Undergraduate Program

Course Credit: 4

1. Biotechnology, 2. Potential Areas of Biotechnology, 3. Introduction to Cell and Tissue Culture Techniques, 4. Recombinant DNA Technology and its Tools

Course Credit: 2

1. Concepts of Life and Evolution , 2. Protists and Fungi, 3. Green plants, 4. Animals and model organism, 5. Ecology and Environmental Biology, 6. Biodiversity and Conservation Biology

Course Credit: 4

1. Structure and Organization of the Cell, 2. Amino acids, Peptides and Proteins, 3. Carbohydrates, 4. Lipids, 5. Nucleic Acids, 6. Central Dogma of Molecular Biology

Course Credit: 4

1. Historical development , 2. Microscope and observing microorganisms, 3. Bacteria, 4. Microbial growth and control, 5. Virus, 6. Algae and Fungi, 7. Actinomycetes, 8. Infectious diseases: host-microbe interactions, 9. Introductory applied microbiology

Course Credit: 4

1. Tissues and Organs , 2. Digestive System, 3. Gastro-intestinal (GI) system and Liver, 4. Cardiovascular and the circulatory system 5.Respiratory System, 6. Brain and Nervous system, 7. Renal System, 8. Blood, 9. Endocrine System, 10. Reproductive System

Course Credit: 4

1. Physical Chemistry: Basic Concepts; Structure and Bonding;Thermodynamics; Chemical Equilibrium 2. Inorganic Chemistry:Periodic Patterns in the Main-Group Elements; Transition Elements and Their Coordination Compounds, 3. Organic Chemistry:Basic Concepts; Properties and Reactivity of Common Functional Groups, 4. Analytical Chemistry:Calorimetry; Acid-Base Titration Curves; Ionic Equilibria in Chemical Analysis, 5. Biological Chemistry: Chemical Equilibrium in Biology; Thermodynamics in Biology; Molecular Self-Assembly in Biology

Course Credit: 2

1. Functions and Their Graphs, 2. Linear and Quadratic/ Polynomial Functions, 3. Sequences and Series, 4. Matrix Models, 5. Coordinate Geometry , 6. Calculus, 7. Modelling with Differential Equations

Course Credit: 2

1. Fluid Mechanics, 2. Electricity and Magnetism, 3. Biophysical Phenomena of Light, 4. Basic Electronics and Biosensors, 5. Nucleonics and Nuclear Medicine, 5. Nucleonics and Nuclear Medicine

Course Credit: 4

1. Introduction to laboratory, laboratory facilities and safety, 2. Introduction of laboratory instruments and its operation, 3. Preparation of buffers and other solution, 4. Preparation of normal solution of Na2CO3 and determination of the strength of HCl solution by titration method, 5. Estimation of ascorbic acid content by Bessel’s titrimetric method, 6. Estimation of acetic acid content of the supplied vinegar solution, 7. Standardization of Potassium Permanganate solution against Sodium Oxalate as primary standard, 8. Determination of protein concentration by BIURET and Lowry method, 9. Laboratory measurement of heat of reactions, 10. Preparation of microbiological culture media, 11. Inoculation and culturing of bacteria and fungi, 12. Obtaining a pure culture; short- and long-term preservation of culture, 13. Determination of protease activity of bacteria, a qualitative test, 14. Motility, Indole and Urease (MIU) Test, 15. Gram staining and morphological study of bacteria, 16. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of bacteria by agar diffusion method, 17. Growth of bacterial population: growth curve, 18. DNA extraction from a biological sample,

Course Credit: 2

After completion of all theory course examinations of First Year, students will face a viva voce (oral examination) conducted by the respective examination committee approved by the University. The viva voce is an important mode of assessment, providing an opportunity for the students to demonstrate their knowledge, approach and understandings with the examiners.

