4 semesters 24 +24 + 20 + 20 = 88
Group photo of scholars and students
Course Coordinator
Dr. Manoj Dhar Professor & Head Centre of Plant Biotechnology University of Jammu, Jammu Tawi -180006, Jammu & Kashmir E-mail: Manojdhar@jammuuniversity.in | Phone: 0191-2456534 | Fax: 0191-2450014, 2459383 80 | Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options
University of Mysore Karnataka Program M.Sc. Biotechnology
Location Mysore, Karnataka
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 1997-98
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Number of Seats 10
Crawford Hall: The Main Building of University of Mysore, Mysore
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3 pattern of education in Physical, Biological, Agricultural, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering/ Technology, 4-years B.Sc. (Physician Assistant Course); or Medicine (MBBS) or B.D.S. with at least 55% marks.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
Fee Structure
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
08 10
07 10
09 10
07 10
08 10
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Semester I + ii
18,000
Semester iii + iv + +
4,500
=
TOTAL
3,065 22,500
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. H. S. Prakash Professor & Coordinator Plant Biotechnology, Microbial Technology, Biostatistics, Virology
Ms. Vandana Anand Isolation and characterization of NRIP1 gene from tomato
Dr. Bharathi P. Salimath Professor Biochemistry, Genetic Engineering, Immunology, Animal Biotechnology
Ms. KomalKaushik Molecular mechanism of anti-cancer activity of fluorobenzo(d)isoxazole (2) involves induction of apoptosis and anti-angiogenesis
Dr. S. R. Niranjana Professor Microbiology, Microbial Technology, Food and Environmental Biotechnology
Mr. Patil Amrita Maruti Genetic diversity analysis of Fusarium sp. isolates from Sorghum bicolor L. using ISSR markers
Dr. H. S. Aparna Associate Professor Biochemistry, Glycobiology, Immunology
Mr. Debjyoti Boral Bioactive peptides from Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) Colustrum Whey proteins
Dr. S. Umesha Associate Professor Microbiology, Cell Biology, Food Biotechnology
Mr. Manoj Kumar Rajak Molecular identification of Ralstonia solanacearum using hrp B gene
Dr. K. Ramachandra Kini Associate Professor Biochemistry, Plant Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics
Mr. Shubhant Pandey Profiling of Embelica species using molecular techniques
Dr. Geetha N. Assistant Professor Microbiology, Plant Biotechnology, Cell Biology Dr. S. Lokesh Assistant Professor Seed biotechnology, Environmental Biotechnology
Departmental Library
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Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 14 (36%) Others 02 (05%) Entrepreneurship 01 (02%) Academic (Teaching) 05 (13%) Non-Biotech Industry (India) 02 (05%)
39
Biotech Industry (Abroad) 03 (08%) Biotech Industry (India) 05 (13%) PhD (Abroad) 07 (18%) Total 39
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 250l
72.50l 145l 100l
90l
50l
55l
45l
10l
20l 03
09
06
01
01
01
01
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
DBT
UGC
MHRD ICMR ICAR UGC
DANDIA
EUROPEAN UNION
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 745 lakhs (l)
FIST
DST
SAP
UGC
Total Quantum of Funds Rec. Rs. 92.50 lakhs (l)
No. of R&D Projects 23 Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 70 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.1-2.968.
OTHER
Patents filed/granted 04 Indian Patents 02 International Patents
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Curriculum Structure Credit matrix for Master’s Degree Program in Biotechnology
Credits to be earned
I
II
III
IV
Total Credits
Hard Core (HC)
18
12
12
10
52 credits
Soft Core (SC)
04
04
04
08
20 credits
Open elective* (OE)
-
04
-
-
04 credits
Total
22
20
16
18
76
*Open elective (OE) shall be entirely from different discipline of study
1st Semester Course No.
16
Course Title
Credit
3rd Semester Course No.
Hardcore papers
Bioanalytical Techniques Microbiology Practical -1
2nd Semester Course No.
Credit
Hardcore papers
4 4 4
Softcore Papers (Elective Any 1)
Enzymology & Metabolism Biophysics and Structural Biology
Course Title
22
4 4
Plant Biotechnology
4
Animal Biotechnology Immunotechnology Practical - III
4 4 6
Softcore Papers (Elective Any 1)
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics Seed Health & Diagnostics
4 4
20
Course Title
Credit
Hardcore papers
Advanced Molecular Biology Gene Technology Practical - II
4 4 4
Softcore Papers (Elective Any 1)
Molecular Genetics Food & Environmental Biotechnology Open elective (Any 1 from other deptt.)
4 4 4
4th Semester Course No.
Course Title
Credit
Hardcore papers
Dissertation
10
Softcore Papers (Elective Any 1)
Bioprocess Technology Cell Signalling & Communication Cancer Biology Molecular Phytobacteriology
Total credits/ 4 semesters 16 +20 + 22 + 14 = 72
M.Sc. Biotechnology Students of Mysore University
Course Coordinator
Prof. H.S. Prakash Coordinator DBT-HRD Programme, Department of Studies in Biotechnology University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore - 570 006, Karnataka E-mail: hsp@appbot.uni-mysore.ac.in | Phone: 0821- 2414450, 0821-2419877 84 | Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options
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4 4 4 4
University of Allahabad Uttar Pradesh Program M.Sc. Biotechnology
Location Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 1999-2000
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Number of Seats 19
Allahabad University
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3 pattern of education in Physical, Biological, Agricultural, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering/Technology, 4-years B.Sc. (Physician Assistant Course); or Medicine (MBBS) or B.D.S. with at least 55% marks.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
Fee Structure
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
11 19
09 19
10 19
11 19
09 19
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Semester I + ii
3,810
yearly
Semester iii + iv +
1,790
yearly
=
TOTAL
5,600
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. M. P. Singh Professor & Coordinator Microbial and Mushroom Biotechnology
Ms. Joshi Kom Antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of white button mushroom
Dr. Shanthy Sundaram Professor Algal & Plant Biotechnology, Immunology, Immunology of Kala Azar
Mr. Ashish Kumar Gupta Effect of external carbon substrate on biomass and biochemical composition of Scenedesmus abundance in heterotrophic culture
Dr. Rajesh Mishra Assistant Professor Proteomics, Structural Biology (Protein Folding, aggregation and amyloid)
Ms. Priyanka Chaudhary Amyloid fibril formation of bovine serum albumin at acidic pH and elevated temperature: Effect of disulfide bond reduction
Dr. Vinod Verma Assistant Professor Stem Cell research, Embryogensis and proboitics and shRNA
Mr. Sanjay Pal Identification of cancer stem cell markers in grade1 meningioma
Dr. Awadh Bihari Yadav Assistant Professor Drug delivery and therapeutics application of siRNA and shRNA
Ms. Niti Singh Therapeutics protein nebulization for targeted delivery to the lungs disease
Dr. Ashish Kumar Singh Assistant Professor Metagenomics, Bacterial cold adaptation, Biodiversity and Biofuel
Ms. Kirti Sad Isolation and identification of novel bacteria from Sangam water (Allahabad)
Ms. Gauri Prasad Bovine serum albumin amyloid fibril formation at acidic pH and elevated temperature
Dr. Anjana Pandey Assistant Professor Microbial hydrogen production, Molecular markers in plants, Nano Biotechnology
D.Phil. Students in the Centre of Biotechnology
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Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (Abroad) 02 (03%) PhD (India) 25 (34%) Biotech Industry (India) 15 (21%)
72
Non-Biotech Industry (India) 10 (14%) Academic (Teaching) 20 (28%) Total 72
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years
70l 60l
8l
50l
Scholarship
25l
25l
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 8 lakhs (l)
10l
01
02
04
01
01
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
DBT
DST
UGC
DBT
DRDO CST MNRE Lucknow
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 240 lakhs (l)
Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 137 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.5 - 13.
Patents filed/granted 01 Indian Patent
No. of R&D Projects 10 Publications by Students 1. Sukrat Sinha, Shanthy Sundaram, Anand Prakash ] Singh, Ashutosh Tripathi. 2009. A gp63 based vaccine candidate against Visceral Leishmaniasis. Bioinformation 5(8): 320-325.
2. S ukrat Sinha, Shanthy Sundaram, Vijay Kumar, Ashutosh Tripathi. 2009. Antimony resistance during Visceral Leishmaniasis: A possible consequence of serial mutations in ABC transporters of Leishmania species. Bioinformation6 (3), 107-110.
3. Sukrat Sinha, Abhay Kumar, Shanthy Sundaram, A comprehensive analysis of LACK (Leishmania homologue of receptors for activated C kinase) in the context of Visceral Leishmaniasis. Bioinformation, 2013,
4. Shalini Purwar, Shanthy Sundaram, Sukrat Sinha, Ankit Gupta, Neha Dobriyal and Anil Kumar. 2013. Expression and In sillico charcterization of Phenylalanine lyase against karnal bunt (Tilletia indica) in wheat (Triticum aestivum). Vol. 10 (2) pp. 1013-1018. 5. Shalini Purwar, Ankit Gupta, Geetika Vajpayee & Shanthy Sundaram. 2014. Isolation and In-silico characterization of peroxidise isoenzymes from wheat (Triticum aestivum) against karnal bunt (Tilletia indica). Vol 10 (2) pp. 87-93.
9(16): 832- 837.
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Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
24
Course Title
Credit
Biochemistry Cell & Developmental Biology Molecular Biology Analytical Techniques Biostatistics & Computer Applications Seminar/Journal Club/Assignment Lab - I: Biochemistry and Analytical Techniques Lab - II: Molecular Biology
3rd Semester
18
Course No.
Credit
Course Title
3 3 3 3 3 1
Bioprocess Engineering & Technology Immunotechnology Molecular Virology IPR & Biosafety Elective - I Elective - II Lab -VI: Bioprocess Engineering & Technology Lab - VII: Based on Elective Project Proposal Presentation
4 4
3 1.5 1.5 3 3 3 3 3 2
NON CREDIT COURSES Course No.
Course Title
Credit
Course No.
Introductory Biology/ Introductory Mathematics Communication Skills
8 9
2nd Semester Course No.
24
Course Title
4th Semester
Credit
Immunology Microbiology & Industrial Applications Genetic Engineering Genetics Genomics & Proteomics Seminar/Journal Club/Assignment Lab - III: Immunology Lab - IV: Microbiology Lab - V: Genetic Engineering
3 3 3 3 3 1 3 2 3
23
Course Title
Credit
Bioentrepreneurship Project Work List of Electives
1. Microbial Technology 2. Computational Biology 3. Animal Biotechnology 4. Plant Biotechnology 5. Environmental Biotechnology 6. Nanobiotechnology 7. Protein Engineering 8. Molecular Virology 9. Industrial & Food Biotechnology 10. Diagnostics
11. Cancer Genetics 12. Evolutionary Genetics (1.5 Credits) 13. Model Genetic Systems (1.5 Credits) 14. Pharmacogenomics (1.5 Credits) 15. Stem Cell Biology (1.5 Credits) 16. Vaccines 17. Metabolic Engineering 18. Molecular Therapeutics
Total credits/ 4 semesters 24 +24 + 23 + 23 = 94 Course Coordinator
Prof. M.P. Singh Coordinator Centre of Biotechnology Nehru Science Complex, University of Allahabad, Allahabad - 211002, Uttar Pradesh E-mail: mpsingh.16@gmail.com | Mobile: 09415677998
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Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology Hisar Program M.Sc. Biotechnology
Location Hisar, Haryana
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 1999-2000
Mode of Selection JNU-CET & University Entrance Examination
Number of Seats 40
National workshop on Nanotechnology
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3 pattern of education in Physical, Biological, Agricultural, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering/Technology, 4-years B.Sc. (Physician Assistant Course); or Medicine (MBBS) or B.D.S. with at least 55% marks.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
Fee Structure
22
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
31 40
40 45
36 40
26 40
26 40
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Semester I
8,500
+
Semester iI
8,500
+
Semester iiI
8,500
+
Semester iV
8,500
=
TOTAL
34,000
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. Ashok Chaudhary Professor Plant Biotechnology
Ms. Rekha Boora Analysis of genetic diversity using RAPD markers in Foeniculum vulgare Mr. Tapima Arya Immunophenotypic characterization of acute leukemia by flow cytometry to assess the cell surface and cytoplasmic antigen expression Ms. Nidhi Kumari 16sr RNA sequence analyses reveals unclassified bacterial genospecies nodulating Prosopis and Dalbergia Ms. Mamta Analysis of genetic diversity using RAPD markers in Foeniculum vulgare Ms. Richa Yadav Analysis of genetic diversity using RAPD markers in Foeniculum vulgare Mr. Vaibhave Ubba Studies on effects of plant growth regulators for micropropagation of Populus deltoides S7C15 Mr. Sadan Kumar Sharma Screening of Antimicrobial Activity of Methanol and Acetone Extract of Some Indian Medicinal Plant Species Ms. Kanika Kant Analysis of genetic diversity using RAPD markers in Foeniculum vulgare
Dr. Namita Singh Associate Professor Microbial Biotechnology, Industrial Biotechnology
Ms. Jyoti 16S rDNA amplification and characterization of selected actinomycetes isolates Ms. Priyanka Dalal A comparative study of partial sequence of superoxide dismutase from sensitive and resistant isolates of Cyanobacteria Arthrospira Mr. Lokesh Gola Isolation, purification, characterization of cyanobacterial strains and to check their antagonistic activity against some common human pathogenic bacteria Ms. Chetna Bhandari Isolation and purification of bioactive compound from locally isolated NSD bacteria Ms. Jyoti Singh The evaluation of antibacterial activity of locally isolated bacteria from distillery spent wash
Dr. Vinod Kumar Chhokar Associate Professor Biochemistry, Molecular Biology
Ms. Shailza Rani Identification of partial sequence of genes encoding enzymes glycosyltransferase and methyltransferase in Asparagus racemosus Ms. Ritu Identification of partial sequence of gene encoding enzyme phenlalanine ammonia lyase in Asparagus racemosus Ms. Maneet Rani Identification of partial sequence of gene encoding cinnamate-4-hydroxylase in Asparagus racemosus Ms. Pooja Khichi Identification of partial sequence of polyketide synthase gene in Asparagus racemosus Ms. Pinki Khushwaha Identification of partial sequence of gene encoding 4-coumarate ligase in Zingiber officinale
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Ms. Sarita Rawat Identification of partial sequence of enzyme mevalonate kinase gene in Asparagus racemosus Ms. Jyoti Yadav Identification of partial sequence of beta amyrin synthase gene in Aloe vera Mr. Naveet Pannu Identification of partial sequence of gene encoding polyketide synthase in Zingiber officinale Ms. Manisha Identification of partial sequence of NADH dehydrogense gene in Asparagus racemosus Dr. Anil Kumar Assistant Professor Animal Biotechnology
Ms. Manju Bala Bishnoi Studies on chlorpyrifos degrading bacteria isolated from pesticide contaminated soil Mr. Harsh Sharma Antimicrobial activity of different medicinal plants against the dental caries causing microboes Mr. Mandeep Singh Studies on chlorpyrifos degrading bacteria isolated from pesticide contaminated soil Mr. Reena Singh Assessment of genetic diversity in chlorpyrifos degrading bacterial isolates Ms. Sadhna Mehra Genetic diversity in monocrotophos degrading bacterial isolates Ms. Chandrani Thakur Isolation, screening and characterization of cellulolytic bacteria and its growth condition optimization Ms. Suhjani Jain Morphological, biochemical & anti-microbial studies on elite clones of Stevia for enhanced production of stevioside Ms. Bhagya Shree Isolation, screening and condition optimization of cellulolytic fungi for cellulase production
Dr. Neeraj Dilbaghi Professor & Chairman Nanobiotechnology, Molecular Microbiology Dr. Sandeep Kumar Assistant Professor Material Science & Nanotechnology Dr. Santosh Kumari Assistant Professor Genetics & BioNano Science Dr. Rajesh Thakur Assistant Professor Nanobiotechnology Prof. K. K. Kapoor Professor Emeritus UGC Microbiology
Student conducting experiment in Laboratory
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Placement of Students in Last Five Years
Others
21 (18%)
PhD (India) 25 (21%) PhD (Abroad) 03 (03%) Entrepreneurship 10 (08%)
117
Biotech Industry (India) 15 (13%) Academic (Teaching) 15 (13%) Biotech Industry (Abroad) 03 (03%) Non-Biotech Industry (India) 21 (18%) Non-Biotech Industry (Abroad) 04 (03%) Total 117
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years
170l
348.43l
110l
125l 85l
25l
20l
10l
09
02
01
01
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
UGC
HSCST
BARC-BRNS
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 340 lakhs (l)
28l
5l
04
DST
DOEN University Govt. of Haryana
M.Tech Nano Science & Tech. DBT
DST
FIST
UGC
Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 101 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.0 - 5.43
SAP-DRS-I
DBT
BIF
Patents filed/granted 03 Indian Patents 01 US Patent 01 European Patent
TEQIP-II
WORLD BANK
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 666.43 lakhs (l)
No. of R&D Projects 18
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80l
Publications by Students 1. Aggrawal H, Prakash G., Rao A and Chhokar V. 2013. Evaluation of root extracts of Asparagus racemosus for antibacterial activity. American Journal and Drug
5. Singh Namita, Sarika Poonia, Ashok Kumar Maurya and D. P. Singh. 2009. Antibiotic Sensitivity Assay for Spirulina: In Relation to Marker selection for Genetic Improvement. International Journal of Plant Sciences. Vol. 4(2) pp 403-406.
Discovery and Development 3(2): 113-119.
2. Aggrawal H, Ghosh J, Rao A and Chhokar V. 2015. Evaluation of root and leaf extracts of Glycyrrhiza glabra for antimicrobial activity. Journal of Medical and Bioengineering 4(1): 81-85.
3. Beniwal V, Yogi R, Goel G, Kumar A and Chhokar V. 2011. Production of tannase through solid state fermentation using Indian Rosewood (Dalbergia sissoo) sawdust: a timber industry waste. Annals of Microbiology 63(2): 583-590. 4. Kumar A, Beniwal V, Samuchiwal S K, Kala S N, Raut A A, Chhokar V And Mishra A. 2012. Expression of pluripotency determining stem cell marker in Sox-2 in umbilical cord blood of buffalo. Journal of Animal
6. Sonu Maheswari, Raman Kumar, Singh Namita and P. K. Joshi. (2010) Isolation and screening of Bacterial isolates for Bioremediation of lead, cadmium and nickel from waste water. An experimental approach. Bioscience Biotech Research Asia. Vol.5 (2).pp 819-822.
7. Chhokar V, Katiyar S, Beniwal V, Kumar A and Rana J.S (2008) Immobilization of tannase for commercial use in Food industries. Asian Journal of Biosciences. 3(2): 275-278.
8. Raut A A, Kumar A, Kala SN, Chhokar V, Rana, N, Beniwal, V, Jaglan, S, Samuchiwal SK, Singh JK and Mishra A (2012) Identification of novel SNPs in DGAT 1 gene of buffalo by PCR-SSCP. Genetics and Molecular Biology. 35(3): 610-613.
Science Advance. 2(10): 841-846.
Technology Perfected/Commercialized S. No. 1.
Title of the Technology
Licensor
Name of Leader
Portable Sterile Air Flow Device
Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR) licensed to M/s Rescholar Equipments, 85-HSIDC, Industrial Estate, Ambala Cantt -133006, Haryana
Dr. Rajesh Thakur
Students conducting experiment in Laboratory
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Curriculum Structure 1st Semester
28
4th Semester
Course No.
Credit
Course No.
Course Title
Introductory Biotechnology Structure, Function & Metabolism of Biomolecules Cell Biology General & Applied Microbiology Lab - I (Biochemistry) Lab - II (Microbiology)
4 4 4 4 6 6
Agriculture Biotechnology & IPR Program Elective - III Seminar Investigation Problem
LIST OF ELECTIVES Course No.
2nd Semester Course No.
28
Course Title
Credit
Theory & Applications of Biotechniques Molecular Biology Introduction to Bioinformatics Program Elective - I Program Elective - II Lab - V (Bioinformatics)
3rd Semester Course No.
4 4 4 4 6 6
40
Course Title
Credit
Course Title
Course Title
Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture Fermentation Technology Lab - III (Plant Cell, Tissue & Organ Culture) Lab - IV (Fermentation) Applications of Environmental Biotechnology Medical Biotechnology Applications of Biotechnology in Food
Total credits/ 4 semesters 28 +28 + 40 + 26 = 122
Genetic Engineering 4 Enzymology & Enzyme Technology 4 Molecular Genetics 4 Immunology & Animal Cell Culture 4 Lab - VI (Techniques in Genetic Engg.) 6 Lab - VII (Immunology) 6 Summer Training 12
Seminar in progress
Course Coordinator
Dr. Neeraj Dilbaghi Professor & Coordinator Department of Bio & Nano Technology Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar-125001, Haryana E-mail: ndnano@gmail.com| Phone: 01662-263165 94 | Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options
26 Credit
5 5 2 14
35 Credit
4 4 6 6 5 5 5
University of Kashmir Jammu & Kashmir
Program M.Sc. Biotechnology
Location Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir
Year of DBT support implemented 2000-01
Mode of Selection University Entrance Exam
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Number of Seats 15
Biotechnology department is housed in the ground floor of the Science Block, University of Kashmir
Eligibility Bachelors degree under 10+2+3 pattern in Physical, Biological, Agricultural, Veterinary and Fishery Science, Pharmacy, Engineering/ Technology or Medicine (MBBS) or BDS with atleast 55% marks.
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years 2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
15 15
19 15
23 15
15 15
15 15
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Fee Structure
Semester I
11,545
+
Semester iI
1,150
+
Semester iiI
10,858
+
Semester iV
1,150
=
TOTAL
24,730
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization; Participating Faculty (*) & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Prof. Khurshid. I. Andrabi Professor Signal Transduction
Ms. Asiya Batool Expression analysis of 4EBP(4E binding protein) in human colorectal and breast cancer Ms. Fouzia Rashid Expression Analysis of Eukaryotic initiation factor 4E (eif4E) in normal and cancerous tissue
Dr. Khalid M. Fazili Professor and Head Protein Biology
Mr. Bushra Omar Cloning and expression of MASTL (microtube associated serine theronine kinase-like) in Mammalian and Bacterial expression system Mr. Moien Rasheed Lone Cloning and expression of mutant p70S6 kinase in PGEX4TZ Vector
Dr. Rais Ahmad Qadri Professor Immunology
Mr. Sajad Ahmad Bhat Innate Immune activation of macrophages with human Lung Cancer Cell Line: An In vitro Investigation Ms. Zeenat Farooq Cloning and expression of APETALA3 gene of saffron in Bacterial system Ms. Sabreena Aashaq Expression Analysis of VEGFR-2 (vascular endothelial growth factor Receptor - 2) in human colorectal cancers
Dr. Ehtishamul-ul-Haq Sr. Assistant Professor Pathobiology
Mr. Mohammad Younis Bhat Sequence variation in axon 7 of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2BS(EIF2B5) gene in white matter disease of the brain Ms. Ruqaiya Zahoor Genetic variation in eif2B5 gene and their association with white matter disease of the brain: Emphasis on Exon 3
Dr. Firdous A Khanday Sr. Assistant Professor Signal Transduction
Ms. Saima Sajood Effect of quercetin on expression of Alpha-1-syntrophin in human breast cancer cell line Mr. Basit Amin Effect of Anti cancerous drug Kaempferol on the expression of RHOA protein in Rat glioma cells
Dr. Mahboobul-ul-Hussain Sr. Assistant Professor Translational Biology
Mr. Syed Wahid Ahmed Shah Conformational sensitive gel electrophoretic based analysis of gene mir-125b in human colorectal cancer Mr. Qurat-ul-Ain Genetic screening of mIR-96 gene in Human Colorectal cancer Ms. Rubeena Rashid Cloning and expressions of KIR6.2 gene in bacterial system
Dr. Bilal A. Reshi Assistant Professor Plant Biotechnology Dr. Altaf Bhat Assistant Professor Epigenetics Dr. Abrar Qurashi Assistant Professor Human Molecular Genetics
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PG students working in the Laboratory
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 34 (66%) PhD (Abroad) 03 (06%) Biotech Industry (India) 02 (04%) Academic (Teaching) 04 (08%)
51
Entreprenuership 01 (02%) Others 07 (14%) Total 51
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 325l 300l
25l
25l
25l
07
06
01
01
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
DST
DBT
UGC
CSIR
OTHER
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 700 lakhs (l) No. of R&D Projects 16
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Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years 276l
210l
85l 47.50l 13.18l
Non Recurring
DST
DST
Non Recurring & Recurring
DBT
Non Recurring & Recurring
UGC
UGC
Non Recurring & Recurring
UGC
CSIR
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 687.68 lakhs (l) Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 10 Publications with Impact Factor Range 1.04 - 5.6.
M.Sc. Batch-2012 with Faculty
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20l
Non Recurring
AYUSH
BSR
19l
Non Recurring & Recurring
17l
Non Recurring & Recurring
Curriculum Structure 1. The Department of Biotechnology offers three types of papers. a)
Core (CR): Compulsory papers that are Basic/Unique to the program.
b)
Elective Allied (EA): Papers that are related to the program.
c)
Elective Open (EO): Papers unrelated to the program from other disciplines.
2. A paper offered by the department has to be completed in a semester that spans 16 weeks. Each paper carries a credit based on the contact hours outlined by the course coordinator. The distribution of contact hours in a paper is as: Classroom learning/lecture by the coordinator (L): 2 hours /week amounting to 2 credits of learning /semester. Tutorial (T): At least 2 hours /week amounting to 1 credit of learning per semester. Practical (P): At least 2 hours /week amounting to 1 credit of learning per semester by a student in the paper. 3. A student can earn minimum 20 credits/semester or maximum of 32 credits/semester that can be counted towards overall requirement of 96 credits for the degree. However, in a semester 12 credits are compulsory from core papers (CR), while as other credits can be obtained from Elective papers. Among Electives, at least 4 credits have to be obtained from outside the department either from Elective Allied (EA) or from Elective Open (EO)� papers. 4. 80% of the marks are allotted to Semester End Examination (SEE), while Internal Assessment and Assignment (IAA) component constitutes 20% of the marks. CORE COuRSES Course No.
60
Course Title
Credit
First Semester
Course No.
Course Title
4 4 4
Second Semester
BT-201-CR-14 Plant Biotechnology BT-202-CR-14 Molecular Biology - II BT-203-CR-14 Advanced Enzymology
4 4 4
Third Semester
BT-301-CR-14 Genetic Engineering BT-302-CR-14 Animal cell Science & Technology BT-303-CR-14 Bioprocess Engineering & Fermentation Technology
4 4 4
Fourth Semester
Proposal writing Research based Project Seminar and Journal Club Project Presentation Project Viva
2 16 2 2 2
BT-104-EA-14 BT-105-EA-14 BT-106-EA-14 BT-107-EA-14
Protein Structure and Function Microbiology Biostatistics Electrophoresis and Chromatography
Credit
08
Course Title
Credit
3 3 3 3
Second Semester
BT-204-EA-14 BT-205-EA-14 BT-206-EA-14 BT-207-EA-14
Radioactivity and Centrifugation Oxidant Signaling Chromatin Biology and Epigenetics Non-Coding RNA and Neurological Diseases BT-208-EA-14 Protein Folding Dynamics
2 2 3 2 3
Third Semester
BT-304-EA-14 BT-305-EA-14 BT-306-EA-14 BT-307-EA-14 BT-308-EA-14
Intermediary Metabolism Stem Cell Biology Bioinformatics Human and Medical Genetics Cancer Immunology
2 2 2 3 2
Open
BT-309-EA-14 Transcriptional Biology
CORE COuRSES Course No.
60
First Semester
BT-101-CR-14 Cell Biology BT-102-CR-14 Molecular Biology - I BT-103-CR-14 Immune Biology
BT-401-CR-14 BT-402-CR-14 BT-403-CR-14 BT-404-CR-14 BT-405-CR-14
ELECTIVES (ALLIED)
3
Total credits 60 +60 + 08 = 128
First/ Second Semester
BT-001-EO-14 Basics in Biotechnology BT-002-EO-14 Basics in Metabolism
2 2
Third/ Fourth Semester
BT-003-EO-14 Basics in Immunology BT-004-EO-14 Concepts in Molecular Biology
2 2
Course Coordinator
Prof. Khalid M Fazili Head & Coordinator Department of Biotechnology Science Block,University Campus, Hazrat Bal, University of Kashmir, Srinagar-190006, Jammu & Kashmir | E-mail: fazili@kashmiruniversity.ac.in
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Kumaun University Uttarakhand Program M.Sc. Biotechnology
Location Nainital, Uttarakhand
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 2000 - 01
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Number of Seats 21
Top Aerial view of Department of Biotechnology, Kumaun University
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3 pattern of education in Physical, Biological, Agricultural, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering/Technology, 4-years B.Sc. (Physician Assistant Course); or Medicine (MBBS) or B.D.S. with at least 55% marks.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
Fee Structure
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
11 20
11 20
12 20
08 20
14 21
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Semester I
16,270
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+
Semester iI
11,050
+
Semester iiI
11,220
+
Semester iV
11,050
=
TOTAL
49,590
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization; Participating Faculty (*) & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. Veena Pande Head & Coordinator Biochemistry, Plant Biotechnology & Immunology
Mr. Vivek Kumar Singh Genetic diversity analysis of ectomycorrhizal genus Lacterius through PCR based RAPD marker technique
Dr. Sushma Tamta Associate Professor Botany & Plant Tissue Culture
Mr. Abhin Megta In vitro propagation of Origaum vulgare L. from Kumaun Himalayan Region and its phytochemical analysis Mr. Manmeet Singh Biochemical analysis and elucidation of lipid productivity of selected microalgal species isolated from domestic wastewater
Dr. Tapan Kumar Nailwal Sr. Assistant Professor Plant Tissue Culture & Molecular Biology
Ms. Suchitra Pradhan Micropropagation and genetic fidelity test of Eremostachys superb (Earlier reported as endemic to Garhwal Himalayas) : A critically endangered medicinal and ornamental herb
Dr. Rishendra Kumar Assistant Professor Molecular Biology
Ms. Payal Jain Genetic diversity analysis of Rhododendron arboretum
Dr. Mayank Pandey Participating Faculty *
Mr. Ankur Singh Genetic diversity and biochemical analysis of Wlthania somnifera from Uttarakhand region Ms. Prachi Gupta Isolation and molecular characterization of microalgae taken from different lakes of Kumaun region for biodiesel production and determining their lipid content Mr. Suryakant Tripathi Antimicrobial, antioxidant activity and genomic diversity analysis of Withania somnifera of Uttarakhand region
Dr. Santosh Kumar Upadhyay Assistant Professor Cancer Biology
Students experimenting in Laboratory
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Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (Abroad) 01 (02%) Biotech Industry (India) 01 (02%) Non-Biotech Industry (India) 03 (07%) Academia (Teaching) 06 (15%)
41
Entrepreneueship 01 (02%) PhD (India) 29 (71%) Total 41
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 30.25l
109l
25.53l
15.35l 12.25l 9.85l
12.50l 8.49l
41l 10l
5l UCOST
DIBER
CSIR
GBPIHED
USBD
DBT
UGC
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 114.22 lakhs (l)
DBT
DBT
DST-FIST
DST
UGC
-
MLA Fund
Uttarakhand State Government
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 165 lakhs (l) Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 108 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.0 - 8.136
Publications by Students 1. Jain N and Pande V. 2012. Diversity Analysis of Ectomycorrhizal Genus Russula using RAPD markers. Octa Journal of Environmental Research. 1(4):332-335. 2. Jain N and Pande V. 2012. Antirobial activity of Ectomycorrhizal species Russula delica and Scleroder ma areolatum. Indian Journal of Applied Microbiology. 16(1):13-20. 3. GoelC, Verma P, Ahmad N and Nailwal TK. 2011. Molecular charcterization of the Nettle plant Urtica parviflora based on RAPD marker. J. of pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences. 5(21).
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Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
24
Course Title
Credit
3rd Semester Course No.
Course Title
22 Credit
1S1
Biochemistry
3
3S1
Bioprocess Engineering & Technology
3
1S2
Cell & Developmental Biology
3
3S2
IPR & Biosafety
3
1S3
Molecular Biology
3
3S3
Elective-I
3
1S4
Analytical Techniques
3
3S4
Elective-II
3
1S5
Biostatistics & Computer Applications
3
3S5
Elective-III
3
1S6
Seminar/Journal Club/Assignment
1
3S6
Seminar/Journal Club/Assignment
1
Lab - I: Biochemistry & Analytical Techniques
4
3S3
Animal Biotechnology
Lab - II: Molecular Biology
4
3S4
Environmental Biotechnology
3S5
Plant Biotechnology
Elective
2 Semester
24
nd
Course No.
Course Title
Credit
3SM3
Molecular Virology
Lab - VII: Based on Electives
4
Project proposal Presentation
2
2S1
Immunology & Immunotechnology
2S2
Microbiology & Industrial Applications 3
2S3
Genetic Engineering
3
4th Semester
2S4
Genetics
3
Course No.
2S5
Genomics & Proteomics
3
2S6
Seminar/Journal Club/Assignment
1
Lab - III: Immunology
3
Lab - IV: Microbiology
Lab - V:Genetic Engineering
3
2
Course Title
Project/Thesis Work
20 Credit
20
Total credits/ 4 semesters 24 +24 + 22 + 20 = 90
3
Students conducting experiments in laboratory
Course Coordinator Dr. Veena Pande Head & Coordinator Department of Biotechnology Kumaun University, Sleepy Hollow, Nanital - 263001, Uttarakhand E-mail: Veena_kumaun@yahoo.co.in | Phone: 05942- 248185 Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options | 103
University of North Bengal West Bengal Program M.Sc. Biotechnology
Location Siliguri, West Bengal
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 2000-01
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Number of Seats 10
Students conducting experiment in Laboratory
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3 pattern of education in Physical, Biological, Agricultural, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering/ Technology, 4-years B.Sc. (Physician Assistant Course); or Medicine (MBBS) or B.D.S. with at least 55% marks.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
Fee Structure
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
07 10
09 10
05 10
07 10
05 10
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Semester I
80
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+
Semester iI
480
+
Semester iiI
80
+
Semester iV
138
=
TOTAL
778
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. Ranadhir Chakraborty Head & Associate Professor Recombinant DNA Technology
Ms. Zirmire Ravindra Kailarao Solubility enhancement and physicochemical characterization of inclusion complexes of quinazoline -4(3H)-ones and beta-cyclodextrin
Dr. Dipanwita Saha Assistant Professor Biochemistry
Ms. Rupasree Mitra Purification and characterization of phytochemicals from Murraya koenigil and Adhotada vasica with an in vitro antioxidant and oxidative DNA damage protective activities
Ms. Puja Sikdar Bactericidal effect of green synthesized silver nanoparticles against gram-negative multiple antibiotic-resistance bacteria
Ms. Nirza Moktan Studies of lipopeptide producing Bacillus strains isolated from rhizosphere soil Dr. Shilpi Ghosh Assistant Professor Molecular Biology
Ms. Debapriya Kumar Isolation and characterization of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria and its effect on the growth on chickpea plants (Cicer arietinum)
Dr. Anoop Kumar Assistant Professor Animal cell culture, Cancer Biology
Biotechnology Laboratory
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 23 (77%) PhD (Abroad) 01 (04%) Biotech Industry (India) 01 (03%)
30
Non- Biotech Industry (India) 03 (10%) Academic (Teaching) 01 (03%) Entrepreneurship 01 (03%) Total 30
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Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 100l
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years 88.22193l
50l
DBT DBT
01
02
Projects
Projects
DBT
DST
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 150 lakhs (l)
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 88.22 lakhs (l)
Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 27 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.477- 4.054.
Patents filed/granted 01 Indian Patent
No. of R&D Projects 03 Publications by Students 1. Tiwary BK, Zirmire RK, Pradhan K, Nanda AK, Chakraborty R. 2014. Preparation and spectroscopic characterization of inclusion complex of 2-phenyl-4H-Benzo[d][1,3]Oxacin-4-One and β-Cyclodextrin. International Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences. 6. Supplement 2, 176-79.
2. T iwary BK, Kumar A, Nanda AK, Chakraborty R. 2014. A Study on Optimization of Marigold Petal Yield, Pure Lutein, and Formulation of Free-Flowing Lutein
Faculty with students
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Esters. Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology. DOI No.10.1007/s12892-014-0049-6.
3. Kumar, R., Saha A. and Saha D. 2012. A new antifungal coumarin from Clausena excavata. Fitoterapia , 83: 230–233. [SCI Thomas Reuters] 4. Singh KK, Ghosh S. 2013. Regulation of glutamine synthetase isoforms in two differentially drought-tolerant rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars under water deficit conditions. Plant Cell Rep. 32: 183-93.
Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
24
Course Title
Credit
Biochemistry Cell & Developmental Biology Molecular Biology Analytical Techniques Biostatistics & Computer Applications Seminar/Journal Club/Assignment Lab - I: Biochemistry and Analytical Techniques Lab - II: Molecular Biology
3rd Semester
18
Course No.
Credit
Course Title
3 3 3 3 3 1
Bioprocess Engineering & Technology Immunotechnology Molecular Virology IPR & Biosafety Elective - I Elective - II Lab -VI: Bioprocess Engineering & Technology Lab - VII: Based on Elective Project Proposal Presentation
4 4
3 1.5 1.5 3 3 3 3 3 2
NON CREDIT COURSES Course No.
Course Title
Credit
Course No.
Introductory Biology/ Introductory Mathematics Communication Skills
8 9
2nd Semester Course No.
24
Course Title
4th Semester
Credit
Immunology Microbiology & Industrial Applications Genetic Engineering Genetics Genomics & Proteomics Seminar/Journal Club/Assignment Lab - III: Immunology Lab - IV: Microbiology Lab - V: Genetic Engineering
3 3 3 3 3 1 3 2 3
23
Course Title
Credit
Bioentrepreneurship Project Work
3 20
List of Electives
1. Microbial Technology 2. Computational Biology 3. Animal Biotechnology 4. Plant Biotechnology 5. Environmental Biotechnology 6. Nanobiotechnology 7. Protein Engineering 8. Molecular Virology 9. Industrial & Food Biotechnology 10. Diagnostics
11. Cancer Genetics 12. Evolutionary Genetics (1.5 Credits) 13. Model Genetic Systems (1.5 Credits) 14. Pharmacogenomics (1.5 Credits) 15. Stem Cell Biology (1.5 Credits) 16. Vaccines 17. Metabolic Engineering 18. Molecular Therapeutics
Total credits/ 4 semesters 24 +24 + 23 + 23 = 94 Course Coordinator
Dr. Ranadhir Chakraborty Associate Professor and Coordinator Department of Biotechnology University of North Bengal, Siliguri -734430, West Bengal E-mail: rcnbu2003@yahoo.com | Phone: 0353-2582448, 0353-2582106 | Fax: 0353-2543583
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University of Lucknow Uttar Pradesh Program M.Sc. Biotechnology
Location Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 2002-03
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Number of Seats 10
Students conducting experiments in M.Sc. Biotech Laboratory
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3 pattern of education in Physical, Biological, Agricultural, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering/Technology, 4-years B.Sc. (Physician Assistant Course); or Medicine (MBBS) or B.D.S. with at least 55% marks.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
Fee Structure
22
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
09 10
02 10
09 10
09 10
06 10
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Semester I
15,775
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+
Semester iI
15,000
+
Semester iiI
15,000
+
Semester iV
15,000
=
TOTAL
60,775
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. U. N Dwivedi Professor & Coordinator Transgenic and Enzyme Engineering, Bioinformatics
Mr. Arun Kumar Upadhyaya In silico screening and identification of therapeutic anti-alzheimer terpenoids targeted against Acetylcholinesterase and B-amyloid Ms. Asha Kumari In silico screening and identification of therapeutic anti-atherosclerotic flavonoids targeted against myeloperoxidase Mr. Prakash Kumar Bhagat Purification and Physicochemical characterization of a novel themostable and salt tolerant peroxidase from Citrus limon Mr. Ram Gopal Prajapati Purification and physicochemical characterization of a peroxidase from Clerodendron heterophyllum Mr. Tamal Das Screening and identification of plant derived secondary metabolites (alkaloids, flavonoids and terpenoids) as anticancerous therapeutic agents directed against topoisomerases
Dr. Deepak Chandra Associate Professor Immunology, Physiology and Signalling
Ms. Mukta Kumari Immunological characterization of Lactate deydrogenase from prokaryotic and eukaryotic sources Ms. Poonam Yadav Immunological characterization of Malate deydrogenase from prokaryotic and eukaryotic sources
Dr. S. K. Agarwal Professor Protein Chemistry Dr. Sudhir Mehrotra Associate Professor Environmental Toxicology Dr. Samir Sharma Assistant Professor Photosynthesis Dr. Meenal Vaish Assistant Professor Cancer Biology Dr. Kusum Yadav Assistant Professor Biodiversity
Department Library
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Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 29 (91%) Non-Biotech Industry (India) 02 (06%)
32
Others 01 (03%) Total 32
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years
100l
60l 75l
45l
50l 40l 25l
25l DST
DST
01
02
04
01
01
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
DBT
DST
CST U.P.
CSIR
DHE, ICMR U.P. Govt.
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 315 lakhs (l)
U.P. Govt.
DHE, U.P. Govt.
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 105 lakhs (l) Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 63 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.0 - 7.04.
No. of R&D Projects 10 Patents filed/granted 04 Indian Patents
Publications by Students Upendra N Dwivedi, Priyanka Singh, Veda P. Pandey and Anoop Kumar. 2011. Structure - function relationship among bacterial, fungal and plant laccases. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic. 68, 117-128.
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Curriculum Structure 1st Semester
17
18
Course No.
Course Title
Course No.
Course Title
BT-101
Biomolecules and Biopolymers
3
BT-301
Molecular Biology II
3
BT-102
Biophysical Chemistry & Techniques
3
BT-302
Principles of Genetic Engineering
3
BT-103
Biostatistics & Computer Applications
3
BT-303
BT-104
Enzymology
3
Microbial Technology & Bioprocess Engineering
3
BT-105
Laboratory Course - I
5
BT-304
Enzyme and Food Technology
3
BT-305
Student Seminar
1
18
BT-306
Laboratory Course III
5
2nd Semester Course No.
Course Title
Credit
3rd Semester
Credit
BT-201
Molecular Cell Biology
3
BT-202
Microbiology & Metabolic Processes
3
BT-203
Molecular Biology I
3
BT-204
Immunology
3
BT-205
Student Seminar
1
BT-206
Laboratory Course - II
5
4th Semester
Credit
18
Course No.
Course Title
Credit
BT-401
Plant Biotechnology & Tissue Culture
3
BT-402
Animal Biotechnology & Cell Culture
3
BT-403
Project Work
7
BT-404
Two months summer training during vacations (Entrepreneurship)
5
Total credits/ 4 semesters 17 +18 + 18 + 18 = 71
Students working in Computer Laboratory
Course Coordinator Prof. U.N. Dwivedi Professor & Coordinator Department of Biochemistry University of Lucknow, Lucknow - 226007, Uttar Pradesh E-mail: upendradwivedi@hotmail.com | Phone: 0522 - 274 0132, 0522 - 274 0148 | Fax: 274 0132 Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options | 111
Utkal University Odisha Program M.Sc. Biotechnology
Location Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 2002-03
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Number of Seats 10
Building of Utkal University
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3 pattern of education in Physical, Biological, Agricultural, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering/Technology, 4-years B.Sc. (Physician Assistant Course); or Medicine (MBBS) or B.D.S. with at least 55% marks.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
Fee Structure
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
09 10
07 10
05 10
07 10
08 10
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Semester I
8,500
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+
Semester iI
8,500
+
Semester iiI
8,500
+
Semester iV
8,500
=
TOTAL
34,000
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization; Participating Faculty (*) & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Ms. Pallvi Sehajpal Curcumin modulates antioxidant defence system in gastroenemius muscle of rat (Rattus norvegicus)
Dr. J. Dandapat Reader and Head / Coordinator Cell & Molecular Biology, Immunology
Ms. Nidhi Singh Curcumin modulates antioxidant defence system in heart tissue of male wistar rat (Rattus norvegicus) Ms. Ankita Shrestha Effect of curcumin on antioxidant defence system of rat liver (Rattus norvegicus) Ms. Preeti Agrwal Effect of curcumin on antioxidant defence system in kidney of Rattus norvegicus Ms. Nisha Raj Effect of curcumin on the antioxidant defence system in testes of wistar male rat (Rattus norvegicus)
Dr. (Mrs.) S. L. Sahoo Professor Plant Tissue culture & Plant Biotechnology
Ms. Sadhana Behera Morphological and Biochemical alterations in Withania somnifera L. under iron stress
Prof. P. K. Chand Participating Faculty *
Mr. Ahamed Khan Antioxidant activity in agrobacterium-mediated transformed hairy root culture of Boerhaavia diffusa L. An important medicinal plant species
Dr. S. Das
Professor Neuro Biology & Endocrinology
Dr. S. K. Badamali
Reader Biophysical chemistry and heterogeneous catalysis for Biomass utilization
Biotechnology Laboratory
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 27 (79%) Biotech Industry (India) 01 (03%) Academic (Teaching) 02 (06%)
34
Entrepreneurship 01 (03%) Others 03 (09%) Total 34
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Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 33.4l
31.91l
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years 99.90l
19.9l
68.86l
25.95l
01
03
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
DBT
DST & Odisha
PURSE
DAE BARC Mumbai
DST
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 85.21 lakhs (l)
DBT
M.Sc. Biotech Teaching
Gen. Dev. Assistance/ Books
UGC
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 194. 71 lakhs (l)
No. of R&D Projects 05 Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 60 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.0 - 3.991
Publications by Students Jena S., Anand C, and Chainy G, B. N. and Dandapat J. (2011). Induction of oxidative stress and inhibition of superoxide dismutase expression in rat cerebral cortex and cerebellum by PTU-induced hypothroidism and its reversal by curcumin. Neurological Sciences 33: 869-873.
Technology Perfected/Commercialized S. No. 1.
Title of the Technology
Licensor
Name of Leader
Formulation and commercialization of indigenous feed for different life stages of fresh water prawn
CIFA, ICAR
Dr. K. J. Rao, PI, MMPA-DBT project, Govt of India, Principal Scientist, CIFA, Bhubaneswar
Students using Microscope
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Curriculum Structure 1st Semester
22
Course No.
Course Title
Paper-101 Paper-102 Paper-103 Paper-104 Paper-105
Biochemistry Cell Biology and Genetics Instrumentation & Analytical techniques Biostatistics and Computational Biology Practical - I Seminar
2nd Semester
Credit
Course No.
Course Title
4 4 4 4 5 1
Paper-301 Paper-302
Genetic Engineering Bioprocess Engineering and Industrial Biotechnology Animal Biotechnology Plant Biotechnology Practical - III Seminar
22
Course No.
Course Title
Paper-201 Paper-202 Paper-203 Paper-204
Microbiology Immunobiology & Immunotechnology Molecular Biology Environmental Biotechnology, IPR and Bio Safety Practical - II
4 4 4
Seminar
1
Paper-205
3rd Semester
Credit
4 5
Paper-303 Paper-304 Paper-305
4th Semester
22 Credit
4 4 4 4 5 1
26
Course No.
Course Title
Paper-401
Project Work Allied Elective- Health Biotechnology Open Elective
Credit
20 4 2
Total credits/ 4 semesters 22 +22 + 22 + 26 = 92
Students experimenting in Laboratory
Course Coordinator
Dr. Jagneshwar Dandapat Reader & Coordinator P.G. Department of Biotechnology Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar-751004, Odisha E-mail: jdandapat.nou@gmail.com | Phone: 0674-2567390 | Mobile: 09437466087 Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options | 115
Pondicherry University Puducherry Program M.Sc. Biotechnology
Location Kalapet, Puducherry
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 1993-94
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Number of Seats 23
Department of Biotechnology, Pondicherry University
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3 pattern of education in Physical, Biological, Agricultural, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering/Technology, 4-years B.Sc. (Physician Assistant Course); or Medicine (MBBS) or B.D.S. with at least 55% marks.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
Fee Structure
22
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
10 18
12 23
19 23
12 23
13 23
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Semester I
19,100
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+
Semester iI
2,000
+
Semester iiI
9,400
+
Semester iV
2,000
=
TOTAL
32,500
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. V. Arul Associate Professor Aqua Culture, Marine Biotechnology
Mr. DhanyaMol T. S Purification and charcterization of bacteriocin produced by Enterococcus faecalis from the north east fermented Food Aakhone
Dr. B. Sudhakar Associate Professor Stem Cell Biology, Nano Biotechnology
Ms. Ishita Gulati Cloning of Twist 1 and Genes in pc DNA 3
Dr. Lata Shukla Assistant Professor Plant Biotechnology, Radiation Biology
Mr. Sachin Chinchwadkar FTIR investigations on effect of gamma-irradiation on Albumin and globulin proteins from seeds of Pisum sativum & Glycine max and statistical analysis of some conserved micro RNAs in Oryza sativa Mr. Bharat Engleng Effect of gamma irradiation on rice seeds & evaluation of miR398 in higher plants
Dr. Prashanth. K Assistant Professor Medical Biotechnology, Immunology, Medical Microbiology
Mr. Singh Rahulkuamr Gopal Construction of RNA binding global regulator hfg Knock-out from Acinetobacter baumannii Mr. Kripa Shankar Kasudhan Molecular investigation on different virulence factor in invasive Streptococcus pneumonia isolates Ms. Rinki Kumari Molecular epidemiology of clinaical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii using multilocus sequence typing
Dr. Arunkumar Dhayalan Assistant Professor rDNA Technology, Epigenetics, Protein Engineering
Ms. Sunayana Cloning of SmyD2(PKMT) and the generation of SmyD2 deletion mutants in a mammalian expression vector pEYFP-C1 to study the sub-nuclear distribution of SmyD2
Dr. N. Sakthivel Professor Plant Biotechnology, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interaction, Biological Nanomaterial
Ms. Anupama Shirke Biological synthesis of gold nanoparticles by Bipolaris oryzae
Dr. N. Arumugam Associate Professor & Head Molecular Plant Breeding, Biochemistry Dr. A. Hannah Rachel Vasanthi Associate Professor Biochemical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Herbal Drug Development Dr. V. Venkateswara Sarma Assistant Professor Microbiology, Microbial Biotechnology Mr. V. Balasubramanian Assistant Professor Plant Biotechnology, Molecular Microbiology
Students in Laboratory
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Placement of Students in Last Five Years
Academic (Teaching) 04 (07%) Non-Biotech Industry (India) 04 (07%) Biotech Industry (India) 03 (06%)
54
PhD (Abroad) 07 (13%) PhD (India) 36 (67%) Total 54
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 250l
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years 439l
150l
60l
60l 25l 76l
05
04
06
03
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
DBT
DST
UGC
CSIR
ICMR
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 545 lakhs (l)
FIST
DST
BUILDER
DBT
UGC-SAP
UGC
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 575 lakhs (l)
No. of R&D Projects 19 Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 43 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.51 - 8.01.
60l
Patents filed/granted 01 Indian Patent 01 US Patent
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Curriculum Structure 1st Semester
23
Course No.
Course Title
Biot 411 Biot 413 Biot 415 Biot 461 Biot 462 Biot 463 Biot 464 Biot 465 Biot 412 Biot 414 Biot 422
Cell Biology Microbiology Techniques in Biotechnology Cell Biology Lab Immunology Lab Microbiology Lab Biochemistry Lab Techniques in Biotechnology Lab Immunology Biochemistry Molecular Plant-Microbe Interaction
2nd Semester
Credit
Course No.
Course Title
3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
Biot 501 Biot 552 Biot 511 Biot 514 Biot 561 Biot 564 Biot 566 Biot 575 Biot 574 Biot 597 Biot 598 Biot 521 Biot 523 Biot 524
Applied Microbiology Applied Microbiology Lab Recombinant DNA Technology Marine Biotechnology Recombinant DNA Technology Lab Marine Biotechnology Lab Medical Biotechnology Lab Radiation Biology Lab Proteomics and Genomics Lab Credit Seminar Project Radiation Biology Medical Biotechnology Proteomics and Genomics
31
Course No.
Course Title
Biot 421 Biot 424 Biot 425 Biot 426 Biot 471 Biot 474 Biot 475 Biot 476 Biot 477 Biot 478 Biot 479 Biot 480 Biot 481 Biot 482 Biot 484
Molecular Genetics Immunotechnology Molecular Plant Breeding Stem Cell Biology Molecular Genetics Lab Immunotechnology Lab Molecular Plant Breeding Lab Stem Cell Biology Lab Plant Biotechnology Bioprocess Technology Bioprocess Technology Lab Microbial Biotechnology Lab Animal Biotechnology Lab Microbial Biotechnology Animal Biotechnology
3rd Semester
Credit
3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 3 3
4th Semester
27 Credit
3 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3
11
Course No.
Course Title
BIOT 525 BIOT 526 BIOT 577 BIOT 599
Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Nanobiotechnology Nanobiotechnology Lab Project
Credit
3 3 1 4
Total credits/ 4 semesters 23 + 31 + 27 + 11 = 92
Course Coordinator
Dr. N. Arumugam Associate Professor and Head Department of Biotechnology Pondicherry University, Kalapet, Puducherry - 605014 E-mail: n_arumugam@hotmail.com| Phone: 0413-2654427
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Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam Andhra Pradesh Program M.Sc. Biotechnology
Location Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 2002-03
Mode of Selection University Entrance Examination
Number of Seats 30
Students experimenting in Laboratory
Eligibility Bachelor’s Degree with group aggregate of 50% with Chemistry/ Biochemistry/ Botany/ Zoology/ Biotechnology/ Microbiology/ Genetics/Medical Lab Technology/Applied Nutrition/Bioinformatics and Computer Applications.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
Fee Structure
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
30 30
30 30
30 30
16 30
10 30
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Semester I + ii
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Semester Iii + iv +
37,740 17,740 17,740
TOTAL =
77,280 37,130 37,280
G SC/ST/Cat-I Others (BCs)
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. V. Kalarani Professor Animal Biotechnology, Environmental Biotechnology
Ms. O. Sailaja Immunostimulatory effects of short term administration of Bacillus subtilis and Lactobacillus sporogenes to the fish, Labeo rohita (H.) Ms. K. Rajani Impact of probiotics in the enhancement of phagocytic ability of immune cells in the post larvae of Penaeus monodon Ms. A. Priyanka Assessment of the impact of prebiotics in the immunostimulatory rate of probiotics in fish
Dr. R. Usha Professor & Coordinator Plant Biotechnology, Environmental Biotechnology
Ms. N. Stella A study on SOD, CAT and Metallothionein gene expression during lead toxicity in Helianthus annuus. L Ms. M. Prashanthi Rani Antioxidant, Antimicrobial and phytochemical screening of five high yielding cultivars of Glycine max. L. (Soyabean) Ms. O. Vijayalakshmi Functional analysis of MAP30 from Momordica charantia reveals its induction of apoptosis of the K562 cell lines
Dr. P. Josthna Assistant Professor Cancer Biology & Animal Biotechnology
Ms. P. Rajitha Cytotoxic and anti microbial activity of Basella alba Ms. R. Nagarekha Green synthesis of silver nano particles using Basella alba Ms. T. Rajeswaramma Anti inflammatory activity of Basella Alba
Dr. B. Kishori Assistant Professor Animal/ Aquatic Biotechnology/ Microbial Technology/ Reproductive Toxicology
Ms. K. R. LavanyaLatha Role of vertebrate - like Steroids in the regulation of reproduction in the fresh water crab, Oziotelphusa senex senex Ms. M. Keerthi Isolation and identification of Bacterial strains from soil and its mutant varieties for protease production and purification Ms.C. Hemlatha Protective role of date fruit extract against chlorpyrifos toxicity on male reproductive system of Albino Rat
Dr. N. John Sushma Assistant Professor Toxicology/ Nanobiotechnology
Ms. D. Sujitha Protective effect of Euphorbia hirta against aluminium induced toxicity in the tissue of Albino Rats Ms. R. Divya Immobilization stress - induced oxidative damage and its amelioration with Asystasia gangetica Ms. T. Divya Antimicrobial activity of Euphorbia hirta
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Demonstration of experiments on “Molecular and Immuno Techniques” at National Workshop
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 09 (17%) PhD (Abroad) 01 (02%) Entrepreneurship 13 (24%) Biotech Industry (India) 18 (34%)
53
Academic (Teaching) 04 (08%) Non-Biotech Industry (India) 08 (15%) Total 53
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 125l
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years 90l
40l 50l
DST
02
05
Projects
Projects
UGC
Total Quantum of Funds Rec. Rs. 175 lakhs (l) No. of R&D Projects 07
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PLAN UGC
M.Sc. (5 Year) Integrated Biotechnology Course APSCHE, Hyderabad
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 130 lakhs (l)
Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 76 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.1 - 5.6. Publications by Students 1. R .Usha, S.Jhansi rani, T. Geetha Prasuna. Genetic relationship between quality and non quality wood of Pterocarpus santalinus.L., (red sanders) an endemic tree species by using molecular markers. Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, July - September 2013, volume 6 issue 3,189-194. 2. Usha.R, A.Vasavi, K.Thishya, S.Jhansi Rani & P.Supraja. 2011. Phytoextraction of lead from industrial effluents by sunflower (Helianthus annuus.L). Rasayan journal of Chemistry (An international journal of Chemical Sciences), Vol-4 No1. Jan-Mar
3. A.Vasavi, Spoorthy, S.Jhansi Rani, P.Supraja & Usha.R. 2011. “The Physico Chemical and bacteriological analysis of ground water in and around Tirupati. Pollution Research, Vol.No.3 4. P. Josthna, P. Anuradha, G. Jyothi and D. Vinathi. 2010. PCR amplification of c DNA from blood sample in Holstein Friesian Calf and NDC cross Breeds. Research Journal of Biotechnology. 5. K. Parameswari, I. Naga Ramya, P. Josthna and B. Kishori. 2012. Screening of Antibacterial activity of Celphalendra indica plant extracts in in vitro systems. Pharmacophore. 4(4): 105-110. Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
24
Course Title
BTT 101 BTT 102 BTT 103 BTT 104
Cell Biology & Genetics Microbiology Biomolecules Immunology & Immunotechnology
BTP 105
Cell Biology & Genetics and Microbiology Biomolecules and Immunology & Immunotechnology
BTP 106
Credit
Course No.
