BIOTECHNOLOGY

The Department of Biotechnology was established in the year 2002. It offers B.Tech and M.Tech in Biotechnology under Anna University, Chennai and accredited by NBA. The Department is having well qualified and experienced faculty members and well equipped laboratories to teach and conduct research in the multifarious areas such as Biochemistry, Bio-organic Chemistry, Microbial Biotechnology, Enzyme Engineering, Cancer Biology, Polymers and Bioprocesses. The department had organized many seminars, staff/faculty/entrepreneur development programs and workshops sponsored by Anna University, AICTE, DRDO, DST, UGC, DSIR and TNSCST related to Biotechnology. The Department is also having externally funded sponsored research projects, and spearheads a Technology Business Incubator (BIT-TBI) a joint venture of GoI and BIT to encourage young entrepreneurs to convert their novel ideas into commercial products. The Department has also been recognized as a research center by Anna University, Chennai for guiding research scholar leading to Ph.D.