Course Credit: 2

1. Mendelism and chromosomal theory of inheritance, 2. Extension of Mendelian genetics, 3. Molecular basis of genetic dominance, 4. Population Genetics, 5. Quantitative and evolutionary genetics, 6. Clinical genetics,

Course Credit: 4

1. Organization of the genome, 2. DNA replication, 3. Transcription, 4. Translation, 5. Regulation of Gene Expression, 6. DNA repair and recombination, 7. Organelle genome,

Course Credit: 4

1. Introduction, 2. Enzyme Catalysis, 3. Specificity of Enzymes, 4. Enzyme Kinetics, 5. Enzyme Inhibition, 6. Enzyme Regulation, 7. Mechanism of Enzyme Action, 8. Non-Protein Enzymes, 9. Applications of Enzymes

Course Credit: 2

1. Peptides and Proteins, 2. Protein Composition and Structure, 3. Protein Purification and Amino Acid Sequence Determination, 4. Membrane Proteins and Transport, 5. Protein Function,

Course Credit: 4

1. Bioenergetics, 2. Regulation of metabolic processes, 3. Carbohydrate Metabolism, 4. Fatty Acid Metabolism & Cholesterol Biosynthesis, 5. Amino Acid metabolism, 6.Nucleotide Biosynthesis and Metabolism

Course Credit: 2

1. Introduction to virus, 2. Cultivation, purification and enumeration of viruses, 3. Replication cycle, 4. Pathogenesis of viral infection, 5. Prevention and treatment of viral infection, 6. Prions and viroids, 7. Viruses – promise and problems

Course Credit: 4

1. Physical Chemistry: Reaction Kinetics; Electrochemistry; Photochemistry; Nuclear Reactions, 2. Inorganic Chemistry: Metallurgy and Chemical Manufacturing; Polymers; Cheminformatics, 3. Organic Chemistry, 4. Analytical Chemistry: Measuring Reaction Rates; Spectroscopy and Spectrometry

Course Credit: 4

1. Introduction, 2. Operating Systems, 3. Shell/Bash scripting: Shell script writing for data processing, 4. Computer Networks and Internet Systems, 5. Databases, 6. Basic Algorithms , 7. Python Programming,

Course Credit: 6

1. Wet-lab Experiments:General Practices; Chemistry; Enzymes and Enzyme Kinetics; Biochemistry and Metabolism; Physiology; Molecular Biology, 2. Bioinformatics Experiments: Introduction to bioinformatics, goal and scope; Exploring Nucleic Acid Databases and Data mining; Proteomics: Biochemical Properties and Structure predictions of Proteins; Sanger Sequence data analysis; 5. DNA Amplification and Cloning

Course Credit: 2

After completion of all theory course examinations of Second Year, students will face a viva voce (oral examination) conducted by the respective examination committee approved by the University. The viva voce is an important mode of assessment, providing an opportunity for the students to demonstrate their knowledge, approach and understandings with the examiners.

Course Credit: 2

1.Introduction to Microbial Genetics, 2. Transfer of Genetic Elements, 3. Movable Genetic Elements, 4. Regulation of Gene Expression, 5. Genetics of bacteriophage, 6. CRISPR Technology, 7. Genetics of Yeast

Course Credit: 2

1.Development of multi-cellular organisms, 3. Cytoskeleton, 3. Development of Model organisms

Course Credit: 2

1. Introduction, 2. Innate and adaptive immunity, 3. Cells and organs of the immune system, 4. Antigens and antibodies, 5. T cell receptors and MHC molecules, 6. Antigen presentation, 7. The complement system, 8. Immunological Techniques

Course Credit: 4

1. Plant Cell, 2. Plant growth and development, 3. Photosynthesis, 4. Respiration, 5. Plant-water relations, 6. Solute Transport, 7. Nitrogen fixation and nutrient assimilation, 8. Plant Lipids, 9. Phytohormones, 10. Acclimation and adaptation, 11. Plant secondary metabolites and their importance

Course Credit: 4

1. Introduction, 2. Cancer, 3. Cardiovascular disease, 4. Diabetes mellitus, 5. Liver disease, 6. AIDS, 7. Gastrointestinal diseases, 8. Brain diseases, 9. Metabolic disorders, 10. Chromosomal abnormalities