Course Title
4 4 4 4
BTT 301 BTT 302 BTT 303
Genetic Engineering Plant Biotechnology Animal Biotechnology
4
BTP 305
4
2nd Semester
24
Course No.
Course Title
BTT 201 BTT 202 BTT 203 BTT 204 BTP 205
Enzymology & Metabolism Molecular Biology Biophysical & Biochemical Techniques Molecular Genetics Enzymology & Metabolism and Molecular Biology Biophysical & Biochemical Techniques and Molecular Genetics
BTP 206
3rd Semester
Credit
4 4 4 4 4 4
* IE - Internal Elective EE - External ELective
24 Credit
4 4 4
BTT 304 (A) Environmental Biotechnology & Biosafety (IE) (B) Cell & Tissue Culture Technology (IE) 4 Genetic Engineering & Plant Biotechnology 4 BTP 306 Animal Biotechnology & Environmental Biotechnology & Biosafety (or) Cell & Tissue Culture Technology (IE) 4 Emerging Technologies in Biology (EE)
4th Semester
24
Course No.
Course Title
BTT 401 BTT 402 BTP 403
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics Microbial Technology Biostatistics & Bioinformatics and Microbial Technology Project & Viva-Voce
Credit
4 4 4 12
Total credits/ 4 semesters 24 +24 + 24 + 24 = 96
Course Coordinator
Dr. R. Usha Associate Professor & Coordinator Department of Biotechnology Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam (Women’s University), Tirupati - 517502, Andhra Pradesh E-mail: dbtspmvv@gmail.com | Phone: 0877-2284529(O), 0877-2100027| Fax No. 0877- 2248417
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Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University Maharashtra Program M.Sc. Biotechnology
Location Nagpur, Maharashtra
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 2003-04
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Number of Seats 10
Rajiv Gandhi Biotechnology Centre
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3 pattern of education in Physical, Biological, Agricultural, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering/ Technology, 4-years B.Sc. (Physician Assistant Course); or Medicine (MBBS) or B.D.S. with at least 55% marks.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
Fee Structure
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
08 10
04 10
08 10
03 10
07 10
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Semester I + ii
19,169
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Semester iii + iv +
21,243
TOTAL
=
40,412
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. S. S. Pande Director & Course Coordinator of RGBC Environmental & Agricultural Biotechnology, Molecular Genetics & Medical Biotechnology
Ku. Priyanka Soren Biosynthesis of biocompatible nanoparticles using microorganisms
Dr. (Mrs.) A. S. Shanware Assistant Professor Aquaculture Immunology Biotechnology, Biotechnological Applications in Environment & Agricultural Sector
Mr. Dhiraj Vijay Dhadiwal Development of Prospective Bio-beads for Detection of Lead Contamination
Mr. Yatharth Anand Reverse Vaccinology based Antigen search for Shigella sonnei
Prof.Sudhir U. Meshram Presently Hon’ble VC, North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon Environmental & Agricultural, Microbial Biotechnology, Molecular Genetics & Engineering Dr. G. B. Shinde Professor (CAS) Toxicology, Enzymology, Nutrition & Clinical Biochemistry Dr. A. B. Dongre Emeritus Scientist Plant Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology & Tissue Culture
Student experimenting in Laboratory
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
Academic (Teaching) 05 (09%) Non- Biotech Industry (India) 07 (13%)
55
PhD (India) 22 (40%) Biotech Industry (India) 18 (33%) PhD (Abroad) 03 (05%) Total 55
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Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 19.02l
11.27l 8.47l 6.40l
UGC
01
01
01
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
DBT
UGC
UGC
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 45.17 lakhs (l) No. of R&D Projects 04
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years 182.08l
26.50l 10.75l
PG Teaching DBT
DBT
UGC
XII th plan
UGC
XI th plan
UGC
UGC
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 290.93 lakhs (l) Patents filed/granted 02 Indian Patents
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23.78l
21l
X th plan
MPLAD
10l
10.04l
Enhancement grant
MPLAD
MPLAD
RTMNU
6.77l
MPLAD
Consultancy
Publications by Students 1. Arti Shanware,Neha Thakre,Dipintie Gupta & Sudipta Mahato 2014. Novel Bioluminescent Biobeads for monitoring phenolic pollutants. Asiatic Journal of
3.
Arti Shanware & Priya Phadtare 2014. Investigations on the effect of Tungsten resistant soil bacteria against toxicity of Tungsten on Spinacea olerace. Indian Journal of Sciences, 11(28),40-48.
Biotehnology Resources, 4,1-5.
2. Arti Shanware & Priya Phadtare 2014. Tungsten toxicity in soil and biological role of Tungesten in bacteria. Indian Journal of Sciences 10(24),36-42.
Curriculum Structure 1st Semester
25
3rd Semester
Course No.
Course Title
Credit
Course No.
Course Title
Paper I Paper II Paper III Paper IV Practical 1
Cell Biology and Enzymology Molecular Biology Biomolecules Biophysical Technique Cell Biology & Enzymology
4 4 4 4 4
Practical 2
Macromolecules & Analytical Techniques Seminar
4 1
Paper I Paper II Paper III Paper IV Practical 1 Practical 2
Animal Biotechnology Plant Biotechnology Genetic Engineering - I Genetic Engineering - II Animal & Plant Biotechnology Genetic Engineering Seminar
2 Semester
25
nd
Course No.
Course Title
Credit
Paper I Paper II Paper III Paper IV Practical 1 Practical 2
Microbiology Industrial Biotechnology & Biostatistics Immunology Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics Microbiology & Immunology Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics Seminar
4 4 4 4 4 4 1
4th Semester
25 Credit
4 4 4 4 4 4 1
25
Course No.
Course Title
Paper I Paper II Paper III
Environmental Science &Bioresources Applied Environmental Biotechnology Environmental Monitoring & Management Ethics, Patenting and Bio-Entrepreneurship Environmental Biotechnology
4 4
Project Work
4
Seminar
1
Paper IV Practical
Credit
4 4 4
Total credits/ 4 semesters 25 +25 + 25 + 25 = 100 Course Coordinator
Dr. S. S. Pande Reader & Coordinator Department of Biotechnology Rajiv Gandhi Biotechnology Centre, RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur - 440033, Maharashtra E-mail: director.rgbc@gmail.com | Phone: 0712 - 2560620 (RGC) | Fax: 00712 - 2545781
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Visva Bharati University West Bengal Program M.Sc. Biotechnology
Year of DBT support implemented 2003-04
Location Santiniketan, West Bengal
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Number of Seats 19
Building of Visva Bharati University
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3 pattern of education in Physical, Biological, Agricultural, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering/ Technology, 4-years B.Sc. (Physician Assistant Course); or Medicine (MBBS) or B.D.S with at least 55% marks.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
Fee Structure
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
09 19
09 19
11 19
10 19
11 19
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Semester I + ii
7,410
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Semester iii + iv + + 0
3,710
=
TOTAL
11,120
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Prof. S. P. Adhikary Professor (on lien) Biodiversity & Bioprospecting of Algae
Mr. Rohit Kumar Standardization of protocol for rapid multiplication of green micro-algae for biofuel production
Dr. Amit Roy Associate Professor Molecular biology of enzymes Bioactive compounds from plants
Ms. Archana Rai Antimicrobial activity of Sonneratia caseolaris
Dr. Jolly Basak Assistant Professor Genomics and Transcriptomics of plant pathogen interactions
Mr. Dheerendra Pratap Mall Differential response of mungbean yellow mosaic virus infection in seven varieties of Phaseolus vulgaris (French bean)
Dr. Nilanjana Das Assistant Professor Oxidative stress Biology
Mr. Tejveer Singh Differential response of young and old cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to oxidative stress
Dr. Narottam Dey Assistant Professor Plant Biotechnology & Genomics
Ms. Sayani Goswami Characterization of rice field plant growth promoting Rhizobacteria in relation to drought stress
Ms. Anjali Gangwar Antimicrobial activities of Derris trifoliata
Mr. Alfred Besra Amplification and characterization of an amino acid permease gene from Phaseolus vulgaris
Ms. Kasturee Chakraborty An exploratory study on four improved rice lines for osmotic stress tolerance Dr. Samiran Saha Assistant Professor Immunology & drug Development: Immunoresponses in leishmaniasis
Mr. Ravi Kumar Investigation on the effect of soluble coffee (coffea canephora) on Leishmania donovani promastigotes
Prof. Sanghamitra Raha Prof. & Head Stress and Cancer Biology Dr. Tathagata Choudhuri Associate Professor Tumor Virology & Cell biology
Interaction of Faculty with Students
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Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 22 (56%) PhD (Abroad) 02 (05%) Biotech Industry (India) 04 (10%) Academic (Teaching) 03 (09%)
39
Entrepreneurship 02 (05%) Others 06 (15%) Total 39
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 88.5l
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years 44l
45l 38.8l
44l
28.05l
FIST DST
04
01
01
03
02
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
DST
DBT
CSIR
UGC
MOEF
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 244.35 lakhs (l)
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 44 lakhs (l) Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 51 Publications
No. of R&D Projects 11 Publications by Students 1. Vinod Kumar Gupta, Amit Roy, Vikas K Nigam and Kalishankar Mukherjee. Antimicrobial activity of Spondias pinnata resin. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research. Volume 4(16), pages 1656-1661, August 2010. DOI: 10.5897/JMPR10.182. Publisher: Academic Journals. ISSN 1996-0875. 2. Vinod Kumar Gupta, Charanjeet Kaur, Aritra Simlai and Amit Roy. Antimicrobial activity of Pavetta indica leaves. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical
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Science.Volume 3(04), Pages 078 – 082, April 2013. DOI: 10.7324/JAPS.2013.3414. ISSN 2231-3354. 3. Vinod Kumar Gupta, Aritra Simlai, Manish Tiwari, Kashinath Bhattacharya and Amit Roy. Phytochemical contents, antimicrobial and antioxidative activities of Solanum sisymbriifolium. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science. Volume 4(03), Pages 075 – 080, March 2014. DOI: 10.7324/ JAPS.2014.40315. ISSN 2231-3354.
4. Aritra Simlai, Archana Rai, Saumya Mishra, Kalishankar Mukherjee, Amit Roy. Antimicrobial and antioxidative activities in the bark extracts of Sonneratia caseolaris, a mangrove plant. EXCLI Journal; Volume 13, Pages 997-1010; August 29, 2014. Publisher: Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund, Germany. ISSN 1611-2156. 5. Anand Patwardhan, Samit Ray and Amit Roy. Molecular Markers in Phylogenetic studies - A review. Journal of phylogenetics and Evolutionary Biology. Publisher: OMICS Publishing Group. ISSN 2329-9002. 6. Lodha TD, Hembram P, Tep N and Basak J. 2013. Proteomics: A successful approach to understand the molecular mechanism of plant-pathogen interaction. Am J Plant Sc. 4: 1212-1226. (Impact factor 0.3). 7. Singh J, Hembram P and Basak J. 2014. Potential of Vigna unguiculata as a phytoremediation plant in the
remediation of Zn from contaminated soil. Am J Plant Sc. 5: 1156-1162. [Impact factor 0.3; ISSN Online: 2158-2750, ISSN Print: 2158-2742]. 8. Lodha T, Karmakar J, Roychoudhuri R and Dey N (2011) Assessment of genetic diversity of some commonly grown rice genotypes of South Bengal using microsatellite markers associated with the saltol QTL mapped on 1st chromosome. NBU J Plant Sci. 5:35–39. 9. Chaya S, Karmakar J, Ganie SA, Roychowdhury R, Paul A, Adak MK and Dey N (2013) Genetic Profiling of a small heterogeneous population presenting traditional and wild relatives of rice (Oryza sativa L.) in relation to osmotic stress tolerance. NBU Journal of Plant Science. 7 (1): 63-69. 10. Reddy BS, Karkmakar J, Roychowdhury R and Dey N (2013) Optimization of callus induction and callus multiplication in rice (Oryza sativa L.) landraces. Research in Plant Biology 3(5):41-44.
Curriculum Structure 1st Semester
24
Course No.
Course Title
I II
Cell Biology Biomolecules, Enzymology and Metabolism Genetics & Molecular Biology Biotechniques & Instrumentation Practical - I Biomolecules, Enzymology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology
III IV V
Credit
4 4 4 4 8
3rd Semester
24
Course No.
Course Title
XI XII XIII XIV
Genetic Engineering Animal Biotechnology Plant Biotechnology Environmental Biotechnology, Bioethics, Intellectual Property Rights Practical - III
XV
Credit
4th Semester 2
nd
Semester
Course No.
VI VII VIII IX X
24
Course Title
Credit
Microbiology Immunology Virology Computer Applications and Biostatistics Practical - II Microbiology, Immunology, Virology, Biostatistics
4 4 4 4 8
Course Title
XVI XVII
Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics Bioprocess Engineering and Technology, Bioentrepreneurship Practical - IV Bioinformatics, Genomics and Proteomics Project Work and Presentation Seminar Presentation and Comprehensive viva-voce
XIX XX
4 8
24
Course No.
XVIII
4 4 4
Credit
4 4 4 8 4
Total credits/ 4 semesters 24 +24 + 24 + 24 = 96 Course Coordinator
Prof. Sanghamitra Raha Head & Coordinator Department of Biotechnology Visva-Bharati (A Central University), Santiniketan - 731235, West Bengal E-mail: sanghamitra.raha@visva-bharati.ac.in | Phone: 03463-261101
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T. M. Bhagalpur University Bihar Program M.Sc. Biotechnology
Location Bhagalpur, Bihar
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 2004 - 05
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Number of Seats 35
Students experimenting in Laboratory
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3 pattern of education in Physical, Biological, Agricultural, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering/ Technology, 4-years B.Sc. (Physician Assistant Course); or Medicine (MBBS) or B.D.S. with at least 55% marks.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
Fee Structure
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
18 25
23 25
30 35
18 35
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Semester I
12,500
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+
Semester iI
12,500
+
Semester iiI
12,500
+
Semester iV
12,500
2012-13
=
TOTAL
50,000
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization
Dr. A. K Singh Professor & Coordinator Cytogenetics, Molecular Biology, Plant Physiology & Biochemistry, Plant Biotechnology & Tissue Culture
Dr. D. K. Das Lecturer
Mr. Rohit Kr. Verma
Dr. H.N.P. Singh
Assistant Professor
Research Officer
Students experimenting in Laboratory
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
Entrepreneurship 12 (21%) PhD (India) 10 (17%) PhD (Abroad) 05 (09%)
58
Biotech Industry (Abroad) 05 (09%) Academic (Teaching) 13 (22%) Non-Biotech Industry (Abroad) 03 (05%) Non-Biotech Industry (India) 10 (17%) Total 58
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Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 8.80l
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years 19.81l Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 18 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.294 - 5.21.
01 Projects
Patents filed/granted 01 International Patent
UGC
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 8.80 lakhs (l)
DBT
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 19.81 lakhs (l)
No. of R&D Projects 01 Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
19
Course Title
Credit
Cell Biology & Biomolecules Microbial Physiology & Genetics Biophysical Chemistry, Computer Applications, Biostatistics & Mathematics Laboratory - I
3rd Semester Course No.
Course Title
Course No.
Animal Biotechnology & Plant Biotechnology 6 Fermentation & Bioprocess Technology 3
5 5
Elective Paper - Biochemistry Metabolic Pathway & Clinical Biochemistry 2
Metabolic Pathway Clinical Biochemistry
Credit
Molecular Biology & Genetic Engg.
6
Immunotechnology
3
Macromolecules & Basic Enzymology
3
Laboratory - II
5
4th Semester Course No.
1 1
12
Course Title
Project & its defence
Total credits/ 4 semesters 19 +17 + 18 + 12 = 66 Course Coordinator
Prof. A. K. Singh Professor & Coordinator PG Department of Biotechnology T.M. Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur - 812007, Bihar E-mail: pgbiotechtmbu@yahoo.co.in; arun.k.singh@gmail.com | Phone: 0641- 2620094
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5
Electives
17
Course Title
Credit
6 3
Laboratory - III
2nd Semester
18
Credit
12
University of Burdwan West Bengal Program M.Sc. Biotechnology
Location Burdwan, West Bengal
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Year of DBT support implemented 2005 - 06
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Number of Seats 25
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
Students observing Callus in Plant Tissue Culture Laboratory
Eligibility Science graduates (10+2+3) and Engineering graduates (10+2+4) in Biotechnology with at least 55% marks and Science graduates (10+2+3) having Honors with at least 55% marks in (i) Chemistry with any branch of Bio-Science as combination subject or Biology at H.S. level or (ii) Any branch of Bioscience with Chemistry as combination subject or (iii) Agricultural Science.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years 2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
25 25
25 25
25 25
25 25
18 25
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Fee Structure
Semester I
23,370
+
Semester iI
15,000
+
Semester iiI
22,160
+
Semester iV
15,000
=
TOTAL
75,530
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. Indrani chandra Assistant Professor Plant Biotechnology, Cell Biology
Mr. Sana Jawed Mr. Autashi Sinha Mahapatra Mr. Arijit Bhattacharya Ms. Priya Singh Ms. Priyanka Singh
Micropopagation and study of protein profile of Lycopersicon esculentum and Pisum sativum
Dr. Amal K. Bandyopadhyay Assistant Professor Biochemistry, Medical Biotechnology
Mr. ShibjyotiDebnath (DBT) Mr. Rajesh Mishra Mr. Pritam Biswas Mr. Sk. Azharuddin Mr. Md. Mustafa Sk.
a. In silico analysis of exotic sequences b. Homology modeling and energetic of exotic proteins
Dr. Sabyasachi Chatterjee Faculty (Contractual) Microbial Biotechnology, Molecular Biology
Mr. Sambit Mukherjee Mr. Debpratim Khanna Ms. SoumitraHalder Mr. MasrurAlam Ms. Jaya Kumari
Phytoremediation of lead by Sunflower and Solanum plant
Mr. Atanu Koner Faculty (Contractual) Animal Biotechnology, Immunology
Ms. Pallavi Shivraj Rajput (DBT) Mr. Rajat Kumar Dhyani (DBT) Ms. Nikki Nidhi Ms. Kuljeet Kaur Ms. Debolina Acharya
Is homoepathy as implausible as it sounds ?
Mr.Sunil Kanti Mondal Faculty (Contractual) Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Computer application
Mr. Kuntal Chowdhury Mr. Chandra Neogi Ms. Chaitali Majumdar Ms. Sayani Banerjee Ms. Papiya Chakraborty (DBT)
Comparative study of GLYK gene: Bioinformatical approach Study of genes involved in phosphorous uptake in plant system Study of genes for zinc uptake in microbial system
Students conducting Electrophoresis in Molecular Biology Laboratory
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Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 32 (60%) PhD (Abroad) 06 (11%) Biotech Industry (India) 06 (11%)
53
Academic (Teaching) 05 (10%) Others 04 (08%) Total 53
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years 20l
12l
DST
01 Projects
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 12 lakhs (l) No. of R&D Projects 01
DBT DBT
Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 40 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.00 - 5.56 Publications by Students 1. Indrani Chandra and Sutapa Patra. 2012. Optimization of NaCl tolerance on in vitro shoot multiplication of Brassica juncea (L.). Plant Cell Biotechnology and Molecular Biology. 13:(1&2): 35-40. 2. Sabyasachi Chatterjee, Juthika Das, Pranab Roy, Agniswar Sarkar. 2012. Isolation and characterization of lead resistant microorganism from industrial Effluent: (a Bioremediation approach). Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology.6(1):315-324. 3. S. Chatterjee, S. N. Chatterjee, S. Karmakar. 2012. Evaluation of the role of Cassia occidentalis extracts as antimicrobial agents. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology. 6(3):1433-1436. 4. AtanuKoner, Nabanita Nandi, Priyanka Chowdhury, Shilpi Chakraborty, Monalisa Chakraborty. 2012. Detoxification of Homeopathic
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 20 lakhs (l) Patents filed/granted 01 Indian Patent
5.
6.
7.
8.
Potency using Eukaryotic system.World Journal of science and Technology.2:37-42. Mondal S. K., Neogi C., Choudhury K. 2013. Comparative study of Glycerate Kinase (GK): Bioinformatical. IRJBS.2(12):50-59. Mondal S. K., Chakraborty P. 2013. Genomic and Proteomic properties of the genes involved for zinc transportation in Firmicutes. IRJBS.2(12):90-101. Sukanya Chattaraj and Sabyasachi Chatterjee. 2012. Scanning Electron Microscopic study of sunflower plant grown in presence of Arsenic (Short communication). Tends in Life Science. 2(3):33-36. Chatterjee S, Mukherjee A, Sarkar A, Roy P. 2012. Bioremediation of lead by lead-resistant micro organisms, isolated from industrial sample. Advances in Bioscience and Biotechnology. 3:290-295.
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9. Atanu Knoer, Pallavi S. Rajput, Rajat Dhyani, Nikki Nidhi and Kuljeet Kaur. 2013. Isolation and characterization of IgM from Bengal goat blood serum. Research Journal of Biology (RJB).1:36-39. 10. Atanukoner, Pallavi S. Rajput. 2013. Effect of Argentum Nitricium (AgNO3) in both in vivo and in vitro
system. Research Journal of Biology (RJB).1:70-74 11. Sambit Mukherjee, Devpratim, Khanna and Sabyasachi Chatterjee. 2013. Study of lead resistant micro organism and plant interaction. Annals of Plant Science. 2(10):420-434.
Technology Perfected/Commercialized S. No. 1.
Title of the Technology
Licensor
Name of Leader
An Improved method of optimizing the process of fermentation of Black Tea manufacture
Tata Tea
Prof. Pranab Roy
Curriculum Structure 1st Semester
19
Course No.
Course Title
MBIOT 101 MBIOT 102 MBIOT 103 MBIOT 104 MBIOT 105 MBIOT 106 MBIOT 107 MBIOT 108
Biochemistry Cell Biology Developmental Biology Molecular Biology Analytical Techniques Biostatistics & Computer Application Bioinformatics Seminar/Journal club
2nd Semester
Credit
4 2 2 4 3 2 2
3rd Semester Course No.
Course Title
MBIOT 301 MBIOT 302 MBIOT 303 MBIOT 304 MBIOT 305 MBIOT 306
22.5 Credit
Bioprocess Engineering & Technology Molecular Virology & Immunotechnology IPR & Biosafety Elective-I Elective-II Lab - VI Bioprocess Engineering and Technology MBIOT 307 Lab - VII Based on Elective MBIOT 308 Project Proposal Presentation
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1.5
4th Semester
22.5
20.5
Course No.
Course Title
MBIOT 201 MBIOT 202 MBIOT 203 MBIOT 204 MBIOT 205 MBIOT 206 MBIOT 207 MBIOT 208
Immunology Microbiology & Industrial Applications Genetic Engineering/RDT Genetics Seminar/Journal Club/Assignment Lab - III Immunology and Genetics Lab - IV Microbiology Lab - V Genetic Engineering/RDT
Credit
3 3 3 3 1.5 3 3 1
Course No.
Course Title
MBIOT 401 MBIOT 402 MBIOT 403 MBIOT 404 MBIOT 405 MBIOT 406
Bioentrepreneurship Genomics & Proteomics Project Work Grand Viva Panel Discussion/Social Out Reach Educational Tour
Total credits/ 4 semesters 19 +20.5 + 22.5 + 22.5 = 84.5
Course Coordinator
Prof. Jai Prakash Keshri DBT Coordinator Department of Biotechnology The University of Burdwan, Golapbag, Burdwan - 713104, West Bengal E-mail: keshrijp@gmail.com | Phone: 0342-2657231, 0342-2657979
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Credit
3 3 12 3 0.75 0.75
HNB Garhwal University Uttarankhand Program M.Sc. Biotechnology
Location Garhwal, Uttarakhand
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 2005-06
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Number of Seats 13
Students conducting experiments in Laboratory
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3 pattern of education in Physical, Biological, Agricultural, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering/Technology, 4-years B.Sc. (Physician Assistant Course); or Medicine (MBBS) or B.D.S. with at least 55% marks.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
Fee Structure
22
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
07 13
05 13
04 13
08 13
06 13
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Semester I + ii
5,000
Semester iii + iv +
5,000
TOTAL
=
10,000
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. N. Singh Professor & Head Fish Neurology, Fish Behaviour, Conservation
Mr. Mohan A Sharma (also guided by Dr. B. M. Khan) Isolation, cloning and Heterologous Expression and Structural Characterization of 3-Deoxy D-ArabinoHeptulosonate 7-Phosphate (DAHP) Synthase from Bacopa monnieri
Dr. J. P. Bhatt Professor Fisheries Management, Pheromones and Sexual Behaviour of Fish
Mr. Monu Sharma Two-Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis Based Analysis of Heat Shock Response in Barilius bendelisis
Dr. S. N. Bahuguna Professor Fish Biology, Culture of Coldwater Fish Taxonomy & Molecular Phylogeny of Fish
Mr. Avinash K. Singh Development and characterization of Cell Line from a Snow trout Fish Schizothorax plagiostomus (Heckel 1838)
Dr. R. S. Fartyal Assistant Professor Entomology, Cytogenetics
Mr. Manoj Kumar Patel Molecular Phylogeny of few Drosophilid Species based on Mitochondrial CO II Sequence
Dr. G. K. Joshi Assistant Professor Microbial Biotechnology, Molecular Biology
Mr. Amit Kumar Construction of Metagenomic Library from a Hot Spring
Mr. Neeraj Singh Investigation of Brain Protein profile in a Hill Stream Teleost, Barilius bendelisis (HAM)
Ms. Shikha Kushwaha Molecular Characterization of Two Snow Trouts S. richardsonii (Gray) and S. plagiostomus (Heckel) using Mitochondrial Cyt b Marker
Ms. Divya Production and Partial Characterization of Cold Active Protease from a Psychrophilic Bacterial Strain DR1
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization (Faculty who have not supervised student dissertation in 2012-13)
Dr. Prakash Nautiyal
Dr. Pramesh Lakhera
Professor Biology, Ecology and Conservation of the Golden Mahseer; Aquatic Biodiversity; Biogeography of Major Aquatic Floral & Faunal Groups in the Indian Subcontinent; Habitat, Population & Community Ecology
Dr. Deepak Singh
Dr. O. P. Gusain Professor Environment Biology, Freshwater Ecology & Conservation Biology
Dr. Manju P. Gusain Professor Freshwater Insect Ecology, Aquatic Biodiversity & Bioenergetics
Associate Professor Reproductive & Conservation Biotechnology and Medical Biotechnology Assistant Professor Fish & Fisheries, Aquatic Biodiversity (Freshwater)
Dr. PoojaSaklani
Assistant Professor Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Plant Tissue Culture
Smt. Mamta Arya
Assistant Professor Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Microbial Biotechnology
Dr. Jaspal Singh Chauhan Assistant Professor Water Treatment
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Dr. Aparna Raturi Assistant Professor Molecular Biology, Microbiology
Dr. Saurabh Yadav
Assistant Professor Plant Biotechnology, Intellectual Property Rights
Dr. Sudhir Kumar
Assistant Professor Structural Biology, Micromolecular Crystallography & Biophysics
Mr. Shiv Kumar Mina
Assistant Professor Kinetic Enzymology, Biochemistry & Biophysics
Dr. Idrashish Bhattacharya
Assistant Professor Development, Reproduction & Endocrinology
Students in Laboratory
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 14 (58%) Others 05 (21%) Academic (Teaching) 03 (13%)
24
Biotech Industry (India) 02 (08%) Total 24
27.50l
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years
18.62l
24.99l
18.75l
9.30l UGC
03
01
01
01
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
DST
USBP
DBT
DCFR (ICAR)
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 71.66 lakhs (l) No. of R&D Projects 07
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Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 112 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.365 to 12.62 Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
18
Course Title
S0LS/BT/C 001 Cell Biology, Developmental S0LS/BT/C 002 S0LS/BT/C 003 S0LS/BT/C 004 S0LS/BT/C 005 S0LS/BT/C 006
Biology & Biophysics Biological & Radiotracer Techniques Molecular Biology & Genetics Biochemistry Lab Course based on Course C 001 & C 002 Lab Course based on Course C 003 & C 004
2nd Semester Course No.
Credit
3 3 3 3 3 3
24
Course Title
S0LS/BT/C 007 Immunology S0LS/BT/C 008 Microbiology & Microbial Genetics S0LS/BT/C 009 Molecular Endocrinology
& Enzymology
S0LS/BT/C 010 Biomaths, Biostats, Computer
Programming & Applications
S0LS/BT/C 011 Lab Course based on
Course C 007 & C 008 S0LS/BT/C 012 Lab Course based on Course C 009 & C 010 S0LS/BT/SS001 Epigenetics & Cancer Biology S0LS/BT/SS002 Industrial Microbiology
Credit
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3rd Semester Course No.
Course Title
S0LS/BT/C 013 Bioinformatics, Legal Biotechnology
& Bio Business Management S0LS/BT/C 014 Recombinant DNA Technology & Genomics S0LS/BT/C 015 Lab Course based on Course C 013 & C 014 S0LS/BT/E 001a Food and Beverages Biotechnology S0LS/BT/E 001b Research Methodology: Tools & Techniques S0LS/BT/E 001c Chemical Sciences & Biomaterials S0LS/BT/E 002a Pharmaceutical Biotechnology & Drug Designing S0LS/BT/E 002b Plant Biotechnology S0LS/BT/E 002c Advanced Bioinformatics S0LS/BT/E 003 Lab Course based on Course E 001 & E 002 S0LS/BT/SS003 Bio - Entrepreneurship S0LS/BT/SS004 IPR, Patenting & Bioethics
4th Semester
S0LS/BT/C 017 S0LS/BT/C 018
S0LS/BT/E 004b S0LS/BT/E 004c S0LS/BT/E 005
Total credits/ 4 semesters 18 +24 + 36 + 27 = 105
S0LS/BT/SS005 S0LS/BT/SS006
& Bioprocess Engineering Cell & Tissue Culture Lab Course based on Course C 016 & C 017 Biomedical Technology Fish Biotechnology Immunotechnology Dissertation Enzyme Technology Molecular Virology & Infections
Course Coordinator
Prof. N. Singh
Head & Coordinator Department of Zoology & Biotechnology HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar, Garhwal-246174, Uttaranchal E-mail: hodzoobiotech@gmail.com| Phone: 01370-267322 | Mobile: 09411717339
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Credit
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
27
Course No. Course Title S0LS/BT/C 016 Environmental Biotechnology
S0LS/BT/E 004a
Courses: Core Course (C) Elective Course (E) Self study Course (SS)
36
Credit
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
North Eastern Hill University Meghalaya Program M.Sc. Biotechnology
Location Shillong, Meghalaya
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 2000-01
Mode of Selection JNU-CET & University Entrance Test
Number of Seats 23
North Eastern Hill University Campus
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3 pattern of education in Physical, Biological, Agricultural, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering/ Technology, 4-years B.Sc. (Physician Assistant Course); or Medicine (MBBS) or B.D.S. with at least 55% marks.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
Fee Structure
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
15 18
18 24
26 28
22 24
21 23
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Semester I
3,600
+
Semester iI
1,500
+
Semester iiI
1,200
+
Semester iV
1,200
=
TOTAL
7,500
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. A. Chatterjee Professor & Head Genetics / Molecular Biology
Mr. Buddha Ganguly Influence of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in XPD and Promoter Hypermethylation in P16 Gene in Esophageal cancer Associated with Raw Betel Nut Chewing in Meghalaya Mr. Monoranjan Boro Association between Oral and Esophageal Cancer Risk and XRCC1 R194W Polymorphism in Meghalaya Population Ms. Bandana Bora Anticancer effects of Potentilla fulgens Mr. Chongtham Sovachandra Singh Radiation Induced sensitivity in relation to the Endogenous Glutathione status in Human Cancer Cell Lines
Dr. S. R. Rao Professor Genetics / Molecular Biology
Ms. T. Christina Assessment of Genetic Variation in two economically important Citrus species through polymorphic DNA loci Mr. Ranjita Das Genetic Diversity analysis through DNA Polymorphism in Curcuma longa
Dr. S. R. Joshi Associate Professor Microbiology
Mr. Paia Shadap The plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB) isolated from Agricultural and Forest Soil Ms. Shibani Das Study of antioxidant property of endophytic fungi isolated from Rauwolfia serpentina Benth - An Ethnomedicinal plant of India
Dr. A. Bhattacharjee Assistant Professor Bioinformatics
Ms. Geetanjali Baruah In silico Drug designing against malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum
Dr. N. Chaurasia Assistant Professor Microbiology
Mr. Niangngaihlun Study of the combined effect of cadmium and nickel on Anabaena sp. PCC 7120
Dr. K. Aguan Professor Genetics / Molecular Biology Dr. S. Majaw Assistant Professor Biochemistry
Students working in Laboratory
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Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 20 (39%) PhD (Abroad) 03 (06%)
51
Biotech Industry (India) 10 (20%) Academic (Teaching) 03 (06%) Others 15 (29%) Total 51
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 450l
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years 73l
65l
14 Projects Biotechnology Strengthening Programme
DBT / DST /UGC/ DIT
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 450 lakhs (l)
DST
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 138 lakhs (l)
No. of R&D Projects 14 Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 67 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.257-4.41
DBT
FIST
Patents filed/granted 01 Indian Patent
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Curriculum Structure 1st Semester
18
Course No.
Course Title
BIT-C-101 BIT-C-102 BIT-C-103 BIT-C-104
3rd Semester
22
Credit
Course No.
Course Title
Cell Biology & Genetics Biomolecules Microbiology
4 4 4
BIT-C-301
Laboratory - I
6
Computer applications, Bio-informatics & Biostatistics Genetic Engineering & Plant Biotechnology Laboratory - III Research Project (3rd & 4th Semester) assessed in 4th semester Applied Molecular Genetics Laboratory Work (Molecular Genetics) Bioinformatics in Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory Work (Bioinformatics)
2nd Semester
18
Course No.
Course Title
BIT-C-201 BIT-C-202 BIT-C-203 BIT-O-204 BIT-O-205
Molecular Biology Immunology Laboratory - II Microbial Technology Laboratory Work
Credit
4 4 4 4 2
BIT-C-302 BIT-C-303 BIT-C-RP BIT-O-304 BIT-O-305 BIT-O306 BIT-O-307
Credit
4 4 2
4 2 4 2
4th Semester Any other information: We have introduced CBCS system in the university and for our department, we introduced Open Course for 6 credits in 2nd and 3rd semester courses. Students’ can opt for courses offered by the department or they can opt for papers offered by other departments in the same school.
Total credits/ 4 semesters 18 +18 + 22 + 20 = 78
Course No.
20
Course Title
Credit
BIT-C-401
Animal Cell Science & Basic Enzymology
BIT-C-402
Bioprocess Engineering & Technology 4
BIT-C-403 BIT-C-404 BIT-C--RP
Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory - IV Research Project (Continued from 3rd semester)
Students experimenting in Laboratory
Course Coordinator
Prof. A. Chatterjee Coordinator Department of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics North Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong - 793022, Meghalaya E-mail: anupamchatterjee@nehu.ac.in| Phone: 0364-2722403 | Fax: 0364-2721000, 2722000 146 | Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options
4 4 4 4
Assam Agricultural University Assam Location Jorhat, Assam
Program M. Sc. Agricultural Biotechnology
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 1988-89
Mode of Selection JNU-CET & University Entrance Exam
Number of Seats 10
Students working in the Laboratory
Eligibility B.Sc. (Agri.), B.Sc (Hort), B. Sc. (Agril. Biotechnology) from any recognized university. Graduates from general stream may also be admitted in case seat remain vacant, however, they will have to take extra 20 credit hours as bridge course.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
Studentship Rs. 4500/month
Fee Structure
22
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
02 10
04 10
05 10
06 10
10 10
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Semester I
8,240
+
Semester iI
4,935
+
Semester iiI
5,480
+
Semester iV
4,935
=
TOTAL
23,590
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization; Participating Faculty (*) & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. (Ms) S Acharjee Assistant Professor Genetic Engineering
Mr. A Loyanganba Maitei To study the molecular events involved during the interaction of Pigeon pea (Cajanas cajan with Pod borer Helicoverpa ar migera Mr. Debajit Das Chloroplast targeted expression of B. thuringiensis Cry 2Aa gene in tobacco
Dr. A. R. Baruah Assistant Professor Molecular Breeding, Genomics
Mr. Syed Wasifur Rehman Marker trait association studies for cold tolerance in boro rice of Assam
Dr. R. C. Boro Assistant Professor Biosensor, Microbial Biotechnology
Ms. Assma Parven A study on cellulases producing theromophilic bacteria isolated from hot spring of Assam
Dr. B. K. Borah Assistant Professor RNAi, Molecular Virology
Ms. Ranju Chutia Population polymorphism of Tulsi (Ocimum Spp.) in Assam
Dr. S. Dutta Deka Participating Faculty*
Mr. Deep Moni Hazarika Marker trait association studies for cold tolerance in boro rice of Assam
Ms. Manaswita Baruah Marker-trait association for drought related root traits in Ahu rice of Assam
Ms. Pompi Das Isolation and Characterization of Acid Soil bacteria
Dr M K Modi Professor & Head Bioinformatics, Molecular Biology Dr B K Sarmah Professor & Director DBT-AAU Centre Plant Gene Technology Dr.(Ms) M Barooah Associate Professor Microbial Biotechnology Dr. S Singh Associate Professor Genetic Engineering and Plant Genetic Transformation Dr. P Sen Associate Professor Molecular Markers, EST Analysis
Hardening of Banana Plantlets in Departmental Net House Facility
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
Dr. Tankeswar Nath Assistant Professor Fermentation, Biotransformation, Probiotics Dr. Prasanta K. Das Assistant Professor Molecular Stress Physiology Ms. Ratna Kalita Assistant Professor RNAi, Bioinformatics
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PhD (India) 10 (42%) Others 06 (25%)
24
Non-Biotech Industry (India) 05 (21%) Biotech Industry (India) 02 (08%) PhD (Abroad) 01 (04%) Total 24
Mr. Manab Bikash Gogoi Assistant Professor Plant Tissue Culture
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 860l
Dr. (Mrs.) P. Bhoroli
Assistant Professor Plant Molecular Biology, Transcriptomics
Dr. Aiswarya Baruah
Associate Professor Plant Stress Response, Chloroplast and Mitochondrial Retrograde Signalling, Aging
229l 125l
100l
10l
100l
100l
14
02
01
02
01
01
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
DBT
DST
UGC
ICAR
DIETY KIRK DIETY House Trust, UK
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 1524 lakhs (l) No. of R&D Projects 22 Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years 3489l
Publications by Students 1. Sen, P.; Baruah, P.; Ray, B.K. and Deka, P.C. (1999) Isozyme characterisation in Camellia spp. Ind. Jl. Hill Farming, 12(1&2):75-78. 2. Sen, P.; Baruah, P.; Ray, B.K. and Deka, P.C. (1999) Isolation of genomic DNA and variation in chloroplast protein and isozyme in 3. 4. 5. 6.
80l
FIST
DBT
Camellia spp. Green Tech., 2:42-47. Sen, P.; Kumar, A.; Ray, B.K. and Deka, P.C. (1999) Isozyme characterisation in bamboo. Geobios, 27(2-3):89-92. Sen, P.; Borah, U.; Ray, B.K. and Deka, P.C. (2000) Electrophoretic pattern of leaf protein in Camellia spp. Jl. Of Interacademicia, 4(2):234-241. Sen, P.; Borah, U.; Ray, B.K. and Deka, P.C. (2000) Isozyme characterisation in Camellia spp. Crop Res., 19(3):519-524. Boro, R.C., Goswami C., D. Thakuria, M.K. Modi & N.C. Talukdar (2004). Molecular and functional characteristics, growth promoting
effect and persistence of selected plant isolates and streptomycin resistant derivatives of rice rhizobacteria. Indian J. of Exp. Biol. 42:49-55. 7. Thakuria D, Talukdar N. C, Goswami C, Hazarika S, Boro R.C, & Khan M. R (2004). Characterization and screening of bacteria from rhizosphere of rice grown in acidic soils of Assam. Current Science, Vol. 86 No. 7, pp.974.
DST
DBT
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 3569 lakhs (l) Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 49 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.0 - 8.278
8. S. Acharjee, M. Barooah, P.C. Deka (2004). In vitro propagation of few Musa spp of North East region of India. Annals of Biolog y. pp.1-6. 9. A. Das, P. Patgiri and B. K. Sarmah. (2005) Callosobruchus chinensis L. (bruchids) cause damage to number of pulse grain during storage. Legume Research. 28 (1): 74 - 76. 10. P. Das and B. K. Sarmah. (2006). Establishment of an in vitro regeneration system suitable for Agrobacterium mediated transformation of Kabuli type Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Legume Research. 29 (3) : 163 - 168.
11. Bhuyan, N., Borah, B. K., and Sarma, R. N. (2007) Genetic diversity analysis in traditional lowland rice (Oryza sativa L.) of Assam using RAPD and ISSR markers. Current Science, 93: 967-972.
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12. Shahin Sharif Ali, Padma Yealla and B K Sarmah. (2009). Genetic transformation of Indian chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) cultivars using bar as selectable marker gene.Transgenic Plant Journal. 3 (1): 102-106. 13. Baruah AR, Sarma RN (2010) Comparative diversity analysis of indigenous upland rice (Oryza sativa L.) of Assam using morphological traits and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers. Biotechnology: An Indian Journal 4(2):1-6. 14. Phukon M., Namdev R., Deka D., Modi M. K. & Sen P. (2012)
Construction of cDNA library and preliminary analysis of expressed sequence tags from tea plant (Camellia sinensis).Gene. 506(1): 202-206. 15. Chapperkar, S., Sangethem, V., Acharjee, S. & Sarmah, B. K. (2011) Molecular analysis of transgenic chickpea generated through Agrobacterium- mediated transformation. Indian J. Gen. Plant Breed. Technology Perfected/Commercialized S. No.
Title of the Technology
Licensor
Name of Leader
1.
Insect resistance knowhow in chickpea to control pod borers
Sungroo Seeds, New Delhi
Dr B K Sarmah
2.
Insect resistance knowhow in chickpea to control pod borers
UAS, Dharwad
Dr B K Sarmah
3.
Insect resistance knowhow in chickpea to control pod borers
ICRISAT, Patencheru
Dr B K Sarmah
4.
Insect resistance knowhow in chickpea to control pod borers
IIPR, Kanpur
Dr B K Sarmah
5.
Insect resistance knowhow in chickpea to control pod borers
PAU, Ludhiana
Dr B K Sarmah
Curriculum Structure 1st Semester
18
Course No.
Course Title
Credit
ABT 501 ABT 502 ABT 554 BIO 501 STAT 511 PGS 501
Principles of Biotechnology 3 Fundamentals of Molecular Biology 3 Principles of Microbiology 3 Basic Biochemistry 4 Statistical Methods for Applied Science 4 Library Information and Services 1
2nd Semester Course No.
ABT 504 ABT 505 ABT 551 BIO 502 PGS 505 PGS 503 PGS 504 ABT 599
20
Course Title
Credit
Plant Tissue Culture & Genetic Transformation Techniques in Molecular Biology - I Principles of Genetics Intermediary Metabolism Agricultural Research, Research Ethics and Rural Development Programme Intellectual Property and its Management in Agriculture Basic Concepts in Lab. Techniques Master’s Research
3 3 3 3 1 1 1 5
3rd Semester Course No.
Course Title
ABT 512 ABT 503 ABT 555 BIO 503 ABT 591 PGS 506 ABT 599 ABT 506 ABT 556
Immunology & Molecular Diagnostics Molecular Cell Biology Introduction to Bioinformatics Enzymology Master’s Seminar Disaster Management Master’s Research Microbial/ Industrial Biotechnology Environmental Biotechnology
4th Semester Course No.
Course Title
ABT 508 PBG509 ABT 599 ABT 599 ABT 513 ABT 507 ABT 514 ABT 515
Genomics & Proteomics Biotechnology for Crop Improvement Seminar (Thesis) Master’s Research Nano-Biotechnology Molecular Breeding Molecular Genetics Plant Molecular Biology
Total credits/ 4 semesters 18 +20 + 25 + 25 = 88 Course Coordinator
Prof. Mahendra Kumar Modi Head & Coordinator Department. of Agricultural Biotechnology Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat - 785013, Assam E-mail: mkmodi@aau.ac.in, mkmodi@gmail.com| Phone: 0376-2340095; 0376-2340101
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25 Credit
3 3 3 3 1 1 5 3 3
25 Credit
2 3 1 10 3 2 2 2
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University Tamil Nadu Program M. Sc. Agricultural Biotechnology
Year of DBT support implemented 1988 - 89
Location Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Mode of Selection JNU-CET & University Entrance Exam
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Number of Seats 15
Student conducting experiment in Laboratory
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, or B. Tech in Biotechnology/ Horticulture / Bioinformatics under 10+2+4 pattern of education with at least 70% marks or equivalent OGPA of 3.00/4.00 or 7.00/10.00 from a Farm University.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
Studentship Rs. 4500/month
Fee Structure
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
09 15
12 15
13 15
12 15
07 15
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Semester I
6,617
+
Semester iI
6,617
+
Semester iiI
6,617
+
Semester iV
6,617
=
TOTAL
26,468
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization; Participating Faculty (*) & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. P. Balasubramanian Professor Plant Transformation
Mr. Ketholezo Kipu Studies on engineering BBTV through RNAi approach
Dr. R. Gnanam Professor Plant Cell Culture for secondary metabolite production
Mr. Kambale Rohit Dilip Haploid induction studies in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) through androgenesis and gynogenesis
Dr. S. Mohan Kumar Professor Insect Molecular Biology
Mr. Gaurav Raghuwanshi Molecular characterization of Tribolium castaneum populations of south India
Dr. M. Raveendran Professor Functional Genomics of abiotic stress resistance and nutritional quality in rice
Mr. Chavan Neha Shankarrao Genetic engineering for drought tolerance in rice
Dr. R. Renuka Assistant Professor Gene isolation
Mr. Datta Surwase Studies on salinity tolerance in Clerodendrum iner me
Dr. K. K. Kumar Particpating Faculty *
Ms. Dhudhate Ambika Kondiram Engineering sheath blight disease resistance in rice
Dr. E. Kokiladevi Particpating Faculty *
Mr. Hembade Vishnu Rajaram Transformation of sesame using desaturase gene
Dr. P. Sridhar Particpating Faculty *
Mr. Khambalkar Pravin Bhanudas Isolation and molecular characterization of Burkholderia spp. and studies on their plant growth promoting properties Ms. Londhe Indumati Wamanrao Genetic improvement of Rhizobium for abiotic stress tolerance
Dr. N. Manikanda Boopathi Particpating Faculty *
Mr. Nikhil Molecular studies on white fly Begomo virus interaction and their resistance mechanisms in tomato, mungbean and chilli
Dr. L. Arul Particpating Faculty *
Mr. Rajanikant Singh Transforming rice with RNAi silencing constructs of OsWRKY62 & OsWRKY76
Dr. M. Murugan Particpating Faculty *
Mr. Sonu Kumar Singh Identification of RNAi targets in sucking pests for pest management
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization (Faculty who have not supervised student dissertation in 2012-13)
Dr. R. Chandra Babu Professor & Director Rice drought resistance improvement: Phenotyping, QTL mapping and marker-assisted breeding
Dr. D. Sudhakar Professor Plant Transformation
Dr. S. Sukumar
Professor Plant Tissue and Anther Culture
Dr. V. Udayasuriyan
Professor Isolation and genetic engineering of insecticidal protein genes
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Dr. N. Bharathi
Dr. N. Kumaravadivelu
Professor Insect-Host Plant Resistance
Professor Marker assisted breeding for biotic stress resistance in rice and sorghum
Dr. J. Ramalingam
Professor Molecular breeding for biotic and abiotic stress resistance in rice and soya bean
Dr. P. Hemalatha Assistant Professor Molecular Markers
Dr. V. P. Santhanakrishnan
Dr. B. Rajagopal
Assistant Professor Organic Chemistry
Assistant Professor Gene Isolation and Genetic Transformation
Mr. S. Vellai Kumar Assistant Professor Agri. Chemistry
Ms. N. Bharathi
Dr. Sudha Assistant Professor Molecular Markers for stress resistance
Assistant Professor Bioinformatics
Dr. Rajan Babu
Dr. K. Selvaraj
Assistant Professor Disease resistance
Assistant Professor Genomics
Dr. Jeyakanthan Assistant Professor Bioinformatics
Dr. Saranya Assistant Professor Bioinformatics
Guest lecture by Dr. RM Sundaram, DRR, Hyderabad
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (Abroad) 20 (33%) Biotech Industry (India) 10 (16%)
61
Non - Biotech Industry (India) 05 (08%) Academic (Teaching) 06 (10%) PhD (India) 20 (33%) Total 61
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Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 1335l
175l
70l
50l
100l 25l
50l
25l
50l
37
07
05
03
01
09
01
02
02
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Gates Foundation
Generation Challenge Prog.
DBT
DST
UGC
IRRI
USAID
ICAR
AVRDC
Total Quantum of Funds Rec. Rs. 1900 lakhs (l) No. of R&D Projects 67 Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching & Research in Last Five years
Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 66 publications with Impact Factor Range 0.0-6.645.
100l
20l ICAR Development Grant
Agri. Biotechnology support program
DBT
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 120 lakhs (l)
Publications by Students 1. Ramalakshmi., Manikandan R., Balasubramani V., Udayasuriyan V. 2014. Cloning of a New Truncated cry1Ac Gene from an Indian Isolate of Bacillus thuringiensis. Advances in Microbiology, 4: 55-62. 2. Sureshkumar S., Tamilkumar P., Senthil N., Nagarajan P., Thangavelu A.U., Raveendran M., Vellaikumar, Ganesan S., Balagopal K.N., Vijayalakshmi R., and Shobana V. 2014. Marker assisted selection of low phytic acid trait in maize (Zea mays L.). Hereditas, 151 : 20–27.
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Patents filed/granted 03 Indian Patents
3. Hifzur Rahman, Jagadeeshselvam N., Valarmathi R., Sachin B., Sasikala R., Senthil N, D. Sudhakar D., Robin S., and Raveendran Muthurajan. 2014. Transcriptome analysis of salinity responsiveness in contrasting genotypes of finger millet (Eleusine coracana L.) through RNA‑sequencing. Plant Molecular Biology, DOI 10.1007/s11103-014-0199-4.
4. Manikandan R., Naveenkumar A, Blesst Stephy R, Balakrishnan N., Balasubramani V., Sudhakar D., and
Udayasuriyan V. 2014. Comparative toxicity of chimeric cry2AX1 Bt protein isolated from recombinant Bt and E.coli hosts against rice leaf folder. Trends in Bioscience, 7(11):1125-1130.
5. Manikandan R., Ramalakshmi A., Balasubramani V., and Udayasuriyan.V. 2014. Cloning of partial cry1Ac gene from an indigenous isolate of Bacillus thuringiensis. African Journal of Biotech., 13: 1845-1849.
6. Sureshkumar S., Paramasivam Tamilkumar, Arumugam U. Thangavelu, Natesan Senthil, Pothi Nagarajan, Sampathraja Vellaikumar,Kallipatty N.Ganesan, Ramachandran Balagopal and Muthurajan Raveendran. 2013. Marker-assisted introgression of lpa2 locus responsible for low phytic acid trait into an elite tropical maize inbred (Zea mays L.,) Plant Breeding, DOI:10.1111/PBR.12185.
7. Wanju Shi, Raveendran Muthurajan, Hifzur Rahman, Jagadeesh Selvam, Shaobing Peng, Yinbin Zou, Krishna S. and Jagadish.V 2013. Source - sink dynamics and proteomic reprogramming under elevated night temperature and their impact on rice yield and grain quality. New Phytologist, 197:825-837. 8. Jeno Paul, Gnanam R., Jayadeepa R.M and Arul. L . 2013. Anti Cancer Activity on Graviola,an Exciting Medicinal Plant Extract vs Various Cancer Cell Lines and a Detailed Computational Study on its Potent AntiCancerous Leads. Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, 13(14):1666-73.
9. Praghadeesh M, Dhananjay D, Sudhakar D, Jayamani P and Krishnaveni S. 2013. In vitro regeneration and Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation of Pigeonpea. Madras Agricultural Journal,100: 32-37. 10. Prathima PT, Raveendran M, Kumar KK, Rahul PR, Kumar VG, Viswanathan R, Sundar AR, Malathi P, Sudhakar D, Balasubramaniam P. 2013. Differential Regulation of Defense-Related Gene Expression in Response to Red Rot Pathogen Colletotrichum falcatum Infection in Sugarcane. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol., 171:488–503.
11. Suresh, R., Chandra Babu R., S. Michael Gomez and Shanmugasundaram P., 2013. Genetic analysis of yield traits in rice under irrigated and water stress environments. Indian J. Genet., 73: 162-168. 12. Sudha, M. A. Karthikeyan, P. Nagarajan, M. Raveendran, N. Senthil, M. Pandiyan, K. Angappan, J. Ramalingam, M. Bharathi, R. Rabindran, K.Veluthambi, P. Balasubramanian: 2013 Screening of mungbean (Vigna radiata) germplasm for resistance to mungbean yellow mosaic virus using agroinoculation. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, doi org/10.1080/ 07060661.2013.827134
13. Manikanda Boopathi N., Gat Swapnashri, Kavitha P., Sathish S, Nithya R., Wickneswari Ratnam, Arvind Kumar. 2013. Introgression, Evaluation and Bulked Segregant Analysis of Major Yield QTL under Water Stress into Indigenous Elite Line for Low Water Availability. Rice Science, 20(1): 25-30. 14. Supriyo Sen, Krishnasamy V., Krishnaveni S., Vijayalakshmi C., Rajamani K. and Gnanam R.,2013. Evidence of Floral Reversion during in vitro Shoot Regeneration from Young Inflorescence of the Medicinal
Geophyte Gloriosa superba L. Plant Tissue Cult. & Biotech., 23(1): 115-120.
15. Beslin Joshi, Krishnaveni J.S., Vijayalakshmi D., Sudhagar R., Raveendran M., 2013. Activities of Enzymes Involved in Synthesis and Degradation of Sucrose in Popular Sugarcane Varieties. Asian Journal of Experimental Biological Sciences, 4(2): 237-244.
16. Kar Satismruti, Natesan Senthil, Sampathrajan Vellaikumar, Rajagopalan Veera Ranjani and Muthurajan Raveendran. 2013. Plant Ionomics: A Platform for Identifying Novel Gene Regulating Plant Mineral Nutrition. American Journal of Plant Sciences, 4: 1309-1315.
17. Lenina N. , Naveenkumar K., Sozhavendan A., Balakrishnan, N., Balasubramani V. and Udayasuriyan V. 2013. Characterization of parasporin gene harboring Indian isolates of Bacillus thuringiensis. Biotech (Online Journal). DOI 10.1007/s13205-013-0190-9.
18. Shobhana V. G., Senthil N., Kalpana K., Abirami B., Sangeetha J., Saranya B., Jana Jeevan R., TamilkumarP, Nagarajan P, Velu V., Arumugachamy S., John Joel A., Vellaikumar S., and Raveendran M., 2013. Comparative studies on the iron and zinc content estimation using atomic absorption spectrometer and grain staining techniques (Prussian Blue and DTZ) in maize germplasms. Journal of Plant Nutrition, 36: 329-342. 19. Sudha M., Karthikeyan A., Nagarajan P., Raveendran M., Senthil N., Pandiyan M., Angappan K., Ramalingam J., Bharathi M., Rabindran R., Veluthambi K. and Balasubramanian P., 2013. Screening of mungbean (Vigna radiata) germplasm for resistance to Mungbean yellow mosaic virus using agroinoculation. Can. J. Plant Pathol., 35(3): 424–430.
20. Sudha M, Anusuya P., Nawkar Ganesh Mahadev, Karthikeyan A., Nagarajan P.,. Raveendran M, Senthil N., Pandiyan M., Angappan K., and Balasubramanian P., 2012. Molecular studies on mungbean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek) and ricebean (Vigna umbellata Thunb.) interspecific hybridisation for Mungbean yellow mosaic virus resistance and development of species specific SCAR marker for ricebean. Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection, 46(5): 503-517.
21. Raghu D, Senthil N., Raveendran M., Karthikayan G., Pugalendhi L., Nageswari, and C. Mohan. 2012. Molecular Studies on the Transmission of Indian Cassava K. Mosaic Virus (ICMV) and Sri Lankan Cassava Mosaic Virus (SLCMV) in Cassava by Bemisia tabaci and Cloning of ICMV and SLCMV Replicase Gene from Cassava. Molecular Biotechnology, 53: 150-158. 22. Karthikeyan A., Sudha M., Senthil N., M. Pandiyan, M. Raveendran and P. Nagrajan. 2012. Screening and identification of random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers linked to mungbean yellow mosaic virus (MYMV) resistance in mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek). Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection, 45(6):712-716.
23.Suji K. K., Silvas Jebakumar Prince K., Sumeet Mankhar P., Kanagaraj P., Poornima R., Amutha K., Kavitha S., Biji K. R., Michael Gomez S. and Chandra Babu R., 2012. Evaluation of rice (Oryza sativa L.) near iso-genic lines with root QTLs for plant production and
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root traits in rainfed target populations of environment. Field Crops Research, 137: 89-96. 24. Suji, K. K., K. R. Biji, R. Poornima, K. Silvas Jebakumar Prince, K. Amudha, S. Kavitha, Sumeet Mankar and R. Chandra Babu. 2012 Mapping QTLs
for Plant Phenology and Production Traits using indica rice (Oryza sativa L.) lines adapted to rainfed environment. Molecular Biotechnology, 52: 151-160. 25. Pradeepa, N., P. Shanmuga Priya, K. Silvas Jebakumar Prince, S. Kavitha, R. Poornima, Mankar Sumeet Prabhakar and R. Chandra Babu 2012. In silico analysis of a consensus QTL for drought resistance in rice. Online Journal of Bioinformatics, 13(1):1-13.
