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This course introduces the students to the basics of Environmental science. Major issues like renewable & non-renewable sources of energy, pollution problems & social impact of the environment are discussed from a scientific perspective. This course also provides an insight on management of natural resources. Global issues like acid rain, ozone depletion, climate changes & population explosion are also discussed.

Course Objectives: The objective of the course are

1.    To make students understand the role and importance of micro-organisms in environment (changes in environment).

2.    To make students understand and apply the knowledge to use micro-organisms as indicators of alteration of an ecosystem.

3.    To make students understand the microbial processes aimed to solve environmental problems


Course Objectives: The objectives of this course are

  • To make students aware of the vast biological data generated by the researchers and the computational resources used for managing the biological data.
  • To provide the training to apply the bioinformatics tools and the web based resources for managing & analysing biological data and
  • To inculcate the skills to interpret and analyse the results.


This course discusses the basic concepts of microbiology (such as bacteria, fungi, algae, viruses & protozoa) & their applications for the development of various foods, beverages & medicinal products.


This course is designed to impart the knowledge of structure & organization of animal cells, techniques for in vitro cell culturing, medium requirement & control parameters used in the maintenance & production of Animal cell cultures & the technology used for its storage & applications.


This course imparts  knowledge of  internet resources & software related to databases, tools used for data analysis, methods of analyzing genetic information, predictive methods using gene sequences, structural visualization of biomolecules etc.

The subject deals with the fundamental principles of bioremediation processes, identification of bioremediation processes for different pollutants.

This course discusses the immune system at the cellular level, role of different organelles involved in immune responses, structure of antibodies, antigens, antibody-antigen reactions, immunologic techniques based on antigen-antibody reactions, production of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies & related topics.

This course is designed to impart the knowledge of foods from different sources & their processing & preservation, fermented food products, beverage plant products, food additives, flavors etc.


The overall aim of the subject is to provide students an overview of Genome & Proteome including fundamentals, current techniques & applications. This helps in understanding the cellular operation and functions.


Biotechnological industries are focused on production of product or the benefit of human beings. One of the important aspect in this area is nutrition and healthcare. This course is designed to impart the knowledge of industrial bioprocess & industrial production of primary & secondary metabolites using living cells. Some important bio-products produced in industries are also discussed in the course.


This course is designed to impart the knowledge of conventional methods of crop improvement, micro propagation, tissue culture & genetic engineering methods used for the development of novel varieties of crops with increased nutrient value.


This course is designed to provide basic knowledge of waste water, industrial waste and polluted soil treatment methods involving the application of microorganisms & bio-fuels.


This course deals with the chemical basis of life with respect to water, nucleic acids, amino acids, proteins, carbohydrates; with emphasis on bio-molecules for better understanding of biological mechanisms, pathways & reactions.


This course is designed to discuss various metabolic & oxidation-reduction reactions, metabolic regulation of glucose, generation & consumption of energy in various important pathways & reactions of bio-macromolecules.


This course imparts the knowledge of molecular structure of saccharides & lipid, their properties & their medical application & role of lipids in drug delivery.



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