Course Credit: 4

1. Environmental Issues, 2. Applied Environmental Biotechnology, 3. GMOs and Environment, 4. Biosafety and Biosecurity, 5. Environmental Regulations and Ethics

Course Credit: 4

1. Introduction to biostatistics, 2. Frequency distribution, 3. Graphical representation of data, 4. Descriptive statistics, 5. Sampling techniques, 6. Probability and probability distribution, 7. Test of hypothesis, 8. Correlation and regression, 9. Epidemiology, 10. Quantification of disease events, 11. Use of software in biostatistics

Course Credit: 2

After completion of all theory course examinations of Third Year, students will face a viva voce (oral examination) conducted by the respective examination committee approved by the University. The viva voce is an important mode of assessment, providing an opportunity for the students to demonstrate their knowledge, approach and understandings with the examiners.

Course Credit: 3

1. Isolation of DNA, RNA and proteins, 2. Gel electrophoresis, 3. Polymerase chain reaction and related techniques, 4. Hybridization-based techniques, 5. Recombinant DNA technology, 6. DNA sequencing and related techniques, 7. Detection of macromolecular interactions, 8. Gene Knockout and Knock-in methods, 9. Chromatography techniques, 10. Flow cytometry, 11. Immunofluorescence microscopy, 12. Immunoassays

Course Credit: 3

1. Introduction to fermentation processes, 2. Inoculum, 3. Fermentation media, 4. Sterilization processes, 5. Bioreactors, 6. Growth kinetics, 7. Operating conditions and control, 8. Fermentation Scale-up, 9. Downstream processing, 10. Bioprocessing

Course Credit: 6

Wet-Lab experiments: 1. Handling and measuring small volumes: Micro pipetting, 2. Solution preparation for analytical measurement, 3. Isolation and detection of genomic DNA from animal tissue, 4.Quantification of DNA using Nanodrop, 5. Genomic DNA isolation from plant materials by CTAB method, 6. Restriction digestion analysis of plasmid DNA, 7.Amplification of DNA by polymerase chain Reaction (PCR), 8.DNA Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP) analysis, 9. Excision and extraction of DNA fragments from agarose gel, 10. Isolation and quantification of RNA from animal tissue, 11. Expression of GFP protein of pGLO plasmid in E. coli, 12. Isolation of chloroplast from plant leaves, 13. Induction of callus from sunflower seeds, 14. Analyzing sporulation of Yeast, 15. Identification of human streptococcal pathogens, 16. Isolation of bacteriophages from sewage water sample, Observation of a typical fermenter and its operation

Course Credit: 4

1. Organization of eukaryotic genome, 2. 2. Molecular biology of the telomere and telomerase, 3. The dynamic genome, 4. 4. Regulation of eukaryotic gene expression, 5. Structural and regulatory RNA, 6. Protein localization and dynamics, 7. Epigenetics, 8. Genomic imprinting

Course Credit: 2

1. General principles of cell signaling, 2. Signaling through G-protein-coupled receptors, 3. Signaling through enzyme-coupled receptors, 4. Signaling in microorganisms and plants, 5. Signaling pathways depending on proteolysis, 6. Regulation of cell cycle by protein kinases

Course Credit: 2

1. Defense Against Infectious Agents, 2. Immunodeficiency, 3. Immunological tolerance, 4. Autoimmunity and autoimmune diseases, 5. Transplantation and rejection, 6. Immunity to tumors, 7. Hypersensitivity reactions

Course Credit: 2

1. Introduction to molecular diagnostics, 2. Molecular diagnostic techniques, 3. DNA-based molecular diagnostics and their applications, 4. RNA-based molecular diagnostics and their applications, 5. Liquid biopsy techniques and application, 6. Molecular diagnosis and precision medicine, 7. Issues related to molecular diagnostics