26. Beena, R., V. Thandapani and R. Chandra Babu. 2012. Physio-morphological and biochemical characterization of selected recombinant inbred lines of rice for drought resistance. Indian J. Plant Physiol. 17: 189-193. 27. Sivaji M, Keerthiga R, Sridar R and Veerender K. 2012. Evaluation of phosphate solubilization by Burkholderia sp. isolated from the rhizosphere of different crops. Adv. Appl. Res.,5:43-46 28. Suji, K. K., K. Silvas Jebakumar Prince, P. Sumeet Mankhar, P. Kanagaraj, R. Poornima, K. Amutha, S. Kavitha, K. R. Biji, S. Michael Gomez and R. Chandra Babu. 2012. Evaluation of rice (Oryza sativa L.) near iso-genic lines with root QTLs for plant production and root traits in rainfed target populations of environment. Field Crops Research, 137: 89-96. 29. Raghu Duraisamy, Senthil Natesan, Raveendran Muthurajan, Karthikeyan Gandhi, Pugalendhi Lakshmanan, Nageswari Karuppusamy, Mohan Chokkappan. 2012. Molecular studies on the transmission of Indian Cassava Mosaic Virus (ICMV) and Sri Lankan Cassava Mosaic Virus (SLCMV) in cassava by Bemisia tabaci and cloning of ICMV and SLCMV Replicase gene from cassava. Mol Biotechnology, DOI 10.1007/s12033-012-9503-1.
30. Santoshkumar Magadum, Urbi Banerjee, Rajasekaran Ravikesavan, Krishnasamy Thiyagu, Narayanan Manikanda Boopathi, Sankaran Rajarathinam. 2012. Association analysis of yield and fibre quality characters in interspecific population of cotton (Gossypium spp.). Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology , 15(3): 239-243. 31. Santoshkumar Magadum, Urbi Banerjee,
R. Ravikesavan, Doddabhimappa Gangapur and N. Manikanda Boopathi. 2012. Variability and heritability analysis of yield and quality traits in interspecific population of cotton (Gossypium spp.). Bioinfolet, 9 (4A): 484 – 487. 32. Kar Satismruti, Senthil N., Vellaikumar S., Veera Ranjani R., and Raveendran M., 2012. Plant
lonomics: A platform for identifying novel gene regulating plant mineral nutrition. American journal of Plant Sciences,4:1309-1315.
33. Urbi Banerjee, Santosh Kumar Magadum, N. Manikanda Boopathi and R. Ravikesavan. 2012. Genetic variability and correlation analysis for fibre quality traits in f3 population of cotton (Gossypius spp.). Bioinfolet, 9 (4B) : 687 – 689.
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34. Wanju Shi, Raveendran Muthurajan, Hifzur Rahman, Jagadeesh Selvam, Shaobing Peng, Yinbin Zou and Krishna S. V. Jagadish. 2012. Source–sink dynamics and proteomic reprogramming under elevated night temperature and their impact on rice yield and grain quality. New Phytologist. 35. Sivakumar P, Rajesh S, Gnanam R and Manickam A. 2011. Effect of in vitro culture conditions on somaclonal variation in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata Walp.) using RAPD markers. Acta Biologica Hungarica, 62 (1) :34-44
36. Raghu.D, Sakthi Ambothi Rathinasamy, N. Senthil, M. Raveendran, Jana Jeevan Ramineni, K. Nageswari, L.Pugalenthi, C. Mohan, and G. Karthikeyan. 2011. Starch Content and Cassava Mosaic Disease Genetic Diversity with Relation to Yield in South Indian Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) Germplasm. Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology, 14 (3) : 179 -189
37. Michael Gomez, S., T. Ramasubramanian and S. Mohankumar. 2011. Potential RAPD Markers for Population Studies in Tree Legumes. Pak. J. Bot., 43(4): 1879-1883
38. Arvindkumar Shivaji Salunkhe, R. Poornima, K. Silvas Jebakumar Prince, P. Kanagaraj, J. Annie Sheeba, K. Amudha, K. K. Suji, A. Senthil and R. Chandra Babu. 2011. Fine mapping QTL for drought resistance traits in rice (Oryza sativa L.) using bulk segregant analysis. Molecular Biotechnology, 49: 90-95. 39. Veerender K and Sridar R. 2011. Isolation of autotrophic sulphur oxidizing bacteria from marine environment. Adv. Appl. Res., 4:138-141. 40. Krishnasamy Thiyagu, Narayanan Manikanda Boopathi, Nagasamy Nadarajan, Ayyanar Gopikrishnan, Pandi Selvakumar, Santoshkumar Magadum and Rajasekar Ravikesavan. 2011. Sampling and exploitation of genetic variation exist in locally adapted accessions using phenotypic and molecular markers for genetic improvement of cotton. Gene Conserve, 10(40): 129-153.
41. Abida P. S., Krishnaveni S., Murugan M., Yasodha P., Velazhahan R.,. Jansi Rani P., and Krishnasamy V. 2011. Defense responses in tomato landrace and wild genotypes to early blight pathogen Alternaria solani infection and accumulation of pathogenesis-related proteins, Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection, 44(12): 1147-116.
42. Abida, P.S., Mohankumar S., and Yasodha P., 2011. Cross species microsatellite marker amplification in Solanum lycopersicum Mill. Int. J. Trop. Agr., 29(1-2):139-143.
43. Murukarthick, J., Sreedevi G.S., Senthil N., Raveendran M., Raghu D., Jana Jeevan R., A.R. Sakthi, Nageswari K., Pugalenthi L. and Mohan C., 2011. A web accessible resource for investigating cassava phenomics and genomics information. Bioinformation., 6(10): 391-392. 44. Safawo, T, Senthil N., Raveendran M., Vellaikumar S., Ganesan K.N., Nallathambi G., Saranya S., Shobhana V.G., Abirami B., and Vijaya Gowri E., 2010. Exploitation of natural variability in maize for
β – carotene content using HPLC and gene specific markers. Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding. 1(4): 548-555.
45. Sandhya Darsi, G. Divya Prakash and V. Udayasuriyan. 2010. Cloning and characterization of truncated cry1Ab gene from a new indigenous isolate of Bacillus thuringiensis. Biotechnol. Lett. 32: 1311-1315. 46. Perumalsamy, S., Bharani M., Sudha P., Nagarajan P., Arul L., Saraswathi R., Balasubramanian P. and Ramalingam J., 2010. Functional markers assisted selection for bacterial leaf blight resistance genes in rice (Oryza sativa L.).Plant Breeding,129: 400-406. 47. Banumathi G., Krishnasamy V. Maheswaran M., Samiyappan R., Govindaraj P., and Kumaravadivel N., 2010. Genetic diversity analysis of sugarcane (Saccaharum sp. ) clones using simple sequence repeat markers of sugarcane and rice. Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding, 1: (4) 517 – 526.
48. Selvakumar, P., Ravikesavan, Gopikrishnan A., Thiyagu K., Preetha S. and Manikanda Boopathi N., 2010. R. Genetic purity analysis of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) using SSR markers. Seed Science and Technology, 38(2): 358-366.
49. Sanju Kumari, Jennifer M. Sheba, Maheshwaran Marappan, Shanmugasunderam Ponnuswamy, Suresh Seetharaman, Nagarajan Pothi, Mohankumar Subbarayalu, Raveendran Muthurajan and Senthil Natesan. 2010. Screening of IR50 × Rathu Heenati F7 RILs and identification of SSR markers linked to brown plant hopper (Nilaparvata lugens Stål) resistance in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Molecular Biotechnology, Apr 16: (DOI: 10.1007/s12033-010-9279-0).
50. Sandya Darsi, Divya Prakash G. and Udayasuriyan V., 2010. Cloning and characterization of truncated cry1Ab gene from a new indigenous isolate of Bacillus thuringiensis. Biotechnol Lett., DOI: 10.1007/s10529010-0301-1.
51. Indramohan Singh, Kumaravadivel N., Gnanam R. and Vellaikumar S., 2010. RP-HPLC analysis for camptothecin content in Nothapodytes nimmoniana, an endangered medicinal plant. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research ,Vol. 4(3), pp. 255-259.
52. Sivakumar P., Gnanam R., Ramakrishnan K., and Manickam A., 2010. Somatic embryogenesis and regeneration of Vigna radiata. Biologia Plantarum, 54 (2): 245-251.
53. Gomez, S. M., Boopathi N.M., Satheesh Kumar S., Ramasubramanian T., Zhu Chengsong, Jeyaprakash P., Senthil A. and Chandra Babu R., 2010. Molecular mapping and location of QTLs for drought-resistance traits in indica rice (Oryza sativa L.) lines adapted to target environments, Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 32: 355-364.
54. Kanagaraj, P., Silvas Jebakumar Prince K., Annie Sheeba J., Biji K. R., Sheetal Babu Paul, A. Senthil and Chandra Babu R., 2010. Microsatellite markers linked to drought resistance in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Current Science. 836-839. 55. Gomez,S.M.,Boopathi N. M., Satheesh Kumar S. , Ramasubramanian T. , Zhu Chengsong, Jeyaprakash P. ,
Senthil A. and Chandra Babu R.,2010. Molecular mapping and location of QTLs for drought-resistance traits in indica rice (Oryza sativa L.) lines adapted to target environments, Acta Physiology Plantarum, 32: 355-364.
56. P. Selvakumar, R. Ravikesavan, A. Gopikrishnan, K. Thiyagu, S. Preetha and N. Manikanda Boopathi. 2010. Genetic purity analysis of cotton (Gossypium hirusutumL.) using SSR markers. Seed Science and Technology 38(2): 358-366.
57. Janifer Raj, X, Gnanam R and Pal Murugan M. 2010. Determination of genetic variation and clonal propagation of Phyllanthus marus (Euphorbiaceae), a hepatoprotective medicinal plant. In ICBRT proceedings: 534-544.
58. Devakumar, P. and Prabakaran J., 2009. Syncytial nucleus formation and development in Palmyrah (Borassus flabellifer) fruits. Indian J. Agric.Sci., 79(11): 934-938.
59. Murugan M., P. Yasodha, P.S. Abida, and G. Sharma. 2009. Genetic similarity of eggplant shoot and fruit borer, Leucinodes orbonalis, populations. DNA and Cell Biology, 28 (12): 599-603.
60. Indramohan Singh., Kumaravadivel N., Gnanam R., Arul L., and Rajamani K.,. 2009. Factors influencing callus induction in the medicinal plant Nothapodytes nimmoniana (Grah.) Mabb Int. J. Agric. Environ & Biotech., Vol.2(No.1), 001- 10: March 2009 p.79-82.
61. Srinivasan, S., Michael Gomez S., Satheesh Kumar S., Ganesh S. K.,. Biji K. R, Senthil A. and Chandra Babu R,. 2008. QTLs linked to Leaf Epicuticular Wax, Physio-Morphological and Plant Production Traits under Drought Stress in Rice (Oryza sativa L.). Plant Growth Regulation, 56:245–256.
62. Biji, K. R., Jeyaprakash, Ganesh S. K., Senthil A. and Chandra Babu R., 2008. QTLs linked to plant production P. traits in rice (Oryza sativa L.) under drought stress in target environment. ScienceAsia. 34: 265-272.
63. Rajesh S., Krishnaveni S., Sudhakar D., Raveendran M., Sivakumar P., Gnanam R. and Manickam A. 2008. Agrobacterium Mediated Transformation of indica rice (Oryza sativa L.), IR64 with Mungbean LEA Protein Gene for Water-Stress Tolerance. American Journal of Plant Physiology 3(3): 101-110.
64. Rajesh M. K., Arunachalam V., Nagarajan P., Lebrun P., Samsudeen K. and Thamban C., 2008. Genetic survey of 10 Indian coconut landraces by simple sequence repeats (SSRs). Scientia Horticulturae, 118:282-287.
65. Rajesh M. K., Nagarajan P., Jerard B. A.. 2008. Microsatellite variability of coconut accessions (Cocos nucifera L.) from Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Current Science: 94(12): 1627-1631.
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Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
MBB501 MBB502 MBB 503 BIF501 PBG503 BIC510 CRP501 STA 502 PGS503 PGS505
25
Course Title
Principles of Biotechnology Fundamentals of Molecular Biology Molecular Cell Biology Introduction to Bioinformatics Principles of Plant Breeding Plant Biochemistry Principles of Plant Physiology Statistical Methods Intellectual Property Management (Non credit) Agricultural Research Ethics and Rural Development (Non credit)
2nd Semester
Credit
Course No.
Course Title
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2
MBB504
Plant Tissue Culture and Genetic Transformation 3 Techniques in Molecular Biology 3 Genomics and Proteomics 2 Immunology and Molecular Diagnostics 3 Design of Experiments 2 Computer application in statistics 1 Library and Information Services 1 Technical Writing and Communication Skills 1 Basic concepts in Laboratory Techniques 1 Disaster Management 1
1 1
3rd Semester
11
Course No.
Course Title
Credit
MBB 599 MBB 591
Research Seminar
10 1
MBB505 MBB508 MBB512 STA503 STA 504 PGS 501 PGS 502 PGS 504 PGS 506
4th Semester
Credit
10
Course No.
Course Title
Credit
MBB 599
Research
10
Total credits/ 4 semesters 25 + 24 + 11 +10 = 70
Visit to UAS, Bangalore
Course Coordinator
Prof. R. Chandra Babu Director & Coordinator Centre for Plant Molecular Biology Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore - 641003, Tamil Nadu E-mail: directorcpmb@tnau.ac.in| Phone: 0422 - 6611262 | Fax: 0422-6611462 158 | Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options
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G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology Uttarakhand Program M. Sc. Agricultural Biotechnology
Location Pantnagar, Uttarakhand
M.V.Sc. in Animal Biotechnology
Year of DBT support implemented 1988-89
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Number of Seats 25 (20 M.Sc. + 5 M.V.Sc.)
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Student using HPLC in Proteomics Facility
Eligibility Agriculture, Veterinary Sciences, Horticulture or Forestry. Students from Bachelor of Science (B.Sc. in ZBC/PCM and B.Sc.(Biotechnology) are also eligible.
Studentship Rs. 4500/month for M.Sc. Ag. Students & Rs. 8000/month for M.VSc. Students
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
22
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
13 20
14 20
10 20
14 25
12 25
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
Fee Structure
Semester I
9,718
+
Semester iI
9,668
+
Semester iiI
8,790
+
Semester iV
8,790
=
TOTAL
36,966
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. Anil Kumar Professor & Head Molecular Cell Biology, Immunology, Cell Signaling, Hybridoma Technology, Immunodiagnostics
Mr. Chinchole Mahadev Balasaheb Isolation and Characterization of CIPK24 gene from finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.)) in relation to grain calcium accumulation
Dr. Sandeep Arora Associate Professor Plant Stress Biology
Mr. Jebi Sudan Molecular cloning and stress induced expression profiling of monodehydroascorbate reductase gene in Eleusine coracana
Dr. Sundip Kumar Associate Professor Molecular Cytogenetics & Molecular Marker
Mr. Shouvik Das Identification and physical localisation of useful genes of strategy I in wheat genome (Triticum aestivum cv. Chinese spring)
Dr. Gohar Taj Assistant Professor Plant Molecular Biology, Plant Transgenic Technology
Ms. Aishu Singh Study of Jasmonic acid mediated MAPK signaling cascade triggering the induction of transcription factors in response to alternaria blight in Brassica juncea
Dr. B. R. Singh Assistant Professor Plant Tissue Culture & Stress Physiology
Mr. Santosh Madanrao Penak Standardization of an efficient and reproducible agrobacterium-mediated transformation protocol for finger miller (Eleusine coracana (L.))
Dr. Sonu Ambwami Assistant Professor Molecular Biology & Biotechnology
Ms. Divya Bakshi Antiproliferative and free radical scavenging activity of Chenopodium album and Melia azadirachta on Hela cell line system Ms. Salma Osman Evaluation of immunomodulatory effects of Lawsonia inermis & Albizia lebbeck employing in vitro avian lymphocytes culture system
Dr. Pushpa Lohani Assistant Professor Transcriptional Regulation of Abiotic Stress Tolerance
Ms. Sarita Kumari Investigating role of ABA dependent MYB expression under drought stress in relation to Eleusine coracana
Dr. Dinesh Pandey Assistant Professor Plant Molecular Biology, Signal Transduction, Plant Pathogen Interaction
Ms. Monika Bisht Induced expression of MAPK 3 and NPR 1 gene during pathogenesis of Alternaria blight in Arabidopsis thaliana in response to salicylic acid pre-conditioning
Dr. A. K. Gaur Professor Plant Tissue Culture, Plant Biochemistry & Biotechnology
Research scholars working inside the Transgenic Glass House
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Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (Abroad) 03 (02%) Biotech Industry (India) 05 (07%) Non-Biotech Industry (India) 15 (19%) PhD (India) 29 (37%)
78
Academic (Teaching) 08 (10%) Others 18 (23%) Total 78
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 803.94l
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years 975.82l
113.58l 10l
10l
05
01
02
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
DBT
UGC
UCOST Sugar Dev. Fund
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 937.52 lakhs (l) No. of R&D Projects 09 Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 139 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.5 - 5.311
DBT
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 975.82 lakhs (l) Patents filed/granted 03 Indian Patents
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Publications by Students 1. N.M.C. Nayankantha, B R Singh and Anil Kumar (2009). Improved culture medium for micropropagation of Aloe Vera L. Tropical Agricultural Research and extension 13(4) 87-93. 2. NMC Nayankantha, B R Singh and Anil Kumar (2009). Assessment of genetic diversity in Aloe germplasm accessions from India using RAPD and morphological markers. Cey. J. Sci. (Bio. Sci.) 39 (1):1-9. 3. Saxena S. K., Chandra R, Kumar R and Kumar D. (2009). Comparison of structural polypeptides of two field isolates of IBH virus. Vet.World. 2(8), 301-303. 4. Manoj Singh, Deepti Bhogal, Anshita Goel and Anil Kumar (2010). Cloning, in silico characterization and interaction of cysteine protease and cystatin for establishing their role in early blight disease in tomato. J. Plant Biochem. Biotechnol. 20(1): 110-117 DOI 10.1007/s13562-011-0035-8.
5. Kumar A and V. Umapathi (2010). Sequence analysis of a part of hyper variable region of VP2 gene of chicken embryo fibroblast adapted infectious Bursal disease virus isolates of Uttarakhand. Biotechnol. Bioinfor matics, Bioengineering . 1(1): 109-118. 6. Deepesh Bhatt, Manisha Negi, Priyadarshini, Saurabh C Saxena, Anoop K Dobriyal and Sandeep Arora (2011). Response to drought induced oxidative stress in five finger millet varieties differing in their geographical distribution. Physiolog y & Molecular Biolog y of Plant. 17(4), 347-353. 7. Preety Panwar, R. K. Saini, Netrapal Sharma, Dinesh Yadav and Anil Kumar (2010). Efficiency of RAPD, SSR and Cytochrome P450 gene based markers in accessing genetic variability amongst finger millet (Eleusine coracana) accessions. Mol Bio Rep. 37: 4075-
11. Sandeep Arora, Priyadarshni Sharma, Sumit Kumar, Rajeev Nayan, P K Khanna and MGH Zaidi (2011). Gold-nano particle induced enhancement in growth and seed yield of Brassica juncea. Plant growth regulation. 66 (3) 303-310.
12. Pant M T, Ambwani and V Umapthi (2011). Antiviral activity of Ashwagandha extract on infectious Bursal disease virus replication. Indian Journal of Science and Technolog y 5(5): 2750-2751. 13. Priyadarshini Sharma, Deepesh Bhatt, MGH Zaidi, PP Saradhi, PK Khanna and Sandeep Arora (2012) Silver nanoparticle mediated enhancement in growth and antioxidant status of Brassica juncea. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnolog y. 167:2225–2233. 14. K . K. Marmath, Priyanka Giri, GoharTaj, Dinesh Pandey and Anil Kumar (2012). Effect of zeatin on the infection process and expression of MAPK-4 during pathogenesis of alternate brassicae in non-host and host brassica plants. African journal of Biotechnolog y. 12(7): 2164-2174.
15. K.K. Marmath, Priyanka Giri, S. Sharma, Gohar Taj and Anil Kumar (2013). In-silico interaction studies of Alternaria brassicae toxin destruxin B and potential partners of MAPK4 cascade. International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Biotechnolog y. 6(2): 187-193.
16. Nirgude M, Kalyan Babu B, Shambhavi Y, Singh UM, Upadhayay HD and Anil Kumar (2013). Development and Molecular characterization of genic mol markers for grain protein and calcium content in finger millet (Eleusine coracana L Gaertn). Molecular Biolog y Reports DOI 10:1007/5/1033-013-2982-8.
4082 DOI 10.1007/s11033-010-0067-5.
8. Preeti Panwar, Anand Kumar Jha, Arun K Gupta, J Kumar and Anil Kumar (2011). Functional markers based molecular characterization and cloning of resistance genes analogs encoding NBS-LRR disease resistance proteins in finger millet (Eleusine coracana) Mol Bio Rep. 38(5):3427-3436 DOI 10.1007/s11033-0100452-0.
9. Sharma S K, Mehra P, Kumari J, Kumar S, Kumaria S, Tondon P.&Rao, S R. (2011). Physical Localization and probable transcriptional activity of 18S-5.8S-26S rDNA gene loci in some Asiatic Cymbidiums (Orchidaceae) from North-East India. Gene, DOI: S0378 – 1119 (12) 00305-8.
10. P. Kannan, Dinesh Pandey, Atul K. Gupta, Gohar Taj H. Punetha and Anil Kumar (2011). Expression analysis of MAP Kinase 9 and MAP Kinase 6 During Pathogenesis of Alternaria Blight in Arabidopsis thaliana. Mol Biol Rep. DOI 10.1007/s11033-011-1232-1. Technology Perfected/Commercialized S. No.
Title of the Technology
Licensor
Name of Leader
1.
Micropropagation Technology protocol
Dhampur Sugar Mill, Dhampur
Dr. G.K. Garg
2.
Immunodiagnostics for Karnal bunt of wheat
To be given to seeds companies
Dr. Anil Kumar
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Curriculum Structure 1st Semester
14
3rd Semester
22
Credit
Course No.
Course Title
Credit
3
BMB-610
Principles in Genetic Engineering
3
Course No.
Course Title
BBC-501
General Biochemistry
BBM-500
General Microbiology
3
BMB-615
Techniques in Genetic Engineering
3
BMB-520
Fundamental of Molecular Biology
3
BMB-575
Biosafety, IPR and Bioethics
1
BMB-535
Techniques in Cell Biology
2
BMB-560
Immunology & Molecular Diagnostics
2
BBC-510
Biochemical Techniques
3
BMB-625
Plant Tissue Culture & Genetic Transformation
3
15
BMB-635
Animal Cell Culture: Principles &Applications
3
BMB-640
Nanobiotechnology
2
2 Semester nd
Course No.
Course Title
Credit
BMB-510
Principles of Biotechnology
2
BMB-530
Molecular Cell Biology
3
BMB-540
Molecular Genetics & Breeding
3
BMB-545
Techniques in Molecular Biology
2
BMB-550
Concepts in Genomics & Proteomics
2
BMB-570
Introduction to Bioinformatics
3
BMB-630
Animal Biotechnology
2
BMB-650
Crop Biotechnology
2
BMB-600
Master’s Seminar
1
4th Semester Course No.
Course Title
BMB-690
Master’s Thesis Research
20 Credit
20
Total credits/ 4 semesters 14 +15 + 22 + 20 =71
Biotechnology research group
Course Coordinator Prof. Anil Kumar Head & Coordinator Department of Molecular Biology & Genetic Engineering College of Basic Science & Humanities, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar - 263 145, Uttarakhand | E-mail: ak_gupta2k@rediffmail.comin | Phone: 05944- 23389 Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options | 163
CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishwavidyalaya Himachal Pradesh Program M. Sc. Agricultural Biotechnology
Location Palampur, Himachal Pradesh
Year of DBT support implemented 1998
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Number of Seats 15
Tissue Culture Laboratory visit by Vice Chancellor and Dean
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3/4/5 pattern of education with at least 55% marks or its equivalent grade point average from any recognized University.
Studentship Rs. 4500/month
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years 2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
06 10
06 10
04 10
04 10
08 15
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Fee Structure
Semester I
25,386
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+
Semester iI
14,305
+
Semester iiI
16,591
+
Semester iV
14,005
=
TOTAL
70,287
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. T.R. Sharma Professor Genomics and Biodiversity Management
Ms. Priyanka Mohan Koul Analysis of Genetic diversity and population structure in Lens using SSR markers
Dr Satish Paul Principal Scientist MAS and Crop Improvement
Dr. K.D. Sharma
Professor Transcriptomics and Transgenic technology
Dr. R.K. Kapila Associate Professor Genetics and MAS, Tissue culture
Dr. R. Rathour Senior Scientist Genetic Mapping of Disease Resistance Genes
Students experimenting in Laboratory
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 05 (28%)
18
Others 06 (33%) PhD (Abroad) 05 (28%) Academic (Teaching) 02 (11%) Total 18
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Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years
260l
102l 135l 93l 45l
30l 30l 02
08
02
03
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
DBT
DST
ICAR
UGC
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 518 lakhs (l)
DBT
DST
DST
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 177 lakhs (l)
No. of R&D Projects 15 Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 28 Publications
Students experimenting in laboratory
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Publications by Students 09 International Publications & 01 National Publication
Curriculum Structure 1st Semester
18
Course No.
Course Title
Biotech 551 Biotech 552 Biotech 553 Biotech 554 Biotech 571 Biochem 501 Lib 501
Cell & Developmental Biology Plant Biology Molecular Biology Lab on Molecular & Plant Biology Immunology & Molecular Diagnostics Basic Biochemistry (Elective*) Library and Information Services (Supporting) e-Course on Disaster Management (Supporting)
PGS 505
Credit
3 2 2 2 3 4 1
2nd Semester Course No.
Course Title
Biotech 561
Tissue Culture and Transgenic Technologies Biotech 562 Genetic Engineering Biotech 563 Lab on Genetic Engineering Biochem 551 Techniques in Biochemistry (Elective) Stat 511 Statistical Methods for Applied Sciences (Supporting) Comp 501 Computer Fundamental and Programming (Supporting)
Course No.
08
Course Title
Biotech 572 Bioinformatics & Bio computation Biotech 573 Molecular Breeding Biotech 574 Lab on Tissue Culture & Transgenic Technologies Biotech 591 Master’s Seminar
Credit
2 2 2 4 4 3
1
4th Semester 3rd Semester
17
Credit
3 2 2 1
Course No.
Course Title
Biotech 599 Masters Research
20 Credit
20
* Apart from Biochemistry, the elective can be chosen by the students in consultation with the Advisory Committee based on research problem.
Total credits/ 4 semesters 18 +17 + 08 + 20 = 63
Interaction of Students and Faculty with Hon’ble Vice Chancellor
Course Coordinator
Prof. T R. Sharma Coordinator MSc Agricultural Biotechnology C.S.K.H.P. Agriculture University, Palampur - 176062, Himachal Pradesh E-mail: sharmat88@yahoo.com| Phone: 01894-230314 | Mobile: 09418057601 Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options | 167
Indira Gandhi Krishi Viswavidyalaya Chattisgarh Program M. Sc. Agricultural Biotechnology
Location Raipur, Chattisgarh
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 2000-01
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Number of Seats 13
Green House at IGKV
Eligibility Agriculture, Biotechnology (Agriculture), Horticulture or Forestry with Bachelor’s Degree under 10+2+4 pattern with at least 60% marks or equivalent CGPA.
Studentship Rs. 4500/month
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years 2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
01 10
05 10
08 13
06 13
11 13
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Fee Structure (Total Rs. 24354/- without hostel and Rs. 27,904 with hostel for students)
Semester I
6,915 8,365
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Semester iI +
5,683 6,383
Semester iiI +
6,073 6,773
Semester iv +
5,683 6,383
TOTAL
=
24,354 27,904
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization; Participating Faculty (*) & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. Girish Chandel Professor Transgenics and Nutritional Genomics
Mr. Patil Arun Hanumantrao DNA fingerprinting and association mapping for grain protein content in rice (Oryza sativa L) Ms. Aarti Borkar DNA fingerprinting of brown plant hopper resistance in rice (Oryza sativa L) land races of Chhattisgarh
Dr. (Smt.) Zenu Jha Assistant Professor Bio-prospecting secondary metabolite &Tissue culture
Mr. Rajkumar Bhishmacharya Shinde Optimization of cultural media for higher biomass production in adventitious root culture of Andrographis paniculata Ms. Nile Smita Damodar Impact of elicitor on production of andrographolide in the adventitious root culture of Andrographis paniculata
Dr. A.S. Kotasthane Participating Faculty *
Mr. Vaibhav Tatyrao Lipne Development of high resolution molecular marker map in-silico for xa5 gene and its introgression in IR64 by marker assisted breeding Ms. Sonam Sureshrao Kale Association mapping for root trait using elite rice (Oryza sativa L) lines Ms. Tanvi Pradeeprao Kadu Development of high resolution molecular marker map in-silico for xa13 gene and its introgression in poornima by marker assisted breeding Ms. Shilpa Dnyanobarao Gadambe Morphological and molecular characterization of biocontrol isolates of Trichoderma aureoviride
Dr. S.B. Verulkar Professor & Head Molecular Marker applications /Breeding for drought tolerance & yield Dr. Shubha Banerjee Assistant Professor Molecular Markers and Genomics for Phosphorus deficiency tolerance Dr. Archana S. Prasad Assistant Professor Genomic approaches for drought tolerance Dr. Kanchan S. Bhan Assistant Professor Transformation, Sequencing
Growth Chamber
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Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 01 (04%) Fellowship (India) 02 (08%) Biotech Industry (India) 05 (21%) Others 10 (42%)
24
Entrepreneurship 01 (04%) Academic (Teaching) 05 (21%) Total 24
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 400l 350l
200l
100l
100l
75l
100l 5l
5l
5l
04
01
02
02
01
02
04
04
04
04
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
DBT
DIT
ICAR
NAIP
The Rockefeller Foundation
IRRI
RKVY
State Funds CGCOST from DRS, IGAU
Chhattisgarh Council of Science & Technology
Total Quantum of Funds Rec. Rs. 1340 lakhs (l) No. of R&D Projects 28 Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching & Research in Last Five years 250l
RKVY
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 250 lakhs (l)
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Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 59 Publications with Impact Factor Range 2.0-9.66.
Publications by Students 07 National and 06 International Publications
Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
25
Course Title
Principles of Biotechnology Fundamentals of Molecular Biology Techniques in Molecular Biology I Genomics & Proteomics Principles of Genetics Principles of Microbiology Introduction to Bioinformatics Environmental Biotechnology
3rd Semester Course No.
Credit
2nd Semester Course No.
Molecular Cell Biology Biostatistics and Computers Plant Tissue Culture & Genetic Transformation Microbial/Industrial Biotechnology Molecular Breeding Techniques in Molecular Biology II Nano-Biotechnology General Biochemistry Master’s Seminar
3 3 3 2 4 4 3 3
10
Course Title
Thesis Work
Total credits/ 4 semesters 25 +24 + 10 + 10 = 69
Credit
10
Course Title
4th Semester Course No.
24 Credit
3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 1
10
Course Title
Credit
Thesis Work
10
Group Photo of Students of Biotechnology
Course Coordinator
Prof. S.B. Verulkar Head & Coordinator Department of Plant Molecular Biology & Biotechnology Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur- 492006, Chhattisgarh E-mail: satishverulkar@gmail.com| Phone: 0771 - 2442 069 | Fax: 2442131
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Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Agricultural University Maharashtra Program M. Sc. Agricultural Biotechnology
Location Latur, Maharshtra
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 2000
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Number of Seats 12
Green House
Eligibility Agriculture, Horticulture or Forestry. Bachelor’s degree under10+2+3/4/5 pattern of education with at least 55% marks or its equivalent grade point average from any recognized University.
Studentship Rs. 4,500/month
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years 2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
06 12
09 12
07 12
08 12
06 12
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Fee Structure
Semester I
7,056
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+
Semester iI
3,800
+
Semester iiI
5,806
+
Semester iV
3,900
=
TOTAL
20,562
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Prof. H. B. Patil Associate Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mr. Bodade Shrikant Raghunath Identification and Differentiation of Strain of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. Punicae at Molecular level
Prof. A. A. Bharose Associate Professor Plant Biotechnology
Mr. Chaukaskar Sagar Vasantrao F2 Screening of sesamum cross by using molecular markers Mr. Mote Sunil Prakash Confirmation of Groundnut F1 hybrids by using molecular markers
Prof. K. M. Sharma Associate Professor Post Harvest and Food Biotechnology
Mr. Waghmode Ajinath Ankush Molecular characterization of soyabean (Glycine max (L.) merr germplasm
Dr. R. L. Chavan Associate Professor Plant Biotechnology
Mr. Ganlewar Sachin Hanmant Assessment of Genetic relationship among Fusarium spp derived from Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L) Millsp)
Prof. R. N. Dhawale Associate Professor Animal Biotechnology
Mr. Patil Akshay Mansing Characterization of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) genotype for Downy Mildew (Plasmapara halstedii) using molecular and biochemical markers Mr. Sonttake Mahesh Narayan Characterization of Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) genotypes through morphological, Biochemical and molecular (RAPD) markers
Dr. K. R. Kamble Associate Dean & Principal Genetics and Plant Breeding Dr. S. S. Shende Associate Professor Plant Biotechnology Prof. V. D. Surve Associate Professor Post Harvest and Food Biotechnology Prof. B. N. Aglave Associate Professor Crop Science Dr. A. M. Dethe Associate Professor Genetics and Plant Breeding
Crop Biofortification Laboratory
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 01 (11%)
Prof. Waidikar P. W. Associate Professor Genetics and Plant Breeding
Academic (Teaching) 02 (22%)
09
PhD (Abroad) 04 (45%) Entrpreneurship 01 (11%) Biotech Industry (India) 01 (11%) Total 09
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Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years
185l 100l
DBT
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 100 lakhs (l) DBT
Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 8 Publications with Impact Factor Range 1-3.75
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 185 lakhs (l)
04
No. of R&D Projects 04
Projects
Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
25
Course Title
Credit
Principles of Biotechnology Fundamentals of Molecular Biology Molecular Cell Biology Statistical Methods for Applied Sciences Microbial Biotechnology Library and Information services Basic Concepts in Laboratory Techniques
3rd Semester Course No.
Course No.
17
Course Title
Plant Tissue Culture and Genetic Transformation Techniques in Molecular Biology - I Genomics and Proteomics Breeding for Biotic & Abiotic Stress Resistance Hormonal Regulation of Plant Growth & Development Technical Writing and Communication Skills Intellectual Property and its Management in Agriculture (e-course)
Credit
3 3 2
Credit
Introduction to Bioinformatics 3 Basic Biochemistry 3 Agricultural Research, Research Ethics & Rural Development Prog. (e-course) 1 Disaster Management (e-course) 1 Master’s Research 7
4th Semester Course No.
2nd Semester
Course Title
3 3 3 3 3 1 1
18
10
Course Title
Seminar Master’s Seminar
Credit
Total credits/ 4 semesters 21 +21 + 18 + 7 = 67
3 3 1 1
Course Coordinator Dr. Achyut A. Bharose Associate Professor College of Agril. Biotechnology Department of Plant Biotechnology Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Agricultural University, Latur- 4135412, Maharashtra Phone: 02382 - 251366 | Mobile: 07588546267 | Fax: 02382 - 251366 174 | Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options
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Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology Odisha Program M. Sc. in Agricultural Biotechnology
Location Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 2002-03
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Number of Seats 10
Tissue Culture Workshop
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3/4/5 pattern of education with at least 55% marks or its equivalent grade point average from any recognized university.
Studentship Rs. 4500/month
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years 2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
01 10
05 10
10 10
10 10
06 10
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Fee Structure
Semester I
18,386
+
Semester iI
4,500
+
Semester iiI
5,110
+
Semester iV
6,000
=
TOTAL
33,996
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Prof. G. R. Rout Professor & Head D.Sc in Botany
Sri Kirath Singh In vitro plant regeneration of comparative studies of secondary metabolites from transformed and non-transformed plant Piper species
Dr. A. B. Das Associate Professor D.Sc in Botany
Ms. Rinny Swain Molecular phylogeny of Silicon transporter gene (Lsi2) in indica rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Dr. I. C. Mohanty Assistant Professor Ph.D Plant Breeding & Genetics
Sri Nihar Ranjan Mohapatra Molecular characterrization and identification of a trait specific marker for fruit and shoot borer tolerance in Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) Ms. Pallavi Jogi In vitro regeneration and genetic transformation with DREB 1 A and ZF 1 for enhancing drought tolerance in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
Dr. K. C. Samal Assistant Professor Ph.D in Biotechnology
Dri Munde Navnath A Studies in Allele nmining in rice (Oryza sativa L. ) for ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporter gene family for aluminium tolerance Mr. Kharade Sachin S Studies on in vitro plant regeneration, DNA and chemoprofiling of some important Curcuma species
Group photo of Students with Faculty
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 07 (28%) Biotech Industry (India) 01 (04%) Non-Biotech Industry (India) 01 (04%)
25
Fellowship (India) 06 (24%) Others 05 (20%) Academic (Teaching) 04 (16%) Entrepreneurship 01 (04%) Total 25
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Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 50l
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years 13l 8l
40l 33l 22l 13l
DBT
02
02
01
01
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
DOA
DST
ICAR
UGC
DRDO
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 158 lakhs (l) No. of R&D Projects 07
DBT
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 21 lakhs (l) Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 71 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.5 - 7.2 Total 10 book chapters & 8 laboratory manuals “Molecular stress Physiology of Plants” published by Springer
Patents filed/granted 01 Indian Patent 01 International Patent Publications by Students 1. Mihir Rabha and G.R.Rout (2011) An Alternative pathway for plant regeneration via somatic embryogen esis of upland rice (Oryza sativa Cvs. Khandagiri and Vanaprava). Journal of Cell and Tissue Research Vol. 11(2) 2809-2814.
2. I.C.Mohanty., V.K.Soni, Sahoo, G. and Senapati, A.K.(2011). HPTLC Fingerprinting and study of antimicrobial property of an Indian medicinal plant Ayapan (Ayapana triplinervis). J. Research. 29 (1&2) 76-83. 3. I.C.Mohanty, Sahoo,C.K., Mahapatra, D., and Sinha, S.K. (2011). In vitro evaluation of cellular physiotypes associated with yield and adaptation in Potato (Solanum tuberosum). J. Research.Spl.Issue.1(1): 179-187. 4. P.S.Gangasagar, Rath, S.N. and Mohanty, I.C. (2012). In silico design of primer for in vitro cloning of DREB1A: A regulatory gene associated with abiotic stress. Biotechnology, Bioinformatics and Bioengineering; 2(1): 603-609.
5. Kusum Rana and Mohanty, I.C. (2012). In vitro regeneration and genetic transformation in groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L. cv. Smruti) for abiotic stress tolerance mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Journal of Today’s Biological Sciences : Research & Review (JTBSRR). 1(1):62-85. 6. S.S.Kshirsagar, K.C.Samal and G.R.Rout (2012) Genetic diversity associated with agronomic traits using SSR markers in Indica rice landraces.
Journal of Plant Science Research, 28 (1):27-36. 7. S. S. Kshirsagar, M. Rabha, K.C.Samal, D. N. Bastia and G.R. Rout (2013) Identification of Variety Diagnostic Molecular Marker of High Yielding Rice Varieties. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, Sect. B Biol. Sci. 84 (2):389-396.
8. D.B.Sagare and Mohanty,I.C. (2012). Development of Moisture Stress Tolerant Brinjal cv. Utkal Anushree (Solanum melongena L.) using Agrobacterium Mediated Gene Transformation. Journal of Agricultural Science; 4(8):141-148. 9. Netravati Meti, Samal, K.C., D. Bastia and Rout, G.R (2013) Genetic Diversity Analysis in Aromatic Rice Genotypes using Microsatellite based SSR marker, African Journal of Biotechnology, 12 (27):4238-4250
10. Dipti Gawai, G. Das and G. R. Rout (2013) Phytochemical screening and comparative analysis of antimicrobial activity of root and leaf extracts of Tinospora coridifolia, Phyllanthus niruri and Abrus precatorious, important medicinal plants. Journal of Medicinal Plant Research, 7 (29):2208-2213 11. Thorat Shital Bansi and Gyana Ranjan Rout (2013) Plant regeneration protocol of Andrographis paniculata (Burm. f.) - an important medicinal plant. African Journal of Biotechnolog y, Vo. 12 (39):5738-5742. 12. I.C.Mohanty, P.S.Gangasagar and S.N.Rath (2013) Amplification and molecular characterization of DREB
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1A transcription factor fragment from finger millet (Eleusine coracana L. Gaertn.). Journal of Agril. Sci. , 5 (8):37-49.
13. Sushil P. Shirat and G.R.Rout (2013) An efficient protocol on plant regeneration of upland indica rice (O. sativa var. Ghanteshwari & Siddhanta). Agric. Sci. Digest , 33 (3): 211-214. 14. Pradip M. Adlinge, Kailash Chandra Samal, R. V. Kumara Swamy & Gyana Ranjan Rout (2014) Rapid in Vitro Plant Regeneration of Black Gram (Vigna mungo L. Hepper) Var. Sarala, an Important Legume Crop. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, Sect. B Biol. Sci. (2014) 84:823-827. (DOI 10.1007/s40011-
rice using molecular markers. BMR Biotechnolog y , 1 (2): 1-14.
16. K.R.Jadhao, K.C.Samal, S.K.Pradhan, G.R.Rout (2014) Studies on Molecular Characterization of DREB Gene in Indica Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Hereditary Genetics, 3: 133. DOI:10.4172/2161-1041.1000133. 17. I.C.Mohanty, Vishnu K. Soni and G. R. Sahu (2014) Development of phytochemical fingerprint of an Indian medicinal plant Chitrak (Plumbago zeylanica L) using high performance thin layer chromatography (HPTLC). Journal of Medicinal Plant Research, 8(18):669-685.
013-0281-8).
15. K.C.Samal. Netravati Meti, D.N.Bastia & G.R.Rout (2014) Genetic diversity analysis of traditional aromatic
Technology Perfected/Commercialized S. No. 1.
Title of the Technology
Licensor
Name of Leader
Commercialization of in vitro propagation of Ginger & Turmeric
OUAT
Dr. K.C.Samal
Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
16
Course Title
Course No.
Course Title
14 Credit
Principles of Biotechnology
3
Introduction to Bioinformatics
3
Fundamentals of Molecular Biology
3
Principles of Plant Breedings
3
Techniques in Molecular Biology
3
Master’s Research
8
General Biochemistry
3
Principles of Microbiology
3
Physiological & Molecular responses of Plants to Abiotic Stress
1
2nd Semester Course No.
Credit
3rd Semester
15
Course Title
4th Semester Course No.
15
Course Title
Credit
Molecular Breeding
2
Master’s research
12
Master’s Seminar
1
Credit
Immunology & Molecular Diagnostics
3
Molecular Cell Biology
3
Plant Tissue Culture & Genetic Transformation
3
Biostatistics and Computers
3
Hormonal Regulation of Plant Growth & Development
3
Total credits/ 4 semesters 16 + 15 + 14 + 15 = 60 In addition, students are mandatory to take non-credit courses (PGS - 501, 502, 503 & 504) PGS 501: Library and Information Services, PGS 502: Technical Writing & Communication Skills PGS 503: Intellectual Property & its Management in Agriculture PGS 504: Basic Concepts in Laboratory Techniques
Course Coordinator
Prof G. R. Rout Head & Coordinator Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, College of Agriculture Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT), Siripur, Bhubaneswar - 751003, Odisha E-mail : headabt_bbrs@rediffmail.com | Phone: 0674–2397755 | Fax: 0674-2397755
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University of Agricultural Sciences Karnataka Program M. Sc. Agricultural Biotechnology
Location Dharwad, Karnataka
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Year of DBT support implemented 2004 - 05
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Number of Seats 10
Studentship Rs. 4500/month
Glasshouse for Transgenic Experiments
Eligibility Bachelors degree in Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, B. Sc. (Agril. Biotechnology) /B.Tech. (Biotechnology)/B.Sc. (Ag. Biotech.)/B.Sc. (Agri) in Biotechnology from recognized Agricultural/ Horticultural/ Forestry universities. Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3/4/5 pattern of education with at least 55% marks or its equivalent grade point average from any recognized university.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years 2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
09 16
10 13
11 13
07 10
06 10
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Fee Structure
SC/ST G
Semester I
6,850 20,000
Semester iI +
1,900 7,000
Semester iv
Semester iiI +
3,920 16,000
+
1,900 7,000
TOTAL
=
13,940 50,000
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization; Participating Faculty (*) & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. Sumangala Bhat Associate Professor Gene Cloning and Plant Transformation for disease resistance
Mr. Ritesh A. Thakore Evaluation of transgenic tomato for fungal disease resistance
Dr. Ramesh Bhat Associate Professor Molecular Breeding for foliar disease resistance in groundnut
Mr. Sukruth M. Validation of foliar disease resistance linked markers using advanced backcross lines and diverse recombinant inbred lines in groundnut
Plant and fungal Lectins for biotic stress management
Mr. Manish kumar Molecular diversity studies in green gram genotypes differing for powdery mildew resistance
Mr. Mahesh V. Kamble Role of transposons in induced mutations for agronomic traits and foliar disease resistance in groundnut
Sorghum Functional genomics using Ac/Ds Mutagenesis Dr. Prashanthi S. K. Associate Professor Host-pathogen interaction and marker assisted breeding
Ms. Shradda K. Dahale Molecular Characterization of mineral phosphate solubilization in rhizobia Mr. Kishore D. Ingole Gene mining and expression analysis of blast resistance gene(pi-2) in rice Ms. Divyabharati B. S. Pyramiding of blast resistance genes in rice variety BPT 5204
Dr. Narayan Moger Associate Professor Molecular Diagnostics, Immuno-Diagnostics (Phage-display)
Ms. Shilpa B.S. Development of SCFV monoclonal antibiotics against BBTV coat protein
Dr. H. M. Vamadevaiah Participating Faculty *
Mr. Richard Lalropui Development of PTGS construct for the silencing of 9 desaturase gene in cotton
Dr. B. Fakrudin Participating Faculty *
Mr. Bhabesh Borphukan Plasticity for charcoal rot resistance and expression analysis of selected pathogen resistance(PR) genes in rabi sorghum mini-core
Ms. Rakshita Bhatt Metageomic analysis of herbicide degraded soil
Ms. Chaithra H. V. Functional analysis of selected micro RNA’s response to aboitic stresses in Arabidopsis thaliana Dr. P. U. Krishnaraj Participating Faculty *
Ms. Noelin C. Thomas Metagenome analysis of curds Mr. Kabrambam Dasanta Singh Molecular staudies of anti- phytopathogenic trait of Actinomycetes
Dr. Suma Mogali Participating Faculty *
Mr. Prasanna N. S. Molecular Characterization for yield and yield attributed in germplasm collection of linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.)
Dr. S. A. Desai Participating Faculty *
Ms. Savitha B.S. Molecular breeding for leaf rust resistance in wheat
Dr. Sumesh K. M. Associate Professor Microbial Molecular Biology and Transgenics
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Postgraduate student at work at Department of Biotechnology Laboratory
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 02 (05%) Entrepreneurship 02 (06%) Academic (Teaching) 02 (06%) Non-Biotech Industry (India) 02 (06%) Fellowship (India) 08 (22%)
36
PhD (Abroad) 02 (05%) Biotech Industry (Abroad) 05 (14%) Fellowship (Abroad) 08 (22%) Biotech Industry (India) 05 (14%) Total 36
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Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years
450l
350l 300l
300l
ICAR
50l
25l
10l
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 350 lakhs (l)
04
05
01
03
01
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
DBT
ICAR
Indo Swiss GoK
BRNS
DSR
Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 14 Publications with Impact Factor Range 2 -7.8 Patents filed/granted 02 Applied
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs.1135 lakhs (l)
Publications by Students 57 Publications
No. of R&D Projects 15 Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
12
Course Title
Credit
Principles of Recombinant DNA Technology Techniques in Molecular Biology I Introduction to Bioinformatics Immunology & Molecular Diagnostics Seminar Research
2nd Semester Course No.
6. Intellectual property and its Management in Agriculture 7. Basic concepts in Laboratory Techniques 8. Principles of Plant Breeding 9. Technical Writing And Communication Skills
3rd Semester Course No.
2 3 2 3 2 3 1 5
-
Course Title
Research
Total credits/ 3 semesters 12 +21 + 5 = 38
Course Coordinator
Dr. A.R. Alagawadi Professor & Head Department of Biotechnology Institute of Agriculture Biotechnology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad - 580005, Karnataka | E-mail: hodbthacd@uasd.in| Phone: 0836-2747627 182 | Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options
Credit
Fundamentals of Plant Molecular Biology Plant Tissue Culture and Genetic Transformation Techniques in Molecular Biology - II Microbial Genetics and Biotechnology Biosafety, IPR and Bioethics Immunology and Molecular Diagnostics Seminar Research
2 2 2 3 1 2
List of Electives
1. Principles of Genetics 2. Principles of Microbiology 3. Basic Biochemistry 4. Statistical Methods for Applied Sciences 5. Library and Information Service
Course Title
21
Credit
5
Kerala Agricultural University Kerala Program M. Sc. Agricultural Biotechnology
Location Thrissur, Kerala
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 2004
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Number of Seats 13
Students conducting experiments in HPLC System
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3/4/5 pattern of education with at least 55% marks or its equivalent grade point average from any recognized university.
Studentship Rs. 4500/month
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years 2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
03 10
07 10
05 10
07 13
10 13
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Fee Structure
Semester I
12,000
+
Semester iI
9,600
+
Semester iiI
9,600
+
Semester iV
9,600
=
TOTAL
40,800
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. P. A. Nazeem Professor Horticulture, Biotechnology
Mr. Yashwant Srivastava Induction of variability in anthurium (Anthurium anreanum Lind.) through in vitro mutagenesis Mr. Belge Shriram Ashru Integration of combined disease resistance for bacterial wilt and ToLCV in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Mr. T. L. Dheemanth Screening mapping population through Marker Assisted Selection for imparting disease resistance in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)
Dr. M. R. Shylaja Professor Horticulture, Biotechnology
Mr. Awchar Datta Manikrao Micropropagation of gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii Bolus) and assessment of genetic stability of plantlets using ISSR assay Ms. Renuka S. Karennavar Morphological and molecular characterisation of Byadagi chilli (Capsicum annum L.)
Dr. P. S. Abida Assistant Professor Plant Physiology, Biotechnology
Ms. Gorade Vaisahali Shivaji Identification of molecular markers for self incompatibility in selected germplasm accessions of cocoa (Theobroma cocoa L.) Mr. Purushottam Meena Molecular characterisation and DNA fingerprinting of selected cashew ( Anacardium occidentale L.) varieties of KAU
Dr. Deepu Mathew Assistant Professor Horticulture (Vegetable Science), Biotechnology
Mr. Ekatpure Sachin Chandrakant Identification of molecular markers linked to the resistance for vascular streak dieback disease in cocoa (Theobroma cocoa L.) Mr. Girme Aoudmbar DNA barcoding in Momordica spp. Ms. Sonwane Shital Marotiroa Molecular characterisation of male sterility in ridge gourd Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.
Dr. P.A. Valsala Professor & Head Horticulture, Biotechnology Dr. A. Augustin Professor Biochemistry Dr. R. Keshavachandran Professor Horticulture, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics Mr. P. K. Sreekumar Farm Officer Diploma in Agricultural Sciences
Students conducting experiment in Molecular Biology Laboratory
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Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 05 (16%) PhD (Abroad) 02 (06%) Academic (Teaching) 04 (12%)
32
Others 21 (66%) Total 32
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 230l
180l
88.10l 50l 26l
UGC
brns
CSIR
NTRF
DBT
IUAC
CCCRH
24.92l
5.385l
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 604.405 lakhs (l)
03
01
02
01
04
01
02
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
No. of R&D Projects 14
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years 93.9l 81.78l
80l
25l 5.06l
4.50l
DBT
ICAR
STATE GOVT.
KSCSTE
DST NHM
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 290.24 lakhs (l) Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options | 185
Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 20 publications with Impact Factor Range 0.1- 5.93. Publications by Students 1. Belge, S.A., Nazeeem, P.A., Devi, S.N., Methew, D., Girme, A.R., Ekatpure, S.C. (2014). Validation of molecular markers for tagging the combined resistance for bacterial wilt and tomato leaf curl virus disease in tomato. J. trop. Agric. 52 (1): p. 47 to 53. 2. Manikesh, K., James P, Shylaja, M. R., Nazeem, P.A (2014). 6-Gingerol for cancer therapy –an in silico approach. Accepted in Procedia Chemistry. 3. Nabarun R, Priya antony P, Nazeem P.A., (2014). Molecular docking of p38 alpha with active phyto compounds of garlic to curb rheumatoid arthritis. Accepted in Procedia Chemistry.
4. Pranita, P.T., Deepu Mathew, Nazeem, P.A., Abida, P.S., Indira, P., Girija, D., Shylaja, M.R. , Valsala, P.A. Identification of allele specific AFLP markers linked with bacterial wilt [Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith)
Patents filed/granted 03 Indian Patents
Yabuuchi et al.] resistance in hot peppers (Capsicum annuum L.) Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology.87: 19-24.
5. P ujaita G., Shylaja, M.R. and Nazeem, P.A. 2014. RAPD marker based fingerprinting in released varieties and selected superior somaclones in ginger. International J. of Plant, animal and environmental sciences 4(2) : 221-229.
6. Tirthkar, M.B., Abida, P.S., Nazeem, P.A., Kesavachandran, R., Girija, D. 2012. Phenotyping for induced systemic tolerance in rice for water stress mediated by plant growth promoting rhizobacteria. International J. tropical agriculture (19): 45-58.
Technology Perfected/Commercialized S. No.
Title of the Technology
Licensor
Name of Leader
1.
Protocol for micropropagation of black pepper
"Spices Board, Cochin and Grow more Biotech, Hosur, Tamil Nadu, India"
Dr. P.A. Nazzem
2.
New Ginger varieties released
Aswathy, Karthika & Athira
Dr. M.R. Shylaja
3.
In vitro seed set and development in ginger
KAU
Dr. P.A. Valsala
Students conducting experiment in Tissue Culture Laboratory
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Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
23
Course Title
Principles of Biotechnology Fundamentals of Molecular Biology Techniques in Molecular Biology I Plant Tissue Culture & its Application Plant Genetic Engineering Molecular Cell Biology Plant Developmental Biology: Physiological and Molecular Basis Research Methodology Disaster Management Microbial Genetics
3rd Semester Course No.
Credit
2nd Semester Course No.
Course Title
3 3 3 2 2 2
Course Title
Credit
Master’s Seminar Research Plant Biochemistry Molecular Basis of Abiotic Stress
1 12 3 2
Credit
Molecular Breeding Techniques in Molecular Biology II Immunology and molecular diagnosis Introduction to Bioinformatics Research Microbial Biotechnology Basic concept in Laboratory Techniques Intellectual property and its Management in Agriculture
2 2 1 3
18
21 2 3 3 3 4 3 1 1
Agriculture Research, Research Ethics and Rural Developmental Programme
4th Semester Course No.
1
08
Course Title
Credit
Research Thesis Work
4 4
In addition, students are encouraged to take non-credit courses of their specific interest in other reputed Science Schools in India
Total credits/ 4 semesters 23 +21 + 18 + 08 = 70
M.Sc. Ag. Biotechnology students at CPBMB
Course Coordinator
Dr. P. A. Valsala Professor and Head Centre of Plant Biotechnology& Molecular Biology Kerala Agricultural University, Vellanikkara, Thrissur - 680656, Kerala E-mail: cpbmb@kau.in, valsala.pa@kau.in | Phone: 0487-2438577 | Mobile: 9447918452 Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options | 187
University of Agricultural Sciences Karnataka Program M. Sc. Agricultural Biotechnology
Location Bengaluru, Karnataka
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 2007
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Number of Seats 10
Department of Plant Biotechnology, UAS, GKVK, Bangalore
Eligibility Bachelor of Agriculture/ Horticulture/ Forestry/ Sericulture/ B.Sc. Ag. Biotech/ B. Sc Agri in Biotechnology degree under 10+2+4 pattern of education with at least 60% marks or its equivalent grade point average from any recognized Agricultural University / ICAR Institutions.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
Studentship Rs. 4500/month
Fee Structure
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
18 20
08 10
08 10
08 10
07 10
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Semester I
23,600
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+
Semester iI
10,850
+
Semester iiI
19,600
+
Semester iV
10,300
=
TOTAL
64,950
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization; Participating Faculty (*) & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. P. H Ramanjini Gowda Professor Transgenic and Recombinant Vaccines
Ms. Sukanta Sinha Evaluation of tomato Recombinant inbreeding lines (L121 x Vaibhav) for growth, yield and lycopene content using molecular markers
Dr. H. V. Vijayakumara Swamy Professor & Head Aquaculture & Biotechnology
Mr. Jameel Ahmed Khan Cytological, molecular & phenotypic diversity of Zea mays and wild spp.
Dr. H.E. Shashidhar Professor Molecular Markers
Mr. K.V. Krishanamurthy Molecular analysis of zinc in black rice and ragi association of candidate gene markers for Zn transporters
Dr. R. L. Ravikumar Professor Molecular Markers
Mr. Bhosale Laxman Vilas Polymorphic Information Content and transferability of coding SSR markers and their molecular diversity analysis in Kabuli and Desi genotypes of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum)
Dr. Anitha Peter Associate Professor Silkworm Biotechnology (Virology)
Mr. Shiv Kumar Patel Molecular diversity analysis & sex determination in papaya (Carica papaya)
Dr. Shyamalamma, S. Associate Professor Plant Tissue Culture & Molecular Markers
Mr. M. Amaranatha Morphometric, biochemical traits & SSR marker based genetic variability in Tomato
Dr. C. K. Suresh Participating Faculty *
Mr. Rajen Chowdhury Isolation, insect biocontrol activity and molecular diversity of Photorhabdus luminescens
Dr. Ashok.T.H Professor & University Head Plant Tissue Culture Dr. D. Threetha Prasad Professor Gene Cloning Dr. D. Dayal Doss Professor Tissue Culture, Microbiology Dr. S. K. Thimmaiah Professor Plant Biochemistry Dr. K. M. Harinikumar Professor Bio-fuel and Microbial Biotechnology
JRF AWARD to the University by Hon’ble Prime Minister
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Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 15 (58%) PhD (Abroad) 01 (04%) Biotech Industry (India) 04 (15%) Non-Biotech Industry (India) 01 (04%)
26
Academia (Teaching) 05 (20%) Total 26
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 555l
DBT-New
EU Consortium
Limagrain, Asia DST
100l 10l
25l
10l
75l
100l 25l
12
01
01
01
01
02
01
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
IRRIP
BIRAC
DBT-BIRAC-CRS
EU-DBT-NAMASTE
Total Quantum of Funds Rec. Rs. 895 lakhs (l) No. of R&D Projects 20
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years 465l
DBT DST
191l
186l
DBT
98l
LIMAGRAIN
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 940 lakhs (l)
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Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 50 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.99 -7.7
Publications by Students 04 National and 03 International Publications
Patents filed/granted 01 Indian Patent
Technology Perfected/Commercialized S. No.
