The Department of Biotechnology at Bharathiar University was established in the year 1990 with 2 faculty members exclusively for research. The first post-graduate programme in the Department- M.Sc. Industrial Biotechnology was started in the year 2001 followed by M.Sc. Biotechnology in the subsequent academic year. At present there are 7 faculty members and one Ramalingaswami re-entry fellowship Assistant Professor in the Department, involved in teaching and research activities. In addition to fields such as plant transgenics; biopharming; cancer therapeutics and medical microbiology, research labs with next-generation research fields like genome editing technologies, translational genomics and proteomics, reproductive immunology and regenerative medicine were newly established. All the faculty are continuously receiving extramural research grants from various funding agencies like DST, DBT, DRDO, UGC, ICMR, UKIERI, TANSCHE, TNSCST etc., which included State, National as well as international agencies. Department is known for its high-quality publications and consultancy work in the area of molecular authentication of the herbal plants and their products to the reputed herbal industries. Due to these inclusive rapid growths, UGC-SAP, DST-PURSE, FIST and DBT are supporting the Department continuously for establishing and maintaining the high-end research and student laboratory infrastructure facilities.