Title of the Technology
Licensor
Name of Leader
1.
High Shelf Life of Tomato Fruit
GE Biotechnologies
Ramanjini Gowda, P. H.
2.
Research on drought in Maize crop
-
Shashidhar. HE
3.
Validation of drought resistance markers
-
Shashidhar. HE
Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
18
Course Title
Credit
Basic Biochemistry Fundamentals of Molecular Biology Principles of Biotechnology Techniques in Molecular Biology - I Principles of Genetics Principles & Plant Physiology- II & Metabolic Process & Growth Regulation Library & Information Services Intellectual Property & Management in Agriculture
2nd Semester Course No.
Course Title
Molecular Breeding Bio-safety, IPR & Bioethics Seminar - I Research (Thesis) Qualifying Exam Technical Writing and Communication Skills
3 1 1
Credit
Immuno Chemistry Plant Tissue Culture & Genetic Transformation Introduction to Bioinformatics Techniques in Molecular Biology-II Physiological & Molecular Responses of Plant to Abiotic Stresses Basic Concepts in Laboratory Techniques
Course No.
3 3 2 2 3
14
Course Title
3rd Semester
3
4th Semester Course No.
16 Credit
2 2 1 8 2 1
09
Course Title
Seminar - II Research & Thesis submission
Credit
1 8
Total credits/ 4 semesters 18 +14 + 16 + 09 = 57
3 3 3 3 1
Course Coordinator
Dr. P. H. Ramanjini Gowda Professor & Head Department of Biotechnology University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore-560065, Karnataka E-mail: ramanjini@yahoo.com | Phone: 080-23636736, 080-65704098|Mobile: 09448802180
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Narendra Dev University of Agriculture & Technology Uttar Pradesh Program M. Sc. Agricultural Biotechnology
Location Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh
Year of DBT support implemented 2005
Mode of Selection UP Common Agriculture and Engineering Test
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Number of Seats 14
Building of NDUAT
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3/4/5 pattern of education with at least 55% marks or its equivalent grade point average from any recognized university.
Studentship Rs. 4500/month
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years 2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
10 10
02 12
03 14
07 14
07 14
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Fee Structure
Semester I
44,000
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+
Semester iI
44,000
+
Semester iiI
44,000
+
Semester iV
44,000
=
TOTAL
1,76,000
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. K. N. Singh Professor & Head Molecular Biology
Mr. Vivek Kumar Pandey To study variability in tissue culture banana (Musa sp.) at micropropagational level using DNA marker Ms. Noopar Gupta In silico Si RNA construction and incorporating it in RNAi vector for control of viral disease in plant Mr. Saurabh Singh Maker Aided selection for bacterial leaf blight (BLB) in rice ( Oryza sativa ) Ms. Veenita Singh DNA fingerprinting of aonla (Emblica officinalis) varieties and identification of novel band against one of the popular varieties released from NDUAT.
Dr. D. K. Dwivedi Associate Professor Molecular Breeding
Ms. Ashwirya Study on genetic relatedness among selected rice cultivars using molecular markers Mr. Mukesh Yadav Marker assisted selection for submergence tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa )
Dr. R. P. Singh Assistant Professor Nutritional Genomics (Biochemistry)
Mr. Vaibhav Singh Biochemical and molecular properties of kodo millets (Paspalum scrobiculatum)
Dr. N. A. Khan Assistant Professor Molecular Biology of Biotic Stress (Biochemistry)
Ms. Sonam Singh Control of pod borer of pigeon pea by natural toxin from microbes
Dr. S. Prasad Assistant Professor Heat Tolerance in Wheat (Crop Physiology)
Mr. Pradeep Kumar Chararcterisation of rice varieties for drought tolerance using physico chemical approaches in relation to Echinochloa colona Mr. Amit Srivastava Parental polymorphism and protein profiling of wheat (Triticum aestivum) varieties under heat stress condition
Dr. Adesh Kumar Assistant Professor Soil microbiology
Mr. Kundan Kumar Isolation and characterisation of Rhizospheric bacteria from salt affected soil of eastern UP in summer mungbean for plant growth promoting traits Mr. Umesh Kr. Shukla Isolation, screening and characterisation of Rhizobacteria associated with wheat (Triticum aestivum) rhizosphere in salt affected regions of UP
Dr. Parmila Pandey Program Assistant Botany
Field of NDUAT
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Placement of Students in Last Five Years
Academic (Teaching) 02 (06%) Non-Biotech Industry (India) 02 (05%) Biotech Industry (India) 04 (11%)
36
PhD (India) 13 (36%) Fellowship 15 (42%) Total 36
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years
26.70l
25l
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years
21l
15l
01
02
02
Projects
Projects
Projects
DBT
CST UP
DBT
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 21 lakhs (l)
UPCAR
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 66.70 lakhs (l)
Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 16 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0 - 1.
No. of R&D Projects 05 Technology Perfected/Commercialized S. No. 1.
Title of the Technology
Licensor
Name of Leader
Sex determination in Papaya
-
Dr. K.N. Singh
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Publications by Students 1. Khan. N.A. and Rahman S. and Verma A. (2009) Correlation studies in pea (Pisum sativum L.) seeds and quality attributes in response of sulphur fertilisation. Internat. J. of Plant sciences 4(1) 176-178. 2. Shamim M., Khan N.A. and Singh K.N. (2011). Inhibition of midgut protease of yellow stem borer (Scirpophaga incertulas) by cysteine protease like inhibitor from mature jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) seed. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum. 33: 6, 2249-2257.
3. Kumar M., Singh V., Singh K .N. (2011). Morphological, virulence and molecular characterization of Rhizoctonia solani isolates from rice belonging to eastern Uttar Pradesh. Environment and Ecology 29 (24): 1766-1771.
4. N. Singh, Yadav R.K. Yadav, Prasad S. and Dikxit S. (2011) Physiochemical response of appropriate zinc application on wheat (Triticum aestivum) under sodic soil condition Asian J. of Biosciences 6(1) 46-50. 5. S hukla Rahul and Dwivedi D.K. (2012) Development of xerophytic rice genotypes by analysing the correlation and path analysis for its yield components. Plant Archives 12(2) 775-783.
6. S hukla R., Dube Aparna and Dwivedi D.K. (2012) Review on new rice breeding trends : A marker assisted selection for abiotic traits. Plant Archives 12(2)585-588. 7. S hukla R. , Dube Aparna and D.K. Dwivedi (2012) New rice breeding trends: B. marker assisted selection for abiotic stresses. Plant Archives 12(2) 599-602. 8. T iwari A.K., Md Shamim, Saxena R.P. and Singh K.N. (2012) Plant regeneration efficiency of two scented
indica rice varieties :Pusa basmati and kalanamak. Plant Tissue Cult. & Biotech 22(2) 163-169.
9. Kumar Y. , Singh B.N. , Singh P.K. , Tripathi S., Dwivedi D.K. and Tiwari N. (2012) Genetic variability and parameters for direct selection of scented rice (Oryza sativa) in different environments.Current Advances in Agricultural Sciences 4(2) 168-170.
10. Yadav P., Khan N.A., Md. Shamim, Srivastava D. and Singh K.N. (2012) Efficacy of Jack fruit protease inhibitor and Bt protein against yellow and Pink stem borers of rice. Current Advances in Agricultural Sciences 4(2) 152-155.
11. Sinha Mohit, Shamim Md., Priya Shivam and Singh K.N. (2013). DNA fingerprinting of pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp) genotypes by RAPD marker for the breeding of new varieties. Indian J. of Agril. Biochemistry 26(2)195-198.
12. Deepti Srivastava, Pramila Pandey, MD. Shamim, Deepak Kumar, N.A. Khan and Singh K.N.(2014) Biochemical analysis of Kalalnamak, Tetup and its crosses after P. oryzae infection. Plant archives 14(2) 717-721
13. Subrat Dwivedi, Pramila Pandey, Md. Shamim, Deepti Srivastava and Singh. K.N. (2014) Identification of female and hermaphrodite specific markers and diversity assessments in papaya (Carica papya) cultivars. Indian J. Agric. Biochemistry 27(2) 129-132
Student experimenting in Laboratory
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Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
24
Course Title
Credit
Biochemistry Molecular Biology Plant Biology Cell & Developmental Biology Analytical Techniques Seminar/Journal Club/Assignment Lab - I: Biochemistry and Analytical Techniques
3rd Semester Course No.
Course Title
3 3 3 3 3 1
24
Course Title
3
Project Proposal Presentation
2
Credit
Immunology & Molecular Diagnostics Microbiology & Industrial Applications Genetic Engineering Genetics Genomics & Proteomics Seminar/Journal Club/Assignment Lab - III: Immunology Lab - IV: Microbiology Lab -V: Genetic Engineering
3 3 3 3 3 1 2 3 3
4th Semester Course No.
23
Course Title
Elective Thesis Work
Total credits/ 4 semesters 24 +24 + 23 + 23 = 94
Students conducting experiment in Laboratory
Course Coordinator
Dr. Kapildeo N. Singh Professor & Head Department of Plant Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering Narendra Dev University of Agriculture & Technology, Faizabad- 224229, Uttar Pradesh E-mail: kapildeos@hotmail.com| Phone: 05270 - 262123| Fax: 05270 - 262097 196 | Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options
3 3 3 3 3
Lab - II: Bioinformatics, Bio computation and Biotic & Abiotic Stress Biology related practicals 3
Lab - II:Molecular, Cell & Plant Biology 4
Course No.
Credit
Tissue Culture & Transgenic Technologies Bioinformatics & Bio computation Molecular Breeding Biotic & Abiotic Stress Biology IPR, Biosafety & Biodiversity Lab - I: Tissue Culture & Transgenic Technologies and Molecular Breeding related practicals
4
2nd Semester
23
Credit
3 20
Rajendra Agricultural University Bihar
Program M. Sc. Agricultural Biotechnology
Location Pusa (Samastipur), Bihar
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 2004-05
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Number of Seats 10
Students conducting experiment in Laboratory
Eligibility Biotechnology/Agriculture/ Horticulture. Candidates with Bachelor Degree (3 Years duration) will have to spend 3 years in M.Sc. programme.
Studentship Rs. 4500/month
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years 2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
06 10
06 10
02 10
05 10
04 10
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Fee Structure
Semester I
9070
+
Semester iI
4,190
+
Semester iiI
4,190
+
Semester iV
4,190
=
TOTAL
21,640
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. V. K. Shahi Professor Molecular Genetics, Plant Breeding and Biotechnology
Ms. Smitha S. Nair Development of in vitro regeneration system and analysis of genetic stability of regenerated plants through molecular marker in pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan L)
Dr. Mithilesh Kumar Professor Cytogenetics and Biotechnology
Mr. Nand Kishor Sharma In vitro studies and assessment of genetic relationaship among Ocimum spp. by using RAPD marker
Ms. Sandeesha Kodru Genetic diversity analysis among pigeon pea genotypes using the simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers
Ms. Vandana Effect of media and genotypes on tissue culture of strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Duch). Mr. Sandeep Kumar Suman Morphological and molecular based diversity analysis in the Calocybe indica isolates from Bihar Mr. Ram Chandra Chaudhary Response of wheat genotypes to high temperature with respect to fertility trait and their molecular characterization Dr. Harsh Kumar Professor Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology
Mr. Demudunaidu Panchada Micropropagation and molecular marker based variation in Hyoscyamus niger and Solannum torvum Ms. Swati Rani Micropropagation of some selected genotypes of banana Mr. Nitish Jangde Mycorrhizal study in selected cultivars of rice.
Dr. V. K. Sharma Associate Professor Genetics, Plant Breeding and Biotechnology
Md.Zikrullah Shamim Characterization and divergenic analysis of rice varieties using morphological characters and SSR markers
Dr. Rajeev Kumar Assitant Professor Genetics, Molecular Breeding and Biotechnology
Mr. Shashi Studies on in vitro culture and genetic transformation in wheat Mr. Satish Kumar Genotypic response to heat stress on micronutrient content in wheat and its molecular characterization
Dr. V. K. Chaudhary
Professor Genetics, Plant Breeding, Cytogenetics and IPR
Students and Faculty in Plant Tissue Culture Laboratory
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Placement of Students in Last Five Years
SRF in Research Projects 02 (15%) Ph.D. (India) 09 (69%) PhD (Abroad) 01 (08%)
13
Non-Biotech Industry (Abroad) 01 (08%) Total 13
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 227l
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years
170l 149.05l
100l
40.50l
70l
15l 30l
01
02
01
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
RKVY CGIAR Collabrative USAID ICAR International Porjects
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 382.50 lakhs (l)
DBT
State Plan ICAR RKVY
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 419.05 lakhs (l)
No. of R&D Projects 05 Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 29 Publications Publications by Students 1. Sharma N.K., Vanadana, Kumar M. and Kumar H. (2011). In vitro regeneration of Ocimum killimandschricum L. - A camphor yielding medicinal plant. RAU J. Res. 21:61-67.
2. Vandana, Sharma N.K., Kumar M. and Kumar H. (2011). Direct in vitro shoot multiplication of garden strawberry cv. Festival through nodal stem culture. RAU J. Res. 21:52-57.
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3. Vandana, Sharma N.K. and Kumar M. (2012). EST SSR markers analysis of in vitro regenerated plantlets of Festival and Sweet Charlie cultivars of strawberry. Intl. J. Agric. Env. Biotech. 5: 321-328. 4. Vandana, Sharma N.K. and Kumar M. (2012). Assessment of genetic fidelity of miropropagated clones of strawberry genotypes using EST-SSR markers. Biotechnology 6: 150-153. 5. Sharma N.K., Vandana, Kumar M. and Choudhary R.C. (2013). Effect of 2-D, BAP, KN, IAA and IBA on in vitro regeneration of Ocimum canum Sims - an important Hoary Basil Plant. Int. J. Agril. Environ Biotech. 6:389-395.
7. Choudhary R.C., Sharma N.K., Kumar M. and Kumar R. (2013).Wheat genotypes (Triticum aestivum L.) vary widely in their responses of fertility traits to high temperature at anthesis. International Research Journal of Biological Sciences (in press).
8. Sharma N.K., Chaudhary R.C. and Kumar M. (2014). Efficient and rapid in vitro regeneration of Ocimum americanum L. using nodal segment. Med. Plant: Int. J. of Phytomedicines & Related Industries. 6:62-67.
9. Shamim M. and Sharma V.K. (2014). Assessment of variability and genetic diversity among rice varieties for quality traits. Indian Journal of Agric. Res. 48:237-240.
6. Nilmani Prakash, Kumar R. and Chaudhary V.K. (2013). Genetic variability studies in field and vegetable pea (Pisum sativum L.) RAU J. of Res. 23:36-40. Curriculum Structure This is a 4 semester programme. However, candidates with B.Sc. (03 years) will have to study for 03 years (6 semester) duration clearing some remedial courses. The courses vary as per requirement of thesis work of individual students. remedial courses for 03 years programme only Course No.
Course Title
Modern Concept in Crop Production Principles of Plant Breeding Soil Biology & Biochemistry Principles of Integrated Pest Management Integrated Disease Management
Major Courses (Min. 20 credits) Course No.
Course Title
Cell and Developmental Biology Genetics Molecular Biology Techniques in Molecular and Cell Biology Genetic Engineering Techniques in Genetic Engineering Tissue Culture and Transgenic Technologies Techniques in Tissue Culture and Transgenic Technologies Immunology and Molecular Diagnostics Genomics and Proteomics Molecular Breeding IPR, Biosafety and Biodiversity Master’s Seminar
14 Credit
COMPULSORY NON-CREDIT COURSES Course No.
3 3 3
Fundamentals of Plant Molecular Biology Plant Tissue Culture and Genetic Transformation Techniques in Molecular Biology - II Microbial Genetics and Biotechnology Biosafety, IPR and Bioethics Immunology & Molecular Diagnostics Seminar Research
2 3
33 Credit
3 3 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 2 1
Course Title
THESIS RESEARCH Course No.
Course Title
Master’s Research
06 Credit
2 3 2 3 2 3 1 -
20 Credit
20
Minor courses (minimum 09 credits to be taken from anyone of following departments: Biochemistry, Microbiology, Plant Physiology, Plant Breeding and Genetics or any other departments depending on the subject of thesis research) Supporting courses (minimum 05 credits to be taken from anyone of following departments: Biochemistry, Microbiology, Plant Physiology, Plant Breeding & Genetics and Statistics or any other departments depending on the subject of thesis research)
Course Coordinator
Prof. V.K. Chaudhary Dean & Coordinator Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Molecular Biology Faculty of Basic Sciences & Humanities, Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa (Samastipur)- 848125, Bihar E-mail: deanfbshpusa@yahoo.co.in | Phone: 06274-240272 | Fax: 240266, 240255, 240272 200 | Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options
Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya West Bengal Program M. Sc. Agricultural Biotechnology
Location Mohanpur, West Bengal
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 2008-09 (Academic programme started in 2012-13 session)
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Number of Seats 05
Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya campus
Eligibility Applicants must have passed 4 year Bachelor Degree in Agriculture/ Horticulture from a duly recognized University securing at least 2.75 OGPA in 4.00 scale or 6.50 OGPA in 10.00 scale or at least 55% marks in aggregate.
Studentship Rs. 4500/month
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 2 Years 2011-12
2012-13
03 05
01 05
2011-12
2012-13
Fee Structure
Semester I
2,686
+
Semester iI
1,290
+
Semester iiI
1,290
+
Semester iV
1,557
=
TOTAL
6,823
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization (Faculty who have not supervised student dissertation in 2012-13)
Dr. N. Mandal
Dr. S. Bhattacharya
Associate Professor Molecular marker Technology in understanding Plant Genetics and Diversity, Plant Tissue Culture
Dr. S. Dutta
Dr. J. Tarafdar
Associate Professor Molecular Virology, Microbiology
Associate Professor Plant Genetics, Genome Assisted Breeding
Mr. K. Pramanik
Assistant Professor Genomics and Proteomics
Assistant Professor Microbial Genetics, Molecular Diagnostics
Third semester (M.Sc.) students working in the Laboratory
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 275l
Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 19 Publications with Impact Factor Range 6.6 - 7.5
Patents filed/granted 01 International Patent 100l
DBT
07
01
Projects
Projects
NAIP-ICAR
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 375 lakhs (l) No. of R&D Projects 08
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Curriculum Structure 1st Semester
23
Course No.
Course Title
Abt 511 Gpb 501 Abt 512 Pph 500 Abc 503 Abt 513 Abt514
Principles of Biotechnology Principles of Genetics Principles of Microbiology Principles of Plant Physiology Enzymology Molecular Genetics Molecular Cell Biology
2nd Semester
Credit
Course No.
Course Title
3 3 3 4 4 3 3
Abt 531 Abt 532 Abt 533 Abt 534 Abt 535 Abt 536 Abt 537 Abt 591
Immunology & Molecular Diagnostics Biotechnology Lab - II Genomics And Proteomics Nanobiotechnology Microbial/Industrial Biotechnology Biosafety, IPR And Bioethics Environmental Biotechnology Seminar - I
19 Credit
3 3 3 2 3 2 2 1
24
Course No.
Course Title
Abt 521
Plant Tissue Culture and Genetic Transformation Biotechnology Lab - I Bioinformatics Molecular Breeding Molecular Biology Biotechnology for Crop Improvement Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
Abt 522 Abt 523 Abt 524 Abc 504 Gpb 512 Gpb 514
3rd Semester
Credit
3 3 4 3 4 4 3
4th Semester
21
Course No.
Course Title
ABT 592 ABT 599
Seminar - II Thesis
Credit
1 20
Total credits/ 4 semesters 23 + 24 + 19 + 21 = 87
M.Sc students are working in the polyhouse
Course Coordinator
Prof. Srikanta Das Dean Faculty of Agricultural Biotechnology Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya, P.O.Krishi Viswavidyalaya, P.S. Haringhata Mohanpur, Dist. Nadia, West Bengal - 741252 | E-mail: deanofag.bckv@gmail.com| Phone: 033-25878338 Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options | 203
Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University Jammu & Kashmir Program M.Sc. in Bio-resources Biotechnology
Location Rajauri, Jammu & Kashmir
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 2010-11
Mode of Selection JNU-CET & University Entrance Examination
Number of Seats 12
Bird’s eye view of BGSB campus
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3/4/5 pattern of education with at least 55% marks or its equivalent grade point average from any recognized university.
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years 2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
10 12
05 12
12 12
12 12
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
Fee Structure
Semester I
44,000
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+
Semester iI
30,000
+
Semester iiI
41,500
+
Semester iV
32,000
=
TOTAL
1,47,500
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization; Participating Faculty (*) & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. B. A. Wafai Professor & Coordinator Cytogenetics
Ms. Savita Sharma1 Identification of T-DNA insertion in Putative mutant Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh
Dr. Y. Sreenivasulu 1. Participating Faculty *
Ms. Anuradha2 Study on extraction, estimation and characterization of secondary metabolites (essential oils) in some aromatic plants
Dr. Kanti Rekha 2. Participating Faculty * Dr. Susheel Verma Associate Professor Conservation & Plant Biotechnology Dr. Sanjay Kumar 1. Participating Faculty * Dr. A. A. Shah Associate Professor Nematode Biodiversity Dr. Amitabh Bhattacharya 1. Participating Faculty * Dr. Yogendra S. Padwad 2. Participating Faculty * Dr. Sudesh Kumar 3. Participating Faculty *
Mr. Mohd. Asif Iqbal Assessment of genetic diversity in Eremurus persicus Boiss. using ISSR markers Mr. Umar Gani 1 Assessing the impact of transgene in imparting abiotic stress tolerance to Arabidopsis thaliana Mr. Kaisar Ahmad Bhat 1 Engineered multifunctional hybrid nano composites for in vitro imaging of targeted cancer cells and released cytotoxicity studies Ms. Diksha Khajuria 2 Berberine: anticancer potential, UPLC analysis and DENA induced hepatocellular carcinoma model in rats Ms. Rifat Mustafa Malik 3 Expression analysis of stress responsive genes in horse gram Macrotyloma uniflorum
Dr. Shreekar Pant Assistant Professor Plant Bioresources
Ms. Sukrity Langeh 1 Molecular characterization of Glycyrrhiza glabra accession by molecular marker
Dr. Suphala Gupta 1. Participating Faculty *
Ms. Ruksana Kouser 2 Effect of drought stress on morphology and biochemical parameters of in vitro and in vivo, developed Salvia sclarea
Dr. Sushma Koul 2. Participating Faculty * Dr. G. H. Dar Chair Professor Plant Bioresources Mrs. Mamta Bhat Assistant Professor Lichen Biodiversity & Bioprospection Dr. Tanvir-Ul-Hassan Dar Assistant Professor Molecular Bio. & Plant Biotech. Dr. Saima Aslam Assistant Professor Molecular Parasitology Dr. Raja Amir Hassan Assistant Professor Molecular Biology & Clinical Biochemistry Ms. Bharti Sharma Teaching Assistant Bioinformatics & Plant Biotech. Ms. Sheezan Rasool Teaching Assistant Biotechnology
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Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 01 (12%) Academic (Teaching) 04 (50%)
08
Fellowship (India) 02 (25%) Biotech (India) 01 (13%) Total 08
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years
256.9l 19l
146.7l
22l
18.9l
21l
FIST
DST
03
07
01
02
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
DBT
MoEF
GBPIHED, DST NMPB, New Delhi Almora
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 465.5 lakhs (l) No. of R&D Projects 14 Publications by Students 1 National Publication
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Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 19 lakhs (l) Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 44 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.935 - 9.75
Curriculum Structure 1st Semester
24
Course No.
Course Title
MB 101 MB 102 MB 103 MB 104 MB 105 MB 106 MB 120
Plant Bioresources Animal Bioresources Cell Biology Biomolecules Microbial Physiology and Genetics Molecular Biology Lab course based on MB 101 & MB 102 Lab course based on MB 104 and MB 105 Lab course based on MB 103 and MB 106
MB 121 MB 122
2nd Semester Course Title
MB MB MB MB
201 202 203 204
MB MB MB MB MB
205 206 220 221 222
Enzymology & Biochemical Techniques Genetic Engineering Bioenergetics and Metabolism Characterization, Evaluation & Exchange of Bioresources Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Genomics & Functional Genomics Lab course based on MB 201 Lab course based on MB 202 Lab course based on MB 203 & MB 205 Lab course based on MB 204 & MB 206
MB 223
Credit
Course No.
Course Title
2 2 4 2 2 4
MB 301 MB 302 MB 303
Animal Biotechnology Plant Biotechnology Bioresources: Assessment, Threats & Conservation Biology of the Immune System Bioprocess Engineering & Technology Journal Club Lab course based on MB 301 and MB 302 Lab course based on MB 303 Lab course based on MB 304 Lab course based on MB 305
2 2 4
24
Course No.
3rd Semester
Credit
4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
MB MB MB MB
304 305 306 320
MB 321 MB 322 MB 323
4th Semester
24 Credit
2 2 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
24
Course No.
Course Title
Credit
MB 401
Dissertation
24
Total credits/ 4 semesters 24 +24 + 24 + 24 = 96
2 2
Gorup photo of Students with Faculty
Course Coordinator
Prof. B.A. Wafai Director & Coordinator School of Biosciences and Biotechnology Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University(BGSB), Rajauri -185131, J&K E-mail: bawafai@yahoo.co.in, bgsbucbs@rediffmail.com | Phone: 01962-262616 Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options | 207
Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Haryana Program M.V.Sc. in Animal Biotechnology
Location Hisar, Haryana
Year of DBT support implemented 2005
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Number of Seats 13 + 2 seats are reserved for Haryana domicile and admitted on the basis of National merit
Students conducting experiment in Laboratory
Eligibility Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry (B.V.Sc. & A.H) recognized by Veterinary Council of India with minimum OGPA 6.00/10.00 or equivalent.
Studentship Rs. 8000/month
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years 2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
10 10
07 10
10 14
11 15
11 15
03 15
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
Fee Structure
Semester I
36,500
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+
Semester iI
12,550
+
Semester iiI
32,350
+
Semester iV
12,550
=
TOTAL
93,950
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. M.L. Sangwan Professor & Cooridnator Animal Genomics
Ms. Aarti Singh Polymorphism of MHC-DRB1 gene and its association with Haemonchus contortus resistance in Goats Dr. Daoharu Baro Polymorphism of CD14 gene and its association with mastitis in Murrah buffaloes
Dr. Trilok Nanda Professor Reproductive Biotechnology
Ms. Sunayna Study of pregnancy associated glycoprotein 1 gene expression in Buffalo Dr. Lukumoni Buragohain Serum Proteomics and MX2 gene expression analysis in the peripheral blood of early pregnant buffalo Mr. Sambhu Saran Gupta To study the expression of OAS-1 gene transcript and comparison of molecular and conventional methods for the early pregnancy diagnosis in buffalo Mr. Mahendra Singh Molecular characterization of Indian Isolates of BHV - 1
Dr. Minakshi Sr. Scientist & Head Microbial Biotechnology, Molecular Diagnostics
Ms. Shweta Genomic diversity of enterotoxin gene of group A bovine rotaviruses
Dr. Sushila Maan Sr. Scientist Microbial biotechnology, Molecular Diagnostics
Dr. Kanisth Batra Development of Real Time PCR for diagnosis of sheep pox virus
Ms. Anjali Singh Study of host pathogen interaction by identification of gene(s) involved in bluetongue virus infection by transcriptome analysis
Mr. Arnab Ghosh Development of serotype specific real time RT-PCR assay for Indian strains of bluetongue virus type 9
Dr. Gaya Prasad* Professor Molecular Diagnostics & Viral genomic diversity Dr. Inderjeet Singh** Scientist Animal Reproduction Dr. Aman Kumar Assistant Research Officer Microbial biotechnology, Molecular Diagnostics Dr Pawan Kumar Bagri Assistant Professor Microbial Biotechnology, Animal Genomics Dr. Joshi Vinay G. Assistant Scientist Microbial Biotechnology, Peptide Therapeutics
Group photo of students with faculty
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Placement of Students in Last Five Years
Academic (Teaching) 02 (05%) PhD (India) 08 (21%)
38
Others 25 (66%) Biotech Industry (India) 01 (03%) PhD (Abroad) 02 (05%) Total 38
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 255l
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years 275.34
210l
138.92l
104.49l 34l
13.24l 13l
0.51l 02
01
02
03
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
DBT
ICAR
BBSRC RKVY M/s Pfizer
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 651 lakhs (l) No. of R&D Projects 09 Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 86 publications with Impact factor Range 0.22-5.99
2 RND; 1Facilities
Rnd
2 RND
Network
RKVY M/s Pfizer BBSRC ICAR
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 393.34 lakhs (l)
Patents filed/granted 02 International Patents • Prasad, G, Singh H. & Minakshi (2008). Development of novel set of primer pair to detect the presence of buffalo tissue. Patent Application No. 590/DEL/2008. Published on 09-18-2009. International Classification : C12Q1/68; C12P19/34
• Prasad, G, Singh H. & Minakshi (2008). Development of novel set of primer pair to detect the presence of cattle tissue. Patent Application No. 591/DEL/2008. Published on 09-18-2009. International Classification : C12Q1/68; C12P19/34.
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Publications by Students 14 National & 04 International Publications
Technology Perfected/Commercialized S. No. 1.
Title of the Technology
Licensor
Name of Leader
Commercialization of Bluetongue Multivalent Inactivated vaccine
ICAR
Dr. Gaya Prasad
Curriculum Structure ANIMAL BIOTECHNoLOGY Course No.
Course Title
Fundamentals of Cell and Molecular Biology Animal Cell Culture: Principles and Applications Introduction to Bioinformatics Animal Biotechnology Biodiversity, Biosafety & Bioethics Molecular Forensics Molecular Diagnostics Animal Genomics Reproductive Biotechnology Techniques in Molecular. Biology & Genetic Engineering Seminar
ELECTIVE - I Course No.
30 Credit
Principles of Immunology Animal Cytogenetics and Immunogenetics Molecular Genetics in Animal Breeding
Course No.
3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3
Credit
3 3 3
Course Title
ELECTIVE - IiI Course No.
Course Title
Female infertility Semen Preservation and A.I. General Gynecology
3 1
08 General Virology Biochemistry of Biomolecules: Carbohydrates, Lipids and Membrane Structure Techniques in Microbiology and Immunology
3
09 Course Title
ELECTIVE - Ii
Compulsory (Non credit courses) Course No.
Course Title
Library and information services Technical Writing and Communication Skills Intellectual Property and its Management in Agriculture Disaster Management
Credit
3
2 3
11 Credit
4 3 4
04 Credit
1 1 1 1
Total credits 30 +09 + 08 + 11 + 04 = 62 Course Coordinator
Dr. Manohar Lal Sangwan Professor & Head Department of Animal Biotechnology Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar-125004, Haryana E-mail: mlsangwan@hau.ernet.in| Phone: 01662 - 289132 | Fax: 234952
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Nanaji Deshmukh Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya Madhya Pradesh Program M.V.Sc. in Animal Biotechnology
Location Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
Year of DBT support implemented 2004
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Number of Seats 10
Building of Biotechnology Centre
Eligibility Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry (B.V.Sc. & A.H.) recognized by Veterinary Council of India with minimum OGPA/Percentage of marks 6.00/10.00 or equivalent for general category candidates and 5.50/10.00 or equivalent for SC/ST/PH category
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
Studentship Rs. 8000/month
Fee Structure
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
10 10
04 10
10 10
06 10
02 10
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Semester I
24,508
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+
Semester iI
20,500
+
Semester iiI
20,500
+
Semester iV
20,500
=
TOTAL
86,008
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. B. C. Sarkhel (CAS) Director Embryo Biotechnology Laboratory
Mr. Joygeswar Bori Development Potency of goat embryos produced by intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection and in vitro fertilization Ms. Jyoti Lakshmi Hati Boruah Effect of Co-transfection of anti-MSTN shRNA constructs on caprine fetal fibroblast cells Mr. Amlan Jyoti Phukan Isolation and characterization of embryonic stem cells derived from parthenogenetic embryos Mr. Hamen Gogol Myostatin gene silencing by shRNA constructs and its effects on expression of myogenic genes in caprine myoblast cells
Dr. A. P. Singh Assistant Professor Animal Genetics
Mr. Biswajyoti Borah Myostatin gene silencing by shRNA constructs and its effects on expression of myogenic genes in caprine fetal fibroblast cells Dr. Tripti Jain Assistant Professor Animal Biotechnology (Molecular Genetics) Dr. Rohita Gupta Assistant Professor Animal Biotechnology (Molecular Genetics)
Student conducting real time PCR experiment
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
Others 08 (28%) Biotech Industry (India) 02 (07%)
29
Non-Biotech Industry (India) 03 (10%) PhD (India) 12 (41%) Academic (Teaching) 04 (14%) Total 29
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Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 300l
200l
Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 27 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.938 - 3.52
ICAR
02
01
Projects
Projects
RKVY
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 500 lakhs (l)
Patents filed/granted 01 Indian Patent
No. of R&D Projects 03
Publications by Students 09 National Publications & 08 International Publications 1. P. Raipuria, S.M. Daniel. and B.C. Sarkhel (2007). In vitro maturation and In vitro fertilization using cryopreserved thawed epididymal sperms in Goat, JNKVV Research Journal, Vol. 41(1)
2. Sonal Nema, Jain, S.K.,Gelhaut, B.S. and Sarkhel, B.C. (2007). Vitrification of immature goat oocytes by solid surface vitrification technique. Indian Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 77 (7), 556-558.
3. Shiva Nema, Sanjeev Singh and B.C. Sarkhel (2008). Molecular characterization of Beta casein gene in Sahiwal and Tharparker breeds of cattle by PCR-SSCP. JNKVV Research Journal, 42 (1) : 64-67
4. Menka Sharma, Sanjeev W Singh, Ameeta Kushwah and B.C. Sarkhel (2009). Molecular characterization of Malvi and Sahiwal breeds of cattle (Bos indicus) by RAPDPCR. Indian Journal of Animal Science. 79 (1): 44-46. 5. Hemlata Jain, Sanjeev Singh and Sudhir Kumar Jain (2009). Development and cryopreservation of caprine skin fibroblast cell line, JNKVV Research Journal. 43 (1): 104-107.
6. Shiva Nema, Sanjeev Singh, Megha Kadam and B.C. Sarkhel (2010). Identification of Kappa casein alleles by PCR-SSCP. The Indian Veterinary Journal, 87(4):334-336.
7. Jain S.K., Jain H., Singh S., Sarkhel B.C. and Bedekar M. K. (2011). Detection of Infectious Bronchitis Virus in Suspected Post-mortem Field tissue Samples by ELISA. JNKVV Research Journal., 44(1): 35-38.
8. Lal, S.V., Singh, S., Kumari, R., Kumar, S. Molecular and epigenetic study of h19 gene in goat (Capra hircus) (2012). Indian Journal of Animal Research 46 (1-2) : 15-21.
9. Arvind Sharma, S. N. Shukla, R. G. Agrawal, E. Joseph and B C Sarkhel (2011). Fertility response on administration of insulin in repeat breeding crossbred cows. Short communication, Indian Journal of Animal Science l. Vol.81 (2)
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10. H.S. Raghuvanshi, S. Nema, S.K. Jain and B.C. Sarkhel (2006). Solid surface vitrification of immature oocytes in Murrah buffalo. Buffalo Bulletin, 25 (3) (September 2006) : 59-62.
11. Daniel, S.M., Raipuria,P, and Sarkhel,B.C. (2008). Efficiency of cloned embryo production using different types of cell donor and electric fusion strengths in goat. Small Ruminant Research (Elsevier), 77: 45–50, doi:10.1016/j.smallrumres. 2008.02.001
12. Monika Koul, Megha Kadam, YPS Malik, A K Tiwari, JL Vegad and B.C. Sarkhel (2009). Nucleocapsid gene sequence analysis and characterization of an Indian isolate of Avian infectious bronchitis virus. International journal of poultry Science. 8 (1) 13. G. S. Ajithkumar, B. Krishnamohan and B. C. Sarkhel (2009). Optimization of enucleation time after ivF for somatic cell nuclear transfer in goat, Reproduction, Fertility and Development, Vol. 21(1), pp. 109-110
14. Hemlata Jain, Sanjeev Singh, Megha Kadam, and B.C. Sarkhel (2010). Knockdown of the myostatin gene by RNA interference in caprine fibroblast cells, Journal of Biotechnology (Elsevier), 145 (2010) 99–102.
15. Azad Singh1, Megha Kadam Bedekar, Rakesh Sharma, Bikash Chandra Sarkhel, Sanjeev Singh and Sudhir Kumar Jain (2012). Detection of very virulent infectious bursal disease virus from a field outbreak in Central India, Acta Veterinaria Hungarica, 60 (1): 165–174 16. Singh, Nirmal, Singh, Sanjeev; Jain, Sudhir and Sarkhel, Bikash (2012). Evaluation of interferon response induced by anti-myostatin shRNA constructs in goat (Capra hircus) fetal fibroblasts by quantitative Real timePolymerase Chain Reaction, Animal Biotechnology, 23 (3), 174-183
17. Koul, M., Jain, S.K., Singh, S. and Bedekar, M.K. (2011). Nucleocapsid Gene Sequence Analysis and Characterization of Indian Isolates of Avian Infectious Bronchitis Virus. International Journal of Advanced Biotechnology Research 1:85-91
Curriculum Structure 1st Semester
11
Course No.
Course Title
ABT 602
Fundamentals of Cell and Molecular Biology Animal Cell Culture: Principles and Applications Molecular Diagnostics Vaccine Biotechnology
ABT 604 ABT 605 ABT 606
Credit
3 3 3 2
3rd Semester Course No.
Course Title
PGS 504
Basic Concepts in Laboratory Techniques Agriculture Research, Research Ethics and Rural Development Programmes Thesis Work
PSG 505 ABT-699
12 Credit
1 1 10
4th Semester 2 Semester
10
nd
Course No.
ABT 609 ABT 610 ABT 611 ABT 691
Course Title
Animal Genomics Reproductive Biotechnology Techniques in Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering Master’s Seminar
Credit
3 3
10
Course No.
Course Title
Credit
ABT-69
Thesis Work
10
Total credits/ 4 semesters 11 + 10 + 12 +10 = 43
3 1
Student examining cloned embryos under Fluorescence Inverted Microscope
Course Coordinator
Prof. B.C. Sarkhel Head & Coordinator Centre of Animal Biotechnology Nanaji Deshmukh Pashu Chikitsa VigyanVishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur - 482004, Madhya Pradesh E-mail: sarkhelbc@yahoo.co.in| Phone: 0761- 2681089 | Fax: 0761- 2681089 Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options | 215
Assam Agricultural University Assam Program M.V.Sc. in Animal Biotechnology
Location Guwahati, Assam
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 2009-10
Mode of Selection JNU-CET & University Entrance Examination
Number of Seats 10
Biotechnology Laboratory
Eligibility B.V.Sc. & A.H. or equivalent degree from a recognized university with minimum CGPA 2.60 in 4.00 scale or 6.00 in 10.00 scale.
Studentship Rs. 8000/month
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 3 Years 2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
06 10
07 10
02 10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Fee Structure
Semester I
8,480
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+
Semester iI
5,175
+
Semester iiI
5,720
+
Semester iV
5,175
=
TOTAL
24,550
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization; Participating Faculty (*) & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. P. Borah Professor Microbiology
Dr. Arundhati Purkayastha Virulence and antimicrobial-resistance gene profiles of Salmonella isolates from animals and man
Dr.(Mrs.) B. Das Professor Animal Genetics & Breeding
Dr. Irin Zebin Molecular characterization of B-Lactoglobulin (B-Lg) and Kappa casein (k-Cn) genes in indigenous cattle of Assam
Dr. S. Laskar Participating Faculty *
Dr. Bhanita Devi Molecular characterization of SLC11A1 gene in doom pig of Assam
Dr. K. Sharma Participating Faculty *
Dr. Leena Das Persistence of foot and mouth disease virus type O in cattle in Assam
Dr. D.J. Dutta Participating Faculty *
Dr. Dibyajyoti Rabha Assessment of DNA integrity and in-vitro sperm fertilizing capacity of frozen semen
Dr. B. C. Sarmah Professor Veterinary Physiology Dr. P. M. Baruah Professor Animal Reproduction, Gynaecology and Obstetrics Dr. N. C. Nath Assistant Professor Veterinary Physiology Dr. D. J. Kalita Asociate Professor Molecular Biochemistry Dr. S. Tamuly Assistant Professor Biochemistry & Animal Biotechnology
Students conducting experiments in laboratory
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 03 (30%) Non-Biotech Industry (India) 01 (10%) Biotech Industry (India) 01 (10%)
10
Academic (Teaching) 01 (10%) PhD (Abroad) 01 (10%) Fellowship (Abroad) 03 (30%) Total 10
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Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 61l
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years 96.50l
DBT
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs.61 lakhs (l)
03
DBT - HRD
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs.96.50 lakhs (l)
No. of R&D Projects 03
Projects
Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 34 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.98 - 3.01
Publications by Students 01 National and 01 International Publication
Curriculum Structure 1st Semester
12
Course No.
Course Title
Basic & Applied Biotechnology Vaccine Biotechnology Animal Genomics Techniques in Molecular Biology & Genetic Engineering
2nd Semester Course No.
Credit
3rd Semester Course No.
3 3 3 3
Fundamentals of Cell & Molecular Biology Animal Cell Culture: Principles and Applications Molecular Diagnostics Reproductive Biotechnology Introduction to Bioinformatics Biodiversity, Biosafety & Bioethics
Credit
3 3 3 3 2 2
Credit
Animal Biotechnology 3 Library & Information Service 1 Agricultural Research (Research Ethics and Rural Development Programme) 1 Disaster Management 1 Master’s Research 7 Master’s Seminar 1
16
Course Title
Course Title
14
4th Semester Course No.
14
Course Title
Credit
Master’s Research
13
Master’s Seminar
1
Total credits/ 4 semesters 12 +16 + 14 + 14 = 56
Course Coordinator
Prof. Probodh Borah Coordinator & Head Department of Animal Biotechnology, College of Veterinary Science Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara, Guwahati-781022, Assam E-mail: borahp@vetbifguwahati.ernet.in | Phone: 0361-2334990 | Fax: 0361- 2337700, 2361175 218 | Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options
Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University Maharashtra Program M.V.Sc. Animal Biotechnology
Location Nagpur, Maharashtra
Year of DBT support implemented 2009
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Number of Seats 10
Students working in Molecular Biology Laboratory
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3/4/5 pattern of education with at least 55% marks or its equivalent grade point average from any recognized university.
Studentship Rs. 8000/month
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 3 Years 2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
04 10
04 10
01 10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Fee Structure
Semester I
10,700
+
Semester iI
8,800
+
Semester iiI
8,220
+
Semester iV
10,220
=
TOTAL
37,940
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. D.R. Kalorey Professor & Coordinator Bovine Mastitis, Mycotoxins, Alternative Medicine
Dr. Shine S. Isolation & Characterization of stem cells from caprine memory gland
Dr. P.A. Tembhurne Assistant Professor Small RNA Biology, Virus-Host-interactions
Dr. Manesh Kumar P. In-ova inhibition of gga-miR-142-3p and evaluation of targeted genes involved in signal transaction and immune response Dr. P. Raja Role of gga-miR-142-3p in cell structural integrity and cell migration in immune organs during developing of chicken embryo Placement of Students in Last Five Years
Dr. V. C. Ingle Associate Professor Molecular Characterization of Viral & Bacterial Pathogens
PhD (India) 02 (33%)
Dr. S. R. Warke Assistant Professor Microbes and Virulence
06
Non-Biotech Industry (India) 01 (17%)
Total 06
Dr. M.M. Pawade Assistant Professor Anaerobic Bacteria Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 200l
10l
25l
02
01
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
DBT
ICMR
Others 03 (50%)
DST
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 235 lakhs (l) No. of R&D Projects 04
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Student working in Virology Laboratory
Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 49 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.978 - 6.0 Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
09
Course Title
Credit
Basic & Applied Biotechnology
3
Fundamentals of Cell and Molecular Biology
3
Animal Cell Culture : Principles and Applications
3
2nd Semester Course No.
3rd Semester Course No.
15
Course Title
Credit
Applied Molecular Biology
3
Molecular Diagnostics
3
Animal Genomics
3
Techniques in Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering
3
Animal Biotechnology
3
14
Course Title
Credit
Vaccine Biotechnology
3
Immunology Applied to Biotechnology
2
Introduction to Bioinformatics
2
Reproductive Biotechnology
3
Molecular Forensics
3
Master’s Seminar
1
4th Semester Course No.
28
Course Title
Master’s Research
Credit
Research & Thesis submission
20 8
Total credits/ 4 semesters 09 +15 + 14 + 28 = 50
Group photo of Students & Faculty
Course Coordinator
Dr. D.R. Kalorey Professor & Coordinator Department of Animal Biotechnology Maharashtra Animal & Fisheries Sciences University (MAFSU), Nagpur- 440006, Maharashtra E-mail: dewanandkalorey@rediffmail.com| Phone: 0712-2510087| Fax: 2510883
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Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Animal Sciences University Punjab Program M.V.Sc./ M.Sc. in Animal Biotechnology
Location Ludhiana, Punjab
Year of DBT support implemented 2009 -10
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Number of Seats 08
Student experimenting in Laboratory
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under B.V.Sc. & A.H. or equivalent degree with minimum OCPA of 6.00 (out of 10.00) or at least 60% marks in aggregate.
Studentship Rs. 8000/month: M.V.Sc. Rs. 4500/month: M.Sc.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 3 Years 2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
06 06
06 08
04 08
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Fee Structure
Semester I
47,215
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+
Semester iI
16,000
+
Semester iiI
13,200
+
Semester iV
13,200
=
TOTAL
89,615
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization; Participating Faculty (*) & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. Dipak Deka Assistant Scientist Diagnostics and Vaccinology
Ms. Mridula Molecular Characterization of Field isolates of Marek’s Disease Virus
Dr. C.S. Mukhopadhyay Assistant Scientist Genomics, RNAi Biology and Bioinformatics
Mr. Naseer Ahmed Identification of molecular markers contributing to sperm chromatin integrity in cattle and buffalo bulls
Dr. J.S. Arora Assistant Scientist Molecular Genetics
Mr. Reddi V.V.S.N. Murthy Comparative protein analysis of Brucella spp. By 2-dimensional electrophoresis
Dr. Niraj K Singh Assistant Scientist Molecular Virology, Vaccinology
Ms. Shradha Cloning, Sequencing and Expression of gene encoding 86 KDA Outer Membrane Protein (OPR86) from Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Dr. G. S. Brah Participating Faculty *
Ms. Elza Neelima Cloning, Sequencing and Expression of gene encoding Heat Shock Protein 70 (HSP70) from chickens (Gallus gallus)
Ms. Rulee Establishment of canine cells constitutively expressing canine signalling lymphocyte activation molecule(SLAM)
Dr. Ramneek Professor-cum-Director Molecular Virology, Diagnostics and Vaccinology Dr. R. S. Sethi Associate Professor Molecular Biology Dr. Satprakash Singh Assistant Scientist Molecular Pathogensis, Diagnostics Dr. Rattan Chaudhary Assistant Scientist Cell & Stem Cell Biology Dr. B. V. Sunil Kumar Assistant Biochemist Molecular Biochemistry
Student experimenting in Biosafety Laboratory
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
Fellowship (India) 26 (70%) PhD (India) 03 (08%) Academic (Teaching) 03 (08%)
37
Others 01 (03%) Fellowship (Abroad) 03 (08%) PhD (Abroad) 01 (03%) Total 37
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Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years
450l
64.50l
DST
125l
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 64.50 lakhs (l)
105l 75l DBT
09
02
02
06
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
DST
UGC
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 755 lakhs (l) No. of R&D Projects 19
Publications by Students 1. Mathew, Elza Neelima., Brah, G S., Sunil Kumar, B V., Mukhopadhyay,C S. and Dubey, P P. 2013. Molecular Cloning and Characterization of the Gene Encoding Heat Shock Protein 70 from the Chicken (Gallus gallus). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences. DOI 10.1007/s40011-013-0252-0. (NAAS: 6.1). 2. Kutchy, N A, Mukhopadhyay, C S, Brah, G S and Arora, J S. 2014. Identifying molecular and spermatological markers to detect sperm chromatin fragmentation. The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 84 (3): 267–270 (NAAS – 6.13; I030: 0367-8318). 3. Mamu, G., Brah, G. S., Mukhopadhyay, C. S., Deka, D. and Ramneek. 2014. Molecular characterization of mannose-binding lectin protein in chickens. Ind. J. Anim. Sci., 84 (1): 34–36. (NAAS – 6.13; I030: 0367- 8318) 4. Swati, Ravi Kumar, GVVPS Brah, G S., Deka, D., Agrawal,R. K., Ansal, Meera D and Mukhopadhyay. C.S. 2013. Differential expression profiling of toll like receptors 3, 4 and 9 genes in major tissues of Indian major carp Catla catla. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 83 (9): 983–986.(NAAS – 6.13; I030: 0367-8318) 5. Swati, Gandham VPPS Ravi Kumar, Mukhopadhyay C.S. , Brah, G.S., Ansal, Mira D., Agrawal, R.K., Deka D. and Ramneek. 2012. In silico analysis of evolutionary divergence of TLR9 transcript in Indian major carp Catla catla. Herald J. Biochemistry & Bioinformatics, 1 (1): 8 – 013. http://heraldjournals.org/hjbb/archive.htm 6. Khatun, M., Kaur,S. Kanchan and Mukhopadhyay C.S.. 2013. Subfertility Problems Leading to Disposal of Breeding Bulls. Asian Australasian J. Anim. Sci., 26(3): 303-308. (NAAS- 6.64) 7. Singh, J., Mukhopadhyay, C.S., Brah, G.S. and Saini, S.. 2013. Z-Chromosome Linked Dinucleotide STRs: Association with Reproduction Traits in Chicken.
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ICMR
Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.9 - 2.62
Indian Journal of Animal Research. Accepted. (NAAS- 6.03; I029: 0367-6722) 8. J. Jamir, Mukhopadyay, C.S., Arora, J.S., Brah, G.S., Cheema, R. and Kaur, Manmeet. Screening of dairy breeding bulls for chromosomal profile and its andrological attributes. Indian Journal of Animal Research. Accepted. (NAAS- 6.03; I029: 0367-6722) 9. Dhakal, J., Brah, G S., Agrawal, R K., Pawar, H N ., Kaur D and Verma, R. 2012. Over-expression of gene encoding heat shock protein 70 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its evaluation as vaccine adjuvant. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology 31(2):123-9. 10. Saini, N., Agrawal, R.K., Pawar, H. N., Dhakal, J., Kaur, D., Mahajan, K., Deka, D. and Ramneek. 2013. Molecular cloning, expression and immunological characterization of gene encoding outer membrane protein L1 (OmpL1) from Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo. Indian Vet. J. 90 (8): 24-27. 11. M urthy, Reddi V.V.S.N., Arora, J S. and Sunil Kumar, B. V. 2014. Differential proteome analysis of different Brucella spp. by two dimensional electrophoresis. National Academy Science Letters. 37(5):431–434. (NAAS: 6.7) 12. Singh S, Deka D, Mulinti R, Sood N K, Agrawal R K and Verma R. 2013. Isolation, Culture, in vitro Differentiation and Characterization of Canine Adult Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, Sect. B Biol. Sci. 84(4): 875-84 13. Sharma A, Deka D, Agrawal R, Mitra N and Ramneek. 2013. Development of a Multiplex PCR assay for the detection of infectious causes of Bovine abortion. Journal of Cell and Tissue Culture Research. 13 (3): 3865-70. 14. Sangha K K., Sunil Kumar, B. V., Agrawal, R K., Deka, D. and Verma, Ramneek. 2014. Proteomic characterization of lytic bacteriophages of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from sewage effluent of
India. ISRN Microbiology. (Accepted). 15. Kaur, Daljit, Verma, Ramneek., Sunil Kumar, B V., Deka, D. and Agrawal, R K. 2014. Cloning, Phylogenetic analysis and Expression of recombinant LipL41, Loa22 and LipL21 Proteins from Leptospira interrogans. International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Biotechnology. (Accepted). 16. Kaur, G., Verma, R., Sunil Kumar, B V., Deka, D and Agrawal, R K.2014. Cloning, expression and characterisation of recombinant outer membrane protein 16 from Brucella spp. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences. (Accepted). 17. Chaudhary, N., Sunil Kumar, B.V., Bhardwaj, Rabia and Singh, Tarunbir. 2014. Expression of erythroblasti cleukemia viral oncogene homolog 2 (ERBB2) from canine mammary tumor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences. (Accepted). 18. Hussain Shahid, Mukhopadhyay, C. S., Sunil Kumar B. V. and Arora J. S. 2014. Functional Characterization of Bubaline Recombinant Cathelicidin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences. (Accepted).
19. Mehak, Ramneek, Deka, D., Dhol, G S. and Barman, Nagendra Nath. 2014. Sequence analysis of E2 glycoprotein of an Indian isolate of Classical Swine Fever Virus (CSFV). Korean Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. (Accepted) 20. Kaur, Mukhopadyay, C. S., Arora, J. S., Brah, G. S., Kaur Simarjeet and Jamir, C. J. 2014. Detection of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism of Holandric Genes and Association with Sperm Nuclear Maturity in Bovines. Indian Journal of Dairy Science. Accepted. 21. Bhardwaj, R., Brah, G.S., Arora, Jaspreet., Kaur Simarjeet and Mukhopadhyay. C.S. 2014. Cloning and Molecular Characterization of Toll-like Receptor 4 (TLR-4) Gene in Indian Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis). Indian Journal of Animal Sciences. Accepted. 22. Hussain, Shahid., Mukhopadhyay, C S. and Arora, J S. 2014. Applications and Implications of Mammalian Antimicrobial peptides- A review. Agricultural Reviews. Accepted.
Experiment in Progress
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Curriculum Structure 1st Semester
21
Course No.
Course Title
ABT-609 ABT-604
Animal Genomics Animal Cell Culture: Principles & Applications Fundamentals of Cell & Molecular Biology
ABT-602
Credit
Course No.
Course Title
3
ABT-608 ABT-605 ABT-611
Introduction to Bioinformatics Molecular Diagnostics Technique in Molecular Biology & Genetic Engineering Reproductive Biotechnology
3 3
Deficiency Courses
PGS-501 PGS-506 AGB-600 VMC-211
Library and information Disaster Management Animal genetics and Breeding (NC) only for MSc General Veterinary Microbiology (NC) only for MSc
2nd Semester
1 1 3 2
VMC-221
Veterinary Immunology and Serology (NC) only for MSc
LPM-600
Livestock and poultry Production (NC) only for MSc 3
2
ABT-610
31
Course No.
Course Title
ABT-691
Seminar
Credit
1
Deficiency Courses
PGS-503
Intellectual Property and its management in agriculture (NC) (Deficiency Course)
1
VMC-601 VMC-604 VMC-606
Bacteriology General Virology Principles of Immunology
4 3 3
ABT-699
Thesis Work
20 *
PGS-502
3 3 2 3
VBC-609 VMD-600
Technical Writing and Communication Skills (NC) (Deficiency courses) 1 Central Dogma and Protein Functions (Supporting) 2 Veterinary Medicine (NC) (Deficiency courses only for M.Sc.) 4
4th Semester Course No.
Course Title
20 Credit
20 *
* These 20 credits are distributed among 3rd and 4th semester
Total credits/ 4 semesters 21 +19 + 31 + 20 = 90
Students with Faculty
Course Coordinator
Dr. Ramneek Verma Professor-cum-Director & Coordinator Department of Animal Biotechnology Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana -141004, Punjab E-mail: ramneek@gdvasu.in | Phone: 0161-2414023 | Fax: 0161-2400822 226 | Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options
Credit
Deficiency/Supporting Courses
Thesis Work
3rd Semester
19
Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir Jammu & Kashmir
Location Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir
Program M.V.Sc. in Animal Biotechnology
Mode of Selection JNU-CET & University Entrance Exam
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 2011-12
Number of Seats 10
Students conducting experiment in Laboratory
Eligibility Candidates possessing Bachelor degree in Veterinary and Animal Sciences (B.V.Sc. & A.H.) recognised by Veterinary Council of India with minimum OGPA 6.00/10.00 or equivalent are eligible.
Studentship Rs.8000/month
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in 2012-13
04 10
2012-13
Fee Structure (* Including refundable fee of Rs. 10,000)
Semester I
11,545 21,744*
Semester Ii +
1,150 1,150
Semester iii +
10,885 10,885
Semester Iv +
1,150 1,150
TOTAL =
24,730 34,929
Non Boarders Boarders
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization; Participating Faculty (*) & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. N A Ganai Professor Animal Genetics
Mr. Shakil A Bhat Diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 1(DGAT1) Polymorphism in dairy cattle and its association with fat % and milky yield
Dr. R A Shah Professor Reproductive Biotechnology
Mr. Shafqut Majeed In-vitro development of sheep embryos produced through zona-included and zona-free cloning technique
Dr. Ishraq Hussain Participating Faculty *
Mr. Mir Mehraj Evaluation of genetic variability in goat breeds of Kashmir using mtDNA markers
Dr.Shakil A Wani Participating Faculty *
Mr. Muzamil A Teli Expression of GDF9 gene at different stages of in-vitro embryo development in sheep
Dr. Mudasir Andrabi Assistant Professor Functional Genomics, Bioinformatics Dr. Hina Bhat Assistant Professor Molecular Biology, Cancer Cell Biology
Meeting in Progress
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 150l
100l
25l
25l DBT
02
01
02
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
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DST
ICAR
JKCST
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 200 lakhs (l) No. of R&D Projects 06
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years
Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 82 Publications with Impact Factor Range 1.0 - 11.85.
115l
60l
DBT
ICAR
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 175 lakhs (l) Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
18
Course Title
Animal Genetics Animal Cell Culture: Principles and Applications Fundamentals of Cell and Molecular Biology Introduction to Bioinformatics Elective I
2nd Semester Course No.
Credit
Reproductive Biotechnology Molecular Diagnostics Techniques in Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering Applied Molecular Biology Molecular Forensics Probiotics and Feed Biotechnology Elective II
Course No.
3
3 2 7
Credit
Course Title
Seminar Thesis Work
3
21
Course Title
3rd Semester
11 Credit
1 10
4th Semester
10
Course No.
Credit
Course Title
Thesis Work
10
Total credits/ 4 semesters 18 +21 + 11 + 10 = 60
3 3 3 3 3 2 4
Course Coordinator
Prof. Nazir A. Ganai Head & Coordinator Centre of Animal Biotechnology FVSc & AH Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shuhama, Srinagar-190006, Jammu & Kashmir E-mail: drnazirahmad@gmail.com | Phone: 0194 - 2262642, 09419018745 | Fax: 2262207
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All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi Program Masters in Medical Biotechnology
Location Ansari Nagar, New Delhi
Year of DBT support implemented 1985-86
Mode of Selection All India Entrance Test conducted by Institute
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Number of Seats 16 (only 14 seats advertised)
Students experimenting in Laboratory
Eligibility Applicant must have done MBBS/BDS/ B.V.Sc./ B. Pharmacy/ Bachelor of Physiotherapy or B.Sc. degree and secured at least 60 per cent marks (55 per cent marks in case of SC/ST candidates).
Studentship Rs. 5000/month
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years 2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
11 12
13 12
12 14
14 16
12 16
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Fee Structure
Semester I + ii + III + Iv
905
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization; Participating Faculty (*) & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. Y.D. Sharma Professor & Head Molecular Parasitology
Ms. Divya Kandari Identification of erythrocyte receptor molecules for P. vivax tryptophan-rich antigens Ms. Monika Saini PCR detection and sequence analysis of 6 kb element and drug resistance markers of Plasmodium knowlesi among malaria cases
Dr. J.S. Tyagi Professor Molecular Biology of M.tuberculosis and Diagnostics
Mr. Sudhir Kumar Phosphatase activity of mutant DevS and DosT sensor kinases of M. tuberculosis
Dr. H. K. Prasad Professor Immunology of M. tuberculosis
Ms. Priya Dagar Study of secreted cytokines in pediatric cases of tuberculosis
Dr. Rama Jayasundar Participating Faculty *
Mr. Arun Kumar Verma Spectroscopic evaluation and analysis of anti-angiogenic activity of selected medicinal plants
Mr. Rahul Gauttam Modulation of THP-1 cell line by Vitamin C
Ms. Sakshi Sharma Spectroscopic analysis and evaluation of anti-angiogenic activity of select medicinal plants Dr. Arundhati Sharma Participating Faculty *
Mr. Binata Marik Characterization of GH1 promoter region polymorphisms in patients with growth hormone deficiency Ms. Sweta Kumari Association of GHRE3 deletion polymorphisms with growth hormone deficiency
Dr. T. Velpandian Participating Faculty *
Mr. Kanuj Mishra Occular Lipidomics Ms. V. Sharmilee Evaluation of the expression of transporters in diabetic condition in experimental animals
Dr. Suman Jain Participating Faculty *
Ms. Preeti Umarao Functional Recovery in 6-OHDA Rat Model of Parkinson’s Disease Following Super paramagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Implantation
Dr. Sujata Mohanty Participating Faculty *
Ms. Pallavi Srivastava HLA profiling of Stem cells during different stages of differentiation
Dr. S. N. Das Professor Molecular immunology of tumors & Immunogenetics Dr. A. Gupta Associate Professor Cardiogenomics and Bioinformatics
Student at work in Laboratory
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Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 24 (48%) PhD (Abroad) 04 (09%) Biotech Industry (India) 02 (04%) Non-Biotech Industry (Abroad) 03 (07%)
48
Academic (Teaching) 02 (04%) Others 13 (26%) Total 48
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 680l
25l
50l
35l
DBT
12
01
02
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
DST
S. No. 1.
Title of the Technology Multipurpose Biosafe TB diagnostic technology (USP technology)
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BRNS
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 790 lakhs (l) No. of R&D Projects 16
Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 72 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.907- 8.278
Technology Perfected/Commercialized
ICMR
Publications by Students 03 National and 23 International Publications
Patents filed/granted 02 Indian Patents
Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
20
Course Title
Credit
Biochemistry Cell Biology Molecular Biology Biostatistics Computers: Application to Biomedicine Seminar: Techniques: Principles & Instrumentation Medical Microbiology Bacterial Genetics Human Genetics
2nd Semester Course No.
Immunology & Immunotechnology Recombinant DNA Technology
Course No.
3.5 2 3 2 2 1 3.5 1 2
23.5
Course Title
3rd Semester
Credit
22
Course Title
Seminar: Immunology & Molecular Biology Bioinformatics Structural Biology & NMR Dissertation
Credit
4th Semester Course No.
2 6 2 12
40.5
Course Title
Dissertation continued Molecular Medicine & Biotechnology
Credit
38 2.5
Total credits/ 4 semesters 20 + 23.5 + 22 + 40.5 = 121.5
13 10.5
Group Photo of Faculty with Students
Course Coordinator
Prof. Y. D. Sharma Head & Coordinator Department of Biotechnology All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110029 E-mail: ydsharma@hotmail.com| Phone: 011- 26589654| Fax: 011- 26589286 Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options | 233
Maharishi Dayanand University Haryana Program Masters in Medical Biotechnology
Location Rohtak, Haryana
Year of DBT support implemented 2011
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Number of Seats 15
Maharishi Dayanand University, Main Gate
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree in B.Sc. (Biotechnology) with atleast 50% marks or any other examination recognized by M.D. University, Rohtak as equivalent thereto.
Studentship Rs. 5000/month
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 2 Years 2011-12
2012-13
10 15
07 15
2011-12
2012-13
Fee Structure
Semester I + ii
10,217
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Semester iii + iv +
9,717
TOTAL
=
19,934
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. S. K. Gakhar Professor & Coordinator Malaria Research
Ms. Neha Mishra Cloning and characterization of Aminopeptidase N-gene in Anopheles culicifacies Ms. Kashish Bhardwaj Comparative analysis of Mitochondrial genome in Diptera Mr. Navbhar Sharma Cloning of carboxy peptidase B in Anopheles culicifacies and comparative in sillico T-cell prediction of carboxy peptidase B
Dr. Amita Suneja Dang Assistant Professor Immunology
Ms. Manjeet Kaur To study the association between polymorphism of HSD 31 Gene and Polycystic ovarian syndrome in North Indian Women Ms. Manisha V To study the association of serum levels of IL-18 with PCOs
Dr. Hari Mohan Assistant Professor Virology
Ms. Adidti Singh Cloning, sequencing of NSP4 gene of group A Rotavirus Ms. Enakshi Maini Biosynthesis of silver nano-particles from bacterial isolates
Dr. Anil Kumar Assistant Professor Genomics Dr. Rashmi Bhardwaj Assistant Professor Stem Cell Biology Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years
200l 281.04l
Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 35 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.94- 9.898
Publications by Students 03 National Publications 25l
02
01
Projects
Projects
DBT
DST
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 225 lakhs (l)
DBT
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 281.04 lakhs (l)
No. of R&D Projects 03
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Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
26
Course Title
Cell Biology Biomolecules and Metabolism Microbiology Molecular Biology Biostatistics Communicative Skills Lab Course - I (Based on MBT 101-102, MBE 105-106) Lab Course - II (Based on MBT 103-104)
2nd Semester Course No.
Credit
Immunology Human Physiology and Development Genetics Genetic Engineering Animal Call Culture & Vaccinology Seminars Lab Course - I (Based on MBT 201/ 202, MBE 205/ 206/ 207/ 208 ) Lab Course - II (Based on MBT 203, 204) Self-Study Paper
Course No.
2 2
Credit
4 4 4 4 2
Course Title
4th Semester Course No.
Course Title
Social, Ethical and Legal Issues in Medical Biotechnology Project Work
Total credits/ 4 semesters 26 +22 + 26 + 16 = 90
2 2 0
M.Sc. 2013-15 batch
Course Coordinator
Dr. Hari Mohan Saini Assistant Professor & Deputy Coordinator Centre of Medical Biotechnology Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak -124001, Haryana E-mail: surengak@gmail.com | Phone: 01262 - 279147 236 | Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options
26 Credit
Medical Microbiology and Biology of Infectious diseases Stem Cell Biology and Somatic and Germ Cell Engineering Human Genetics and Genomics Drug Designing & Pharmacogenomics Diagnostics Lab Course - I (Based on MBT 301-303) Lab Course - II (Based on MBT 304, 305/306/307/308) Seminars
4 4 4 4 4 2
22
Course Title
3rd Semester
4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2
16 Credit
4 12
Banaras Hindu University Uttar Pradesh Program Masters in Molecular and Human Genetics
Location Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 2003-04
Mode of Selection University Exam
Number of Seats 20
Students experimenting in Laboratory
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3/4/5 pattern of education with at least 55% marks or its equivalent grade point average from any recognized University.
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 6 Years 2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
10 10
11 12
15 15
14 15
20 20
20 20
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
Fee Structure
Semester I
3,835
+
Semester iI
825
+
Semester iiI
2,885
+
Semester iV
625
=
TOTAL
8,170
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization; Participating Faculty (*) & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. Gopeshwar Narayan Professor Cancer Genetics
Ms. Jyotsana Singh MCM4 deficient cervical cancer cells are more sensitive to DNA alkylating agent Mr. Praval Khanal Comparative therapeutic efficiency of Capsaicin and Curcumin in Leukemia cell lines Ms. Romila Singh Carboplatin resistance: Role of cell cycle regulatory genes
Dr. Kiran Singh Assistant Professor Reproductive Genetics
Ms. Anubha Srivastata Different molecular cervical cancer cells are more sensitive to DNA alkylating agent Mr. Rahamatun Nissa Expressional analysis of S100 A8 and MDSC cells count during gestational period and menstrual cycle
Dr. Swati Subodh Participating Faculty *
Mr. Akhilesh Kumar Saini Protective efficiency of Seabuckthorn against hypoxia induced liver cell death in HepG2 cell lines
Dr. Sathees C. Raghavan Participating Faculty *
Ms. Aparajita Singh Evaluation of single strand break repair in cell free extracts of rat tissue
Dr. Arunika Mukhopadhayay Participating Faculty *
Ms. Hiral M Sanghavi Purification of Vibrio parahemolyticus OmpU from wild type and recombinant
Dr. Shibnath Mazumder Participating Faculty *
Mr. Ashsih Kumar Tripathi Study of pathogenicity of Mycobacterium smegmatis in fish model
Dr. J Gowrishankar Participating Faculty *
Ms. Bhawana Understanding interaction of RNase E, and endoribonuclease with its regulator RNA in E.coli
Dr. Sharmishtha Day Participating Faculty *
Mr. Lomus Kumar Mishra Expression and purification of sirtuins
Dr. Soma Sarkar Participating Faculty *
Mr. Nitin Bayal In Silico analysis of hypoxia responsive genes in humans and rat
Dr. Jitendra K. Thakur Participating Faculty *
Ms. Sabeeha Mapping of the region(s) of protein which interacts with KIX domain of Med15 submit using Yeat two- hybrid assay
Dr. Anju Shrivastava Participating Faculty *
Mr. Surendra Singh Effect of Tumor on macrophages
Dr. Sudha Bhattarcharya Participating Faculty *
Ms. Vartika Sharma Cloning and expression of EhLINE1 ORF1 protein of Entameoba histolytica
Dr. Ashim Mukherjee Associate Professor Signal Transduction Dr. Mousumi Mutsuddi Assistant Professor Neurodegeneration Dr. Geeta Rai Assistant Professor Immunogenetics 238 | Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options
Students experimenting in Laboratory
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 33 (85%)
39
PhD (Abroad) 06 (15%) Total 39
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 300l
25l
25l
50l
DBT
DST
UGC
BRNS
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 400 lakhs (l) 04
01
01
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
No. of R&D Projects 07
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Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 67 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.905 - 12.812 Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
21
Course Title
Transmission Genetics Basic Human Genetics Molecular Genetics Biochemistry: Structure & Function of Informational Molecules Cytogenetics Cell Biology Lab work based on courses MGM101 & MGM102 Lab work based on courses MGM103 & MGM104 Lab work based on courses MGM105 & MGM106
2nd Semester Course No.
Credit
DNA Technology & Genetic Engineering Bioinformatics & Biotechniques Biochemistry: Metabolic Concepts and Regulations Genomic Instability and Cancer Human Genome Reproductive Genetics Lab work based on courses MGM201 & MGM202 Lab work based on courses MGM203 & MGM204 Lab work based on course MGM205 Introduction to Human Genome
Course No.
2 2 3 2 2 2
Credit
3 2 3 3 3 2
Course Title
Human Molecular Genetics Clinical Genetics & Genetic Counselling Developmental Genetics Immunogenetics Basic Genetics and Genetic Disorders Lab work based on courses MGM301 & MGM302 Lab work based on courses MGM303 & MGM304 Clinical Assignments
2 3 3
23
Course Title
3rd Semester
4th Semester Course No.
Course Title
Population & Evolutionary Genetics Neurogenetics Lab work based on course MGM402 Seminar & Formulation of Research Project Comprehensive Viva-voce Dissertation
Total credits/ 4 semesters 21 +23 + 20 +16= 80
2 2 1 2
Course Coordinator
Prof. Gopeshwar Narayan Head & Coordinator Department of Molecular & Human Genetics Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi - 221005, Uttar Pradesh E-mail: gnarayan@bhu.ac.in| Phone: 0542-6702497(O)
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20 Credit
3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2
16 Credit
2 3 1 2 2 6
Goa University Goa Program M.Sc. in Marine Biotechnology
Location Goa
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 1988
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Number of Seats 20
M.Sc. Students (2nd year) carrying out Dissertation Project
Eligibility Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3/4/5 pattern of education with at least 55% marks or its equivalent grade point average from any recognized University.
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years 2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
17 20
11 20
11 20
15 20
13 20
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Fee Structure
Semester I + ii
15,460
+
Semester iii + iv
11,610
=
TOTAL
27,070
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization; Participating Faculty (*) & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. Usha D. Muraleedharan Professor & Coordinator Biochemistry, Enzymology, Biological Oceanographic Processes
Ms. Prerna Pathak Studies on Biodiesel production from Sargassum and other macroalgae Ms. Afreen Husaain Studies on Thraustochytrid amylases Mr. Prantick Patra Antimicrobial potential of mangrove leaf extracts & partial characterization of the bioactive compounds Ms. Chandrika Kapagunta Partial purification and characterization of antifungal and antibacterial metabolites produced by a halotolerant Bacillus amyloliquefaciens
Dr. Savita Kerkar Professor Marine Microbiology
Ms. Meena Kumari Biofilm associated saltern bacteria as biofertilizers and their impact on Cicer arietinum Mr. Maninder Singh Remediation of cadmium from water using nanoparticles (Fe3O4 and FeS) and SRB Cells and comparing the efficiency of remediation with their immobilized counterparts Mr. Nishant Rai Cloning of agarase gene from marine bacterial strain DD1
Dr. Sanjeev C. Ghadi Professor Molecular Biology, Applied Enzymology
Mr. Gajanand Yadav Shotgun cloning of marine bacteriophage DNA Ms. Sonali Vasnik Protoplast from seaweeds using polysaccharase from Limpet and marine bacteria Ms. Vidhi Kaushik An analysis of sugar specificity of lectins from Caulerpa sertularoides
Dr. Urmila Barros Associate Professor Applied Biology, Immunology
Mr. Abhsihek Gokahan A study on Bacteria - Ulva rigida association as a source of lectin Mr. Subhojit Paul Assessment of nutraceutical potential of two green marine macroalgae Mr. Hitesh Chauhan Effect of Benzo [Îą]-pyrene on the marine bacterium strain JR110 ( MTCCNO-3317)
Prof. U. M. X. Sangodkar Participating Faculty *
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 37 (67%) PhD (Abroad) 02 (04%) Biotech Industry (India) 04 (07%)
55
Others 08 (15%) Academic (Teaching) 04 (07%) Total 55
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Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 64l
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years
135.64l 30l 20l
26l 01
01
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
28.50l
XII PLAN MoES
CSIR
DBT_HRD (2008-13)
Goa-DST
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 114 lakhs (l)
Patents filed/granted 03 Patents
DBT
DST
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 190.14 lakhs (l)
No. of R&D Projects 03 Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 20 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.563 - 2.324
UGC
FIST
Publications by Students 1. Tonima K. Kamat, Shashi Kiran & Savita Kerkar (2011). Antimicrobial Potential of Bacillus marismortui, a salt pan isolate of Cavellosim-Goa, India. International J Advanced Biotechnol and Res 2: 321-328. 2. Sudhir Kumar, Mukesh Tiwari & Urmila Barros (2011). Marine Algae Hem agglutinins from the coast of Goa. Advances in Aquatic Ecology 5: 185-189. 3. N irmal K. Prasad, V. Vindal, V. Kumar, A. Kabra, N. Phogat and M. Kumar (2011). Structural and docking studies of Leucaena leucocephala cinnamoyl CoA reductase. J Mol Model 17: 533-541. (I.F. 1.797) 4. Savita Kerkar, Laxmi Raiker, Anil Tiwari, Shanmugam Mayilraj & Syed Dastager (2012). Biofilm-associated indole acetic acid producing bacteria and their impact in the proliferation of biofilm mats in solar saltern. Biologia (Section Cellular and Molecular Biology) 67:1-8. (I.F. 0.506) 5. Navneet Phogat, V. Vindal, V. Kumar, K.K. Inampudi, & Nirmal K. Prasad (2010). Sequence analysis, in silico modelling and docking studies of caffeoyl CoA-O-methyl transferase of Populus trichopora. J Mol Model 16: 1461-1471. (I.F. 1.871)
Full view of the new Block housing the Department of Biotechnology
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Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
21
Course Title
Fundamentals of General and Marine Microbiology Concepts in Biochemistry Principles of Genetics & Molecular Biology Principles of Oceanography Biostatistics Lab in Marine Microbiology Lab in Biochemistry Lab in Molecular Genetics Communication Skills & Scientific writing
2 Semester
Course No.
Course Title
Bioprocess & Industrial Biotechnology Recombinant DNA Technology Animal Cell Culture Enzymology Molecular Immunology Lab in Fermentation Technology Lab in Recombinant DNA Technology Lab in Animal Cell Culture Lab in Enzyme Characterization Dissertation:Marine Biotechnology (Stage - I) Summer training presentation and Report
3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
25 Credit
3 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1
20
nd
Course No.
Credit
3rd Semester
Course Title
The Marine Ecosystem Introductory Immunology Cell & Developmental Biology Bioinformatics Plant Tissue Culture Technology Lab in Marine Biology & Chemistry Lab in Immunology Lab in Bioinformatics Lab in Plant Tissue Culture Seminar Presentations
Total credits/ 4 semesters 21 +20 + 25 + 27 = 93
Credit
2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
4th Semester Course No.
Course Title
Potential Application of Marine Organisms Aquaculture Technology & Marine Pharmacology Application of Recombinant DNA Technology Biosafety & IPR Cellular Biophysics Genomics and Proteomics Seminar Presentations Dissertation: Marine Biotechnology (Stage II) Scuba Diving
Demonstration of an experiment to School Students during the DST-INSPIRE Science Camp
Course Coordinator
Prof. Usha Muraleedharan Coordinator Department of Biotechnology Goa University, Goa - 403206 E-mail: usha@unigoa.ac.in| Phone: 0832 - 6519356 /6519091 | Fax: 2452889/ 2451184 244 | Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options
27 Credit
3 3 3 3 3 3 1 6 2
Annamalai University Tamil Nadu
Program M.Sc. in Marine Biotechnology
Location Parangipettai, Tamil Nadu
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Year of DBT support implemented 2002-03
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Number of Seats 13
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
Building of CAS in Marine Biology at Parangipettai
Eligibility Graduate degree in Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Human Genetics, Applied Genetics, Microbiology, Industrial Microbiology, Industrial Fish and Fisheries, Agricultural Microbiology, Plant Science & Biotechnology and Animal Science & Biotechnology, Plant Biology & Plant Biotechnology, Plant Science, Animal Science with not less than 60% marks in part-III offered by UGC recognized Universities / Academic Institutions.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years 2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
08 13
02 13
03 13
02 13
01 13
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Fee Structure
Semester I + ii
30,085
+
Semester Iii + iv
27,885
=
TOTAL
57,970
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. S.Jayalakshmi Associate Professor Marine Microbiology, Genetics , Genomics and Proteomics, Analytical Techniques and GLP Bioprocess Technology
Ms. Kannan Asha Production, Purification, Characterization and evaluation of bioactive potential of Prodogiosi, from Serratia marcescens isolated from mangrove sediments of vellar estuary
Dr. S.T. Somasundaram Associate Professor Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology Plant and Animal Cell Culture Technology
Ms. Holker Ketki Ashok Brown Algae Spatoglossum asperum (J.Agardh)- A possible source of anticancer molecular lead
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization (Faculty who have not supervised student dissertation in 2012-13) Prof. Dr. K. Kathiresan Dean & Director Aquaculture Technology and Marine Pharmacology Dr. M. Srinivasan Professor Marine Environmental in Biotechnology Dr. A. Shanmugam Professor Aquaculture Technology and Marine Pharmacology; Marine Bioresources, Biodiversity and Oceanography; IPR and Biosafety Dr. P. S. Lyla Professor Immunology Dr. M. Kalaiselvam Associate Professor Cell and Development Biology Dr. P. Soundarapandian Associate Professor Biochemistry; Endocrinology and Reproduction in Marine Animals Dr. K. Sivakumar Assistant Professor Genomics and Proteomics Dr. P. Mayavu Assistant Professor Bioprocess Technology
Dr. S. Bragadeeswaran Assistant Professor Aquaculture Technology and Marine Pharmacology; Marine Bioresources, Biodiversity and Oceanography; IPR and Biosafety Dr. V. Ravi Assistant Professor Marine Bioresources, Biodiversity and Oceanography Dr. G. Sankar Assistant Professor Marine Environmental Biotechnology Dr. S. M. Raffi Assistant Professor Marine Food Technology Dr. P Murugesan Assistant Professor Aquaculture Technology and Marine Pharmacology Dr. A. Chezhian Assistant Professor Analytical Techniques and GLP Dr. T. Ramesh Assistant Professor Marine Microbiology; Bioprocess Technology; Plant and Animal Cell Culture Technology
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Dr. B. Deivasigamani Assistant Professor Immunology; Endocrinology and Reproduction Marine Animals Dr. A. R. Nazar Assistant Professor Immunology Dr. D. Annadurai Assistant Professor Marine Environmental Biotechnology Dr. E. Natarajan Assistant Professor IPR and Biosafety
Dr. M. Arumugam Assistant Professor Biochemistry Dr. P. Vijayanand Assistant Professor Analytical Techniques and GLP Dr. A. Sundaramanickam Assistant Professor Marine Microbiology Dr. S. Saravanan Assistant Professor Endocrinology and Reproduction in Marine Animals Dr. R. Lakshmanan Assistant Professor Marine Bioresources,
Biodiversity and Oceanography Dr. M.Thangaraj Assistant Professor Genetic Engineering; Molecular Biology Dr. M. A. Badhul Haq Assistant Professor Genetic Engineering; Molecular Biology Dr. K. Sakkaravarthi Assistant Professor Aquaculture Technology and Marine Pharmacology Dr.S.Ravichandran Assistant Professor of Zoology Biochemistry; Cell and Development Biology Dr. N. Kumaresan Assistant Professor of Mathematics Introductory Mathematics Dr. P. Suresh Kumar Assistant Professor of Environment Science Biochemistry; Marine Environmental Biotechnology Dr. H. Ann Suji Assistant Professor of Microbiology Marine Microbiology
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 09 (41%) Fellowship (India) 01 (04%) PhD (Abroad) 01 (04%) Non-Biotech Industry (India) 02 (09%)
22
Others 03 (14%) Academic (Teaching) 03 (14%) Entrepreneurship 03 (14%) Total 22
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years
3034.73l
100l 283.90l
15
08
Projects
DST
315.96l
404.01l 100l
01
31l
01
294.40l 44.83l
12
02
34
12
28
100l
5l
12l
10.92l
01
01
01
01
Projects Projects Projects Projects Projects Projects Projects Projects Projects Projects Projects Projects
DBT
MHRD
ICAR
Deptt. of Space
Deptt. of Atomic Energy
MoES
MoEF
UGC
MRNE
TNCSC & T Ministry CSIR of Health
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 5239.90 lakhs (l) No. of R&D Projects 117
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Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years 500l 383l
135l 100l
FIST
_
20l
_
96.50l DST
SAP
PURSE
Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 923 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.99 - 6.1
CPEPA
MHRD
UGC
UGC
DST
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 1234.5 lakhs (l) Publications by Students 01 National Publication
Patents filed/granted • Dr. A. Shanmugam. Use of low molecular weight heparan sulfate from marine scallop Amussium pleuronectus (Linne) from cardiovascular diseases. Ref: 1603/Che/2013 dt. 09/04/2013 • Dr. K. Siva Kumar. Proved MFC (Microbial Fuel Cell) potential for Marine Actinobacteria. •
Ref: CBR No. 6795 dt. 14.7.2011 Dr. T. Ramanathan. (Patents are recognized and published in Official journal of the patent office,
published in 34/2014 in page no. 326 &329). File no.1: Title of the invention: Drug for Treatment of Diabetes Using Glycosin Alkaloid Address of Applicant: Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Parangipettai - 608 502, Tamil Nadu India | Name of Inventor: S. Gurudeeban, T. Ramanathan, K. Satyavani and T. Balasubramanian | No. of Pages: 14 | No. of Claims: 7 File no. 2: Title of the invention:Drug for Treatment of Diabetes and Diabetic Foot Ulcer Using Rutin Loaded Solid Lipid Nanoparticles Address of Applicant: Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Parangipettai - 608 502, Tamil Nadu India | Name of Inventor: K. Satyavani, T. Ramanathan, S. Gurudeeban and T. Balasubramanian | No. of Pages: 15 | No. of Claims: 9
Proteomics Laboratory with Maldi-Tof Facilities
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UGC
Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
24
Course Title
Biochemistry Analytical Techniques and GLP Cell and Developmental Biology Molecular Biology Marine Bioresources, Biodiversity and Oceanography Seminar / Journal Club /Assignment Lab - I: Biochemistry and Analytical methods Lab - II: Molecular Biology & Oceanography
2nd Semester Course No.
Credit
Immunology Marine Microbiology Genetic Engineering Genetics, Genomics and Proteomics Aquaculture Technology and Marine Pharmacology Seminar / Journal Club /Assignment Lab - III: Immunology Lab - IV: Marine Microbiology and Aquaculture Technology Lab - V: Genetic Engineering
Course No.
Course Title
3 3 3 3
Bioprocess Technology Marine Environmental Biotechnology Endocrinology & Reproduction of Marine organisms IPR and Biosafety Elective - I Lab - VI: Bioprocess Technology & Marine Environmental Biotechnology Lab - VII: Endocrinology & Reproduction of Marine organisms Project Proposal Presentation
3 1 4 4
24
Course Title
3rd Semester
Credit
3 3 3 3
4th Semester Course No.
23 Credit
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2
23
Course Title
Elective – II Thesis work
Credit
3 20
Total credits/ 4 semesters 24 + 24 + 23 + 23 = 94
3 1 3 3 2
A group photograph of faculty and students in Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology Annamalai University
Course Coordinator
Prof. K. Kathiresan Director & Coordinator Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Parangipettai - 608502, Tamil Nadu E-mail: casmboffice@gmail.com | Phone: 04144 - 243223 | Fax: 04144 - 243555 Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options | 249
Cochin University of Science & Technology Kerala Program M.Tech. in Marine Biotechnology
Location Kochi, Kerala
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Year of DBT support implemented 2008 - 09
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Number of Seats 08
Studentship Rs. 8000/month
Cochin University of Science & Technology campus
Eligibility B. Tech/ B.E. in Leather Biotechnology, Chemical Engg., Biotechnology, Biomedical Engineering, B.Pharma, Chemical Technology or , M.Sc in Biotechnology, Marine Biotechnology, Life Sciences, Botany/ Zoology/Biochemistry, Microbiology/ Genetics, Biophysics, Microbial Genetics and Bioinformatics, Marine Biology/ Aquatic Biology and Fisheries/Environmental Biotechnology/ Mariculture are also eligible.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years 2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
06 06
04 06
02 06
04 08
05 08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Fee Structure
Semester I
16,715
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+
Semester iI
14,655
+
Semester iiI
15,345
+
Semester iV
14,655
=
TOTAL
61,370
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. Valsamma Joseph Assistant Professor Marine Biotechnology
Dr. T.P. Sajeevan Assistant Professor Marine Biotechnology
Ms. Gnana Dhivya, R Metagenomic analysis of microbial communities associated with diatom Chaetocero sp. Ms. Vinaya K. K. Characterization of methionine synthase and cobalamine acquisition genes in marine microalgae Mr. Neelanchal Vaid Marine actinomycetes as source of antagonistic compounds to manage aquatic pathogens Ms. Snigdha Gupta Isolation and characterization of acetylcholinesterase inhibitor from Sargassum wightii and its neuroprotective activity
Prof. I. S. Bright Singh Professor and Course- Coordinator & Coordinator, NCAAH Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology, Aquatic Animal Health Dr. A. Mohandas Emeritus Professor Parasitology, Hematology
Student experimenting in Laboratory
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
Academic (Teaching) 02 (09%)
21
Others 06 (29%) PhD (India) 12 (57%) PhD (Abroad) 01 (05%) Total 21
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Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years
415.39l 74.50l
37l 110.83l 21.46l
21.51l
26.13l 7l
09
02
02
01
03
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
DBT
CMLRE
DST
KBC, KSCST
UGC
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 595.32 lakhs (l)
FIST
DST
Non-Recurring
UGC
Special Assistance Programme
UGC
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 118.50 lakhs (l)
No. of R&D Projects 17 Patents filed/granted 05 Indian Patents 01 International Patent
Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 63 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.936 - 3.59.
Publications by Students 01 International Publication Aparna Asok, Esha Arshad, C. Jasmin, S. Somnath Pai, I.S.Bright Singh, A. Mohandas and Abdlaziz Anas. 2012.
Reducing Vibrio load in Artemia nauplii using antimicrobial photodynamic therapy: a promising strategy to reduce antibiotic application in shrimp larviculture. Microbial Biotechnology, 5(1): 59-68. Impact Factor 3.023.
Technology Perfected/Commercialized S. No.
Title of the Technology
Licensor
Name of Leader
1.
Nitrifying Bioreactor Technology
M/s Oriental Aquamarine Biotech. (India) Pvt. Ltd.,U-7, Kovaipudur, Coimbatore - 641042
Prof. I. S. Bright Singh
2.
DetrodigestTM
National Centre for Aquatic Animal Health, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi - 682016
Prof. I. S. Bright Singh
3.
PS-1TM
National Centre for Aquatic Animal Health, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi - 682016
Prof. I. S. Bright Singh
4.
EnterotrophoticTM
National Centre for Aquatic Animal Health, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi - 682016
Prof. I. S. Bright Singh
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Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
20
Course Title
Credit
Introduction to Marine Sciences Marine Microbiology Marine Genomics and Proteomics Marine Bioprospecting Bioinformatics Animal Cell Culture Technology Lab - 1: Advances in Molecular Biology Lab - II: Marine Microbiology
2nd Semester Course No.
3rd Semester Course No.
3 3 3 3 2 1 3 2
Course Title
Comprehensive review in the area of specialization and its presentation Training in Marine Biotechnology Industry/Institution : Submission of Report and Presentation Full time Research Project: Progress Review -1 Viva Voce Examination Biostatistics & Research Methodology Nanobiotechnology
20 Credit
4
5 4 5 1 1
20
Course Title
Credit
Biotechnological Interventions in Aquatic Animal Health Management High Health Bloodstock Development Bioprocess Technology Marine Algal Biotechnology Marine Biotechnology Industry Management Lab - III: Biotechnological Interventions in Aquatic Animal Health Management Lab - IV: Bioprospecting and Bioprocess Technology
4th Semester Course No.
4 3 3 3 2 3 2
Course Title
Full time Research Project: Progress Review - 2 Full time Research Project: Progress Review - 3 Full time Research Project: Report Submission & Presentation Viva Voce Examination
20 Credit
4 4 8 4
Total credits/ 4 semesters 20 +20 + 20 + 20 = 80
Group photo of Faculty and students, NCAAH
Course Coordinator
Prof. I. S. Bright Singh Coordinator National Centre for Aquatic Animal Health Cochin University of Science & Technology, Kochi - 682016, Kerala E-mail: isbsingh@gmail.com| Phone: 0484 - 2381120| Fax: 084 - 2381120 Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options | 253
Jiwaji University Madhya Pradesh
Program M.Sc. in Neuroscience
Location Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
Year of DBT support implemented 2003-04
Mode of Selection University Entrance Test
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Number of Seats 10
Students experimenting in Laboratory using BIOPAC
Eligibility B.Sc. Biology degree under 10+2+3/4/5 pattern of education with at least 55% marks or its equivalent grade point average from any recognized university.
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years 2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
10 10
10 10
10 10
10 10
10 10
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Fee Structure
Semester I
25,615
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+
Semester iI
21,725
+
Semester iiI
23,075
+
Semester iV
21,725
=
TOTAL
92,140
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization; Participating Faculty (*) & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. I. K. Patro Professor & Course-Coordinator Neurobiology: Glia, Brain Ageing, Neuroprotection
Mr. Abhishek Verma Studies on morphological changes in astrocytes and microglia in some basal ganglia nuclei of neonatal pups born to poly I:C exposed dams Ms. Neha Swarnakar Influence of streptozotocin induced diabetes on the glial cells of rat cerebellum Mr. Manish Tomar Studies on morphological changes in astrocytes and microglia in some basal ganglia nuclei of neonatal pups following maternal exposure to Poly I:C
Dr. Nisha Patro Scientific Officer Developmental Neuroscience
Mr. Rajesh Kumar Studies on morphological changes in astrocytes and microglia in some basal ganglia nuclei of neonatal pups born to LPS exposed dams Mr. Kuldeep Shrivastava Impact of maternal exposure of deltamethrin on motor and certain cognitive abilities at old age Mr. Sunny Kumar Studies on morphological changes in astrocytes and microglia in some basal ganglia nuclei of neonatal pups following maternal exposure to Poly I:C Ms. Vasundhara Singh Studies on morphological changes in astrocytes and microglia in neonatal hippocampus of pups born to LPS exposed dams
Dr. Vinay Lomash Participating Faculty *
Mr. Dinesh Kumar Gupta Acute toxicity studies of chlorpyrifos in aged Wistar rat brain
Dr. P. K. Tiwari Professor & Coordinator Head Cell Biology and Molecular Biology, Human Genetics
Student working in Laboratory
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Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (Abroad) 04 (18%) Fellowship (India) 03 (14%) Biotech Industry (India) 02 (09%)
22
PhD (India) 07 (32%) Non-Biotech Industry (India) 02 (09%) Academic (Teaching) 04 (18%) Total 22
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years
300l 172.42l
84.70l
36.55l
50l
20l
25l
03
01
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
DBT
ICMR
DST
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 375 lakhs (l) No. of R&D Projects 5 Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 23 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0 - 4.831
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DBT-HRD (Recurring)
DBT-HRD DBT (Non-Recurring)
ICMR
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 313.67 lakhs (l) Publications by Students 05 National
Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
18
Course Title
Cell Biology & Neuron Organization Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Laboratory Tools & Techniques Seminar/Journal Club/Assignment Lab - I: Cell Biology Lab - II: Genetics, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
2nd Semester Course No.
Credit
Neuroanatomy Immunology Developmental Neurobiology Cellular Neurophysiology & Biophysics Seminar/Journal Club/Assignment Lab - III: Neuroanatomy Lab -IV: Neurophysiology
Course No.
3 3 3 3 1 3
Credit
3 3 3 3 1 4 4
Course Title
Neurochemistry Systems Neuroscience I Systems Neuroscience II Behavioural & Cognitive Neuroscience Lab -V: Neuropathology Lab -VI: Behavioural Biology Project Proposal Presentation
2
21
Course Title
3rd Semester
4th Semester Course No.
20 Credit
3 3 3 3 3 3 2
23
Course Title
Clinical Neurochemistry & Neuropathology Project Work
Credit
3 20
Total credits/ 4 semesters 18 + 21 + 20 + 23 = 82
Students experimenting in Laboratory
Course Coordinator
Prof. Ishan Patro Coordinator School of Studies in Neuroscience Jiwaji University, Gwalior - 474011, Madhya Pradesh E-mail: ishanpatro@gmail.com | Phone: 0751- 2442789| Fax: 0751- 4016789 Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options | 257
Sardar Patel University Gujarat Program M.Sc. in Industrial Biotechnology
Location Anand, Gujarat
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 2003
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Number of Seats 13
Students experimenting in Laboratory
Eligibility B.Sc. Biology degree under 10+2+3/4/5 pattern of education with at least 55% marks or its equivalent grade point average from any recognized university.
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years 2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
05 10
05 10
06 10
07 13
07 13
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Fee Structure
Semester I
6,550
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+
Semester iI
6,550
+
Semester iiI
6,550
+
Semester iV
6,550
=
TOTAL
26,200
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. R. B. Subramanian Professor & Coordinator Molecular Biology, Enzyme Engineering
Ms. Nitee R. Karania Characteristics of recombinant expansion from industrially important Bacillus lichenifor mis
Dr. Datta Madamwar Professor Microbial Biotechnology
Ms. Anjana Suppahia Molecular Assessment of bacterial community structure from polluted marine ecosystem
Dr. Ujjval Trivedi Associate Professor Enzyme & Microbial Tech.
Ms. Drashya Sharma Studies on organic solvent tolerant Lipase production by Pseudomonas stutzeri DU1
Dr. Haresh Keharia Associate Professor Microbial Technology
Ms. Radhika Rajan Shinde Media optimization and scale up production of proteases by bacterial isolate P15
Dr. M. Nataraj Assistant Professor Plant Biotechnology
Mr. Deepak Soner Somatic embryogenesis and axillary shoot proliferation in Clerodendrum phlomidis Mr. Yuvraj Singh Pradeep Effect of plant growth regulators on axillary shoot proliferation in Hemidesmus indicus
Dr. K.S. Rao Emeritus Professor Plant Morphogenesis, Wood anatomy Dr. Kiran Kalia Professor Environmental and Clinical Biotechnology Dr. A. V. R. L. N. Acharya Emeritus Professor Herbal Medicines and Human Diseases Dr. K. C. Patel Emeritus Professor Microbial Technology Dr. T. V. Ramana Rao Emeritus Professor Morphogenesis & Physiology of fruit ripening Dr. J.S.S. Mohan Emeritus Professor Plant Biotechnology
Students & Professor in Microscopy Laboratory
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
Dr. A. S. Reddy Associate Professor Plant Systematic & Biodiversity Dr. Amita Shah Associate Professor Microbial Technology Dr. Sujata Bhatt Associate Professor Aquaculture Dr. Vasundra R. Thakkar Associate Professor Plant and Fungal Biochemistry
PhD (India) 04 (14%) Fellowship (India) 04 (13%) Others 09 (30%)
30
PhD (Abroad) 03 (10%) Biotech Industry (India) 01 (03%) Non-Biotech Industry (India) 04 (13%) Academic (Teaching) 05 (17%) Total 30
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Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 225l
71l
54l 70l 50l
25l
25l
04
01
01
07
03
02
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
DBT
DST
MOES UGC
15l
BASF
GSBTM CSIR
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 435 lakhs (l)
25l
DST
UGC
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 125 lakhs (l)
No. of R&D Projects 19 Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 290 Publications
Patents filed/granted 04 (02 Indian Patents) 1. An Indian patent (No. 206566) on “ A method of introducing restriction endonuclease recognition site internal to a gene” 2. An Indian patent (No: 592/DEL/2009 ) on “A process for purifying L-asparaginase from Asparagus officinalis L”
Students working in Laboratory
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Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
32
Course Title
Course No.
Course Title
44 Credit
Molecular Biology
4
Lab 405 and 406 - I semester
8
Bioinstrumentation
4
Lab 505 and Lab 506 - II Semester
8
Chemical Engineering and Thermodynamics
Lab 605 and 606 - III semester
8
4
Lab 703 and Dissertation (4+12)
16
Cell Biology and Genetics
4
Viva (one each semester)
4
Bioprocess & Biochemical Engineering
4
Transport Processes and Downstream Processing
4
Genetic Engineering & Bioinformatics
4
Biostatistics
2nd Semester Course No.
Credit
3rd Semester
Course Title
4th Semester Course No.
20
Course Title
Credit
4
Dissertation
20
24
Total credits/ 4 semesters 32 +24 + 44 + 20 = 120
Credit
Microbial Biotechnology
4
Immunology
4
Enzymology
4
Human Physiology
4
Animal and Plant Biotechnology
4
Environmental Biotechnology
4
Student working in Plant Tissue Culture Laboratory
Course Coordinator
Prof. R.B. Subramanian Coordinator BRD School of Biosciences Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar - 388120, Gujarat E-mail: subramanianrb@gmail.com | Phone: 02692-234412 Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options | 261
Shivaji University Maharashtra Program M.Sc. in Environmental Biotechnology
Location Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 2005-06
Mode of Selection JNU-CET & University Entrance Exam
Number of Seats 10
Campus of Shivaji University
Eligibility B.Sc. biology degree under 10+2+3/4/5 pattern of education with at least 55% marks or its Equivalent grade point average from any recognized university.
Studentship Rs. 3000/month
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years 2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
10 10
10 10
10 10
10 10
09 10
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Fee Structure
Semester I + ii
36,754 262 | Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options
Semester iii + iv + +
36,124
=
TOTAL
3,065 72,878
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization; Participating Faculty (*) & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Prof. S.P. Govindwar Professor & Coordinator Microbial Biotransfor-mation, Bioremediation, Phytoremediation, dye degradation
Ms. Yugandhara R. Waghmode Callus culture of Chlorophytum nimmonii and extraction & chromatographic determination of saponins from tubes of Chlorophytum species Ms. Salunkhe Swapnali Sadashiv Identification and characterization of Chlorophytum species using matK and rbcl gene marker Ms. Gaikwad Nikita Bhimrao Identification and characterization of Chlorophytum species using matK and rbcl gene marker Mr. Pankaj Sutkar To study genetic diversity of Chlorophytum species by using RAPD - PCR technique Ms. Pratibha Naik To study genetic diversity of Chlorophytum species by using RAPD - PCR technique Mr. Rohit A. Joshi Molecular analysis of changes in bacterial communities and laccase genes in response to dye exposure Ms. Sangita S. Patil Molecular analysis of changes in bacterial communities and laccase genes in response to dye exposure
Dr. G. D. Saratale
Participating Faculty *
Ms. Rajani Sudhakar Chavan Production and characterization of cellulytic enzymes by isolated Bacillus flexus using Lignocellulosic biomass Mr. Siddeshwar S. Bendake Cellulase production by isolated Amycolatopsis sp. GDS using agricultural waste biomass and sequential bioethanol production
Prof.(Mrs.) J.P. Jadhav Professor Bioremediation, Biotransformation
Prof. (Mrs.) A.U. Arvindekar Professor Fermentation, Ayurvedic drugs
Prof. K.D. Sonawane
Professor Molecular Modelling & Bioinformatics
Dr. P.K. Pawar
Associate Professor Herbal Drugs
Dr. P.M. Gurao
Associate Professor Microbial Enzymes
Dr. (Mrs.) P.B. Dandge Assistant Professor Clinical Enzymes
Plant Tissue Culture Laboratory
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Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 13 (27%) Academic (Teaching) 20 (41%)
49
PhD (Abroad) 02 (04%) Biotech Industry (India) 10 (20%) Others 04 (08%) Total 49
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 185l
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years
501l
150l
163.05l 125l
25l
32l
02
07
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
DBT
UGC
FIST
DST
DST
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 360 lakhs (l)
32l
DBT
DBT
DBT
IPLS
UGC
Publications by Students 08 International
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UGC
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 853.05 lakhs (l)
No. of R&D Projects 10 Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 192 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.98 - 4.75
SAP-DRSPhase1
Patents filed/granted 02 Indian Patents
SAP-DRSPhase2
Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
24
Course Title
Course No.
Course Title
24 Credit
Cell Biology, Microbiology & Virology
4
Genetic Engineering
4
Proteins - Structure and Function
4
Immunochemistry
4
Biomolecules
4
Biostatistics and Bioinformatics with Computer Orientation
Basics of Ecology, Ecotoxicology and Ecochemistry
4
4
Fermentation Technology - I
4
Laboratory Course - I
4
Laboratory Course - V
4
Laboratory Course - II
4
Laboratory Course - VI
4
2nd Semester Course No.
Credit
3rd Semester
24
Course Title
Credit
4th Semester Course No.
Course Title
24 Credit
Enzymology
4
Environmental Pollution and Control
4
Molecular Biology
4
Environmental Biotechnology
4
Bioenergetics
4
Biodiversity, Bioethics and Bio-safety
4
Tools and Techniques in Bioscience
4
Fermentation Technology - II
4
Laboratory Course - III
4
Laboratory Course - VII
4
Laboratory Course - IV
4
Laboratory Course - VIII
4
Total credits/ 4 semesters 24 +24 + 24 + 24 = 96
Biotechnology Laboratory for practicals
Course Coordinator
Prof. S.P. Govindwar Professor & Head Department of Biochemistry Shivaji University, Kolhapur - 416004, Maharashtra E-mail: spg_biochem@unishivaji.ac.in| Phone: 0231-2609152 | Fax: 0231-2691533
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Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur West Bengal Program M.Tech in Biotechnology
Location Kharagpur, West Bengal
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 1986-87
Mode of Selection IIT-GATE
Number of Seats 24
Students in Practical Class
Eligibility Please refer http://gate. iitkgp.ac.in/mtech/ jmp2014_brochure.pdf Table-7, pp38. Choice of Courses- pp 32; GATE Main Paper pp33 ( Table 1); GATE XL Sections (Life Sciences) Paper pp34 (Table 3); Qualifying degree and their respective codes pp34 (Table 4).
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
Studentship Rs. 8000/month
Fee Structure
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
10 24
18 24
16 24
21 24
15 24
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Semester I
13,231
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+
Semester iI
8,100
+
Semester iiI
8,100
+
Semester iV
8,100
=
TOTAL
37,531
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. S. C. Kundu Emeritus Professor Genetics
Ms. Saroj Kr. Das (Also Guided by Prof. A.K. Ghosh) Silk protein sericin nanoparticle based gene delivery Ms. Juhi Samal (Also Guided by Prof. T. K Maiti) Co-culture of endothelial cells and human foreskin fibroblasts on 3D silk fibroin scaffolds to support vascularization
Dr. D. Das Professor Biochem. Engineering and Environmental Biotechnology
Mr. M. V. Vardhan Hydrogen production from organic wastes using thermophilic organism
Dr. S. Dey Professor Microbial and Plant Biotechnology
Ms. Jigni Mishra Isolation and characterization of Bioactive oligopeptides from rice bran
Dr. A.K. Ghosh Professor Virology and Molecular Biology
Ms. Sunaina Sapru Characterization of fungus and protozoa from primary cell culture of Antheraea mylitta
Dr. A.K. Das Professor Structural Biology
Mr. Nikhil Bhardwaj Protein-protein interactions between ACP and FabG, the components involved in fatty acid metabolic pathway
Ms. Akash Kumar Isolation, Purification, Characterization & biological activity testing of oligosaccharides from rice bran
Ms. Priyankar Mishra Cloning and expression of serine protease inhibitor-2 from Indian tasar silkworm Antheraea mylitta
Ms. Akankha Gujar Biophysical and Biochemical characterization of Phosphoglycerate from Staphylococcus aureus
Dr. S.S. Maitra
Professor Biochemical engineering
Dr. S.K. Ghosh
Professor Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology
Ms. Swati Shikha Development of dendrimers based osteogenic matrics for bone tissue engineering Mr. Joginder CD Based microfluidic assay platform: Advanced tools for high throughput malaria detection and autophagy screening Mr. Paul Dinesh J Heterologous protein expression system in bacteria with the chitin-binding domain of Entamoeba invadens lectin Jacob Mr. Omkar Sindhe Bacterial protein expression system with chitin-binding domain of Entamoeba histolytica lectin Jessie
Dr. P. Sar
Associate Professor Environmental Microbiology
Dr. R.K. Sen
Associate Professor Biochemical Engineering
Ms. Mahima Rani Detection of plasmids in arsenic resistant bacteria from arsenic contaminated groundwater Ms. Sapna Joshi Characterization of selected arsenic resistant bacteria for ex-situ bioremediation Ms. Snigdha Majumdar Characterization of bioactive moleculaes of commercioal and healthcare importance from Jatropha curcas biomass as feedstock in a biorefinery model Mr. Mayank Kumar Molecular, enzymatic and biochemical methods for the bioconversion of biomass into biofuels Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options | 267
Dr. A.S. Ghosh
Mr. Dhanasingh M Identification of gene(s) involved in Escherichia coli biofilm formation using plasposon mutagenesis
Dr. M. K. Maiti
Mr. S. K. Kumar Functional characterization of the promoter region of rice germin- like potential 1 (OsGP1)gene in tobacco system
Associate Professor Molecular Microbiology Associate Professor Plant Biotechnology
Ms. Atrayee Chatterjee Cloning and characterization of Rap 1 gene from an oleaginous yeast Candida tropicalis
Dr. R.P. Bahadur
Assistant Professor Bioinformatics and Computational Structural Biology
Mr. Ankur Kumar All Atom Distance Dependent Knowledge Based potential to analyse Protein-RNA Interaction
Dr. A. Ganguly
Assistant Professor Molecular Biology, Molecular Biophysics
First Year Student’s Seminar at IIT Kharagpur
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 20 (26%) Entrpreneurship 10 (13%) Academic (Teaching) 05 (06%)
78
Non Biotech Industry (India) 20 (26%) PhD (Abroad) 08 (10%) Biotech Industry (India) 15 (19%) Total 78
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Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 875l
200l
205l
200l
100l 10l
5l
50l
25l
5l
10l
25l
01
16
01
01
04
05
02
01
01
01
01
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
DRDO
DBT
MNRE, IIT Foundation: CSIR India P. K. Sinha
DST
MoES
BRNS DAE
Total Quantum of Funds Rec. Rs. 1710 lakhs (l)
British SRIC, Council IIT Kharagpur
NOVAD, Gurgaon
ICMR
No. of R&D Projects 35 Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 367 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.970 -11.502 Patents filed/granted 06 Indian Patents Sen R, Das s, Balu SS “Probiotic spore based novel drug delivery system” – Indian Patent Application Filed (1378/KOL/2010) Technology Perfected/Commercialized S. No. 1.
Title of the Technology
Licensor
Name of Leader
Growtek bioreactor
Tarson
Prof. S. Dey
Publications by Students 1. Das SK, Dey T and Kundu SC. Fabrication of sericin nanoparticles for controlled gene delivery, RSC Advances, 4:2137-2142 (2014). 2. Roy S, Vishnuvardhan M and Das D. Improvement of hydrogen production by thermophilic isolate Ther moanaerobacterium ther mosaccharolyticum IIT BT-ST1, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 6:128 (2014).
3. Saptha V, Mallick S, Dutta M, Narayani M, Ghosh AS. PBP Deletion Mutants of Escherichia coli Exhibit Irregular Distribution of MreB at the Deformed Zones. Current Microbiology, 68:174–179 (2014).
4. Rangarajan V, Majumder S, and Sen R. Biosurfactant-mediated nanoparticle synthesis: A green and sustainable approach. In Green Chemistry and Biosurfactants Research, Ed.: Mulligan, Sharma and Mudhoo, Chapter #9, CRC Press, USA. (2014)
5. Roychowdhury A, Kundu A, Gujar A, Bose M and Das AK, Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of phosphoglycerate mutase from Staphylococcus aureus NCTC8325 Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun, 70:53-56 (2014).
6. Pal S, Kundu J, Talukdar S, Thomas T and Kundu SC. An emerging functional natural silk biomaterial from the
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only domesticated nonmulberry silkworm Samia ricini, Macromolecular Bioscience, 13:1020-35 (2013).
7. Kumar K, Sirasale A and Das D. Use of image analysis tool for the development of light distribution pattern in side the photobioreactor for the algal cultivation, Bioresource Technology, 143:88-95 (2013).
8. Nayak BK, Mukherjee G, Savitri RD, and Das D. Modeling of Biomass Production by Anabaena under Varying Phosphate Concentrations and Light Regime, American Journal of Biomass and Bioenegy, 2:41-52 (2013).
9. Roy S, Ravipati VR, Ghorai S., Chakrabarti, M., Das, AK. and Ghosh, AK. Kinetic analysis, expression pattern and production of a recombinant fungal protease inhibitor of tasar silkworm Antheraea mylitta. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 168:10761085 (2012).
10. Kundu J, Mahapatra R and Kundu SC. Silk fibroin/ sodium carboxy methylcellulose blended films for biotechnological applications, Journal of Biomaterials Science: Polymer Edition 22:519-539 (2011).
11. Mandal BB, Ghosh B and Kundu SC. Non-mulberry silk sericin/poly (vinyl alcohol) hydrogel matrices for potential biotechnological applications, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 49:125-133 (2011)
12. Pandit S, Sengupta A, Kale S and Das D. Performance of electron acceptor in catholyte of a two-chambered microbial fuel cell using anion exchange membrane, Bioresource Technolog y, 102:2736-2744 (2011). 13. Sundar S, Kundu J and Kundu SC. Biopolymeric nanoparticles, Sci. Technol. Adv. Materi,11:014104-15 (2010)
M. Tech. (Biotech) Second year students with Faculty
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14. Chowdhury C, Nayak TR, Young KD and Ghosh AS. A weak DD-carboxypeptidase activity explains the inability of PBP 6 to substitute for PBP 5 in maintaining normal cell shape in Escherichia coli, FEMS Microbiology Letters, 303: 76-83 (2010).
15. Maity S., Goel SI, Roy S, Ghorai S, Bhattacharyya S, Venugopalan A and Ghosh AK. Analysis of transcripts expressed in one day old larvae and fifth instar silk glands of tasar silkworm, Antheraea mylitta. Comparative and Functional Genomics, 246738. (2010).
16. Ghorai S, Chakrabarti M, Roy S, Chavali VRM, Bagchi A, and Ghosh AK. Molecular characterization of genome segment 2 encoding RNA dependent RNA polymerase of Antheraea mylitta cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus. Virology, 404: 21-31 (2010). 17. Chakrabarti M, Ghorai S, Mani SKK, and Ghosh AK. Molecular characterization of genome segments 1 and 3 encoding two capsid proteins of Antheraea mylitta cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus. Virology Journal, 7:181-192 (2010).
18. Pothala P, Dutta Majumdar D and Dey S Phenylpropanoid profiling in the elicited sandalwood culture. Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Sciences, 32:432-436 (2010).
19. Das S, Kharkwal S, Pandey SK, and Sen R. Multi-objective process optimization and integration for the sequential and increased production of biomass, lipase and endospores of a probiotic bacterium. Biochem Eng J, 50:77–81 (2010).
20. Mandal BB, Kapoor S. and Kundu SC. Silk fibroin/ polyacrylamide semi-interpenetrating network hydrogels for controlled drug release, Biomaterials, 30:2826-2836 (2009).
Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
22
Course Title
Credit
Core
4 3 2 2 2
Elective I
Aspects of Biochemical Engineering Solid Waste Management Process Modelling and Stimulation
4 3 4
Elective II
Bio Metallurgy Computational Structural Biology Secondary Metabolism in Plants and Microbes Immobilization Technology Biophysics and Instrumentation in Biology
3 3 3 3 3
Elective III
Data Warehousing and Data Mining Object Oriented Programming Statistical Technique & Computer Programming
3rd Semester
4 4 4
20
Course Title
Thesis Part - I
4th Semester Course No.
Course No.
Course Title
47 Credit
Core
Bio Separation Technology Immunotechnology Seminar - I Bio Separation Bioprocess Technology Laboratory Animal Cell Culture & Immunotechnology Laboratory
Course No.
2nd Semester
Credit
20
20
Course Title
Thesis Part - I
Total credits/ 4 semesters 22 +25 + 20 + 20 = 87
Credit
20
Recombinant DNA Technology Biotechnology of Plant Metabolites Seminar - II Plant Biotechnology Laboratory Recombinant DNA Technology Lab Comprehensive viva voce Elective IV Intro to Financial Management Intro to Marketing Management Intro to Human Behaviour Org. Quality Control in Biotechnology Transgenic Technology Protein Engineering Computational Phylogenetics and Molecular Evolution Infrastructure Regulatory Issues Six Sigma Fundamentals & Applications Intro to Intellectual Property Law Electronic Commerce Technology Elective V Crop Breeding & Biotechnological Application Seed Technology Bio process Plant & Equipment Design Computer Processing Control
4 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 3
4 4 4 3
Elective VI
Computational Biophysics: Algorithms to Applications Manpower Economics Industrial Relations Development of Human Resources Interpersonal Communication Research Methodology and Data Analysis Conflict Resolution and Negotiation Total Quality Management
4 4 4 3 4 4 2 3
Course Coordinator
Prof. T. K. Maiti Head & Coordinator Department of Biotechnology Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur - 721302, West-Bengal E-mail: tkmaiti@hijli.iitkgp.ernet.in | Phone: 03222 - 282248 | Fax: 278707
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Indian Institute of Technology Delhi New Delhi Program M.Tech in Biochemical Engineering, Biosciences and Biotechnology
Location Hauz Khas, New Delhi
Year of DBT support implemented 1992
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Number of Seats 10
Mode of Selection IIT - JEE
Students experimenting in Laboratory
Eligibility 50% minimum marks in 10+2 board exam or equivalent qualifying exam.
Studentship Rs. 8000/month
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years 2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
10 10
10 10
10 10
10 10
10 10
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Fee Structure
Semester I
12,085
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+
Semester iI
12,085
+
Semester iiI
12,085
+
Semester iV
12,085
=
TOTAL
48,340
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization; Participating Faculty (*) & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. Prashant Mishra Professor & Head Bionanotechnology & Protein Engineering
Mr. Kiran K. Preparation of protein based nanoparticles
DR.T.R. Sreekrishnan Professor Waste Engineering & Environmental Biotechnology
Mr. Mehul Bhardwaj Anaerobic sludge digestion and heavy metal leaching
Dr. Sunil Nath Professor Bioseparation and Bioprocess Engineering
Mr. Ravi Anand Purification and reconstitution of F0F1 ATPase from Spinach
Dr. A.K. Srivastava Professor Bioprocess Engineering
Ms. Jigmet Yangchan Cultivation of hairy root cultures using inert solid supports
Mr. Panidepu Harshal Studies on bioactive peptides from seed proteins
Ms. Radhika Giri Production of Bio-fuel Butanol from glycerol using Clostridium pasteurianum Mr. Saurabh K. Ram Bacterial production of Succinic acid Dr. G.P. Agarwal Professor Bioprocess Engineering
Mr. Abhishek Kaushik Study the low pressure limiting flux (for high MW proteins) on Rayflow module
Dr. V.S. Bisaria Professor Bioprocessing of Industrial /Agricultural Products
Mr. Phurpa D. Thungon Enhanced production of secondary metabolites by plant cell culture of Lantana and Tinospora
Dr. Atul Narang Associate Professor Systems Biology of Microbial Gene Regulation
Mr. Pawan Samdani Resolution of the controversy concerning the interaction of LacR and CRP in the regulation of the Lac operon
Mr. Manu Singh Study the removal of heavy metal ions in the presence of egg white proteins using Ultrafiltration/ Nanofiltration membrane
Mr. Krishna Choudhary Mathematical analysis of models of gene expression Ms. Sananaz Testing the existence of positive feedback in the lac operon of E.coli CSS Pavan ( Also guided by Dr. D Sundar) Development of a protein secretion system Dr. D. Sundar Assistant Professor Interrogation DNA-protein Interaction, Bioinformatics
Mr. Armaan S Sandhu Finding the genes in eukaryotic genomic DNA
Dr. Shipi Sharma Assistant Professor Functional Microbial Ecology
Ms. Sukriti Gupta Impact of pesticides on microbial functional diversity of agricultural soil
Dr. Ritu Kulshreshtha Assistant Professor RNAi Technology
Ms. Tanvi Saxena Deciphering role of miRNAs involved in pathogenesis
Mr. Chirag Arora In vitro assessment of the effects of prebiotics on human gut microflora
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Dr. Ritu Kulshreshtha Assistant Professor RNAi Technology
Mr. Abhishek Verma Deciphering role of mediator involved in expression
Dr. Preeti Srivastava
Ms. Kirti Gupta Localization of origin region in Rhodococcus
Assistant Professor Molecular Biology
Mr. Meet Singhal Consequences of split V/s operonic configuration of biodesulfurization genes Mr. Sahil Chachan Isolation and characterization of promoters from Gordonia sp. Ms. Jyoti Adhlaka Studies on biodesulfurization of crude oil by the isolated bacterium
Dr. Praveen Kaul
Ms. Abhinav Litkar Screening for enantio selective nitrilases for preparation of optically pure, high-value carboxylic acid
Prof. Subhash Chand
Ms. Aditya Choudhary Immobilization of chitosanase for bioconversion of Chitosan to glucosamine and chito oligosaccharide
Assistant Professor Enzyme Science and Technology Participating Faculty *
Dr. Saroj Mishra
Professor Molecular Biology and applications of hydrolytic enzymes
Dr. P.K. Roychoudhury Professor Bioprocess Engineering
Dr. E. Ravi Krishnan
Assistant Professor Single Molecule Biophysics
Dr. M.N. Gupta
Emeritus Professor Applied Bio-Catalysis
Student experimenting in Laboratory
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
Others 06 (04%) PhD (Abroad) 12 (08%) Biotech Industry (India) 50 (33%)
150
Non-Biotech Industry (India) 82 (55%) Total 150
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Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years
150l
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years 420.26l
Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 188 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.5 - 3.0
100l Patents filed/granted 03 Patents 50l 25l
02
01
02
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
DBT
DST
ICAR
Publications by Students 190 Publications
JKCST
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 325 lakhs (l)
DBT
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 420.46 lakhs (l)
No. of R&D Projects 06 Technology Perfected/Commercialized S. No. 1.
Title of the Technology
Licensor
Name of Leader
Application of biofertilizers for increased and sustainable food production: As an outcome of the contributions by research partners involved in Biofertilizer networked project
Indo-Swiss Cooperation in Biotechnology (ISCB)
Dr. V.S. Bisaria
Biochemical Engineering Laboratory
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Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
23
Course Title
Credit
Bioprocess Plant Design Downstream Processing in Biotechnology r-DNA Technology Plant Cell Technology Microbial Engineering Combinatorial Biotechnology
3rd Semester Course No.
2nd Semester Course No.
Course Title
5 5 4 3 3 3
Biotechnology Resource Planning & IPR issues Protein Science & Engineering Animal Cell Technology Current Topics in Biochemical Engineering & Biotechnology Biological Waste Treatment Genomics & Proteomics Major Project - I Open Credit Course
11
Course Title
Credit Seminar Thesis Work
Credit
1 10
4th Semester Course No.
Course Title
Major Project - I
Total credits/ 4 semesters 23 +29 + 11 + 14 = 77
M.Tech. 2014 passout batch with faculty
Course Coordinator Prof. Prashant Mishra Professor & Head Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi -110016 E-mail: pmishra@dbeb.iitd.ac.in | Phone: 011 - 26596109 |Fax: 26582282 276 | Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options
29 Credit
2 3 4 3 4 3 6 4
14 Credit
14
Anna University Tamil Nadu Year of DBT support implemented 1991-92
Location Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Program M.Tech. Biotechnology
Mode of Selection JNU-CET & GATE
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Number of Seats 25
Student working in Laboratory
Eligibility Minimum 60% marks or equivalent CGPA (under grading system) from any recognised university in any one of the following: B.Tech/BE: 1.Chemical Engineering 2. Biochemical Engineering 3. Industrial Biotechnology 4. Leather Technology, 5. Chemistry/Biotechnology 6. Biomedical Engineering 7. B. Pharma 8. Chemical Technology. OR
M.Sc.: 1. Biotechnology 2. Life Sciences 3. Botany, Zoology, Biochemistry 4. Microbiology, Genetics 5. Biophysics 6. Microbial Genetics & Bioinformatics. Candidates with B.Tech/B.E in Electrochemistry, Bioengineering, Pharmaceutical Technology, Food, Technology, B.Tech. in Agricultural Biotechnology and M.Sc. in Chemistry & Physics are also eligible. No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
Studentship Rs. 8000/month
2011-12
2012-13
25 25
20 25
20 25
17 25
18 25
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Fee Structure
Semester I
23,420
+
Semester iI
11,160
+
Semester iiI
11,160
+
Semester iV
11,160
=
TOTAL
59,600
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization; Participating Faculty (*) & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. P. Gautam Professor, Director & Head Bio-organic Chemistry, Chemical Biology & Computational Biology
Ms. Kumari Shalini Sharan Study on Ochrobactrum anthropi Lipase: Secretion and Molecular Docking
Dr. R. B. Narayanan Professor, Director, CFT Immunotechnology
Ms. Anshu Singh Assessment of recombinant Wolbachia surface protein (rWSP) mediated platelet activation in Asymptomatic Endemic Normals
Dr. Anuradha Dhanasekaran Associate Professor Cancer Biology & Stem Cell Biology
Ms. Apoorva Singh Therapeutic efficacy of Mito-Q on hypoxia induced apoptosis in tumor cells
Dr. S. Ramalingam Associate Professor Bioprocess Engineering
Mr. Ashish Kumar Yadav To study the effect of various carbon substrates on Lactic acid production in Lactobacillus plantarum WCFSI
Mr. Tarun Pant Role of Mito-CP on hypoxia induced apoptosis in tumor cells
Mr. R.G. Brajesh Exploring micro-environmental conditions to enhance 3-Hydroxypropionic acid production in Lactobacillus reuteri Mr. Hemshika Rajpurohit Enhancing the conversion of Lactic acid into Propionic acid in a metabolically engineered E.coli with acrylate Pathway genes from Clostridium propionicum Mr. Jitender Strategy for purification of 1,3-PD from Lactobacillus reuteri fermented broth Mr. Manendra Singh Development of milk whey permeate based medium for the production of 1,3 Propanediol in Lactobacillus reuteri Mr. Ravi Shankar Pandey Optimization of carbon co feed strategy to maximization of PHA(PolyHydroxyAlkanoates) in Pseudomonas putida Ms. Sarada Sripada Elucidation of various substrate utilization metabolic pathways using genomic scale Metabolic model of Psuedomonas putida for production of medium chain length PolyHydroxyAlkanoates Ms. Supreet Kaur N Studying the effect of recombinant Protein Productivity in E.coli engineered with Pyruvate carboxylase gene towards increased flux in TCA cycle Dr. B. S. Lakshmi Associate Professor Biocatalysts, Biotransformation and Drug Discovery
Mr. R.B. Sorubha Evaluation of anti-diabetic and adiogenic activity of Costus speciosus
Dr. Sharmila Anishetty Assistant Professor Computational Biology, Protein Structure Studies, Comparative Genomics, Systems Biology, Nutrigenomics
Ms. Neha Mishra In silico studies on the drug targets of Leishmania major Ms. Tanu Goyal Role of iron in the virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and host-pathogen interactions
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Dr. Prince R. Prabhu Participating Faculty * (Guide)
Mr. Gundappa Saha Expression, Purification and molecular characterization of recombinant filarial vaccine candidate ALT-2 by Pichia and E.coli expression system
Dr. P. Kaliraj ICMR (Emeritus)Professor Molecular Immunotechnology
Ms. Sukanya Ghosh Expression, purification and immunological characterization of fusion protein GST+TUFT-A1 as an immunoadjuvant for filarial vaccine studies
(Co-Guide)
Mr. Surajit Nandi Studies on the immune network regulation by recombinant filarial vaccine candidate venom allergen homologue (rBmVAH) in endemic samples
Dr. K. Sankaran Professor Protein Biotechnology Dr. S. Meenakshi Sundaram Professor (UGC) Bioprocess Engineering Dr. Usha Antony Professor Food Technology Dr. M. Sukumar Professor Biosystems Engineering Dr. V. Adaikkalam Associate Professor Proteomics and Allied Omics sciences, Biological Mass-spectrometry Dr. G. Nandhini Devi Associate Professor Biochemical Engineering. Environmental Biotechnology Dr. Radha Ramachandran Assistant Professor Biochemistry, Protein Chemistry, Antibiotics Dr. S. Ashok Kumar Assistant Professor Molecular Biology, Clinical Studies Dr. R. Palpandi Raja Assistant Professor Bioprocess Engineering
Students working in the Laboratory
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
Dr. J. Tamilselvan Assistant Professor Biology of ageing and Metabolic Disorders Dr. J. Jayamuthu Nagai Assistant Professor Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering
Academic (Teaching) 01 (08%) Non-Biotech Industry (India) 01 (07%)
13
PhD (India) 07 (54%) Biotech Industry (India) 04 (21%) Total 13
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Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years
755l 1100l
605l
1100l
500l
13
13
Projects
Projects
DST
150l
125l
Prog. Support scheme
DBT
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 1360 lakhs (l)
DBT
DBT
DIC Centre scheme DBT
UGC
Builder scheme
DRS-II scheme
FIST
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 2975 lakhs (l)
No. of R&D Projects 26 Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 136 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.406-8.4 Patents filed/granted 13 Patents
S. No.
Name of the Faculty
Patent Received/ Applied
1.
Dr. P. Kaliraj
Dominant T epitope of filarial transglutaminase and chimeric peptide vaccines for lymphatic filariasis. Application No. 1366/CHE/2011
2.
Dr. P. Kaliraj
Peptide immunogens of lymphatic filarial ALT-2 and lymphatic filarial vaccine composition comprising. Application No. 1367/CHE/2011
3.
Dr. P. Kaliraj
A process to enhance the immunoprophylactic efficacy of a filarial protein using bacterial lipid modification. Application No. 2035/CHE/2011
4.
Dr. K. Sankaran (National)
Enhancing the sensitivity of Îł-Interferon detection in ELISA using bacterial lipid modification. Application No. 2569/CHE/2010
5.
Dr. K. Sankaran (National)
A Method to detect bacterial growth and antibacterial resistance based on Fluorescence quenching. Application No. 1891/CHE/2010
6.
Dr. K. Sankaran (National)
A method to detect the microbial resistance to antibiotics using fluorescence. Application No. 239/CHE/2009 CHE: 629/RQ-CHE/2009
7.
Dr. P. Gautam
A method for microbial production of extracellular lipase using vegetable oil substrates. Application No. 375/CHE/2009
8.
Dr. P. Gautam
A method for producing metal oxide nano particles using tamarind seed polysaccharide. Application No. 832/CHE/2009
9.
Dr. P. Gautam
A method for live cell imaging of bacterial cells using anionic porphyrins and its metallo derivative. Application No. 1082/CHE/2009
10.
Dr. P. Gautam
Process for production and purification of thermostable organic solvent- tolerant protease Aeromonas veronii PG01�. Application No. 491/CHE/2010
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11.
Dr. Usha Antony
Novel vegetable preserves- vegetable conserves, slices and marmalade. Application No. 891/CHE/2010
12.
Dr. Usha Antony
Process for making low calorie fruit and/or vegetable drink. Application No. 890/CHE/2010
13.
Dr. B. S. Lakshmi
Standardised Bioactive Herbal Extract - Boerhaavia Diffusa Application No. PCT/IB2008/051089
Technology Perfected/Commercialized S. No.
Title of the Technology
Licensor
Name of Leader
1.
Filarial Diagnostic Kit
Drug controller of India
Dr. P. Kaliraj
2.
Antibiogram
( Not finalized )
Dr. K. Sankaran
3.
Detection of Milk proteins
( Not finalized )
Dr. K. Sankaran
4.
CALB Lipase
M/S Fermenta Biotech Ltd., Mumbai
Dr. S. Meenakshi
5.
Medicinal plants derived compounds
-
Dr. B.S. Lakshmi
Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
31
Course Title
Bioprocess Technology Computational Biology Applied statistics for Biotechnologists Entrepreneurship, IPR and Bio safety Environmental Biotechnology Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Advances in Molecular Pathogenesis Biocatalysts and Enzyme Technology Nanobiotechnology Preparative and Analytical Techniques in Biotechnology
2nd Semester Course No.
Credit
3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3rd Semester Course No.
Course Title
Advanced Bioprocess and Downstream Processing Lab Advanced Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering Lab Project Work Phase - I
4th Semester Course No.
Course Title
Project Work Phase - II
12 Credit
3 3 6
12 Credit
12
Total credits/ 4 semesters 31 +24 + 12 + 12 = 79
24
Course Title
Animal Biotechnology Bio Separation Technology Immunotechnology Advanced Genetic Engineering Elective - I Elective - II Elective - II Microbial & Immuno Technology Lab
Credit
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Course Coordinator Dr. P. Gautam Professor & Head Department of Molecular Biology & Genetic Engineering Alagappa College of Technology Campus, Anna University, Chennai - 600025, Tamil Nadu E-mail: directorcbt@annauniv.edu| Phone: 044 - 222350772 | Fax: 22350299
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Institute of Chemical Technology Maharashtra
Program M.Tech in Bioprocess Technology
Location Mumbai, Maharashtra
Year of DBT support implemented 1992 -93
Mode of Selection GATE or GPAT and ICT Entrance Exam (70:30)
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Number of Seats 30
Bioprocess Technology, Pilot Plant Facility
Eligibility B.Chem. Engineering or B.E./B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering/ Biotechnology/ Biochemical Engineering/ Technology or B. Pharm.
Studentship Rs. 8000/month
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years 2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
30 30
26 30
23 30
28 30
29 30
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Fee Structure
Semester I + ii
54,450
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Semester iii + iv +
53,636
TOTAL
=
1,08,086
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization; Participating Faculty (*) & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Prof. G. D. Yadav Vice Chancellor and R.T. Mody Distinguished Professor Chemical Engineering, Green Chemistry and Green Technology, Catalysis and Engineering
Mr. Pramod Sawant Supported Enzyme for Reaction and Separation of Racemic Mixture
Prof. A. B. Pandit UGC, Research Scientist C Chemical Engineering, Multiphase reactor design, Cavitation
Mr. Ashish Yadav Thermal Pyrolysis of Dried Napier Grass, Characterization and Application of Biochar
Prof. B. N. Thorat Professor Chemical Engineering, Drying Technology and Particle Handling
Mr. Siddharth Indrabhan Jain Separation, Purification and Drying of Biomolecules
Dr. V. K. Rathod Associate Professor Separation process, Extraction of natural ingredients
Mr. Bhushan K. Mulay Studies in Enzyme Applications
Mr. Pranav Rajendraprasad Biotransformation of Industrial Relevance
Mr. Hanumant Dnyandeo Raskar Studies in Downstream Processing of Biomolecule Mr. Sharad Ugale Separation and Purification of natural Product
Dr. P. R. Gogate Assistant Professor Chemical Engineering, Cavitational Reactors, Process Intensification
Mr. Ashwini Purohit Cavitations Based Extraction and Purification of Biomolecules Mr. Soban Ahmed Faridi Intensification of Enzymatic Reactions by Ultrasound Ms. Sweta Shankar Intensification of Enzymatic Reactions by Ultrasound
Dr. Sandeep B. Kale Assistant Professor Downstream processing of Biomolecules, Natural products, Protein stabilization and characterization and Chromatographic Separation, Biochemical Engineering, Scale up of Bioprocesses
Ms. Innu Chaudhary Integrated Process development for the Production and Hydrolysis of Biopolymers Ms. Neha Mohandas Development of Purification Process for Biomolecules using Quality by Design Ms. Shreyas Shantinath Tribhuvane Design and development of segmented Column Chromatography for Purification of Biomolecules Ms. Snehal Agrawal Integration chromatography and membrane processes for purification of Bioactive compounds Mr. Vijay Maruti Maronholkar Characterization of Chromatographic Adsorbents for purification of Biomolecules
Dr. Annamma A. Odaneth Assistant Professor Proteomics and Structural Chemical Biology, Protein & Enzyme Engineering, Biofuels
Mr. Rojer Peter D’souza Designer lipid Synthesis and Purification Mr. Vishal Shamrao Velhal Isolation and Characterization of Arabinoxylan from Grain Waste
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Dr. Gunjan Prakash Research Scientist Algal Molecular Biology, Plant Biotechnology
Ms. Kiran Lute Optimization of Lipid accumulation in Microalgae
Dr. Reena Pandit Research Scientist Algae Biotechnology
Mr. Vishal Goutamrao Talangkar Downstream Process on microalgae biomass
Prof. R. S. Singhal Head and Professor Food and Fermentation Technology, Product Development and Nutraceuticals
Ms. Anuradha Gadkar Fermentative production and downstream processing of melatonin
Dr. U. S. Annapure Associate Professor Extrusion processing, Drying and Dehydration of foods
Mr. Onkar G. Waingankar Studies in Bioactive Peptides
Dr. Laxmi Ananthanarayan Associate Professor Extrusion processing, Drying and Dehydration of foods
Mr. Shafique Mukhtar Shaikh Fermentative Production of Probiotic
Prof. V. B. Patravale Professor Nano-therapeutics, Nanosuspensions, Targeted drug delivery systems
Ms. Sushmita Koley Supercritical Fluid Extraction of the bioactive from Anogeissus latifolia
Dr. A. R. Pratap Assistant Professor Structural modification of Oils, microbial Biosurfactant
Mr. Sandeep Sakhare Extraction and Separation of Antioxidant from Non-Edible Oil
Dr. Rekha Matlani Particpating Faculty *
Mr. Atul M. Vhanmarathi Production and Purification of Therapeutic Proteins
Prof. M. S. Degani Particpating Faculty *
Ms. Gargi Redkar The Isolation and Purification of a Drug Target Enzyme from an Infectious Microorganism
Ms. Bhumika Phathak Bio-transformation of Anthocyanin for Enhanced Stability and Lipophilicity
Mr. Vishal Banderao Revanwar Enzymatic Biotransformation of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids
Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization (Faculty who have not supervised student dissertation in 2012-13) Prof. S. S. Bhagwat Professor & Head Chemical Engineering, Interfacial Science and Engineering, Microemulsions Prof. A. M. Lali Coordinator & Professor Chemical Engineering, Bioenergy and biofuels, Bioseparations,Biocatalysis and Biotransformations, Fermentation, Bioorganic chemistry, Scale up
Prof. V. G. Gaikar Bharat Petroleum Chair Professor Chemical Engineering, Renewable energy resources, Extraction, Separation processes Prof. Anand V. Patwardhan Professor Chemical Engineering, Green Technology Dr. C. S. Mathpati Assistant Professor Chemical Engineering, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Bioreactor Design
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Dr. Ratnesh Jain UGC Assistant Professor Biopharmaceuticals and Characterization, Biocatalysis
Dr. Ashish Misra DBT-Energy Biosciences Overseas Fellow System Biology, Chemical Engineering
Dr. Abhishek Mule Research Scientist Fermentation & Bioreactors
Dr. Aruna Mahesh Research Scientist Molecular and Synthetic Biology
Dr. Shamlan M. S. Reshamwala Research Scientist Overexpression of recombinant proteins, Enzyme Engineering
Dr. Pooja Joshi Research Scientist Intellectual Property Rights Prof. S. S. Lele Registrar & Professor Biochemical Engineering,
Food Product Development, Microalgal Metabolites Dr. Shalini S. Arya Assistant Professor Preservation of foods Dr. Jyoti Gokhale Assistant Professor Bioprocess Technology
Dr. Sadhana S. Sathaye Associate Professor Toxicity and Efficacy evaluation of drugs using in-vivo and in-vitro models Dr. Ganesh Chaturbhuj Assistant Professor Synthesis of substituted Biphenyls, Biocatalysis
Dr. Prajakta D. Jain Assistant Professor & Ramanujan Fellow Polymeric nanocarriers for drug delivery, Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials
Dr. Jyotsna S. Waghmare Assistant Professor Nutraceuticals, Structural lipids and surfactants
Students working in Pilot Plant Facility
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
Biotech Industry (India) 87 (64%) PhD (Abroad) 03 (02%) Others 02 (02%)
136
Entrepreneurship 01 (01%) Academic (Teaching) 03 (02%) PhD (India) 40 (29%) Total 136
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Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 3018.67l
316.70l
273.49l
217l
177l
167l
48.27l
88l
71l
10
04
10
09
03
01
01
01
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
53.44l
169.13l
716.19l 435.50l 28.80l
102.06l
05
02
07
02
01
25
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
DBT
DAE
CSIR-NMITLI
DST
IGCAR
ONGC Energy Centre
NTPC
RGSTC BRNS
Minsitry of Chemicals & Fertilizers: Hindustan Insecticides Ltd. UGC
ICMR
ICAR
Ministry of Food Processing Industries, GOI Companies
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 5882.93 lakhs (l) No. of R&D Projects 82 Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 451 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.92 - 9.737
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Patents filed/granted 41 Indian 08 International
Publications by Students 01 National and 37 International Publications
Technology Perfected/Commercialized S. No.
Title of the Technology
Licensor
Name of Leader
1.
Biocatalysis for production of esters
ICT
Prof. G. D. Yadav
2.
Bio-ethanol from agricultural biomass
ICT
Prof. Arvind M. Lali
3.
Extraction and purification of steviosides
ICT
Dr. Sandeep Kale
4.
Enzymatic resolution of isomers
ICT
Prof. G. D. Yadav
5.
Value added products from GMI vegetable waste stream (Broccoli )
ICT
Prof. Arvind M. Lali and Dr. Sandeep Kale
6.
Soy Bio-refinery
ICT
Prof. Arvind M. Lali and Dr. Annamma Anil
7.
Biochemical and chemical processing of bio based resources for production of invert sugars and high fructose syrups
ICT
Prof. Arvind M. Lali
8.
Novel platform technology edible oil refining (Rape seed, cotton seed, soya, palm, sunflower, rice bran oil etc.)
ICT
Dr. Sandeep Kale
9.
Platform technology for purification of monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies
ICT
Prof. Arvind Lali and Dr. Sandeep Kale
10.
Conversion of artemisinin into its derivatives
ICT
Prof. M. S. Degani
11.
Oil/fat splitting technology
ICT
Prof. Arvind M. Lali and Dr. Annamma Anil
12.
Formulation of SMEDDS
ICT
Prof. Vandana Patravale
13.
Cold storage technology
ICT
Prof. S. S. Bhagwat
14.
Solar drying of marine food products and vegetables
ICT
Prof. B. N. Thorat
15.
Purification of sucralose
ICT
Prof. Arvind M. Lali and Dr. Sandeep Kale
16.
Extraction and purification of artemisinin
ICT
Prof. Arvind M. Lali and Dr. Sandeep Kale
17.
Purification of vancomycin
ICT
Prof. Arvind M. Lali and Dr. Sandeep Kale
18.
Supercritical extraction of natural products
ICT
Prof. Vandana Patravale
19.
Smart Drug Eluting Stents
ICT
Prof. Vandana Patravale
20.
Hydrotropic extraction of natural products
ICT
Prof. V. G. Gaikar
21.
Purification and stabilization of hCG
ICT
Prof. Arvind M. Lali and Dr. Sandeep Kale
22.
Enzymatic catalysis for ascorbyl palmitate
ICT
Prof. Arvind M. Lali and Dr. Annamma Anil
23.
Purification of rifamycin B
ICT
Prof. Arvind M. Lali and Dr. Sandeep Kale
24.
Purification of penicillin G
ICT
Prof. Arvind M. Lali and Dr. Sandeep Kale
25.
Ultrasound assisted extraction
ICT
Prof. A.B. Pandit
26.
Unique process for endotoxin removal
ICT
Prof. Arvind M. Lali and Dr. Sandeep Kale
27.
Deoiled seed meals processing of animal/aqua/poultry feeds
ICT
Dr. Sandeep Kale
28.
Production of biosurfactants
ICT
Dr. Amit Pratap and Dr. Sandeep Kale
29.
Algal Biofuels
ICT
Prof. Arvind Lali and Dr. Reena Pandit
30.
Novel technology for sugar cane juice processing to natural sugar
ICT
Dr. Sandeep Kale
31.
Purification of tocopherols
ICT
Dr. Sandeep Kale
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Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
21
Course Title
Credit
2nd Semester Course No.
Course Title
Bioreaction Engineering 3 Unit Operation in Bio processing 3 Elective 1: Transport Phenomenon (Option 1) 3 Elective 2: Bio Analytical Techniques (Option 1) 3 Elective 2: Bioinformatics and Bio Statistical Methods (Option 2) 3 Project I: Critical review of one research paper (Report submission+Presentation) 3 Project II: Seminar (Report submission + Presentation) 3 Laboratory I: Biochemical Engineering Lab 3
12
4th Semester
Course No.
Credit
Course No.
Research Project Work (In-house)
12
3 3 3 3 3
3 3 3
30
Course Title
Research Project Work (In-house)
Total credits/ 4 semesters 21 + 21 + 12 + 30 = 84
Student experimenting in Bio-Formulation Laboratory
Course Coordinator
Prof. Arvind Lali Head & Coordinator Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT, Formerly UDCT), Nathalal Parekh Marg, Matunga (E), Mumbai - 400019, Maharashtra E-mail: arvindmlali@gmail.com | Phone: 022-33611111 | Fax: 022-33611020 288 | Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options
Credit
Bio system Engineering Bioreactor Design and Control Elective 3: Adsorptive and Chromatographic separations (Option 1) Elective 4: Protein and Enzyme Engineering (Option 1) Elective 4: Patents and IPR (Option 2) Project III: Critical literature review of research topic (Report submission + Presentation) Lab II: Biochemistry, microbiology and Genetics Lab III: Fermentation and Downstream Processing
3rd Semester Course Title
21
Credit
30
West Bengal University of Technology West Bengal Program M.Tech in Biochemical Engineering, Biosciences and Biotechnology
Location Kolkatta, West Bengal
Year of DBT support implemented 2000-01
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Number of Seats 18
Mode of Selection JNU-CET
Student experimenting in Biochemical Engineering Laboratory
Eligibility B. Tech. in Biotechnology or M.Sc. in Bioengineering, Biotechnology.
Studentship Rs. 8000/month
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years 2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
12 18
11 18
11 18
12 18
14 18
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Fee Structure
Semester I
26,700
+
Semester iI
12,600
+
Semester iiI
13,600
+
Semester iV
12,600
=
TOTAL
65,500
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Prof. Subrata Kumar Dey Professor Molecular Genetics
Mr. Amit K Gupta Effect of PRDM9 gene on recombination (hotspot creation) and no disjunction related to Down syndrome and recurrent abortion Ms. Binita Zipporah E Identification of GATA -5 sequence variance in patients with congenital heart disease Mr. Krishna Nand Singh Investigation of beneficial and therapeutic aspect of fermented tea Mr. Prashant Bajpai Studies on the role of cellular-ageing related genetic biomarker in Alzheimer’s disease Ms. Rohini Singh Evaluation of MTHFR 677 C/T and 1298 A/C polymorphism as maternal risk factor for congenital heart disease and its association with Down syndrome birth Mr. Pradeep Kumar Evaluation of Black tea as dietary antioxidant supplement during cancer treatment: An in vitro study
Dr. Jaya Bandyopandhyay Assistant Professor & Head Molecular and Cell Biology
Ms. Swati Study of Dr1 mediated gene regulation in T3 induced oxidative stress leading to neuro-degeneration Mr. Moses Guria Studies of Phthalate ester toxicity on the steroid metabolism in C. elegans development Mr. Zeeshan Ahmad Khan GSK3beta inhibition studies in Tauopathy cellular model Ms. Shalini Singh MicroRNA mediated regulation in Tauopathy cellular model
Dr. Shaon Ray Chaudhuri Assistant Professor Molecular Biology, Microbiology & Bioremediation
Mr. Ganesh Prasath K Optimization of microbial sulfate reduction in a 220 litre packed bed reactor Ms. Sonali Pardhiya Microbial nutrient sequestration from waste water for sustainable agriculture
Dr. Soulalee Basu (in lien) Assistant Professor Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
Student working in the Laboratory
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Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 29 (51%) PhD (Abroad) 02 (03%) Biotech Industry (India) 03 (05%) Biotech Industry (Abroad) 01 (02%)
57
Non-Biotech Industry (India) 02 (04%) Academic (Teaching) 04 (07%) Others 16 (28%) Total 57
Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 40 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.00 - 5.56
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 150l
Publications by Students 07 International
50l 25l
20l
25l
25l 10l Patents filed/granted 02 International Patents
02
02
02
01
01
01
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
UGC
brns
CSIR
CCCRH
NTRF
DBT
IUAC
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 305 lakhs (l) No. of R&D Projects 10 Technology Perfected/Commercialized S. No.
Title of the Technology
Licensor
Name of Leader
1.
Microbial Enzymes as detergent additives
West Bengal University of Technology
-
2.
Hide processing and methods & compositions
West Bengal University of Technology
-
3.
Self-Sustained Microbial Detoxification Of Soluble Sulfate From Environmental Effluent
West Bengal University of Technology
-
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Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
23
Course Title
Microbial Biochemistry Engineering Principles Molecular Biology Introductory Mathematics Immunology Lab - I Biochemistry and Analytical Techniques Lab - II Microbiology Lab - III Immunology
2nd Semester Course No.
Credit
Genetic Engineering Bioprocess Engineering Genetics & Cell Biology Downstream Processing Applied Bioinformatics Communication Skills (Non-credit) Lab IV- Genetic Engineering Lab V- Downstream Processing
Course No.
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2
23
Course Title
3rd Semester
Credit
3 3 3 3 3 4 4
Course Title
IPR Bioprocess Plant Design Elective - I Elective II Lab VI- Bioreactor Operations Seminar/ Journal Club Project Proposal Presentation
4th Semester Course No.
Credit
3 3 3 3 4 1 7
23
Course Title
Credit
Project Work
23
Total credits/ 4 semesters 23 +23 + 24 + 23 = 93
Lecture in progress
Course Coordinator
Prof. Subrata Kumar Dey Coordinator Department of Biotechnology West Bengal University of Technology, Salt Lake City, Kolkata- 700064, West Bengal E-mail: subrata.dey@wbut.ac.in | Phone: 033-23210731 | Mobile: 033-23211327 292 | Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options
24
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Uttar Pradesh Program M.Tech in Biosciences & Biotechnology
Location Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Year of DBT support implemented 2002-03
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Number of Seats 20
Mode of Selection Admission Test Conducted by IIT Kanpur
Student at work in Molecular Biology Laboratory
Eligibility Master’s degree in Science or 4-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, with biology or related subjects as one of the papers at the 10+2 level or later, along with a valid GATE score in related disciplines.
Studentship Rs. 8000/month
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years
22
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
10 17
10 17
12 20
12 20
05 20
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Fee Structure (Total Rs. 2,950 one time fee; Rs. 6,768 per semester and Rs. 20,000 for Gen/OBC students)
Semester I
2,950 1,692 5,000
Semester iI +
1,692 5,000
Semester iiI +
1,692 5,000
Semester iv +
1,692 5,000
TOTAL
=
2,950 6,768 20,000
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization; Participating Faculty (*) & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. Ashok Kumar Professor Downstream processing; Affinity interactions and Cell separations; Nanotechnology; Biomaterials; Tissue engineering
Mr. Aniket Bangroo Comparative study of influence of mechanical properties of polymeric gels synthesized at various temperatures for application in tissue engineering
Dr. Balaji Prakash Professor Structural Biology, Bioinformatics, Structure Based Drug Design
Mr. Vivek Singh Crystallographic and biochemical studies on a G-domain from YphC reveal that magnesium is not required for nucleotide binding but for its hydrolysis
Dr. Dhirendra S. Katti Professor Tissue engineering; Controlled Drug Delivery System; Biomaterials
Ms. Minnah Thomas Design of PLGA fiber-based scaffolds for bone tissue engineering: Influence of surface modification on in vitro mineralization and cell behavior
Dr. K. Subramaniam Professor Germ cell development in C. elegans; Plant Parasitic Nematodes
Ms. Priyanka Dutta Fibrillarin positively regulates RAS/MAPK pathway to promote oogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans
Dr. Pradip Sinha Professor Cancer Genetics, Growth Control & Pattern Formation using Drosophila model
Ms. Heena Pahwa Epigenetic regulation of Hippo signaling targets during Drosophila epithelial tumor progression
Dr. Ashwani K. Thakur Assistant Professor Molecular Biophysics
Ms. Itika Saha Effect of osmolytes on the mechanism of polyglutamine aggregation implicated in Huntington’s Disease
Dr. Jonakli Sen Assistant Professor Retinal development and differentiation
Ms. Amreen Qureshi Generation of tools for functional characterization of candidate topographic guidance molecules
Mr. Abhishek Acharya Analysis of variations in GTP hydrolysis mechanisms in Rab GTPases
Ms. Fiza Nasheen Ahmed Identification of Candidate Regulators for the Morphogenesis of Dentate Gyrus in Mouse Dr. Mainik Das Assistant Professor Tissue Engineering
Mr. Anubhav Peroxide sensing using Nanoceria Mr. Chandrakant Mallick Electrical and Magnetic Properties of Silk Cocoon
Dr A. Bandyopadhyay Participating Faculty *
Ms. Yachna Jain Investigation of role of Dkk3 and Efemp1 in avian tendon development
Dr. R. Sankararamakrishnan Professor Modeling & simulation of biomolecules; Bioinformatics Dr. S Ganesh Professor & Head Molecular genetics of human disorders; Human gene structure and function
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Dr. Amitabha Bandyopadhyay Associate Professor Skeletal development and differentiation Dr. Jayandharan G. Rao Associate Professor Human Molecular Genetics, Gene Therapy Dr. Arun Kumar Shukla Assistant Professor Structural biology; Cellular signaling; Combinatorial biology Dr. Bushra Ateeq Assistant Professor Molecular oncology and Cancer therapeutics Dr. Nitin Gupta Assistant Professor Neurophysiology; Computational biology Dr. S. Matheshwaran Assistant Professor Dynamics of chromatin recognition & remodeling
Student working on Atomic Force Microscope
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
Biotech Industry (India) 10 (10%) Non-Biotech Industry (India) 10 (10%) Academia (Teaching) 20 (19%) PhD (Abroad) 50 (49%)
102
Others 10 (10%) PhD (India) 01 (01%) Fellowship (India) 01 (01%) Total 102
Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 20 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.5 - 3.0
Publications by Students 29 National
Patents filed/granted 08 National and 04 International Patents
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Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 1455l
355l 100l
50l
50l
25l
150l
100l
50l
100l
50l
100l
22
08
03
01
01
01
04
01
01
01
01
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
DBT
DST
CSIR
ICMR
LSRB
STC
SERB
DAE
DIPAS
ICAR
OSDDU
WT
Total Quantum of Funds Rec. Rs. 2295 lakhs (l) No. of R&D Projects 45
Curriculum Structure 1st Semester
23
2nd Semester
Course No.
Credit
Course No.
Course Title
Cell & Molecular Biology Biochemistry & Structural Biology Biomaterials Modern Instrumental Methods in Biological Sciences Instrumental Methods Professional Communication
3rd Semester Course No.
36
Course Title
M.Tech Thesis Work
Biopharmaceuticals Elective Seminar Laboratory Methods M.Tech Thesis Work
9 9 9 9 9 -
Credit
36
Course Title
4th Semester Course No.
Course Title
M.Tech Thesis Work
Total credits/ 4 semesters 36 +36 + 36 + 36 = 144
Course Coordinator
Prof. S. Ganesh Head & Coordinator Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur- 208016, Uttar Pradesh E-mail: sganesh@iitk.ac.in, head_bsbe@iitk.ac.in| Phone: 0512- 2594040 | Fax: 2594040
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23 Credit
9 9 18
36 Credit
36
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Assam Program M.Tech in Biochemical Engineering, Biosciences and Biotechnology
Location Guwahati, Assam
Year of DBT support implemented 2009
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Number of Seats 31
Mode of Selection IIT - JAM
Building of Department of Biotechnology, IIT Guwahati
Eligibility Master’s degree in Science or 4-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, with biology or related subjects as one of the papers at the 10+2 level or later, along with a valid GATE score in related disciplines.
Studentship Rs. 8000/month
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years 2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
24 31
29 31
30 31
31 31
31 31
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Fee Structure
Semester I
24,600
+
Semester iI
17,250
+
Semester iiI
17,250
+
Semester iV
17,250
=
TOTAL
76,350
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization; Participating Faculty (*) & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. Aiyagari Ramesh Associate Professor Nanobiotechnology
Ms. Shirke Pallavi Uday Studies on Potential Therapeutic Applications of a Bacterial Amphiphile
Dr. Anil Mukund Limaye Assistant Professor Gene expression
Mr. Abhayjit Singh Regulation of extracellular proteases in Bacullus cereus Strain PD1
Dr. Arun Goyal Professor Gene expression Molecular Biology, Protein Engineering, Structural & Functional Proteomics
Ms. Ruchi Handoo Production, purification and characterization of dextransucrase and dextran from Weissella cibaria VTT E-072749
Dr. B. Anand Assistant Professor Structural Biology, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, RNA Biology, Molecular Evolution and Synthetic Biology
Mr. A Allen Samuel Identification and Characterization of Riboswitches in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Dr. Biman B. Mandal Assistant Professor Human Tissue Engineering
Mr. Saket Kumar Singh Silk Based Sustained Delivery of Model Molecule
Dr. Biplab Bose Assistant Professor Molecular Networks, Recombinant Proteins
Ms. Ritika Chaturvedi Molecular Signaling of Cripto-I
Dr. Debasiah Das Assistant Professor Metabolic Engineering, Biochemical Engineering
Mr. Bikash Chandra Maharaj Screening, Optimization and scale-up of Streptococcus sp. for Synthesis of Hyaluronic Acid (HA)
Dr. Gurvinder Kaur Saini Associate Professor Fungal Biotechnology
Mr. Amritansh Chandra Studies on the production of cuticle degrading proteases and PCR-RFLP analysis of protease genes in Metarhizium anisopliae isolates
Dr. K. Pakshirajan Associate Professor Environmental Biotechnology
Mr. Joyabrata Mal Carbon monoxide conversion using native hydrogenic microorganisms isolated from waste water treatment plant
Dr. Latha Rangan Associate Professor Molecular Systematics, Biofuels, IPR
Ms. Rimjhim Roy Choudhury Flow cytometric studies on Pongamia pinnata
Dr. Lingaraj Sahoo Professor Genetic Engineering and Functional Genomics of Plants
Ms. Shivali Rawat Cloning and characterization of abiotic stress responsive EcPCS gene and VuDREB24 promoter
Dr. Nitin Chaudhary Assistant Professor Peptide - Membrane Interactions
Mr. Rajesh Kumar Exploring the membrane binding and potential antimicrobial activity of an amphipathic peptide derived from E.coli MreB protein
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Dr. Pranab Goswami Professor Enzyme-based biosensors for clinical and environmental studies, Development of enzymatic biofuel cell
Mr. Ujjwal Ranjan Dahiya Alcohol oxidase from Aspergillus terreus MTCC6324 : partial biophysical characterization of recombinant protein from E.coli BL21 and expression in eukaryotic system (Pichia pastoris)
Dr. Rajaram Swaminathan Professor Protein structure and function
Mr. Patel Ashish A. Setting up total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy and employing it for single molecule studies of hen egg white lysozyme aggregation
Mr. Hemant Studies on marine cyanobacteria (Synechoccus sp.) for potential biofuel cell applications
Ms. Tasneem Ali Analysis of MD simulation trajectories of intrinsically disordered proteins Dr. Rakhi Chaturvedi Associate Professor Plant Cell, Tissue & Organ Culture
Ms. Preshobha K.P. In vitro morphogenesis and effect of abiotic elicitors on production of caffeine and theophylline in cell suspension cultures of ovary explants of tea (Camellia assamica ssp. Lasiocalyx)
Dr. Rajan Tamuli Assistant Professor Calcium signaling, Genetics, DNA repair
Mr. K. Jagadeesh Studies on Mitochondrial component of calcium signaling on Neurospora crassa
Dr. Sajukta Patra Assistant Professor Enzymes – applications in Pharma and food industry
Mr. Preet Lal (also guided by Dr. Vikas K. Dubey) Cloning and expression of drug target genes for tuberculosis therapeutics
Dr. Senthilkumar S. Assistant Professor Bio Calorimetry Bio-Process Analytical Technology
Mr. Saurav Prasad (also guided by Dr. Anil M. Limaye) Feasibility Studies on Biotechnological Valorization of Whey Permeate for D(-) Lactic Acid Production
Dr. Siddhartha S. Ghosh Professor Cancer gene Therapy, Nanobiotechnology, Molecular Pathways Involving Drug Resistance
Ms. Deepshika Malik Multifunctional Silica Nanoparticle for Lipase Immobilization
Dr. Utpal Bora Associate Professor Biomaterials, Nanotechnology, Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering
Mr. Ravindra A. Raut Development of Seri- Bioresource database(SBDB)
Dr. Vibin Ramakrishnan Assistant Professor Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Biophysics, Bio-Organic Chemistry, Bio-Nanotechnology
Ms. Indrani Ray Quantification of Topological and Sequential effects in Protein Conformational Fold Selection
Dr. Vikash Kumar Dubey Associate Professor Protein Biochemistry & Biochemical Parasitology
Ms. Robin Sachdeva Studies on identification of novel drug target of Leishmaia donovani
Dr. Vishal Trivedi Assistant professor Intracellular Signaling in Plasmodium falciparum
Ms. Anupriya Mehra (also guided by Dr. Nitin Chaudhary) Study of Cytoskeleton of Uninfected RBCs to Endothelial Cells during Malaria like conditions
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization (Faculty who have not supervised student dissertation in 2012-13) Dr. Venkata D. Veeranki Associate Professor Bioprocess Development, Metabolic Engineering
Dr. Bithiah Bose Assistant Professor Genetic Engineering of Stem Cells
Dr. Ajaikumar B. Kunnumakkara Assistant Professor Biomedical Research
Dr. Manish Kumar Assistant Professor Molecular Interaction of Infectious Diseases
Dr. Sachin Kumar Associate Professor Identification of Molecular determinants of Avian Paramyxovirus Virulence
Dr. Piruthivi Sukumar Associate Professor Cardiovascular Diseases, Diabetes, Obesity Dr. S.P. Kanaujia Assistant Professor Structural Biology and Bioinformatics Studies
Scholars working in Research Laboratory
Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 68 (96%)
71
Academic (Teaching) 03 (04%) Total 71
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Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 4350l
550l
795.30l 250l
50l
50l
75l
50l
100l
145l
25l
25l
50
16
05
01
01
03
01
01
07
01
01
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
DBT
DST
DST - SERB MNRE Science & Engg. Research Board
CSIR
Ministry MOEF of Textiles
ICMR
ICAR
DAE - BRNS DST - SERC
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 6465.30 lakhs (l) No. of R&D Projects 88 Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years 102.82l
20l
DBT
DBT
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 122.82 lakhs (l) Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 464 Publications with Impact Factor Range 0.935 - 8.27
Green House
Publications by Students 11 International
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Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
30
Course Title
Credit
Bio techniques Advanced Genetic Engineering Elective - I Elective - II Analytical Biotechnology Lab
6 6 6 6 6
2nd Semester Course No.
32
Course Title
Credit
Quantitative Biology Bimolecular & Cellular Process Engg. Elective - III Elective - IV Applied Biology & Bio-engineering Lab
8 6 6 6 6
3rd Semester Course No.
Course Title
M.Tech Seminar M. Tech Project I (MTP I)
4th Semester Course No.
Course Title
M. Tech Project II (MTP II )
Total credits/ 4 semesters 30 +32 + 24 + 24 = 110
Research Laboratory
Course Coordinator
Dr. Venkata Dasu Veeranki Associate Professor Department of Biotechnology Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati-781039, Assam E-mail: veeranki@iitk.ernet.in | Phone: 0361-258 2212 | Fax: 0361-258 2249 302 | Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options
24 Credit
2 22
24 Credit
24
Institute of Chemical Technology Maharashtra Program M.Tech. in Food Biotechnology
Location Mumbai, Maharashtra
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 2007-08
Mode of Selection University Entrance Test / GATE
Number of Seats 10
Students experimenting in Downstream Processing and Biocatalysis Laboratory
Eligibility B. Tech. in Biotechnology or B. Tech. in Food Technology, GATE qualified.
Studentship Rs. 8000/month
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 4 Years 2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
05 10
10 10
10 10
10 10
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Fee Structure
Semester I + ii
53,936
Semester iii + iv +
52,616
TOTAL
=
1,06,552
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Prof. Smita S. Lele Professor & Acting Registrar Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering
Mr. Deepak Kadam Product and process development of ash gourd vegetable
Prof. Rekha S. Singhal Professor & Head Ph.D.(Tech) in Food Engineering & Technology
Mr. Parag Kolekar Bio fuels from sprouted wheat
Dr. Laxmi Ananthanarayan Associate Professor & Course Coordinator Ph.D.(Tech) in Food Engineering & Technology
Ms. Shaila Sonawane Studies in preparation and utilization of enzyme active grain flours
Dr. Uday S. Annapure Associate Professor Ph.D.(Tech) in Food Engineering & Technology
Ms. Richa Arora Enzymatic extraction of natural colors
Dr. Shalini S. Arya Assistant Professor Ph.D.(Tech) in Food Engineering & Technology
Mr. Pandurang Marphalle Studies on omega-3 rich functional bread with flaxseed
Ms. Nupur Nagavekar Food biotechnological studies on fruit of Ficus benghalensis
Ms. Apoorva Gupta Modification of polyphenols for enhanced bioactivity
Ms. Rati Gupta Studies on edible coatings for food preservation
Ms. Ashu Verma Studies in gelatin
Ms. Pavitra K. Characterization and quantification of biomolecule(s) produced by microbes isolated from kurdai: a traditional Indian fermented snack food
Students experimenting in Algal Biotechnology Laboratory
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Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) + Fellowship (India) 05 (14%) Biotech Industry (India) 04 (11%) Not Available 09 (26%) Academic (Teaching) 01 (03%)
35
Non-Biotech Industry (India) 16 (46%) Total 35
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 189l
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years
151.07l
148l
167l
13.85l
1.98l
48l 30.7l
01
02
02
01
00
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
Projects
DBT
DST
UGC
RGC
World Bank (TEQIP II)
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 503.90 lakhs (l) No. of R&D Projects 06
Ministry of Food Processing Industries, New Delhi Infrastructure facilties UGC • Infrastructure refurbishment (2008) • Infrastructure refurbishment (2009) • UGC CAS Phase – I
Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 215 Publications with Impact Factor Range: 0.234 - 9.599
Publications by Students 08 Papers 01 Book Chapter
• UGC-BSR World Bank (TEQIP II) Procurement of Equipment for institutional TEQIP unit
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 245.7lakhs (l) Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options | 305
Patents filed/granted 11 Filed 01 Granted
Technology Perfected/ Commercialized S. No. 1.
Title of the Technology
Licensor
Name of Leader
Justsip Vegetable Soup Mixes
Trilok Foods
Prof. S.S. Lele
Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
21
Course Title
Course No.
Course Title
21 Credit
Basic Food Science and Technology
3
Fundamentals of Food Biotechnology and Genetics
Fundamentals of Food Process Engineering
3
3
Cell Culture Technology
3
Food Technology Laboratory
3
Biotechnology of Fermented Foods
3
Food Safety and Toxicology
3
Food Biotechnology Laboratory
3
Food Standards and Safety Regulations (Batch 2012-2014) 3
Marine Biotechnology (Batch 2012-2014)
3
Basics of Human Nutrition (Batch 2013-2015)
3
Food Packaging (Batch 2013-2015)
3
Critical review of one research publication
3
Food Product Development & Analysis (Batch 2012-2014)
3
Seminar
3
Enzymes in Food Industry (Batch 2013-15)
3
Critical Review of Research Project
3
3 Semester
21
rd
Course No.
Credit
2nd Semester
Course Title
Research work for thesis
Credit
21
4th Semester Course No.
Course Title
Research work for thesis
21 Credit
21
Total credits/ 4 semesters 21 +21 + 21 + 21 = 84
M. Tech. Food Biotechnology students
Course Coordinator
Dr. A. Laxmi Associate Professor & Coordinator Department of Food Engineering and Technology Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Nathalal Parekh Marg, Matunga (East), Mumbai- 400019 E-mail: laxmi.ananth.iyer@gmail.com| Phone: 022-33612506 | Fax: 022-33611020 306 | Pursuit of Biotechnology - Opportunities & Options
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research Punjab Program M.Tech. in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
Location Mohali, Punjab
Duration of course & Academic Term 2 Years (I-IV Semester)
Year of DBT support implemented 2003-04
Mode of Selection Entrance Test Conducted by NIPER
Number of Seats 11
Students working in Biotechnology Laboratory
Eligibility GPAT qualified-B. Pharm./M.Sc. Life Sciences.
No. of Students Admitted and Total No. of Seats in Last 5 Years 2008-09
Studentship Rs. 8000/month
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
10 10
13 13
09 11
09 11
09 11
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Fee Structure (Total Rs. 84400/- for General Category and Rs. 36400/- for Reserved Category)
Semester I
33,400 21,400
Semester iI +
17,000 5,000
Semester iiI +
17,000 5,000
Semester iv +
17,000 5,000
TOTAL
=
84,400 36,400
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Core Faculty Strength and Area of Specialization; Participating Faculty (*) & Illustrative List of In-house Dissertation by Students: Academic Year 2012-13
Dr. U. C. Banerjee Professor & Head Fermentation Technology & Biochemical Engineering & Applied Microbiology
Mr. Bharat Prasad Dwivedi Lipase-mediated kinetic resolution of drug intermediates Ms. Deepti D. Salve Production of hyaluronic acid from Streptococcus zooeppider micus and control of its molecular weight Mr. Gopal Patel Microbial production of mycophenolic acid Ms. Manli Ashutosh Gadgil Screening, isolation, production and characterization of potential probiotics from aquatic sources Mr. Neeraj Singh Thakur Chemo-enzymatic synthesis of (R)-, (S)-, and (RS)-alprenolol and acebutolol Mr. Prateek Kumar Gupta Biological synthesis of copper nanoparticles Ms. Preeti Grewal Optimization of growth and production of serratia peptidase by Serratia marcescens Mr. Sachin Dasu Mulik Chemo-enzymatic synthesis of (R)-, (S)-, and (RS)- practolol
Dr. U. C. Banerjee Professor & Head S. K. Guchhait Participating Faculty *
Ms. Seema Kirar Synthesis and biological evaluation of 6-substituted imidazopyridines as potential Topoisomerase II inhibiting anticancer agents
Dr. A.K. Chakraborti Dr. K. P. R. Kartha Dr. K. B. Tikoo Dr. Prabha Garg Dr. I. Roy Dr. Abhay Pandey Dr. Chhaya Iyengar Dr. Sushma Singh Dr. I. P. Singh Dr. M. E. Sobhia Dr. G. B. Jena Dr. Rahul Jain Dr. Sanjay M. Jachak Dr. Pooja Arora Associate Professor * Associated faculties (from other departments) within the university take regular classes.
Demonstration of 40 L Bioreactor to the students
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Placement of Students in Last Five Years
PhD (India) 14 (28%) PhD (Abroad) 05 (10%) Biotech Industry (India) 10 (20%)
50
Non-Biotech Industry (India) 06 (12%) Academia (Teaching) 15 (30%) Total 50
Extramural Funding Received for R&D in Last Five years 163l
Extramural Funding Received for Infrastructure Development for Teaching and Research in Last Five years 43.17l 36.50l
36.27l
38.23l
28.78l
137l
20l
02
01
01
Projects
Projects
Projects
DBT
CSIR
M.Tech in Pharma Biotech Deptt. of Chemicals & Petrochemicals
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 320 lakhs (l) No. of R&D Projects 4 Publications of Core Faculty in last Five years Total 82 Publications with Impact Factor Range 1.0 - 11.85
DBT
DBT
DBT
DBT
DBT
Total Quantum of Funds Received Rs. 183.03 lakhs (l)
Patents filed/granted 08 Indian
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Publications by Students 1. Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles, A Kaler, N Patel, U.C. Banerjee, Current Research Information on Pharmaceutical Sciences, 11(4): 68-71, 2011.
2. Extracellular biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using aqueous extract of Candida viswanathii, Abhishek Kaler, Rakesh Nankar, Mani Shankar Bhattacharyya and Uttam Chand Banerjee, Journal of Bionanoscience, 5: 53-58, 2011.
3. New Chemical and Chemo-enzymatic Routes for the Synthesis of (RS)-, and (S)-Enciprazine, Linga Banoth, Thete Karuna Narayan, U. C. Banerjee, Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 23 (17): 1272-1278, 2012.
4. New chemo-enzymatic synthesis of (R)-1-chloro-3(piperidin-1-yl) propan-2-ol, Linga Banoth, Thete Karuna Narayan, Brahmam Pujala, Asit K. Chakraborti and Uttam Chand Banerjee, Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 23:1564-1570, 2012. 5. Enantioselective bioreduction of cyclic alkanones by whole cells of Candida sp., Rachit Patil, Linga Banoth, Amit Singh, Yusuf Chisti, U.C. Banerjee, Biocatalysis and Biotransformation, 31: 123-131, 2013.
6.
Lipase catalyzed kinetic resolution for the production of (S)-3-[5-(4-fluoro-phenyl)-5-hydroxy-pentanoyl]-4phenyl-oxazolidin-2-one: An intermediate for the synthesis of ezetimibe, Amit Singh, Yogesh Goel, Amit Kumar Rai, U. C. Banerjee, Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 85-86 :99-104, 2013.
7.
Synthesis of Gold nanoparticles using whole cells of Geotrichum candidum, Amit Kumar Mittal, Abhishek Kaler, Aparna Vasant Mulay and U.C.
Banerjee, Journal of Nanoparticles, 2013, Article ID 150414, 6 pages.
8. One-pot synthesis of (R)-1-(1-naphthyl ) ethanol by stereoinversion using Candida parapsilosis, Suyog Madhav Amrutkar, Linga Banoth and U. C. Banerjee, Tetrahedron Letter 54 (25): 3274-3277, 2013.
9. Comparative studies on the antioxidant potential of vanillin-producing Saccharomyces boulardii extracts, Ajay Suryavanshi, Amit Agarwal, Abhishek Kaler, Umesh Bihade, Jasmine Kaur, Kulbhushan Tikoo, and U. C. Banerjee, Oxidants and Antioxidants in Medical Science 2(3):199-207, 2013.
10. Biosynthesis of selenium nanoparticle by whole cells of Saccharomyces boulardii and its evaluation as anti cancer agent, Navin Patel, Abhishek Kaler, Sanyog Jain, U. C. Banerjee, Current Nanoscience, (4): 463-468. 2013.
11. Efficient Chemo-enzymatic Synthesis of (RS)-, (R)- and (S)-Bunitrolol, Linga Banoth, Bhukya Chandarrao, Brahmam Pujala, Asit K. Chakraborti, U. C. Banerjee, Synthesis, 46: 479-488, 2014.
12. Biotransformation of 3-cyanopyridine to nicotinic acid by whole cells of recombinant Escherichia coli, Omkar Pai, Linga Banoth, Saptarsh Ghosh, Yusuf Chisti, U. C. Banerjee, Process Biochemistry 49, 655–659, 2014.
13. Microbial transformation of quinic acid to shikimic acid by Bacillus megaterium, Saptarshi Ghosh, Harish Pawar, Omkar Pai and U. C. Banerjee; Bioresources and Bioprocessing, 2014, 1:7.
Experiments showing the Production of Microbial Metabolites in 7 L Bioreactor
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Curriculum Structure 1st Semester Course No.
15
Course Title
Enzyme and Microbial Technology Biochemical Engineering Fundamentals Animal and Plant Cell Technology Microbiology Spectral Analysis Separation Techniques Biostatistics Fundamentals of Intellectual Property & Technology Management Seminar General Laboratory Experience
3rd Semester Course No.
Credit
2nd Semester Course No.
1 2 1 1 2 1 2
Course Title
Bioprocess Technology Recombinant DNA Technology Drug Metabolism Pharmacological Screening and Assay Bioinformatics Molecular biology Downstream Processing of Biological Products Immunology and Immunotechnology Seminar General laboratory experience in the areas of specialization
1 1 3
15 Credit
1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 2
08
Course Title
Credit
Synopsis
5
Presentation
3
4th Semester Course No.
Course Title
12 Credit
Thesis
9
Defence of Thesis
3
Total credits/ 4 semesters 15 +15+ 8 + 12 = 50
Students of M. Tech Pharmaceutical Biotechnology programme in NIPER with faculty
Course Coordinator
Prof. U.C. Banerjee Head & Coordinator Department of Pharmaceutical Technology National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, S.A.S. Nagar, Mohali-160062, Punjab E-mail: ucbanerjee@niper.ac.in | Phone: 0172- 2214682-87| Fax: 2214692
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71 Universities Profiles
Universities/ Institutes offering M.sC./ M.Tech teaching programmes in biotechnology in india with dbt support As on March, 2015 Fig. 1
M.Sc. General Biotechnology
M.Sc. Agricultural Biotechnology
M.V.Sc. Animal Biotechnology
Master in Medical Biotechnology
M.Sc. Marine Biotechnology
Master in Molecular and Human Genetics
M.Sc. Neuroscience
M.Sc. Industrial Biotechnology
M.Tech. Food Biotechnology
M. Tech. Biochemistry Engg. & Biotechnology
M.Sc. Environmental Biotechnology
M.Sc. Bioresources and Biotechnology
M.Tech. Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
SRINAGAR
RajAuri
JAMMU Palampur Shimla
Amritsar Chandigarh MOHALI
Garhwal Roorkee PANTNAGAR
HISAR
Aligarh
DELHI GURGAON
LUCKNOW
Banasthali
Kanpur
Faizabad Allahabad Varanasi
GWALIOR INDORE
Jabalpur
ANAnd Baroda
Raipur
NAGPUR
Bhubaneswar
PARBHANI PUNE
HYderabad
KOlhapur
Gulbarga Dharwad
GOA
Tirupati
Bangalore MYSORE Calicut Annamalai Thrissur KOCHI
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Coimbatore
Kharagpur
Chennai
Puducherry Madurai
Siliguri Samastipur Bhagalpur
SHILlONG
Shantiniketan BURDWAN Kolkata Kalyani
JoRHAT Tezpur
Outstanding Performers
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Outstanding Student and Faculty Performers - A few case studies
Outstanding Student and Faculty Performers
Realising the importance of quality trained manpower for meaningful R&D and production activities in the area of biotechnology, the Department of Biotechnology initiated an integrated human resource development programme way back in 1985-86 comprising of post graduate teaching programmes in biotechnology, fellowships for doctoral and post doctoral research and short term training courses for upgrading the skills of mid-career scientists in research institutions and faculty engaged in UG and PG teaching in area of biotechnology and life sciences. The Department started M.Sc. teaching programme in general biotechnology in 6 universities in 1985-86 and programmes have been expanded to cover 71 universities keeping in mind requirement of specialized manpower in specialized areas such as agricultural, medical, pharma, marine, environmental, industrial bioresources, biotechnology. These universities were selected carefully on the basis of in-house expertise and infrastructural facilities as well as proximity to premier institutions engaged in biotechnology research. The Department provided one time non-recurring grant for purchase of equipment, liberal recurring grants for consumables, books and journals, summer/winter training, travel etc. to provide good practical training to students. To ensure quality, students for DBT supported teaching programmes are selected through common entrance test conducted by JNU on all India basis or IIT-JAM or written test conducted by respective universities. All selected students are offered studentships. Creation of faculty positions, selection of quality students and provision of liberal recurring grants to provide practical training to M.Sc students improved teaching and research in biotechnology and allied life science fields. At present, a large number of students are enrolled in various biotech courses and they look forward towards successful role models in their field. Profile and write-up about those students who passed out from DBT supported teaching programmes and have made a mark for themselves in research, academia and industry in India would help present students in making correct career choices. A few ex-biotech students viz. Dr. Suraksha Diwan, an M.Sc. Biotechnology student from University of Calicut, Dr. Manish Rana, M.Sc. Biotechnology from G.B. Pant University and Dr. Amit Parikh, DBT-RA at NII, New Delhi are occupying scientific positions in Department of Biotechnology and are playing prominent role in policy formulation and implementation in the field of biotechnology. Several students from earlier batches have become faculty members in prestigious universities and research institutions and have attained senior positions in biotech industry in the country. It was felt that showcasing profiles of some of the outstanding performers would serve as role models for young students in the field of biotechnology and would inspire them to achieve greater heights. To name a few, Dr. Sanjeev Galande, a student of M.Sc. Biotechnology from Pune University has been
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awarded prestigious National Bioscientist Award by DBT, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award by CSIR in 2010 and is senior scientist at NCCS, Pune, presently on deputation to IISER, Pune. Dr. Rajesh Gokhale, an M.Sc. Biotechnology student from IIT, Mumbai is Director, IGIB, Delhi. Dr. Rajeev Soni, an M.Sc. Biotech student from JNU, New Delhi was President and COO of Premas Biotech and is presently at BIOCON. The examples are innumerable. The purpose to showcase and highlight the achievements of some of the students is to inspire others to achieve greater heights. The cases covered in this article are on the basis of inputs received from the coordinators of DBT supported teaching programmes and it is only an illustrative list. Similarly, faculty members involved in DBT supported teaching programmes are actively associated in different policy decisions of DBT through participation in Task Forces of DBT, have received extramural funding on competitive basis and have risen to leadership positions such as VCs of universities, Directors of research institutions etc. As an example, Prof. Pramod Tandon, ex-VC, NEHU, Prof. D. Deobagakar, ex-VC, Goa University, Prof. A.S. Kolaskar, ex-VC, University of Pune, Prof. K.C. Upadhayay, ex-VC, MS University, Baroda, Dr. Rakesh Bhatnagar, ex-VC, Kumaon University, Nainital, Prof. Jairup Singh, ex-VC, GNDU, Amritsar, Prof. W.N. Gade, VC, University of Pune, Dr. B.K. Konwar, VC, Nagaland University and Prof. Alak Kumar Burogohain,Vice Chancellor, Dibrugarh University have all been involved with DBT supported biotechnology teaching programmes and policy making in the field of biotechnology in the country. Profile of these illustrious and prominent faculty members would encourage not only young students but also young faculty members in the area of life sciences and biotechnology. Several post doctoral students under DBT-RA programme are also occupying senior faculty positions in universities and research institutions (Prof. Anand K. Kondapi at University of Hyderabad, Prof. Prabhjeet Singh, GNDU, Amritsar, Dr. R. Narayanan, IISC, Bangalore) and biotech industries (Dr. S. Thippeswamy, CMD, Dr. Swamy’s Lab Pvt. Ltd., Dharwad). It is expected that the students and faculty members whose contributions have not been included in this article would also provide their details so that contributions made by DBT in creating manpower in biotechnology could be substantiated for benefit of present and future students and faculty members. The leaders could also play the role of mentors and hand hold young students in shaping their career. Students could also form alumni networks which could also update employment and training opportunities for the benefit of present students.
Outstanding Faculty Performers
Prof. Alak K Buragohain
Professor Alak K Buragohain had his early education in Shillong, Meghalaya where he was born in March, 1956. He graduated from North East Hill University, Shillong in 1975 with a First Class First in Botany. After his Masters with specialization in Cytogenetics and Plant Breeding from Gauhati University in 1977, Professor Buragohain joined Handique College in Guwahati as a Lecturer. Thereafter, he joined Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine under the University of London for his PhD in Molecular Plant Virology on an Overseas Fellowship. He joined Gauhati University as an Associate Professor. Professor Buragohain moved to the newly established Central University at Tezpur, Assam, as the first Head of the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology in 1997 and got involved in the formation of the new Department. He earned an industrial project from the ONGC on Petroleum Biotechnology. Subsequently, on completion of the project, the first ever Centre for Petroleum Biotechnology in the North East India was established in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University. Professor Buragohain has resumed the Office of the Vice-Chancellor of Dibrugarh University in 2013. He is actively engaged in teaching and research. His current areas of research are Anti-Tuberculosis drug from plants, Bio-Nano Material and Bacterial Evolutionary Biology.
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Prof. Anand K Kondapi
Prof. Ashok S. Kolaskar
Dr. Anil Kumar
Dr. Anand K. Kondapi is Professor in Molecular Therapeutics at Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, University of Hyderabad. He has over 20 years of teaching and research experience in this area with 55 publications, 9 patents granted/filed, and has guided 15 students for PhD thesis. Dr. Kondapi completed Masters and Doctorate studies from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. As a physical chemist with PhD degree from Andhra University, his interest was to understand molecular recognition that occurs among biological molecules in progression of biological function. He joined NBTB Research Associateship from 1990 to 1993 at Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and DBT Overseas Associateship in 1996 to work at National Cancer Institute, NIH and Institute of Human Virology, Baltimore, USA. He has been addressing basic mechanism in disease progression with an aim to develop therapeutics in cancer, HIV and neuronal senescence. Professor Ashok S Kolaskar has a career spanning over 30 years marked by numerous accomplishments in bioinformatics research, teaching, mentoring and managing large academic institutions with outstanding success acknowledged by numerous national and international awards, fellowships and recognitions. He is one of the first few scientists in the world to pursue research in bioinformatics and pioneered the establishment of the network of Distributed Information Centers (DICs) in India in the late 80s to initiate and promote bioinformatics research in India. Prof Kolaskar has been a professor of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics at Pune University since 1986 and has been teaching postgraduate programs and mentoring PhD and M.Phil students for the past 28 years at various universities globally. In 1988 he founded the Bioinformatics Center at the Pune University. Prof. Kolaskar served as the Vice Chancellor of Pune University during 2001-06, when he introduced sweeping reforms in university governance, financial management, and quality management. He has published more than fifty research papers in national and international peer reviewed journals. Prof. Kolaskar has also served as the Director of Bioinformatics, American Type Culture Collection (ATCC), Virginia, USA, where he introduced the culture of research in the non-profit service organization such as ATCC. He is the former Advisor to the National Knowledge Commission of India instituted by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India. As Managing Director, DSK Global Education and Research Pvt. Ltd., he introduced a new and novel model of higher education that includes major training programs in animation, gaming and industrial design offered in collaboration with Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Valenciennes, France for the first time in India. Dr. Anil Kumar, Professor & Head, Department of Molecular Biology & Genetic Engineering, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar has developed a strong academic programme in Agriculture Biotechnology. As a successful researcher and teacher, he has mentored 12 PhD’s and 31 Master’s students. He has over 160 research papers published in National and International Journals of repute, A Text Book on “Biotechnology in Medicine and Agriculture: Principles & Practices”, a reference book on “Nanotechnology in Agriculture”, several manuals and other books to his credit and also filed patent on immunological approach for determination of virulence behavior of Karnal bunt (Tilletia indica, pathogen of wheat). The in-house research activities developed under his leadership have provided an excellent opportunity to the students both hands-on and strong theoretical background knowledge of latest instruments and devices. Based on his long experience, Dr. Kumar has recently developed animal cell culture facility for production of hybridoma and cell culture based assays which can be effectively used for screening pharmaceutically important molecules. Dr. Anil Kumar has organized several workshops on Biotechnology and Bioinformatics as Coordinator, Brainstorming session on “Prioritizing research areas in Nano-Bioinformation Technology for the development of Hill States” and Sensitization workshop on “Biosafety
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of Genetically Modified Crops”, National Winter School on “Applications of Genomics in Crop Improvement” as course Director, Uttarakhand State Science & Technology Congress and National Conference on “Science of Omics in Agricultural Productivity: Future Perspectives”. He is one of the highest rated instructors on student evaluations as analyzed based on the feedback taken by an independent committee of University and also nominated by the university for ICAR Best Teacher Award. Prof. Anil Kumar is a teacher of long standing committed to both teaching and research. Based on his par excellence in maintaining high standards in biotech education, Dr Anil Kumar has been bestowed with the prestigious “INSA Teachers Award (2014)”.
Prof. Bolin K. Konwar
Prof. Dileep N. Deobagkar
Professor Konwar started primary schooling in tea garden at BPBM Higher Secondary School, Sonari and passed HSLC Examination in 1975. He completed 5 year integrated B.Sc (Agri.) degree program from Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat with first class and a gold medal. He took M Sc Agri. in Plant Breeding and Genetics from the University in 1983 with first class and distinction. He joined as Lecturer in the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics in 1984 and he was promoted to Assistant Professor in next year. Securing an overseas fellowship towards the end of 1988, he went for higher studies in the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London and obtained D.Sc. in Microbiology and PhD in Plant Biotechnology in 1992. He joined Assam Agricultural University and became Associate Professor in same Department in 1994. In 1995, he joined Tocklai Experimental Station, Tea Research Association, Jorhat as a Senior Scientist (Biotechnology) and became In-charge in 1997 and Head of Botany Department in 1999. In 2002, he joined as Professor of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology at Tezpur University and took the responsibility as Head of Department for two terms. In 2008, he took over the responsibility of Deanship of the School of Science and Technology. In 2011, he took over as Vice-Chancellor, Nagaland University. He has carried out 12 research projects funded by ICAR, DBT, Ministry of Commerce, Tea Board, AYUSH, CSIR, ONGC etc. He has supervised 36 M.Sc research projects at Assam Agricultural University and Tezpur University and PhDs. He has filed 3 patents and he and his research group have deposited 11 gene (DNA) sequences in National/ International Gene Banks. He has published more than 130 popular science, history and other articles in various Assamese magazines and newspapers, as well as more than 30 scientific articles in English Magazines in addition to 4 booklets/book chapters. An academician par excellence, Prof Dileep N. Deobagkar is the ex-Vice Chancellor of Goa University. Prior to joining Goa University, he was Professor of Molecular Biology and Director of Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, University of Pune, where he played a major role in the establishment of the Bioinformatics institute. In addition,Prof. Deobagkar also worked as Head of the Departments of Zoology, Microbiology, Biotechnology and Director of Bioinformatics Center at the Pune University. He completed graduate and post-graduate degree courses with distinction and first rank from Shivaji University and doctoral research (PhD) from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. With basic training of research in molecular biology from IISc, Bangalore, he has worked in the International research centres of repute such as the National Cancer Institute, NIH, USA, Molecular Biology and Biophysics group at the Yale University, USA and the Freie University, Berlin, Germany. There are over 60 research papers to his credit in National and International refereed journals. Right from the advent of biotechnology discipline at the National Biotechnology Board in Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, Prof Deobagkar has been a member of various committees at the DST, CSIR, UGC and DBT for formulation of National policies in modern biology and biotechnology.
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Dr. K.C. Upadhyaya
Dr. Prabhjeet Singh
Dr. Pratap Kumar Pati
An able administrator and academician, Dr Kailash Upadhyaya sequenced two plant genes in late eighties. Currently, he is an Advisor at Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida. Prof Upadhyaya obtained PhD from Pennsylvania State University, USA in 1971 and research experience at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware. He joined Genetics Unit, Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi in 1973. In 1975, he joined the School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. He served JNU in different academic capacities and as Dean, School of Life Sciences; Director of Genetic Engineering Unit and Director of Admissions. He was also Vice-Chancellor of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (2002-05). At JNU, he established a molecular genetics laboratory and started teaching courses on genetics, molecular biology, molecular genetics and genetic engineering. His research centred on characterization of heat shock proteins; isolation, characterization and regulatory controls of calmodulin (CaM) and phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) genes from Arabidopsis; and functional characterization of retrotransposons from plant and rat genomes. He has mentored a large number of post graduate students and supervised 28 PhD students. Dr. Upadhyaya along with his colleagues was instrumental in setting up of DBTsupported Centre for Plant Molecular Biology (CPMB) in the School of Life Sciences at JNU which was upgraded in 1998 as National Centre for Plant Genome Research. He also worked for establishing the National Institute for Plant Genome Research. Prof. Upadhyaya has been Max-Planck and Senior DAAD Fellow in Germany and a Senior Fulbright Fellow in USA. He is an elected Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi; and the National Academy of Sciences, India, Allahabad. Dr. Prabhjeet Singh is currently Professor at Department of Biotechnology, Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar. he completed M.Sc in Botany from University of Delhi, followed by Doctorate in Plant Physiology from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi and opted for a career in plant molecular biology. The opportunity for venturing into this research stream was provided by the award of DBT sponsored Post-Doctoral Fellowship (1990-1991) and he got opportunity to carry out research on DNA fingerprinting of plants in the laboratory of Dr Lalji Singh at CCMB, Hyderabad. Dr. Prabhjeet Singh joined Guru Nanak Dev University at Amritsar in 1991 as a founder faculty member in the Department of Biotechnology. Since then, he has been involved in teaching M.Sc. students and has supervised five doctoral thesis and guided more than 40 M.Sc. students for their project dissertations. He has executed more than ten research projects sanctioned by different funding agencies viz., DBT, AICTE, CSIR, etc. The findings of these studies have been published in about 50 different journals of national and international repute. Dr Singh is on the panel of referees for reviewing manuscripts for publication in more than 30 international journals, including Nature. He is also on the panel of referees for reviewing applications for research grants submitted to different funding agencies. Dr. Pratap Pati is working as Associate Professor in Department of Biotechnology, Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) Amritsar. Since the past 14 years, he has been engaged in teaching and research at GNDU. Soon after completing PhD from CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bio-resource Technology, Palampur, Dr. Pati joined the Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences at GNDU as a lecturer and has since served the university in various capacities. Through international fellowships, Dr. Pati gained post-doctoral research experience at CIRAD, Montpellier, France and Department of Horticulture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA. Currently, he is working in the area of biotechnological interventions in medicinal plants and studying the role of phytohormones in stress management. Bestowed with the INSA Teachers Award in 2012, Dr. Pati has been a committee member for preparation of syllabus and framing guidelines of DBTJRF program. He is also a committee member for mentoring Colleges under Star College Scheme of DBT.
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Dr. Rakesh Bhatnagar
Prof. Wasudeo N. Gade
A top notch researcher, Prof Rakesh Bhatnagar has been working in the field of Anthrax for past 20 years. He has to his credit the development of genetically engineered vaccine against anthrax. The technology of recombinant anthrax vaccine has been transferred to Panacea Biotech Ltd. and the vaccine has successfully undergone Phase I and Phase II human clinical trials. The DNA vaccine against Rabies has been developed in his laboratory. Prof. Bhatnagar joined the prestigious Jawahar Lal Nehru University (JNU) in 1989 and has been associated with the university in various capacities. He also took over the reins of Kumaun University, Nainital as the Vice-Chancellor for a brief period. Currently, he is the Dean, School of Biotechnology at JNU. Prof. Bhatnagar did PhD in Biochemistry from National Sugar Institute in Kanpur and post doctoral experience in overseas institutions like Freiburg University, Germany; CHU, Caen, France; NIH, USAMRIID. He has over 123 research publications to his credit and reviewer of many international journals like Infection and Immunity, FASEB Journal, Vaccine, Molecular Immunology, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. Dr. Wasudeo Namdeo Gade is the current Vice Chancellor of the University of Pune. Prior to this, he was the Director, Board of Colleges and University Development. Dr Gade did his B.Sc. in Biology from Nagpur University and M.Sc. (Life Sciences), M.Phil and Ph.D in Life Sciences from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He continued his research in France and Sweden. Before joining University of Pune, he served as a Scientist at Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR, New Delhi) for 20 years. He was involved in technology development for rare and high value biological products particularly ophthalmic grade hyaluronic acid which has been commercialized. At the University of Pune, he was Professor of Biotechnology before taking over as Vice-Chancellor. As Vice-Chancellor, he has brought in automation in governance particularly in examinations, established collaborations with high ranking overseas Universities, given boost to research initiatives, launched many student-centric schemes and schemes for attracting talent at faculty level etc.
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Outstanding Student Performers
Sh. Chandan Kumar
Dr. Deepankar Ramteke
Dr. Sanjeev Galande
Sh. Chandan Kumar is currently Scientific Officer-D in Isotope Applications & Radiopharmaceuticals Division of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, under aegis of Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India. He joined the Radiopharmaceuticals Division in 2006 and is an alumnus of Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar from where he did M.Sc in agricultural biotechnology. In 2013, he submitted PhD thesis at Homi Bhabha National Institute, BARC, Mumbai. With 12 publications to his credit, he has developed a single vial kit for cardiac imaging with his colleagues at BARC. In addition, he has also developed osteosarcoma cell culture model for the in-vitro testing of bone pain palliation agents at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. Dr. Deepankar Ramteke is an alumnus from Rashtrasanta Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur, from where he completed MSc biotechnology. Currently, he is working as Manager with Merck Specialities Pvt. Ltd. in Gujarat, which is Indian sales organization of the global Merck Group of Darmstadt, Germany, which supplies the high-quality pharmaceutical and chemical products in Indian market. Mr Ramteke’s message to the students: Set high goals and pursue it with passion; Have an innovative attitude and patience to overcome difficulties; and welcome people who can take challenges. Dr. Sanjeev Galande obtained his PhD in Biochemistry from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 1996. As a postdoctoral fellow at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA from 1996-2001, he studied the role of MAR-binding proteins in tumorigenesis. Dr. Galande joined the National Centre for Cell Science in Pune, India in 2001 as a senior scientist. In 2010, Dr. Galande was recruited as a Professor at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER, Pune). Research in Dr. Galande’s laboratory is focused on studying how the dynamic changes in higher-order chromatin assembly govern gene expression in a spatial and temporal manner. At IISER, he leads the Centre of Excellence in Epigenetics (CoEE) and has assembled a team of scientists to study the evolution of epigenetic mechanisms using multiple model systems. Epigenetics is an emerging field of research that holds great potential to uncover the secrets of the blueprint of life. The CoE in Epigenetics focuses on epigenetic modifications underlying variety of biologically important phenomena and their role in gene expression, regeneration, cancer, behavior, aging and evolution. To fulfill these goals, Dr. Galande has established a multidisciplinary program engaged at the interface of biochemistry, molecular biology, bioinformatics, cell biology, proteomics and genomics. His lab has also contributed a number of innovative technologies for biological research, including a novel cassette for expression and purification of recombinant proteins. Dr. Sanjeev Galande was a recipient of the International Senior Research Fellowship from the Wellcome Trust, UK, from 2005-2010, the National Bioscience award from Deptt. of Biotechnology in 2006, the Swarnajayanti Fellowship in 2007 and the Shanti swaroop Bhatnagar Award in 2010. Dr. Galande is an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (2010) and the Indian National Science Academy (2012). Being an M.Sc. Biotech from University of Pune, Dr. Galande is a source of inspiration. He shares his experience: The M.Sc Biotechnology masters degree program developed by the Department of Biotechnology provides an advanced practical knowledge of biotechnology and molecular genetic technologies underpinning modern biotechnology and how they can be applied to solve real world problems. The course provides opportunities for biotechnology students to develop and demonstrate state-of-the-art knowledge and understanding, skills, qualities and understanding of selected topics in biotechnology as well as basic biology. As an MSc Biotechnology student, I was exposed to many new courses including interdisciplinary courses such as biostatistics and bioorganic chemistry, which have been instrumental in providing a broader base towards my pursuit of science. All these
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courses as well as the excellent practicals provided in-depth knowledge of the subject and paved the way for my career in biology.
Dr. Mridul Mukherji
Dr. Mukesh Pasupuleti
Dr. Rajesh S. Gokhale
Dr. Rajeev Soni
Dr. Mridul Mukherji is an alumnus of the University of Calicut, Kerala from where he did Masters in biotechnology. Currently, he is Associate Professor, Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy at the University of Missouri in Kansas city, USA. Passionate about research and teaching, Dr Mukherji said “I have loved biotechnology/life science research and teaching more than any other profession in life. But I had to work extremely hard to succeed. And unfortunately, just hard work doesn’t guarantee success in research. One has to be very lucky as well. Sharing his significant achievement till date, he said, “It was to determine the oxygen sensing mechanism at molecular levels in cells.” Advising students he stated “Make sure you love what you choose to do. Work hard and honestly. There are no short cuts in life”. Dr. Mukesh Pasupuleti is presently working as Senior Scientist in Microbiology Division, Central Drug Research Institute at Lucknow. His research interest involves designing, testing and optimising (both in vitro as well as in vivo), various antimicrobial agents especially for bacterial and fungal infections. Dr. Pasupuleti completed his Masters in biotechnology from Calicut University, Kerala and PhD in clinical medicine from Lund University, Sweden. Post PhD, he gained research experience at various reputed international research institutions like the Centre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research, University of British Columbia, Canada and the Lund University, Sweden. Prior to joining CDRI, he was working as the Research Assistant Professor, SRM Research Institute, SRM University, Chennai. Dr. Rajesh S. Gokhale is the Director of CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR-IGIB). He has led interdisciplinary initiatives that have spawned new avenues in the area of functional genomics research and healthcare. Prior to this, he was a faculty at National Institute of Immunology (NII). Dr. Gokhale completed his PhD degree from Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore and Postdoctoral work at Stanford University. Dr. Gokhale obtained his M.Sc. Biotechnology from IIT, Mumbai from the Department of Biosciences & Bioengineering. He is recipient of several awards including, Infosys Prize, Swarnajayanti Fellowships, Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award, National Bioscience Award for Career Development from Department of Biotechnology and Distinguished Alumnus Award of IIT-Bombay. He is a member of several scientific advisory committees and is also on the editorial board of Journal of Biological Chemistry, Section Editor of Tuberculosis journal and on the Advisory Board of Natural Product Reports. Dr. Gokhale is also Co-founder of Vyome Biosciences (VYOME), a biopharmaceutical company developing best in class drugs for dermatology care utilizing genomics knowledge. Dr. Rajeev Soni is a PhD in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from the University of Cambridge, U.K. and has over 20 years of research and development experience including industry and academia. He completed his M.Sc. Biotechnology from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has been accredited with the discovery of G1 cyclins in plants during his PhD, a discovery that changed the course of plant growth and development field. He was instrumental in the discovery of a selective small molecule inhibitor of Cdk4 at Novartis and has patents on the development of a synthetic nuclease for bioterrorism applications while researching at the Naval Research Lab in the USA. He has been instrumental in the design and management of state of the art molecular biology labs at Lidak (Avanir) Pharmaceuticals, La Jolla, USA, De Montfort University, Leicester, U.K., The Naval Research Lab, Washington D.C., USA, Ranbaxy biotechnology, Gurgaon, India and at PREMAS, Gurgaon, India. He has managed mutli-skilled and mutli-lingual teams across various functions and countries.
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In 2005, he founded PREMAS Biotech, along with a team of entrepreneurs and investors and served as President and COO from inception till January 2012. He was responsible for in-house and contract research and development. He managed marketing and business development aspects and has keen understanding of the life science market in India, Europe and USA. While at PREMAS, he was part of the implementation team for “Lean Management” or the “Toyota production Process”; possibly, one of the first companies in India to implement this in the biology sector coupled with electronic lab-notebook and SDMS for a 21CFR part 11 compliant set up. PREMAS successfully delivered over 150 proteins from mg to gm levels in a span of 4 years. In 2012, he joined Biocon as Associate Vice President where he was responsible for managing the Molecular Biology department and for development of biosimilars mainly focusing on long acting insulin analogs. Rajeev has now turned his attention and focus to the use of enzymes to provide cleaner, greener and sustainable solutions. He is currently serving as Senior Manager, R&D at Novozymes South Asia Pvt. Ltd. in Bangalore where his group is responsible for developing novel enzyme solutions for various industrial applications. Rajeev has several patents and publications to his credit and his area of specialization includes Innovative drug discovery research for Cancer and Infectious diseases focusing on both NCE’s and Bio-therapeutics, CRAMS (contract research and manufacturing services), enzyme engineering for various industrial applications, development and refinement of systems for protein expression in E.coli, yeast and mammalian cells, fund raising, strategic planning, business development, consulting for biosimilars and development of novel bio-therapeutics.
Dr. Suraksha S. Diwan
Dr. Suraksha Sachdeva Diwan is presently Scientist ‘D’ in Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India. She is a PhD in Bio-Medical Sciences with specialisation in malaria vaccine development from ICGEB, New Delhi. She did her Masters in Biotechnology from University of Calicut, Calicut. Before joining DBT as Scientist C, she joined DBT-Cell for UNESCO Regional Centre for Biotechnology Training and Education as a Scientific Consultant. Thereafter, she joined DBT as Scientist ‘C’ and has been handling few important schemes of the Department. She is involved in Project Management, New Area and Strategy Planning under Biotechnology Industry Partnership Programme (BIPP) and other activities of Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) which is an inter-phase agency set up by DBT. She is involved in Project Generation, Priority Area identification and Programme Management under Indo-Australian Biotechnology Fund (IABF) a Collaboration with Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR), Australia and Indo-Queensland Collaboration with Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation (DEEDI), Queensland.
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Course Curriculum Revision
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Course Curriculum Revision Framing of Model Course Curricula
DBT PG Teaching Programme
Curriculum Revision
M.Sc. in General Biotechnology
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Framework of Model Course Curriculum
Biotechnology is multi-disciplinary, rapidly advancing field and is an amalgamation of biology, chemistry, computer sciences, physics and mathematics. Considering the multidisciplinary nature of biotechnology and profound impact of the sector on the evolving Indian economy, it is necessary to introspect and adapt to these changes proactively so that effective contributions be made towards human resource development. In 2008, DBT in association with Biotech Consortium India Limited (BCIL) carried out exercise for framing of the biotechnology course curricula to incorporate latest developments in biotechnology and coordinated with all stakeholders i.e. coordinators, students, scientists, industry experts, etc. to accomplish the task. The exercise was aimed at revision and reframing of the curricular guidelines for the courses in Biotechnology for the following 10 Post Graduate Courses in Biotechnology supported by DBT across the country: 1
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M.V.Sc. in Animal Biotechnology
M.Sc. in General Biotechnology 2
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M.Tech. in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology 3
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M.Tech. in Biotechnology & Biochemical Engineering
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M.Sc. in Marine Biotechnology 10
M.Sc. in Molecular & Human Genetics
M.Sc. in Environmental Biotechnology
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M.Sc. in Neuroscience 8
M.Sc. in Agricultural Biotechnology
M.Sc. in Medical Biotechnology
The methodology for revising the curricula of above courses was focused on the following basic objectives.
METHODOLOGY FOR REVISING CURRICULA
Synchronization of the curricula of the above courses acros the country
Inclusion of new topics including the latest advancements in the field and deletion of obsolete ones, if any
Revisiting and modification of existing content and developing content for newly identified topics
A meticulous and structured approach was adopted to accomplish the course curriculum revision exercise comprising of comprehensive understanding of current practices in biotechnology education, identification of revision needs from various stakeholders, need assessment and validation, design of draft core as well as subject-specific curricula, expert vetting by eminent researchers and industry establishments and finalization of course curricula based on multi-stakeholder feedback. It was also felt that this exercise needs to be repeated at frequent intervals.
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Several brainstorming discussions were held for achieving the desired balance between the foundation courses and latest developments in biotechnology. The salient features of the revised curricula can be summarized as follows: 1. Uniformity in the Curriculum Structure of the revised PG Courses in terms of the total number of credits, number of credits allotted to the theoretical and practical teaching per semester, credits for the dissertation, tutorials, etc. The curricula content was designed to include 5 units of equal weightage in terms of the time allotment, followed by a list of books and/or references. 2. A set of Make Up Courses or Remedial Courses were introduced to bridge the gap in the background of students from different streams, wherever, the intake is open to both life-science and non-life science streams. 3. A set of Foundation Courses including Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Genetic Engineering, Analytical Techniques etc. have been introduced across all specializations with a view to build a strong knowledge base of Biotechnology for all PG Students irrespective of specialization. 4. Practical training was emphasized by increasing the duration of Lab Courses to 24 hours/week during the first three semesters. 5. Tutorials were allotted 1 credit per semester comprising of Seminars, Journal Clubs etc., making it a mandatory component of all the curricula. 6. The revised curriculum included emerging topics such as Nanobiotechnology, Protein Engineering, Stem Cell Biology etc. as latest advancements in the field. 7. Considering the importance of the knowledge of IPR related issues, a compulsory course on IPR & Bio-safety was introduced. 8. In-house Project Work for dissertation was made mandatory to ensure accountability, uniformity. 9. An elective on Bio-entrepreneurship was recommended for all PG programmes to inculcate entrepreneurship instinct among students. Further, the other electives were recommended to take adequate care of the recent areas of the respective specialization depending on in-house expertise.
Model course curricula can be accessed FROM : DBT www.dbtindia.nic.in
or BCIL www.bcil.nic.in
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Independent Evaluation Exercise & Feedback Mechanism
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Independent Evaluation Exercise & Feedback Mechanism Independent Evaluation of DBT supported PG teaching programme involving feedback of all stakeholders
INDEPENDENT EVALUATION EXERCISE
In order to examine and assess the effectiveness and outcomes, identify gaps and give suitable recommendations for three DBT HRD programmes - Post-Graduate Teaching programme, Junior Research Fellowship programme and Research Associateship Programme, an independent evaluation study was assigned by DBT to Biotech Consortium India Limited (BCIL). The evaluation study considered and measured the contribution of the DBT HRD programmes in meeting its stated programme objectives of human resource development. For assessing the outcome of the post-graduate teaching programme, a mix of qualitative as well as quantitative parameters were studied including teaching quality, core faculty strength, regular faculty strength with specialization, participation of guest faculty, publications, innovative teaching methods, access to facilities and resources, infrastructure facilities for teaching and research, extramural funding received by faculty, research activities, imparting dissertation, hands-on-experience, summer/winter training/industrial visit, revision of course curriculum, student support and mentoring, administrative practices, student feedback mechanism, timely disbursement of fellowship, years of support of DBT, filling up of sanctioned seats, placement and overall encouragement and motivation provided to the students. The study comprised of extensive literature review on similar impact assessment studies of national as well as international repute, close examination of HRD programmes, exhaustive data collection, stakeholder consultations, conducting site visits to all the DBT supported universities/institutes, eliciting feedback from the concerned stakeholders i.e. course coordinators, students, fellows, site visit experts, associated project management agencies, etc. The study was carried out under the overall guidance of an expert advisory committee which advised on selection of evaluation parameters, relative weightage of different parameters and experts for site visit. Based on differential weightage assigned to the various performance indicators provided by student and site visit experts and factual information regarding the programme, a cumulative score/grade was arrived at for each of the DBT programmes running in the various universities/institutes. The “Evaluation Methodology” section covers the methodology adopted for carrying out the independent evaluation exercise and “Evaluation Outcome” section provides the grades accorded to 71 universities/institutes conducting DBT supported PG teaching programmes in Biotechnology.
Evaluation Methodology
The evaluation of DBT supported PG teaching programmes at 71 universities was based on analysis of 3 independent feedbacks namely (i) Obtaining factual information in a structured questionnaire from course coordinators and its evaluation (ii) Feedback of experts based on site visit to the institute/university to get first hand information about quality of teaching programme including assessment of infrastructure, interaction with faculty members and students and (iii) independent feedback from students through questionnaires and online feedback mechanism. Separate questions were designed to elicit the desired information for each of the above 3 components. The relative weightage for scoring the performance is given below on Table 1.
Relative Weightage for Scoring of DBT programmes Table. 1
S. No.
Parameters for Assessment- Score of the University
Weightage
1.
Site Visit Feedback (Teaching Quality, Infrastructure, Research, Student Support)
40 %
2.
Student Feedback (Teaching Quality, Facilities Dissertation, Academic Activities, Administrative Practics, Student Support and Progression)
20 %
Factual Departmental Information (Based on course coordinator feedback)
40 %
3.
- No. of filled seats against sanctioned student seats (5%)
- No. of core faculty against sanctioned student seats (5 %) - Average impact factor of international publications (5 %) - No. of international publications (5 %) - No. of Student Publications (5 %) - Quantum of extramural infrastructure funding (2.5 %) - Quantum of extramural research funding (2.5 %) - Fee structure (4 %) - Student placment (PhD, fellowship and industry) against sanctioned student seats (6 %)
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Evaluation Methodology
Based on the cumulative scores for DBT supported PG teaching programmes, grade was assigned to them. The scale for grading the programmes is given below on Table 2.
Scale for Grading DBT PG Teaching Programmes Table. 2
S. No.
Cumulative Series (Out of 100 %)
Grade
1.
≥ 80 %
A+
2.
≥ 70 % > 80 %
A
3.
≥ 60 % > 70 %
B++
4.
≥ 50 % > 60 %
B+
5.
≥ 40 % > 50 %
B
6.
< 40 %
C
The table showing grades assigned to DBT supported PG teaching programme at 71 universities/institutions is shown below on Table 3.
RANKING ACCORDED TO DBT SPONSORED PG TEACHING PROGRAMME IN BIOTECHNOLOGY BY INDEPENDENT EVALUATION EXERCISE Table. 3
Name of University/Institute
Grade /Rank
M.Sc. in General Biotechnology Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
A+
Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai
B+
MS University, Baroda
B
Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
B++
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
B++
Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai
A+
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
A
Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
A
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
B+
Devi Ahilya Viswavidyalaya, Indore
B++
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
A
Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla
B++
University of Calicut, Calicut
B++
Banasthali Vidyapeeth, Banasthali
B+
Tezpur University, Tezpur
B++
Gulbarga University, Gulbarga
B+
University of Jammu, Jammu
A
University of Mysore, Mysore
B++
University of Allahabad, Allahabad
B+
Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar
B++
University of Kashmir, Srinagar
B++
Kumaun University, Nainital
B
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University of North Bengal, Siliguri
B+
University of Lucknow, Lucknow
B+
Utkal University, Bhubaneshwar
B+
Pondicherry University, Puducherry
B++
Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Tirupati
B
Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur
B
Visva-Bharati, Shantiniketan
B+
T.M. Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur
C
Burdwan University, Burdwan
C
HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar North Eastern Hill University, Shillong
Not ranked B++
M.Sc. in Agricultural Biotechnology Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat
B++
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore
A
GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar
A
CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidhalaya, Palampur
B+
Indira Gandhi Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Raipur
A
Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Agricultural University, Latur
B
Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar
B+
University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad
A
Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur
B+
University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore
B++
Narendra Deva University of Agriculture & Technology, Faizabad
C
Rajendra Agricultural University,Samastipur
B+
Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Kalyani
B++
M. Sc. in Bioresource Technology Baba Gulam Shah Baadshah University, Rajauri
C
M. V. Sc. in Animal Biotechnology Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar
A
Nanaji Deshmukh Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur
B++
Assam Agricultural University, Guwahati
B
Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur
B+
Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana
B++
Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shuhama, Srinagar
B++
Masters in Medical Biotechnology All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
A
Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak
B+
Masters in Molecular and Human Genetics Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
B++
M.Sc. in Neuroscience Jiwaji University, Gwalior
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B++
M.Sc./M.Tech. in Marine Biotechnology Goa University, Goa
B+
Annamalai University, Parangipettai
B
Cochin University of Science & Technology, Kochi
A
M.Sc. In Industrial Biotechnology Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar
B+
M.Sc. in Environmental Biotechnology Shivaji University, Kolhapur
B+
M.Tech, IN Biochemical Engineering & Biotechnology Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
A+
Indian Institute of Technology New Delhi
A+
Anna University, Chennai
B++
Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
A
West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata
B++
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
A+
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
A
M.Tech. IN Food Biotechnology Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
B+
M.Tech. IN Pharmaceutical Biotechnology National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, Mohali
B++
As a result of the detailed analysis of the information gathered during the course of evaluation of individual programme is highly regarded amongst all the concerned beneficiaries and stakeholders and is also contributing strategically in identifying, training and empowering quality manpower in short-term and long-term towards research capacity building.
Feedback Mechanism
Both qualitative and quantitative feedback from all stakeholders of DBT supported PG teaching programme constituted a critical component of the independent evaluation exercise. The qualitative feedback received during the course of this independent evaluation exercise from the site visit experts, course coordinators, past and present students is summarized below.
Experts Feedback
Prof. G.K. Garg Ex Dean College of Basic Sciences, G.B Pant University of Agriculture, Pant Nagar
I was privileged to visit 23 Institutions under this programme with an excellent and efficient support from BCIL in the form of logistics and fact sheets on each programme. I along with another expert and a representative of BCIL had detailed look at their infrastructure, curriculum and its delivery, administrative support. We had free and frank interactions with the students, faculty and head of the institutions besides the coordinator. What impressed us most was that these programmes individually cover so many professional fields such as Engineering, Medical, Agriculture, Fisheries, Veterinary, Human Genetics, and General Biotechnology with emphasis on basic sciences. The support was spread to diverse Geo Social areas across the country. It was not limited to elite institutions in Metropolis areas but also extended to virtual hinterland of UP, Bihar, Karnataka etc. No matter where the programme was located, it has distinct identity. It was considered one of the better, if not
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the best, department of the institution and attracted better students available in that area. The quality of teaching and faculty too, by and large, was well recognized by students as well as respective head of the institutions and barring one or two stray cases, the programme received full and enthusiastic support from them. We found that inter alia institutions have evolved to different stages. Some Institutions like IIT Kanpur, Cochin University (Marine Biotechnology), Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur, have reached a stage where with little support and cajoling, graduating students will be willing to set their own enterprises based on the training and biotechnology development exposure they got in the institution. As against this, the programmes located in backward areas in Bihar, UP and Karnataka were striving hard to provide opportunities to their students to find solutions to zonal problems like salinity, drought, etc through exposure to modern biology. Behind the success of running such programmes against all the odds, there was a committed coordinator. We also realized that if DBT could provide some additional support as outlined below, it could improve their performance and narrow the gap that exists between the programmes in elite institutions vs those located in underprivileged areas.
The specific suggestions are: 1. Provide one time fund to permit purchase of multiple units of basic equipment so that each student can do the basic experiments individually and develop better understanding. 2. Establish National Emeritus Teacher Fellowships to identify and support individuals known to possess better teaching skills and encourage them to give lectures and become adjunct faculty in the institutions located in the remote areas. 3. Provide special funds for students to travel to premier institutions and industries under educational tour to get exposure. 4. Evolve a mechanism to develop uniform academic calendar across the institutions so that educational tours and summer training slots become possible.
Prof. V.K Bhasin Ex Professor of Zoology & Ex Dean, Faculty of Science University of Delhi
The Post-Graduate Teaching Courses in Biotechnology were initiated in 1985 in six universities in collaboration with University Grants Commission, ICAR and Department of Ocean Development by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. Now, seventy plus Departments are being supported in diverse sub-fields like agricultural-, basic-, medical-, marine-, veterinary-, industrial-, pharmaceutical-biotechnology etc., to name a few. Indeed, it was an honor to interact with DBT Post-Graduate fraternity in some of the Departments along with another expert member. Personally, it has been an enriching experience while interacting with students and faculty alike. The program has largely succeeded in its mandate of creating a trained pool of PostGraduate Biotechnology students â&#x20AC;&#x201C; rather in excess than the academia or industry can absorb at present. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heartening that these students acquire hands-on experience in modern tools and techniques in specialized sub-fields of Biotechnology. The course content of most sub-fields is contemporary, and being periodically updated. Excellent infrastructure facilities have been created at centrally funded University Departments/Institutes, â&#x20AC;&#x201C; some of the state funded teaching Departments are also not far behind. However, most other state funded Biotechnology Departments need further helping hand to bring them at par with others. At places, DBT Post-Graduate students felt absolutely satisfied by the quality of teaching and mentoring. Teachers at these Departments provide latest trends and knowledge gaps on the topics contained in the syllabus, and underlying principles are explained in a lucid manner. Teacher connects and relates the topic to society and industry. These teachers employ contemporary ICT tools to impart knowledge to have a lasting impact on the minds of students. They are keenly involved both in teaching and research. However, in some other places, students are not satisfied, they conveyed deep sense of frustration with quality of teaching and mentoring offered. Clearly, there exist wide inequalities in quality of education imparted at these DBT Post-Graduate teaching centers. These discrepancies need to be corrected.
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Some of the following observations may help in this direction to achieve minimum/uniform education standards: 01. Wherever, core faculty is less than five in numbers – teaching and mentoring is not to the satisfaction of students. 02. Wherever, faculty members are actively engaged in research – teaching and mentoring quality is generally considered satisfactory by the students. 03. Post Graduate Faculty not having extramural funding for research should be encouraged to apply for research projects and may even be funded on priority. 04. Motivating students to be innovative and enterprising is mostly absent. 05. Research collaboration with industry is largely wanting. 06. Absence of research ambience demotivates students from higher studies where few, if any, qualify competitive exams like CSIR-NET. 07. Consistent decline in rank of students seeking PG admission in some of the Departments is a clear indication of non-performing Departments. 08. Some Departments could never fill allotted quota of students in the last five years. 09. Students are more interested in exposure to the industry. 10. Some of the sub-areas need re-orientation. For instance, consider making students of medical-biotechnology proficient in taking blood/clinical samples from human subjects, who are lacking this competence as of now. 11. Core faculty must strengthen teaching by inviting additional faculty from other disciplines within University/Institute or from outside. 12. Core faculty should be encouraged to attend workshops in their areas of teaching/ specialisation. 13. Good lectures be shared in video format among different departments to bridge quality gap. 14. Invited guest lectures by industry leaders and academia should be encouraged. 15. Bio-safety precautions should be followed by veterinary departments working on animal pathogens. 16. Important courses like pharma-related and bioinformatics should be emphasized. 17. Feedback about teaching should be emphasized. From a modest beginning of supporting six institutes in 1985, the network of DBT Post Graduate teaching program has now expanded to the entire country. It is time to consolidate gains and maintain uniformity in imparting the quality education. It’s a challenging task. DBT must weed out consistently non-performing Departments from its network. As most non-performing Departments do not have minimum five core faculty members in Biotechnology – they be given time to recruit meritorious core faculty. It is desirable to strengthen promising but no so good Departments by providing extra funding and finally rewarding, recognizing the meritorious Departments.
Coordinators Feedback M.Sc. in Biotechnology Programme
Prof. Rakesh Bhatnagar Dean & Professor School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
We were part of DBT Post graduate teaching programme since its inception in 1985. We could get the brightest students from across the country due to nationwide test funded by DBT and conducted by JNU. DBT gave us six faculty positions and generous equipment grant to start the programme and funded us for recurring expenses for all these years. Due to DBT support, we could attract and train the best students who are holding top positions both in academics and in the industry. Our students are CEO, Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Directors and Research Scientists in the biotech industry and faculty members in academic institutions both in India and abroad. Taken together, this program has helped the country to nurture multibillion dollar industry in the country.
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Dr. J. K. Pal Professor and Head Deptt. of Biotechnology, Savitribai Phule Pune University
Dr. Neeraj Dilbaghi Professor and Head Deptt. of Biotechnology & Nano Technology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar
Dr. Niyaz Ahmed Professor and Head Deptt. of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, University of Hyderabad
I have been associated with the DBT-supported M.Sc. Biotechnology teaching programme at the University of Pune since last 22 years. Since its inception in 1985, our M.Sc. Biotechnology programme has been supported by DBT. During the period of initial 4-5 years, our M.Sc. teaching programme gained reputation and appreciation from many premier scientific research institutions in India and abroad. Our curriculum as prescribed by DBT produced excellent quality students on a year to year basis, particularly due to full financial and regulatory support from the DBT. Our ex-students benefited from this programme immensely as evident in their further performance in teaching, research and biotechnology industry. Many of them became excellent scientists, teachers and Heads of biotechnology industries, and Entrepreneurs in India and abroad. One of our ex-students obtained the most prestigious science award, S.S. Bhatnagar Award of CSIR (2010), and many are established scientists and teachers of repute in various national and international institutes and Universities. Many of them also became fellows of various national Academies. In the more recent times, during the past 7 years, 3 students were awarded with CSIR SPM Fellowships. The programme has evolved well over a period of 29 years. It prepares students with a broader concept in various disciplines that helps in using the technology component, eventually to become mature and confident human resource in biotechnology. They are thus competent to undertake both contemporary research in biotechnology and product development in biotechnology industries. The PG teaching programme in M.Sc (Biotechnology) supported by DBT is an excellent initiative taken by Govt. of India to produce manpower and technocrats in this emerging and futuristic area of science and technology in this globally competitive world. The response to the programme is excellent. Majority of students passing out from our department are absorbed in different industries, academic and R&D institutes, pursuing higher studies etc. The Department is nurturing the students and is having a good tradition of producing NET, JRF and GATE qualified students. The faculty members guide and motivate students to qualify NET/GATE. This tradition will continue and in fact, will result in increase in number of NET/GATE qualified students. The students will have access to increased resources in the form of latest books, modern labs and advance equipments that will ultimately increase the chances of their success at national level competitive examinations. The upgradation of curriculum from time to time as per the changing demands of the industry as well as practical courses from time to time so as to generate globally competitive manpower in this modern technology driven world will remain a regular feature of the department. The DBT financial support has helped the faculty members to modify the courses and introduce new practicals as the new requirements can be met out of the DBT grant. The emphasis of department in future will remain on dedicated teaching and innovative and quality research. The financial support has resulted in creation of new facility and will boost up the tempo of quality research in the department and the faculty members will make good number of publications in quality journals with high impact factor in future. This trend of academic excellence will continue. The assistance and program support received from the Department of Biotechnology of the Government of India has been a paramount trigger to underpin excellence in teaching, training and research in the area of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics at the University of Hyderabad in the last 4-5 years. The help and support received in terms of annual grants and student scholarships has been highly productive in terms of the quality of early training and research dissertations. The facilities have tremendously improved and consequently, it is possible for every student to get first-hand experience and some of them could publish scientific papers. The level of experimental and soft skills of our students are reflected in their securing some of the prestigious fellowships and coveted higher research opportunities. Today, the alumni of the program are found throughout the world, both in academia and industry.
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Dr. Prashant Phale Professor Deptt. of Biotechnology, IIT Bombay
Dr. Anupam Chatterjee Professor and Head Deptt. of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong
At IIT-Bombay, the DBT funded M.Sc. Biotechnology program is offered since 1987. The program is housed in the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering and the intake is through IIT-JAM since 2004. Good financial support in the form of fellowship and thesis fee has helped to nurture research aptitude in the students. The support in the form of equipment grant has helped to build a state-of-art M.Sc. teaching laboratory which provides each student hands-on experience, the basics and care for equipment. This practice has benefitted students as well as faculty in operating excellent research projects with these M.Sc. students. Feedback from students on the course content, curriculum and teaching faculty has helped immensely to evolve the courses and innovative methods of teaching. The in-house research project component serves as a good exposure to cutting edge research for all students. It has also helped in inculcating good lab practices and research ethics. DBT support has been very vital in keeping high standard of this academic program. This comfort level has helped in periodic academic reviews so that the M.Sc. program has always maintained excellence. The DBT-PG programme has been contributing very significantly to raise the standard of both the teaching and practicals in the M.Sc. Biotechnology course in this department. Thesis grant certainly helps to pursue good quality project-work. Maintenance grant is extremely useful to maintain all the major and minor equipments in a good condition for running the M.Sc. course. Two recently published books entitled, “Industrial Immersion to Bridge Skillgap” and “Biotech Career ready Reckoner 2014” provided comprehensive and useful information on genesis of BITP programme which was initiated by DBT, Government of India to facilitate industrial exposure to Biotechnology M.Sc students in industry. BCIL has been coordinating this programme effectively to achieve the goal “to overcome India’s skills deficit”. I told about these books to our final semester students and encouraged them to be involved more in BITP-programme.
M.Tech in Biotechnology Programme
Dr. I.S. Bright Singh Professor & Coordinator National Centre for Aquatic Animal Health, Cochin University of Science and Technology
M.Tech. programme in Marine Biotechnology sponsored by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India is a unique experience of its kind in the country. National Centre for Aquatic Animal Health, Cochin University of Science and Technology has been working in the realm of Marine Biotechnology over a decade, and realizing the capability of the University in general, and the Centre in particular, DBT has been kind enough to offer us the programme in M.Tech. in Marine Biotechnology. It is an exciting experience to be involved in the DBT postgraduate teaching programme because of so many specialties involved. The special features start from the utmost care taken in framing questions for the Combined Entrance Examination in Biotechnology, involvement of Jawaharlal Nehru University in the meticulous conduct of the examination at all India level, the National character of the programme, superior quality of the teaching programme insisted upon by DBT, continuous and rigorous monitoring, Coordinator’s meet (yearly) to assess achievements and failures, and a standing Advisory Board to orient the programme as per DBT norms, which altogether make this programme different from any other comparable programmes of the University. It is a privilege for the Department and University to run such an educational programme as it forms part of the National network programme of DBT in generating the much needed human resource in biotechnology in the country. With the support from DBT, the Centre could enhance the capability in teaching as well as research and the University could bring to the attention of University Grants Commission this as one of the best programmes run with external support. The financial support given for the conduct of the programme has enabled the Department to provide all required inputs for both theory and practical classes imparting hands on experience individually.
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Dr. S. Ganesh Professor & Head Deptt. of Biological Sciences & Bioengineering, IIT Kanpur
Dr. Subrata Kumar Dey Professor Professor, Deptt. of Biotechnology, West Bengal University of Technology
Our department has been offering Masters of Technology (M.Tech) degree in Biological Sciences and Bioengineering since the year 2002 and the program has been supported by the DBT since its inception. The unique nature of this program is that we admit students from any branch of science, engineering and medicine and the DBT support has given visibility to the program. Since the program involves one year of research work, recurring grant is a great help to the host lab for carrying out quality research work. The DBT could perhaps encourage and support institutes/universities with better infrastructure and quality faculty to organize internship and workshops for students of the DBT sponsored program from other institutes/universities. This would help students to better train themselves for higher studies – such as M.Tech or PhD – or to directly enter the R&D industry.
I have been associated with DBT sponsored PG teaching program (M.Tech. in Biotechnology) for last seven years. It is my pleasure to write about my experience on this program. PG teaching program is a wonderful opportunity for students who wish to pursue their career in Biotechnology. The major highlights of this program are selection of students through all India biotech entrance test conducted by JNU; fellowship for selected students; fund for project work ; an updated modern syllabus and feedback mechanism from students. Majority of our students join PhD work after completion of M.Tech. program. Few students also join biotech, software companies and teaching jobs. However, I feel, a constant encouragement and support is required for students to pursue the career of biotech entrepreneurship which could solve the major problem of placement. In this regard, change of attitude regarding entrepreneurship & self-employability is very essential both for faculties and students. Major efforts in this direction have been made by DBT through BITP and other programs. I wish the PG teaching program to prosper in coming years.
M.Sc. in (Agri) Biotechnology Programme
Dr. R. Chandra Babu Director Centre for Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
The DBT-PG teaching programme is in operation since 1988 and TNAU is one of the first few institutes that started M.Sc. Biotechnology program. The program played a key role in developing infrastructure for teaching and research in Biotechnology in Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. As this program has been generously supported by DBT, the university could attract the best students of the country to this program. This support helped TNAU to evolve into one of the premier institutes involved in research and teaching in agricultural biotechnology. The students enrolled through JNU entrance examination are highly competitive and well-motivated and this was reflected by their performance in academic and research activities. Most of the faculty members were also supported by externally funded projects, particularly DBT and the student’s program has never been constrained for want of resources and expertise. Most of the TNAU students are well-placed in advanced research laboratories in India and abroad including USA, Canada, UK, Japan, Philippines, Germany, Belgium, Australia, Spain and Mexico for their graduate studies. For instance, two of TNAU students from the 2013-14 batch have awarded Marie Curie fellowship and Lee Foundation Rice Scholarship to pursue doctoral study in Cambridge University, UK and Illinois University, US respectively.
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M.V.Sc. in (Animal) Biotechnology Programme
Dr. Nazir Ahmad Ganai Professor & Head Division of Biotechnology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Srinagar
With the premise of building the knowledge and skills of our workforce, a major determinant in realization of our Vision of a Developed India, DBT supports the HRD program (MVSc Biotechnology) in SKUAST-Kashmir from the year 2012 to cater to the requirements of the human resource in the temperate and the cold arid regions of the country. The program was conceived with the realization that the economy of the state is poor and fragile due to its peculiar topography and poor industrial infrastructure, and the best alternate in the 21st century is to sustainably harness its rich bio-resources for a knowledge base bio-economy through building the skilled and trained human resource in biotechnology, and integration across the applications like nano-bio-info technology, and market intelligence. The ongoing HRD program (M.V.Sc. Biotechnology) supported by the DBT is an opportunity for us to constantly tailor the program to build the basis for such a foresighted vision, and in part contribute to the knowledge based bio-economy in the state, and make it contribute to the cherished dream of a Developed India. The support received from DBT has helped us to strengthen and build the state of art research facilities in areas like animal cell culture, somatic cell cloning, functional genomics and bioinformatics. With facilities available with us, we have attracted the very elite faculty from DST under its prestigious DST- INSPIRE FACULTY program. We have had the privilege to successfully hold the HRD Coordinators Meeting in Oct, 2012 in the maiden year which was chaired by the then Secretary DBT Dr M K Bhan. We hope that the DBT continues to support our goal of building the nextgeneration leaders in biotechnology who shall drive the futuristic bioeconomy in the state and all the participating institutes in the HRD program of DBT join us to generate the inspired, and dedicated human resource for a cherished dream of a United and Developed India.
M.Sc. in Medical Biotechnology Programme
Dr. Y. D. Sharma
The Biotechnology Department was established at AIIMS, New Delhi with partial funding from the DBT in 1986 to start a Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree course in Medical Biotechnology. Initially, funds for all the equipments, reagents, salaries of the faculty, Research Associates besides studentship were provided by the DBT. This has not only helped to establish the new course at AIIMS but also attract the best students who are now highly placed in Industry as well as Academic Institutions in India and abroad. The ongoing funding from DBT is very useful for the students and also to maintain the high standard of the course.
Professor & Head Deptt. of Biotechnology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
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Alumni Feedback M.Sc. in Biotechnology Programme
Dr. Ranjan Tamuli Alma Mater: Tezpur University Associate Professor, Deptt. of Biotechnology, IIT Guwahati
Dr. Lakshminarayan M. Iyer Alma Mater: Madurai Kamaraj University Staff Scientist, NCBI/NIH
I completed M. Sc. in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (MBBT) from Tezpur University, qualified CSIR-JRF (NET) in 2002 and registered for PhD at Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad in January 2003. I was awarded PhD in 2008, did one year Post-Doctoral Research at the Florida University and Florida International University, USA before joining Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. I have been awarded IUSSTF Research Fellowship in 2013 by the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) for research at the University of California Riverside, USA for one year, 2013-14. The quality of the teaching and library facilities at the Tezpur University was excellent. I was selected through the North-East quota. I feel that special consideration is important for students coming from the very remote parts of Assam and North East. I was myself from a family of farmer of Dhemaji, a flood affected district in Assam. Initially, I had to struggle hard; however, I was able to get along the course standard in due course of time. The post graduate programme greatly helped me in qualifying CSIR-JRF (NET) and subsequent selection at the CCMB, Hyderabad. Therefore, the M. Sc. in MBBT course at the Tezpur University was one of major turning point in my life. I opted for this University because I learnt very good things about this University from one of the teachers of Dhemaji College from where I did my B.Sc. in Zoology. Since completing my post-graduation, I obtained my PhD in biology from Texas A&M University, studying virus resistance and RNAi when it was a nascent field. I moved to the NCBI/NIH in 2000 to pursue my interests in protein and genome evolution and am currently a Staff Scientist in Dr. L. Aravindâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s group (another MSc Biotechnology alumnus). My research at the NCBI spans many different areas of biology, and many of my studies have spawned new ideas and cutting-edge technologies. Additionally, over this period, I have been involved in the discovery of a large number of protein domains encompassing diverse functional contexts, and am a regular contributor to the Pfam database. I have published about a hundred papers and my H-index is 43. I am in the editorial board of Gene and Biology Direct and am a regular referee for several journals. I joined the DBT program in biotechnology as it promised an exposure to the cutting edge of biological sciences in the top research universities of India. Being a highly competitive program, it promised to expose me to the top talent of India in the biological sciences. Of the 5-6 universities that offered this course, I chose MKU as it was highly rated in my days. The program did not disappoint and I am particularly grateful to some of the teachers, such as R. Jayaraman, S. Krishnaswamy, K. Veluthambi and K. Dharmalingam who provided an excellent environment for incubating nascent talent. I would like to single out S. Krishnaswamy who was responsible for my interest in computational biology and in particular protein evolution. The training in his group provided me my first exposure to cutting-edge research and I particularly value the freedom he gave his students to pursue their interests. I also published my first international paper as a student, and this gave me tremendous confidence in my scientific abilities. This training was one of the main reasons why I switched from experimental to theoretical pursuits later in my career. The library facilities managed by the Bioinformatics group were top class and I particularly value the total access we had to these facilities.
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M.Tech. in Biotechnology Programme
Dr. Priti Nilesh Amritkar Alma Mater: ICT Mumbai Director - Quality, Envirocare Labs Private Limited
Currently, I am working at Envirocare Labs Pvt. Ltd., Thane as a Director Quality. Envirocare Labs is a private analytical testing lab based in Thane. My job profile here is to implement and maintain quality management system like ISO 9001: 2008, ISO 17025: 2005 etc. I also look after method development and validation of various analytes in food, water and consumer products matrices. My basic graduation is in Pharmacy but I never wanted to follow the mundane path of doing M. Pharm and do a job in some pharma company. The post graduate course in BPT took my attention because it was different, seemed to be very informative and was an interdisciplinary type of a course. We got a flavor of engineering and molecular biology while studying it and thoroughly enjoyed learning so many new things. Our faculty at Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT) was very knowledgeable. I would like to mention Dr. Lali and Dr. Apte for their contribution. However, I think when it came to applicability, we had problems. When I graduated, there were very few companies who would employ BPT student- for ex. Biocon, DRL etc. So students would finally accept jobs in either pharma companies or chemical companies as their basic degrees were in these fields either B. Pharm or B. Chem Engg. I had always wanted to do research and so after a short stint of applying for jobs, I straight away enrolled for PhD but during that short job application process, I realized that we do not have many options when it comes to doing a job related to Bioprocess technology!! Nevertheless, I would like to mention one positive thing about the course, which is the project. Writing a project, executing it and submitting a thesis taught me a lot of things. That experience has remained with me and helped me immensely in my professional career so far.
M.Sc. in (Agri) Biotechnology Programme
Dr. Swarup Kumar Parida Alma Mater: Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (IGKV), Raipur, Chhattisgarh Staff Scientist III, National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR)
Being a part of DBT Post Graduate Agricultural Biotechnology Teaching Programme is really a matter of great honour in itself and it has immensely helped in shaping up my career. Most importantly, it aroused my interest towards pursuing a career in research right from the initial days of my Post Graduation at Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (IGKV), Raipur. At IGKV, the whole ambience of the University helped me to develop a research bent of mind, starting from the very enriching classroom teaching environment inculcating the habit of sense of enquiry along with much needed problem solving skills for research, by exceptionally qualified and knowledgeable faculties who in every sense mentored us and constantly motivated us to realize our potential as able researchers in Biotechnology. The basic amenities in the form of much recognized and valued Nehru Library acting as a knowledge hub provided the students with a huge collection of books, journals, reports and e-resources to name a few to assist them in their academic pursuit. The lab facilities are at par with international standard and well-equipped with all modern instruments along with highly cooperative lab assistants. To sum up, joining the DBT Post-Graduate Teaching Program in Agricultural Biotechnology, particularly at IGKV, in my opinion stands the best decision of my career as a researcher to date as it prepared me and gave me the required platform to learn the basics of research in my field of interest and till now helping me to grow as a person as far as scientific research is concerned and I am highly indebted to them for what all I have achieved today.
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M.Sc. in Medical Biotechnology Programme
Dr Anu T. Singh Alma Mater: All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi Director (R&D), Dabur Research Foundation, India
Conclusion
Currently, I am the Director (R&D) for Dabur Research Foundation, India. I hold a doctorate degree in Endocrinology with a postgraduate degree in Biotechnology from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi. I carried out my postdoctoral research at the National Institute of Immunology, Delhi in the field of signal transduction in solid cancers. I have more than 20 years of research experience in Oncology, primarily focused on discovery & development of NCEs for the treatment of cancer and hold more than 100 international and national patents and published and presented more than 40 research papers in peer-reviewed journals & scientific meetings. I was fortunate to have been part of earliest batches of DBT post graduate teaching programme at AIIMS. The program was essentially designed to tap the full potential of Biotechnology to impact drug development & health care at large. The key feature of the program was to expose the young students to diverse disciplines of life sciences so that they get trained for innovative & rigorous thinking required for a career in basic or applied medical research. It is relevant to add here that there was a very high emphasis on experimental work along with theoretical learning from some of the best teachers and mentors in the field. This training played a very significant role in my career choices & achievements that followed. Under the post-graduate teaching programme, more than 1000 students pass out every year from the 71 universities/institutes supported by DBT. The resources created and supported by DBT need to be effectively marshaled, championed and synergized to create a productive enterprise through an effective monitoring and evaluation mechanism to refine programme delivery, and to ensure sustainability and continuous refinement of the programme. Outcome of the programme contributes significantly to current human resource development in biotechnology. The programme nurtures next generation of researchers, leaders and entrepreneurs and strengthens the foundation of biotechnology human resource development, contributing to strategic capacity building for the country. The study has brought out key findings and recommendations that need to be adopted for attracting top quality postgraduate students and fellows, enhancing the programme implementation, generation of well-trained and employable manpower and in turn, enhancing the stated objectives of the programme.
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Bridging skill gaps
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Bridging skill gaps
Biotech Industrial Training Programme/Finishing Schools
Biotech Industrial Training Programme
Department of Biotechnology conceived an innovative programme named as Biotech Industrial Training Programme in 1993-94 to impart practical Industrial training to biotechnology students for a period of 6 months in industries. This programme is aimed to bridge skill gaps of students produced by universities with requirement of industry. This programme is mutually beneficial for students and trainer industries as it provides practical exposure to students willing to take up career in biotechnology industry and an opportunity for industries to select prospective candidates for suitable employment. This programme is one of its kind with only one similar programme of industrial apprenticeship conducted by NRC, Canada. Initially, eligibility for this programme was restricted to students coming out of DBT supported teaching programmes. From 2007, eligibility was extended to B.Tech./B.E. and M.Sc./M.Tech. in Biotechnology from any recognised university in the country. The programme started in a modest way with training of 5 students in 3 companies in 1993-94 and has shown exponential growth in number of trainees as well as number of industries involved in training. The trainees are provided a stipend of Rs.10,000 per month and bench fee of Rs.50,000 is provided for the trainer company to cover expenses towards training. Online applications from trainees as well as requisition for trainees are sought from companies by Biotech Consortium India Limited (BCIL) which is implementing the programme on behalf of DBT. Earlier, applicants were shortlisted based on number of available seats according to percentage of marks obtained as well as number of applicants from a particular university to ensure adequate representation. Since 2012-13, a single day online examination in multiple batches in Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) format has been introduced for eligible candidates to shortlist candidates in a uniform and transparent manner. Shortlisted applicants are invited for an interaction with experts at different centres across the country (Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai). TA/DA expenses for candidates appearing for interview are borne by DBT. A Selection Committee (comprising of 3- 4 subject experts, from academia, industry and DBT/BCIL) assess the students based on traits namely subject knowledge including dissertation work, clarity of concepts, aptitude and personality traits. Final selection of the candidates is based on the combined merit list of marks obtained in the online examination and interview. Top students are selected for placement under BITP based on no. of slots available. The list of selected candidates is displayed on BCIL website after completion of interview at all centres. The profiles of selected candidates are matched with company requisitions. Maximum efforts are made to ensure placement of selected candidates in their field of interest and preferred location. A candidateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s profile is sent to maximum three companies for acceptance failing which, the candidate looses the opportunity for placement and training. Trainees and supervisors are required to submit monthly online feedback on their industrial training experience and performance of the students respectively. Evaluation is very important to measure competency of trainees with respect to performance criteria designated from the employerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perspective. Students are required to submit final project report which covers abstract, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion and future prospects.
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Online exam in multiple batches in multiple choice question format
Students appearing for online exam in the centre
Verification of documents of shortlisted candidates
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Interaction of shortlisted candidates with experts from academia and industry is organised at different centres to select the candidates for the training.
Selection Committee Meeting for BITP trainees in Delhi (Left to Right) : Dr Suman Govil, DBT| Prof. Aparna Dixit, JNU | Dr Ambar Srivastava, Wrig Nanosystems | Dr Anirudh Sengupta, Invictus Oncology
Selection Committee Meeting for BITP trainees in Delhi (Left to Right) : Dr Alpana Razdan from Invitrogen | Prof. Saroj Mishra, IITD|Prof. H.K. Prasad, AIIMS| Mr Manoj Gupta, BCIL
Selection Committee Meeting for BITP trainees in Hyderabad (Left to Right) : Mr Virender Patil, Aurigene Discoveries | Prof. Anand Kondapi, University of Hyderabad| Dr Cherish Babu, Nagarjuna Fertilizers | Prof K.V. Rao, Osmania University
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1) No. of applicants vs. selected candidates: There is a consistent increase in number of applicants from 2007-08 to 2014-15 despite restriction of eligibility to candidates passing out in the year of advertisement and previous year only.
trend Analysis of candidates selected
NO. of Applications Received
652
955
2160
3670 505
748
1537
3062 502
687
No. of candidates shortlisted
2013 - 2014 no. of candidates selected
701
1069
585
790
1248
2419
2012 - 2013
1867
590
781
1225
2524
2011 - 2012
2010 - 2011
2009 - 2010
2008 - 2009
650
1006
2461
2007 - 2008
1234
2902 396
587
1210
4230
Fig. 1
2972
TREND ANALYSIS
2014 - 2015 No. of trainees Trained
BITP Trainees at work in Indus Seeds
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2) Participating companies: Around 150 companies are involved in offering training to BITP trainees
Participating companies 2007-14 Fig. 2
146
156
154
136
127 114
102
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
3) Location wise analysis of companies: Location wise analysis of companies involved in BITP training from 2007-08 to 2013-14 has highlighted the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Core Hubs of Biotech companiesâ&#x20AC;? at Bangalore, Hyderabad.
Location-wise Analysis of BITP Companies Fig. 3
5
3
4
5
7
5
26
20 10
23
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
16
17 12 7
7
6
6
10
18
2010-11
6
25
2011-12
19
37
28
5
27
34 18
25
17
2012-13
39
3 2
6 34
7 2013-14
20 24
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Bangalore
Delhi
Hyderabad
CHENNAI
MUMBAI
Ahmedabad
PUNE
Bhubaneswar
4) Sector wise analysis: Sector wise analysis of BITP companies from 2007-08 to 2013-14 shows major participation by companies from health care followed by bio-services and bio-agri.
Sector-wise Analysis of BITP Companies Fig. 4
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
75 64 56 54 55
54
55 55 47
43 38
35 37 35 31
28
29 27
23 23 15 8 6 6 6 7 7 5 0
BIOAGRI
Bioinformatics
Healthcare
IPR
Trend under BITP from 2007-08 to 2014-15 in terms of number, gender, region, field of interest, educational qualification and absorption by companies is given below: (i) No. of candidates trained: Analysis of candidates selected and trained under BITP shows that around 70% of selected candidates undertake training as a few candidates opt out for pursuing PhD, better job opportunity, appearing for competitions or different personal reasons etc.
Trend Analysis of Candidates Trained
2011 - 2012 NO. of Applications Received
652
955
2160
3670 505
748
1537
3062 502
687
2010 - 2011
2012 - 2013 No. of candidates shortlisted
2013 - 2014 no. of candidates selected
701
1069
585
790
1248
1867
2419
2009 - 2010
590
781
1225
2524
2008 - 2009
650
1006
2461
2007 - 2008
1234
2902 396
587
1210
4230
Fig. 5
2972
TREND IN TRAINING
BIOservices
2 2 2 3 1 1
2014- 2015 No. of trainees Trained
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(ii) Gender wise distribution: An analysis of gender wise distribution of trainees from 2007 -08 to 2013-14 shows increase in number of female students opting for training under the programme
Gender wise Distribution of trainees Fig. 6
MALE
FEMALE 456
142
2007- 08
383
359
339
308
254
444
194
166
196
2008- 09
2009 -10
2010 -11
231
206
2011-12
202
2012-13
2013 -14
(iii) Region wise distribution: Region wise distribution of trainees corresponds directly to the number of participating companies. As expected, number of candidates trained in companies based in South outnumbers other regions which is due to abundance of companies in Bangalore and Hyderabad.
371
Region wise distribution of trainees
2008-09
70
178 33
25 39 2009-10
2010-11
79
72 90
115
194 197
229
58 61
184
199
347
2007-08
32 46
45 46
77
156
184
228
257
268
Fig. 7
NORTH SOUTH WEST
2011-12
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2012-13
2013-14
EAST
(iv) Degree wise distribution: Analysis of educational qualification background of BITP trainees for 2007-08 to 2013-14 shows maximum number of trainees with M.Sc. Candidates with B.Tech. background have increasingly shown interest in BITP in recent years.
Degree wise distribution of trainees Fig. 8
M.Sc
B.Tech.
M.Tech.
487 414
475 427
394
376
330
143
135 61
47 19
27
27
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
30
2010-11
112
94 81
84
2011-12
66
51
2012-13
2013-14
(v) Activity wise distribution: Analysis of field of interest by BITP applicants shows a notable majority opting for training in R&D. Similarly, around 70 to 80% of BITP trainees received training in R&D followed by production/manufacturing (10 to 15%) and quality control/ quality analysis (4 to 11%).
Sector wise distribution of trainees Table 1
Production/ Manufacturing
QA/ QC
Bioinformatics
IPR
Clinical Trials
Marketing/ Management
1. 70.2 %
16.9 %
5.6 %
3.0 %
1.3 %
2.5 %
0.5 %
2. 77.9 %
10.4 %
3.6 %
5.2 %
2.0 %
0.8 %
0.2 %
3. 76.2 %
11.5 %
9.5 %
1.6 %
0.8 %
0.2 %
0.2 %
4. 75.3 %
10.9 %
6.9 %
3.8 %
1.5 %
0.5 %
1.1 %
5. 74.3 %
11.5 %
6.8 %
4.8 %
0.9 %
1.7 %
0.2 %
6. 67.5 %
15.8 %
11.9 %
2.2 %
0.7 %
1.9 %
0.2 %
7. 73.0 %
9.0 %
12.0 %
2.0 %
1.0 %
2.0 %
1.0 %
R&D
In the above table 1, trainees opting for different activities are arranged according to year of training. 1. 2007-08 2. 2008-09 3. 2009-10 4. 2010-11 5. 2011-12 6. 2012-13 7. 2013-14 Total no. of candidates trained = 3880
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BITP Trainees at work in MRD
(vi) Candidate absorbed by companies: An analysis of trend in absorption of candidates by the companies indicates that about 25 to 30% trainees secure a job on completion of training. Most of the trainees are retained by the trainer companies, however, some trainees are employed by other companies with similar requirements. Out of 585 trainees in 201314, 153 trainees have found placement and stipend ranges from Rs.0.96 lakhs per annum to Rs.4.5 lakhs per annum with maximum number of trainees in salary range of Rs.2 to 3 lakhs per annum.
Candidates Trained Vs Absorbed Fig. 9
Candidates trained
Candidates Absorbed 652
650
590
585
505
502 396
138
2007-08
132
2008-09
129
2009-10
149
2010-11
196
2011-12
203
2012-13
153
2013-14
Over the years, this programme has provided practical exposure to students in biotech industry and re-oriented them to the needs of industry as well as made them more acceptable by industry by bridging the skill gaps. Simultaneously, it has also provided opportunity to the companies to select prospective trainees for suitable employment. A few initiatives by private sector such as Biocon Academy, Biozeen, Codon Biotech, training institutes are also contributing to address issues of skill deficit by producing industry ready manpower.
Karnataka Biotechnology Finishing School Programme
The Department of Biotechnology jointly with Government of Karnataka has launched Karnataka Biotechnology Finishing School Programme from 2011-12 to provide necessary hands-on training and academic skills to biotechnology students leading to enhanced employability in industry. 12 biotechnology Finishing schools have been established in Karnataka with appropriate course content and component of industrial training. Students from all parts of country can apply for admission in postgraduate diploma in specialised areas of biotechnology in these Finishing schools and students are selected by two tier process comprising of online Karnataka Biotechnology Aptitude Test (KBAT) followed by an interview. All the trainees are provided studentship by Department of Biotechnology. The programme is gaining popularity with the students which is evident from increase in number of students trained in first batch from 87 to 135 in 3rd batch. 81% students from first batch have found successful placement in pharma, health, agri-biotech, bioinformatics and service sector.
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Fellowship Programmes
Fellowship programmes for Doctoral and Post Doctoral Research
Fellowship for Doctoral Research
The Department of Biotechnology initiated DBT-JRF programme in 2004 to provide opportunities for conducting doctoral research to students coming out of DBT supported teaching programmes and to provide manpower to assist universities involved in PG teaching to overcome faculty crunch. The programme was implemented by University of Pune from 2004 to 2012 and implementation has been shifted to NCCS Pune from 2012 onwards. It is a dynamic programme and several mid-term corrections have been incorporated to improve the programme. In the first year, students were selected by conducting interviews and 2 JRFs were provided to universities conducting DBT supported teaching programmes. This graduated to a written test conducted at several centres from 2nd year. From 2007, eligibility was extended to B.Tech./M.Sc./M.Tech. biotechnology students from any recognized university in the country. There was provision to provide 250 fellowships in 2 categories namely category A â&#x20AC;&#x201C; top 100 students in the merit list in DBT-BET (Biotechnology Eligibility Test) who can join any university or research institute of their choice and Category B - next 150 students in merit list can join DBT supported teaching programmes or autonomous institutions of DBT with a maximum of 3 students per year per institute. To facilitate participation by larger number of students selection through single session online exam has been introduced at 50 centres in 12 cities from 2013. The programme has gained immense popularity with students which is evident from increase in number of applicants depicted below in Fig. 1
4699 (283)
6007 (275)
5932 (250)
4964 (250)
3027 (250)
255 (200)
1799 (100)
417 (99)
272 (43)
Fig. 1
6614 (250)
Number of Applicants VS Number Of Candidates selected for DBT-JRF since inception
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 NO. of Applicants
NO. of Candidates selected (figure in bracket)
Although provision for 250 fellowships per year exists, around 90 students have availed DBT fellowship in last several years. Based on feedback from coordinators of teaching programmes and students, Category A and B have been merged from 2014 to give flexibility to students to join Ph.D in any institute or university of their choice and separate syllabus for DBT-BET exam has been formulated from 2014. Question paper for BET consists of multiple choice objective type questions and has two parts, Part-A (Aptitude and General Biotechnology) and Part-B (General + Specialised branches in Biotechnology). Part-A has 75 compulsory MCQ questions, out of which 25 are of analytical aptitude, comprehension and quantitative reasoning type and 50 are from general biotechnology. Part-B has 200 questions, out of which only 50 need to be answered. Questions in Part-B include general biotechnology, in addition to specialized areas namely agricultural, animal, industrial, environmental, pharmaceutical, medical, marine biotechnology as well as bioinformatics and computational biology, molecular and human genetics, neuroscience. Efforts have been
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made to create a forum for interaction with JRFs and supervisors to make the programme student friendly and to resolve issues related to submission of documents, disbursement of funds, feedback on question paper syllabus and all academic and administrative issues by conducting regional meets. At present, 520 students are registered for PhD in research institutions in all parts of the country reflecting a true all India representation.
Distribution of Students by state Fig. 2 | Annexure 1 on page 11
02 J&K
06 Himachal 27 PRADESH PUNJAB
31 Chandigarh
19
30
127
Uttarakhand
Haryana
DELHI
44 Uttar pradesh
04 Rajasthan
Manipur
Jharkhand
21
01
west bengal
Chattisgarh
03
19
57
Meghalaya
odisha
Maharashtra
04
01
MAdhya pradesh
GUJARAT
assam
Bihar
08
05
06
04
48 Telangana
03 GOA
01 Andhra Pradesh
32 Karnataka
03 PUducherry
04
09
Tamil Nadu
kerala
map not to scale
Geographical distribution of DBT JRF/SRFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shows students from all parts of country have benefitted under the programme.
Geographical distribution of DBT JRF/SRFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fig. 3
WEst
64
South NORTH - east
102 13
NORTH East
292 49
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Gender wise distribution of DBT JRF/SRF’s as expected, reveals that a large number of female candidates have availed DBT fellowship for pursuing research.
GeNDER WISE distribution of DBT JRF/SRF’s Fig. 4
317
203
Institute wise analysis of DBT JRF/SRF’s depicts that students have registered for Ph.D in large number of research institutions, universities including agricultural & veterinary universities, IIT’s, IISER’s & NIPER’s. Out of a total of 520 JRF/SRFs, 166 fellows are registered in 61 universities, 77 students are registered in 14 IIT/IISER/NIPER, 265 candidates are working in 56 research institutes and 12 candidates are working for Ph.D in 8 agricultural/veterinary universities.
Institute WISE distribution of DBT JRF/SRF’s Fig. 5
Figures in bracket shows No.of Universities/ Institutes
166 (61) Universities
77 (14)
IIT/ IISER/ Niper
265 (56)
Research Institues
12 (8)
Agricultural/ Veterinary universities
Educational qualification wise distribution of DBT JRF/ SRF’s indicates maximum number of M.Sc. students have availed fellowship which could be due to the fact that M.Tech. students prefer jobs and B.Tech. has been introduced as eligibility only recently. An analysis of educational qualification wise distribution of JRF/SRFs is depicted below in Fig. 6.
Educational Qualification WISE distribution of DBT JRF/SRF’s Fig. 6
442
06
08
M.Sc.
M.sc. (Agricultural)
M.sc. (Integrated)
17
05
01
B.Tech.
M.Pharm
B.E.
01
06
34
M.E.
M.V.Sc.
M.tech.
So far, 70 students have completed PhD from 2007-2014 under DBT JRF programme.
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State wise Distribution of JRF/ SRf (As on 13.11.2014) Annexure 1
Name of University/Institute
Total DBT fellows
Andhra Pradesh Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalayam (SPMVV), Tirupati
1
Total
1
Assam North Bengal University, Siliguri
1
Tezpur University, Tezpur
5
Assam Agriculture University, Guwahati
1
TOTAL
7
BIHAR T.M. Bhagalpur
2
Patna University
2
Total
4
Chandigarh Institute of Microbial Technology
29
Panjab University
2
TOTAL
31
Chattisgarh Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, Raipur
1
Total
1
GOA Goa University
2
NIO
1
Total
3
GUjarat M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara
2
Central University, Gandhinagar
1
Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad
1
Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar
1
Total
5
Himachal Pradesh H.P. University, Shimla
5
Institute of Himalayan Bio-Resource Technology, Palampur
1
Total
6
Haryana NBRC, Gurgaon
3
National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal
4
Guru Jambheshwar University of Science, Hisar
5
Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra
1
Translational Health Science & Technology Institute, Gurgaon
6
RCB, Gurgaon
11
Total
30
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Name of University/Institute
Total DBT fellows
Jammu & Kashmir University of Kashmir, Srinagar
1
Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu
1
Total
2
Jharkhand Ranchi College, Ranchi
1
Total
1
Karnataka NCBS, Bangalore
1
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
18
University of Mysore Manasgangori, Mysore
3
JNCASR, Bangalore
1
CFTRI, Mysore
2
University of Agricultural Science (UAS), Bangalore
4
Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (INSTEM), Bangalore
2
Manipal Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Manipal
1
Total
32
Kerala Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotech, Thiruvananthapuram
7
University of Calicut, Calicut
1
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram
1
Total
9
Madhya Pradesh Jiwaji University, Gwalior
1
IISER, Bhopal
4
Regional Medical Research Centre for Tribals, Jabalpur
1
Dr.Hari Singh Gour Central University, Sagar
1
IIT-Indore
1
Total
8
Maharashtra ICT, Mumbai
7
Pune University, Pune
2
NCCS, Pune
25
IIT, Powai
10
University of Pune, Bioinformatics Centre Pune
1
NCL, Pune
5
NIV, Pune
1
ACTREC, Navi Mumbai
2
IISER, Pune
2
Defence Institute of Advance Technology, Pune
1
National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, Mumbai
1
Total
57
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Name of University/Institute
Total DBT fellows
Manipur IBSD, Imphal
4
Total
4
Meghalaya North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong
3
Total
3
New Delhi Jnu
21
Aiims
10
South campus, University of Delhi
4
Icgeb
19
Nipgr
28
Hamdard
1
Iit
6
Defence Research & Development Establishment
1
Instt. of Genomoics & Intergrative Biology
4
Jamia Milia Islamia,
4
Indian Agricultural Research Institute (iari)
5
National Institute of Immunology (nii)
8
Teri University
4
University of Delhi
3
Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Science
1
National Bureau of Plant Genetics Resources
1
V. B. Patel Chest Institute
1
B.R Ambedkar Centre for Biomedical Research
1
University College of Medical Sciences and GTB Hospital
1
Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University
1
Defence Institute of Physiology Allied Sciences
1
Dbt-ioc Centre for Advanced Bio-energy Research
1
National Institute of Malaria Research
1
Total
127
Odisha Institute of Life Science, Bhubaneswar
19
Total
19
Puducherry Pondicherry University
3
Total
3
Punjab Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
4
Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana
1
Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana
1
National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali
12
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Name of University/Institute
Total DBT fellows
NIPER, Mohali
6
IISER, Mohali
3
Total
27
RAJASTHAN Banasthali University, Banasthali
1
Univ. of Rajasthan, Jaipur
2
Central University of Rajasthan, Jaipur
1
Total
4
Tamil Nadu Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai
1
Anna University, Chennai
1
IIT Madras
1
Amrita Vishwa Vidhyapeeth, Coimbatore
1
Total
4
Telangana Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad
14
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
24
Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology, Hyderabad
5
National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad
2
Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad
1
ICRISAT, Hyderabad
1
Osmania University, Hyderabad
1
Total
48
Uttar Pradesh Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
8
University of Lucknow, Lucknow
1
Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
5
SGPGIMS, Lucknow
2
CDRI, Lucknow
9
IIT, Kanpur
1
IITR, Lucknow
6
CIMAP, Lucknow
3
IVRI, Bareilly
4
National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow
3
University of Allahabad, Allahabad
1
Integral University of Lucknow, Lucknow
1
Total
44
UttaraKhand IIT, Roorkee
15
GB Pant University, Pant
4
Total
19
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Name of University/Institute
Total DBT fellows
West Bengal Bose Institute, Kolkata
1
National Instt. of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata
1
IICB, Kolkata
3
IIT Kharagpur
8
West Bengal University, Kolkata,
1
IPGME&R, Kolkata
1
National Institute of Biomedical Genomics (NIBMG), Kalyani
4
Presidency University, Kolkata
1
Viswa Bharati University, Shantiniketan
1
Total
21
TOTAL NUMBER of JRF/ SRfâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
520
State wise Distribution of DBT-JRF/ SRf (As on 13.11.2014) Fig. 7
02 J&K
06 27 Himachal PUNJAB
127
19 Uttarakhand
Pradesh
31
30
New Delhi
01
Chandigarh
Haryana
Sikkim
44 Uttar Pradesh
04
07
04
Assam
BIHAR
Rajasthan
08
06
Madhya Pradesh
gujarat
04
01 01
Jharkhand
21 West Bengal
Chattisgarh
19
03
Meghalaya
Odisha
57
01
Maharashtra 48 Telangana
03
Manipur
Mizoram
01
GOA
32 Karnataka
09 Kerala
Andhra Pradesh
04 Tamil Nadu
03 Puducherry
map not to scale
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Fellowships for Post Doctoral Research
The Department initiated DBT-PDF (Post Doctoral Fellowship) programme in 2001 to retain biotechnology Ph.Ds in the country and to provide post doctoral exposure in frontier areas of life sciences and biotechnology at premier institutions in the country. The programme is being coordinated by Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. There is provision for 100 fellowships per year. Initially, fellowship is provided for a period of 3 years which can be extended upto 5 years, based on review of progress. The programme is advertised twice every year and selection is made on the basis of CV and synopsis of proposed research proposal submitted by applicants and performance in interview before the Expert Committee. On an average, about 500 applications are received from PhD degree holders in all branches of science, engineering as well as MD/MS degree in medicine. The associateship can be availed within 3 years of award of PhD/MD/MS degree which is relaxable in case of women (by 2 years) and in service candidates. Those who have submitted their thesis are also eligible to apply. The applicants should be below 40 years and 45 years in case of women and in service candidates. The post doctoral programme is open to investigators from universities, private and public funded R&D institutions. The programme is able to attract a large number of women scientists, including those who had discontinued from active research, to pursue post doctoral research. The programme is very popular amongst students, which is evident from increase in number of applicants in last few years (Fig. 8). Selection process is very stringent which is clear from the number of selected candidates vis-a-vis number of applicants as depicted in Fig. 8. Generally, students are encouraged to join an institute other than from where they have completed PhD Post doctoral fellows are distributed in research institutions in all parts of country (Fig. 9). Students availing this fellowship have risen to leadership faculty positions in leading universities and research institutions as well as biotech and pharmaceutical industry in the country. Papers co-authored by post doctoral researchers during the tenure of post doctoral training have appeared in top scientific journals. This programme, being first of its kind in the country, has inculcated post doctoral culture and has helped in retaining students in the country and reducing brain-drain. Due to its marked success, this programme has been emulated by several other funding agencies in the country.
Number of Applicants and fellowships awarded under dbt-ra Fig. 8
Application received
Fellowship Awarded
431 354
349
257
232 92
2009-10
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91
2010-11
80
2011-12
79
2012-13
68
2013-14
State/ place
RA’s
West Bengal
26
Kharagpur Kolkata
3 21
Kalyani
2
Karnataka
44
Bangalore Mysore
42 2
Telangana
13
Hyderabad
13
Andhra Pradesh
01
State Wise Distribution of POST DOCToRaL Fellows In India Fig. 9
02 PUNJAB
02
Kakinada
1
New Delhi
12
Maharashtra
11
Pune
6
07
Mumbai
4
Navi Mumbai
1
Uttar Pradesh
Haryana
12
Gurgaon
3
Odisha Bhubaneswar
35
Punjab
12
12
New Delhi
01
Chandigarh
Haryana
Sikkim
01 BIHAR
08
03
05
Madhya Pradesh
03
5
gujarat
26 West Bengal
02
Mohali
2
05
Bihar
01
Odisha
11
Patna
1
Chandigarh
02
Kerala
06
Thiruvananthapuram
5
Cochin
1
Uttar pradesh Lucknow Allahabad Noida Varanasi
07 3 1 1 1
06
Kanpur
1
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Tamil Nadu
03 3 04
Chennai
4
Manipur
08
Imphal Canchipur
6 2
Gujarat
03
Ahmedabad Baroda
2 1
Sikkim
01
Tadong
1
Mizoram
01
Aizawl
1
157
TOTAL NUMBER DBT-Ra’s
Maharashtra
Manipur
01 Mizoram
13 Telangana
01 44 Karnataka
Andhra Pradesh
04 Tamil Nadu
map not to scale
DBT RAs are engaged in post doctoral research in premier research institutions, IITs and IISERs as well as universities.
Institute wise Distribution of DBT-RA’s
Fig. 10
4% 6%
32%
4%
6% 7% 27% 14%
17% 19%
IISC
DAE
DBT
IISER’s
UNIVERSITIES CSIR
ICAR + Agri Universities
IIT’s
ICMR
DST
Misc.
21%
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Important Highlights
DBT-JRF Programme 2004
Initiated in 2004 to provide Fellowships for Doctoral Research
2004-2012
Implemented by University of Pune
2012- till date
Implemented by NCCS, Pune from 2012 till date
Till date
Provision for 275 Fellowships per year
DBT-RA Programme 2001
Initiated in 2001 to provide fellowships for post- doctoral research and to retain PhDs in the country
Till date
Implemented by Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Provision for 100 fellowships per year Selection on the basis of interview by Expert Committee
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Career Opportunities
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Career Opportunities Career opportunities in biotechnology
Career Opportunities in Biotechnology
M.Sc./ M.Tech.
University/Institute from where passed out, educational qualification, academic credentials, dissertation, aptitude and choice
Industrial Training
Industry
(Bio Agri, Pharma, Environment, Energy, Bio-informatics, Bio services)
R&D
Production/ Manufacturing
B.Ed.
NET-LS
Teaching in schools
Lecturership in UG colleges
QA/ QC
Scientist in Research Institutes
INTRODUCTION
MBA
(Biotech, Agri Business, Pharma Business Management)
Bioinformatics
Teaching in University & Affiliated Colleges
Marketing/ Management
IPR
Patent Attorney/ Patent Examiner
Clinical Trials
Scientific Management
IPR Course
Entrepreneurship Mass Communication Dev. Programme Course
Setup own enterprise
Marketing/ Management
Industry
Scientific Journalism
Laboratory Technician/ Technologist
Consultancy
Entrepreneurship
JRF Exam and PhD
Post Doctoral
Biotechnology has made great impact on the socioeconomic developments worldwide with significant contributions in various sectors such as healthcare, agriculture, process industry, environment and service. The Indian biotechnology industry is one of the fastest growing knowledge based economies and is expected to play a vital role in shaping Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s growing economy. The biotech industry can be broadly classified into five categories namely biopharmaceuticals/healthcare, bioagriculture, bioservices, bioindustry and bioinformatics. The Indian biotech sector has registered a growth rate of 6.98 % with Rs. 25,165 crores worth revenue during the FY 2013-14. The biopharmaceutical sector constituted 63% of the total biotech industry revenue in India followed by bioservices at about 19.23%. The Bioagri sector which was growing significantly till 2012 registered only 4.27% growth rate due to uncertainty in transgenic research and its commercialization (Biospectrum 2014, Vol.12(7):20-30). Exports accounted for 52% of revenue reflecting continuous focus of Indian biotech industry in International market. Total domestic biotech sales recorded during 2013-14 were Rs. 12, 140 crores and export touched Rs. 13,025 crores. The growth of biotech sector has dipped at 6.98% which is the lowest growth rate registered during the last 12 years. However, India is in an advantageous position to harness the potential of biotechnology due to its unique strengths such as availability of rich bio-resources, technical expertise, skilled manpower, progressive government policies and rapidly expanding domestic markets. According to forecast by the Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises (ABLE), the Indian biotech industry sector has the potential to be $ 100 billion (Rs. 6 lakh crore) industry in the next decade provided supportive and transparent regulatory framework, better bio-manufacturing facilities, enhanced investments in R & D and rational tax structures are in place.
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Opportunities for biotechnology students exist in agri-based industries involved in production of transgenic plants , seed industries, tissue culture units, agri-chemicals such as biofertilisers, biopesticides etc., environmental amelioration, pharma industries for diagnostics , vaccines, new drug molecules, clinical research organizations, bioinformatics industry etc. (Biotech Career Ready Reckoner 2014, sponsored by Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, published by Vivify Media Publication, 2014). Opportunities exist in research and development, production and manufacturing, quality control and analysis , technology transfer and management, knowledge based marketing, setting up of new enterprises, consultancy organizations for preparation of techno economic feasibility reports, regulatory affairs such as toxicology, environment health and safety, biosafety, patent attorneys and examiners for IPR etc. The jobs for marketing are 20 times more in number as compared to R&D as well as more monetarily rewarding. With India becoming signatory to GATT, sudden spurt in filing of patents as well as dispute settlement cases has been witnessed resulting in creation of tremendous opportunities for patent attorneys and examiners. In addition to the industry, opportunities for science management, teaching and R&D jobs exist in public and private sector teaching and R&D institutions. Successful and rewarding career requires conscious in-depth planning. It is difficult to make rational career decision without detailed information about various career options. This is an attempt to compile career options available for biotechnology students. Establishment of new IITs, IISERs, NIPERs, AIIMS, a number of new central universities by Government and large number of private universities have created tremendous opportunities for teaching positions. A number of Govt. schemes such as faculty recharge of UGC, INSPIRE faculty, Ramalingaswami fellowships of DBT, Ramanujam fellowships of DST have created an enabling environment for faculty to join academic institutions.
2007-08
Revenue (Rupees in CRores)
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
06.98 %
15.05 %
18.50 %
21.50 %
17249 17 %
14199 18.20 %
12137 20.30 %
2007-08
20440
Source: Biospectrum Fig. 1
23524
Biotech Sector Revenue & Growth %
25165
India is uniquely positioned to harness the immense potential that biotechnology offers for transforming all aspects of life globally. The Indian biotech industry is among the top 12 destinations in the world and ranks second in Asia after China. Our biotech industry has witnessed robust growth since the last 10 years with an average growth rate of approximately 15% driven by a range of factors such as growing demand, intensive R&D activities and strong government initiatives. The Indian biotech industry is estimated to contribute US$ 100 Billion by 2025, if it resumes its growth trajectory of CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of 25 to 30%. There was a slowdown in the growth during the year 201314 which can be mainly attributed to delays in regulatory approvals and is expected to be streamlined leading to momentum in growth for biotech industry. Fig. 1 depicts trend in growth of biotech industry since 2007.
10272
STATUS OF BIOTECH INDUSTRY
2013-14
Growth %
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The relevance of career options can be better appreciated by understanding the major growth drivers in each of the biotech sectors:
Biopharmaceuticals/ Healthcare
Bioagri
Bioservices/ Bioindustry
Bioinformatics
(i) Biopharmaceuticals/Healthcare: The Biopharma sector contributes more than 60% of the total biotech revenue of which more than 50% is through exports. The key growth drivers are biosimilars, molecular diagnostics, vaccines and natural product based drug discovery wherein India already enjoys a strong position globally. It is expected that biomedical devices, genomic testing and regenerative medicine shall contribute significantly to future growth. The rising markets of healthcare sector are due to increasing income of the middle class, ageing population, rising aspirations of rural masses and increase in lifestyle diseases such as cardiac diseases, cancer, diabetes etc., for which biotechnology offers effective diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic treatment avenues. This sector offers ample career opportunities for biotech professionals in varied biopharmaceutical companies. (ii) Bioagri: The Bioagri sector encompasses a number of subsectors namely crop biotechnology (transgenic crops, hybrid varieties, molecular marker assisted plant breeding and tissue cultured plants), biofertifizers, biopesticides, animal biotechnology, aquaculture, biofuels etc. Currently, the only genetically modified crop approved in the country for commercial cultivation is Bt Cotton, however, Agribiotech sector has huge scope for expansion. The success of Bt Cotton has encouraged a number of companies to develop technologies for improvement of crops through transgenic route and marker assisted breeding which has opened up several good career opportunities. The plant tissue culture (micropropagation) industry is also growing at a high annual growth rate of 15% and the turnover of the industry is estimated at about Rs. 500 crores for the year 2014-15. There are several opportunities for candidates having hands-on experience in techniques such as crop transformation, marker assisted selection, discovery of target genes through molecular biology and genetic engineering, development of tissue culture protocols, among others. The Animal Biotechnology industry includes animal breeding, production of diagnostics, vaccines and value added products such as nutraceuticals. The demand for these products is rising and is expected to be important for revenue generation, particularly diagnostics and nutraceuticals. The qualification and nature of experience for career opportunities in Animal Biotechnology are similar to those required in Biopharma sector. (iii) Bioservices and Bioindustry: The technical expertise required to pursue a career in Bioindustry and Bioservices (contract research and contract manufacturing) is similar to Biopharma sector. The Bioservices sector includes clinical and contract research services such as Bio-availability (BA) / Bio-equivalence (BE) trials, Phase I-IV trials which offer opportunities in areas such as Pharmacovigilance, Management of Data, Laboratory Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, etc. (iv) Bioinformatics: Bioinformatics is an important area with applications in all biotechnology sectors and therefore, provides ample career opportunities for students. All biotech companies employing modern techniques such as genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, etc., require specialists in bioinformatics. These experts are engaged for creating and managing databases and software tools, in silico drug designing, sequencing of genomes to search for specific genes and their functions, to make plants, animals, fishes, etc., healthier, disease resistant and more productive. In addition, there are dedicated bioinformatics companies that offer a career in bioinformatics.
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Career Opportunities in Biotech Industry
The essentials for pursuing a career in life sciences, as in any other field, are to know oneself, understanding of career options, exploring careers and laying the groundwork for career. Having a fulfilling career isn’t about prestige, salary or work hours. It’s about doing work that you value and enjoy and which suits your personality. The consequences of making a wrong career choice can affect one’s life very badly. The first key to making a successful career choice is to know oneself and what makes you happy through self- assessment. Based on the skills, values and interests, the students should take some time to reflect on their options before making correct choice (Guide to Life Science Careers, Scitable, Nature Education.http://www.nature.com/scitable/ebooks/guide-to-life-science-careers-14053951/ contents). Often, the understanding or perceptions about career options are quite different from reality. A job that appears innovative might turn out to involve a lot of repetitive work; while a seemingly routine job might offer options for subtle and extraordinary kind of creativity. It is important that students understand various aspects of different career options i.e. academia, research, industry, science policy, medical writing, entrepreneurship, etc. before making informed career decisions. Few most common mistakes made while deciding career options are joining a job because opportunity is available irrespective of interest, choosing a career based on work environment rather than work and lack of knowledge about opportunities for career advancement. Once the decision about career choice is made, students should focus on groundwork for career growth through networking, resume building (tailor-made to suit the requirements of employer), advanced training, supplementing technical knowledge with multi-disciplinary skills such as law, humanities, management, etc. The career opportunities in biotech industry can be broadly classified into the following categories:
Research & Development (r&d)
Production/ Manufacturing
Technology Procurement/ Transfer
Quality Assurance & Quality Control (QA/QC)
Management of Intellectual Property
Technical Support
Management of Regulatory Affairs
Marketing/ Management Bioinformatics
While the career opportunities under the categories R&D, Production and QA/QC require specific training and skills, the qualification/experience required for the opportunities under technical support and marketing are general in nature and experience can be honed while in job. I. Research and Development: The biotechnology companies are engaged in development of innovative technologies for improved/new drugs/vaccines/diagnostics/crops etc. for which hands-on experience in the area of molecular biology, recombinant DNA technology, cell culture, expression of proteins in mammalian cell culture, immunology, genomics, microbiology, biochemistry etc., is required. II. Production: For manufacturing activity, complete understanding of Good Laboratory Practices (GLP), production process, GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices), biosafety requirement and regulatory procedures is essential. III. Quality Assurance and Quality Control: Every batch of product is required to undergo the QC/QA testing before release in the market. These tests are aimed at ensuring safety and efficacy of the product. Depending upon the products, suitable candidates are expected to have knowledge in areas such as microbiology, cell biology, virology etc. In addition, knowledge and past experience about QC/QA tests, recommended limits for each product type, sampling methods, SOPs, characterization of cell lines, regulatory requirements etc., is vital.
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IV. Technical Support (Technology procurement/transfer, management of intellectual property, management of regulatory affairs, Bioinformatics): All biotech companies engaged in pursuing innovative R&D activities also have dedicated departments/units each for management of intellectual property, biosafety compliance and Bioinformatics and would prefer science students with knowledge about regulatory procedures, patents laws. a. Technology Procurement/Transfer: All progressive biotech companies are always on look-out for promising technologies to strengthen their product portfolio and to maintain competitive edge globally. The companies forge active collaborations with academic and research organizations and other domestic counterparts as well as international companies to capitalize and leverage their expertise for pursuing promising R&D leads. For this, companies require dedicated technology transfer personnel with expertise in identifying promising technologies, their evaluation, valuation with reference to SWOT analysis, negotiation with technology owners for transfer of technology, preparation of Technoeconomic feasibility report, etc. The technology transfer personnel are expected to have strong technical knowledge coupled with knowledge of competing products and market demand and potential for the technology. b. Management of Intellectual Property: Intellectual property protection is critical to fostering innovation. It is important to employ dedicated personnel for protection of innovative ideas through Patents, Industrial designs, Protection of plant varieties and farmers rights, Geographical Indicators, Semiconductor Integrated Circuits, Layout Design, Trademarks, Copyrights and Trade Secrets. Intellectual property rights (IPRs), particularly patents, occupy a prominent position in innovation systems in biotechnology. Recognizing the importance of IPR, the Indian Government has taken several initiatives to create a conducive environment for protection of intellectual property rights of innovators and creators by bringing about changes at legislative and policy level. Some of the job opportunities could be for prior art search, patent examiners, patent attorneys, patent consultant, patent prosecutors, licensing and valuation experts. A degree in biotechnology with supplementary law degree would be very handy and facilitate liaison with scientists in evaluating patentability, filing of patent applications etc. The potential employers would be biotechnology companies, research organizations, law firms, academia, Government patent offices, technology management agencies, legal process outsourcing units, consultants, etc. There are a number of courses being offered in the field of IP. Most law courses have a module or offer specialization in IP. A number of institutes are also offering PG diploma and certificate courses; full time, part time as well as in distance learning mode. With increase in IP filing and disputes on infringement, the combination of law and science background offers lucrative and exciting career options for students. c. Management of Regulatory Affairs: All research and commercialisation activities using genetically modified organisms are required to conform to regulatory guidelines. As part of these guidelines, the companies and research institutions engaged in such activities are expected to file compliance report at every stage to the regulatory authorities. Therefore, companies as well as research institutions have requirement for dedicated personnel trained in developing regulatory protocols, documentation of results and interaction with regulatory authorities to supplement additional information required for securing necessary approvals. d. Bioinformatics: The biotech companies require professionals for creating and managing databases and software tools, developing new algorithms and computational methods such as comparing sequence of a gene with other sequences, developing new methods of predicting genes, specialized sequence analysis, drug designing, etc. V. Marketing: A career in marketing in biotechnology is distinct from conventional marketing job, and in addition to good communication skills, requires an in-depth technical understanding of products and their advantages over competing products. Marketing jobs are monetarily most rewarding and are often linked to sales.
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Career Opportunities in ACADEMICS
India offers immense opportunities to scholars who seek a career in biotechnology in education and research. Indian Universities are a repository of intellectual wealth in science and technology. Skilled personnel passing out from universities and R&D institutions contribute to socio-economic development of the country. India has a large network of institutions of higher learning. According to UGC, there were 574 universities and more than 35000 colleges by the end of 11th Plan period. A large number of universities in public (Central, State) and private sector as well as affiliated colleges offer UG and PG courses in life sciences such as botany, zoology, microbiology, genetics, applied life sciences, biotechnology. All universities, colleges and new IITs, IISERs, NIPERs have requirement for well-trained faculty as well as students for doctoral and postdoctoral research. Over 30% of faculty positions are vacant in most of existing universities/ institutions, thus, creating a huge opportunity for students interested to pursue career in teaching and research.
Teaching
Research
Scientific Management
Set up own Enterprise
Scientific Journalism
I. Teaching: Teaching positions are highly satisfying as they provide an opportunity not only to conduct research but also to shape future of young minds. Students need to clear the National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by CSIR-UGC for lecturership eligibility and JRF/SRF for pursuing research. Students could also opt for teaching positions in schools after acquiring B.Ed degree to join as TGT (Trained Graduate Teacher) or PGT (Post Graduate Teacher). Faculty members can play a major role in mentoring students and setting new benchmarks by emphasis on quality of teaching. 2. Research: Academic research can be intense, stimulating and rewarding for students with an aptitude for research and students can join any research institute of ICAR, ICMR, CSIR, DST, DBT depending on their background, area of interest and opportunity. Most of these institutes are well equipped with state-of-art facilities, sophisticated laboratories and well trained senior scientists and offer research avenues in biotechnology, cutting across different disciplines. Apart from conducting research, a career in research also involves project formulation for securing grant-in-aid on competitive basis for pursuing research, preparation of scientific papers, and participation in national and international scientific conferences. It is important to consider the nature of role that one would like to have in research. The opportunities include faculty member, research scientist, and technicians. Faculty positions are usually very competitive and are often a result of hard work over many years. Research scientists are usually PhD level scholars who work under the supervision of a faculty member. They are expected to perform research as well as write manuscripts and grant proposals. Technicians usually have bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s or masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degrees and are largely expected to carry out experiments designed by the faculty members and research scientists. 3. Scientific Management: There are also a number of scientific management positions for policy formulation, supporting scientific research in government departments/ ministries such as DBT, DST, ICAR, ICMR, CSIR etc.. 4. Setting up own Enterprise: Biotechnology entrepreneurship involves experimentation, taking risks to reach a positive end, making mid-course corrections and attempting new things. Students must evaluate themselves whether they are wiling to take risk, have vision and necessary skills of a business strategist and negotiator, can communicate and quickly grasp new information. Entrepreneurship is the process of starting a business by developing business model, acquiring human resources and financial capital. Biotechnology entrepreneurs must be prepared for long product development time frame. Average time to reach commercialisation
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for biologics, drugs and therapeutics can take upwards of 15 years to reach market. Diagnostics, medical devices and molecular tests can range from 3 to 7 years. In addition to capital, trained manpower and technology requirement, biotech products require regulatory clearances and like other products, also face market risks. One should understand the challenges before taking the plunge and be prepared to handle them as and when they arise. A number of Government agencies like National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NEB), Technology Development Board (TDB) set up by DST, Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) set up by DBT are encouraging young minds with new ideas and supporting early stage research for proof-of-concept development, technology validation and providing ignition grant as well as establishing incubators and parks which provide incubation space and other required services to start-up companies in initial phase. Students willing to set up their own enterprise should consider acquiring an MBA degree in Biotechnology, agri-business management, pharma business management or take up a few entrepreneurship development courses. V. Scientific Journalism: If one loves telling stories, one might be interested in a career in science journalism, freelance science writing, or even fund-raising for research. Science writers cover latest advancements in genetics to exotic discoveries in biotechnology. A science writerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work may include coverage of new discoveries about viruses, the brain, evolution, global climate change and its environmental impact, to name a few topics. The daily challenge is accurately translating the often mysterious and complex news of such discoveries in simple language so that it can be understood by non-scientists. But in addition, science writers must also attempt to put scientific discoveries and controversies into historical, personal, political, economic, and social context. For example, while science writers have traditionally been faced with balancing the conflicting opinions of scientific experts, they must now also explore the business and financial aspects of science and technology in their reporting equations, especially on biotechnology front. Their reporting can bring exciting news of remarkable scientific achievements to public attention while informing the public about critical issues to aid ethics and policy debates. They also provide the scientific background on breaking news about everything from earthquakes to oil spills and alert the public to medical and environmental risks and dangers. In addition to technical skills for career in academics or industry, it is essential to have strong fundamentals, an ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams, inter-personnel communication skills, organised record-keeping and problem-solving approach as well as passion, commitment, discipline and an urge to excel. Thus, there is no dearth of opportunities for students with good academic background and willingness to adapt and adopt, provided they make the right choices.
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Milestones Journey of DBT
Important Milestones Achieved
1982
National Biotechnology Board (NBTB) set up
1985-86
DBT supported M.Sc.(Biotechnology) Teaching Programme initiated in 5 Universities. Expanded to 71 programmes from 1985-86 to 2012-13
1986
NBTB upgraded to Department of Biotechnology (DBT)
1993-94
Biotechnology Industrial Training Programme (BITP) initiated to provide Industrial exposure to Biotech students
2001
DBT - Post Doctoral Fellowship (PDF), Later renamed as Research Associateship (RA) Programme initiated to provide fellowships for Post Doctoral Research
2004
DBT- JRF (Junior Research Fellowship) Programme initiated to provide fellowships for doctoral research
2008
Model Course curricula for M.Sc./M.Tech Biotech in 10 specialisation framed
2009
DBT decision not to support any more general biotechnology PG courses
2010
Revision of fellowship for JRF-SRF (Senor Research Fellowship) and RA
2011
Revision of studentship for M.Sc./M.Tech. students in DBT supported programmes
2011-12
Karnataka Biotechnology Finishing School programme supported
2012
Online feedback by students for PG teaching programmes launched
2014
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Abbreviations Abbreviations
Abbreviation A
Definition
AAU
Assam Agricultural University
ACTREC
Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research & Education in Cancer
AICTE
All India Council for Technical Education
AIIMS
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
AMU
Aligarh Muslim University
APSCHE
Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education
ASCI
Administrative Staff College of India
AYUSH
Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha & Homoeopathy
B BARC
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
BCIL
Biotech Consortium India Ltd.
BCKV
Bidhan Chandra Krishi Visvavidyalaya
BET
Biotechnology Eligibility Test
BGSB
Baba Gulam Shah Baadshah University
BHU
Banaras Hindu University
BIRAC
Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council
BITP
Biotech Industrial Training Programme
BRNS
Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences
BUILDER
Boost to University Interdisciplinary Life Science Departments for Education and Research
C CCMB
Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology
CCRH
Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy
CDRI
Central Drug Research Institute
CFTRI
Central Food Technological Research Institute
CGCOST
Chhattisgarh Council of Science & Technology
CGIAR
Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research
CGPA
Cumulative Grade Point Average
CIMAP
Central Institute for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
CIRAD
French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development
CMLRE
Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology
COE
Centre of Excellence
CPEPA - UGC
Centre with Potential for Excellence in Particular Area
CSIR
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
CSMCRI
Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute
D DAE
Department of Atomic Energy
DAVV
Devi Ahilya Viswavidyalaya
DBT
Department of Biotechnology
DCFR
Directorate of Coldwater Fisheries Research
DEITY
Department of Electronics and Information Technology
DHE
Directorate of Higher Education
DRDO
Defence Research & Development Organisation
DRR
Directorate of Rice Research
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DST
Department of Science & Technology
E EU
European Union
F FASEB
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
FIST
Fund for Improvement of S&T
G G
General
GADVASU
Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
GBPIHED
Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development
GNDU
Guru Nanak Dev University
Goa DSTE
Goa Department of Science, Technology & Environment
GSBTM
Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission
H HPU
Himachal Pradesh University
HSCST
Haryana State Council for Science & Technology
I IBSD
Institute of Bioresource for Sustainable Development
ICAR
Indian Council for Agricultural Research
ICGEB
International Centre for Genetic Engineering for Biotechnology
ICMR
Indian Council for Medical Research
ICT
Institute of Chemical Technology
IGCAR
Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
IGKV
Indira Gandhi Krishi Viswavidyalaya
IHBT
Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology
IICB
Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
IISER
Indian Institute for Scientific Education & Research
IIT
Indian Institute of Technology
IITR
Indian Institute of Toxicological Research
ILS
Institute of Life Science
INSA
Indian National Science Academy
INSPIRE
Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research
INSTEM
Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
IOC
Indian Oil Company
IPGMER
Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research
IPPR
Institute for Public Policy Research
IPR
Intellectual Property Rights
IRRI
International Rice Research Institute
ISSR
Institute for Social Science Research
IUAC
Inter-University Accelerator Centre
IVRI
Indian Veterinary Research Institute
J JKCST
J & K State Council for Science and Technology
JNCASR
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
JNU
Jawaharlal Nehru University
JRF
Junior Research Fellowship
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K KAU
Kerala Agricultural University
KBC, KSCST
Kerala Biotechnology Centre, Kerala State Council for Science and Technology
L LIMAGRAIN
International Agricultural Co-operative Group (Specialized in Seeds)
M MAFSU
Maharashtra Animal & Fishery Sciences University
MDU
Maharishi Dayanand University
MKU
Madurai Kamaraj University
MLA Fund
Member of Legislative Assembly Fund
MNRE
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
MoEF
Ministry of Environment and Forests
MPCOST
M. P. Council of Science & Technology
MPLAD
Member of Parliament Local Area Development
MSU
Maharaja Sayajirao University
N NAIP
National Agricultural Innovation Project
NAMASTE
NAMASTE India-EU Mobility Project
NBRC
National Brain Research Centre
NBRI
National Botanical Research Institute
NBU
North Bengal University
NCBS
National Centre for Biological Sciences
NCCS
National Centre for Cell Science
NCL
National Chemical Laboratory
NDRI
National Dairy Research Institute
NDUAT
Narendra Dev University of Agriculture & Technology
NHM
National Health Mission
NIBMG
National Institute of Biomedical Genomics
NICED
National Institute of Cholera and Enteric diseases
NIH
National Institute of Health
NIO
National Institute of Oceanography
NIPER
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research
NIPGR
National Institute of Plant Genome Research
NIRRH
National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health
NIV
National Institute of Virology
NMPB
National Medicinal Plants Board
NTRF
National Tea Research Foundation
O OBC
Other Backward Class
ONGC
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.
OUAT
Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology
P PAU
Punjab Agricultural University
PURSE
Promotion of University Research and Scientific Excellence
R RA
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Research Associateship
RAU
Rajendra Agricultural University
RCB
Regional Centre for Biotechnology
RE
Revised Estimates
RGCB
Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology
RKVY
Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana
RTMNU
Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University
S SAP
Special Assistance Programme (University Grants Commission)
SAP - DRS
Special Assistance Programme-Departmental Research Support
SC
Scheduled Caste
SERB
Science and Engineering Research Board
SERC
Science and Engineering Research Council
SGPGIMS
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences
SKUAST
Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology
SPM
Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Fellowship
SPMVV
Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam
SPU
Sardar Patel University
SRF
Senior Research Fellowship
SRIC
Sponsored Research & Industrial Consultancy
ST
Scheduled Tribe
SWOT
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats Analysis
T TEQIP
Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme
TERI
The Energy Research Institute
THSTI
Translational Health Science & Technology Institute
TNAU
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
TNSCST
Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology
U UCOST
Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology
UGC
University Grants Commission
USAID
United States Agency for International Development
USBD
Uttarakhand Council for Biotechnology
W WBUT
West Bengal University of Technology
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CONTACT US For Details, Contact Us
Department of Biotechnology Block 2, 7th Floor, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003
Dr. Suman Govil Advisor suman@dbt.nic.in
Dr. Manoj Singh Rohilla Scientist D manojsrohilla.dbt@nic.in
BIOTECH COnsortium India Limited 5th Floor, Anuvrat Bhawan 210, Deen Dayal Upadhay Marg New Delhi -110002
Dr. Purnima Sharma Managing Director ceo.bcil@nic.in
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