Course Credit: 2

1. Overview and History of Forensic DNA Typing, 2. Basic genetic principles, 3. Biological specimen handling, 4. DNA extraction and quantitation from forensic samples, 5. DNA typing method, 6. Applications of DNA Profiling, 7. Non-human DNA Testing, 8. Statistical issues, 9. DNA database

Course Credit: 2

1. Introduction to marine biotechnology, 2. Marine biodiversity and marine ecosystem, 3. Marine bioprospecting, 4. Applications of marine biotechnology

Course Credit: 2

1. Fundamentals of research, 2. Research problem and its Importance, 3. Review of Literature, 4. Planning of Research, 5. Research Design, 6. Research Design, 7. Data collection, 8. Data processing and analysis, 9. Writing of research reports

Course Credit: 2

The project course provides an important opportunity for the students to plan and carry out a detailed theme/idea-based or original scientific research related to biotechnology supervised by a respective teacher. To carry out the project work, the students have to discuss with his/her supervisor about the type of work they would perform. The project work should not exceed 1-3 months. For allocating students to carry out project work, they will be asked to submit their choice of supervisor (at least 3) under whom he/she wants to perform the work. The academic committee of the department will assess their choices and will finally take a decision.

Course Credit: 2

After completion of all theory course examinations of Fourth Year, students will face a viva voce (oral examination) conducted by the respective examination committee approved by the University. The viva voce is an important mode of assessment, providing an opportunity for the students to demonstrate their knowledge, approach and understandings with the examiners.

Course Credit: 3

1. Overview of ‘Omics’ Sciences, 2. Biological databases, 3. Comparative Genomics, 4. Evolutionary Genomics, 5. Structural Genomics and Proteomics, 6. Functional Genomics, 7. Basic Network Biology, 8. Pharmacoinformatics, 9. Immunoinformatics, 10. Genome editing, 11. RNA informatics, 12. Metagenomics

Course Credit: 3

1. Microbial production of therapeutic agents, 2. Synthesis of commercial products by recombinant microorganisms, 3. Bioremediation and biomass utilization, 4. Plant growth-promoting bacteria, 5. Microbial insecticides, 6. Large scale production of proteins from recombinant microorganisms, 7. Vaccines, 8. Fermented food and beverage production, 9. Renewable Energy, 10. Immobilized cells and enzymes, 11. Microbial ore leaching

Course Credit: 3

1. Introduction to Plant Biotechnology, 2. Plant tissue culture, 3. Transgenesis and Mutagenesis for Crop Improvement, 4. Plant molecular markers and their applications, 5. Plant Breeding, 6. Molecular Farming

Course Credit: 3

1. Introduction, 2. Animal cell and tissue culture, 3. Reproduction and embryo transfer technology, 4. Ruminant fertilization, 5. Genetic manipulation and Transgenic animal, 6. Animal Cloning, 7. Animal diseases and their diagnosis, 8. Ethics in animal biotechnology

Course Credit: 6

Experiments: 1. Cell counting with a hemocytometer and distinguishing different blood cell types under a microscope., 2. Extraction of human DNA from buccal cells using ChelexTM and determination of genotype at D1S80 VNTR locus., 3. Isolation and detection of plasmid DNA from bacteria, 4. Preparation of competent bacterial cells and transformation with pGLO plasmid, Isolation of DNA from bacteria and amplification of specific gene sequence, 6. Isolation of RNA from bacteria and reverse transcription PCR of specific transcript., 7.Isolation of protein from bacteria and detection of GFP following SDS-PAGE and transfer to membrane (Western blot), 8. Detection of a differentially expressed protein in SDS-PAGE and determination of molecular weight of the differentially expressed protein, 9. Immunufluorescence imaging to detect expression of protein in tissues, 10. Detection of indicator microorganisms in various samples, 11. Purification of GFP protein by column chromatography, 12. Agrobaterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of plants, Bioinformatics: 1. Proteomics to Metabolomics: Structure Analysis, 2. Proteomics to Metabolomics: Function Analysis, 3. Genomics to Metabolomics: PPI Network Building, 4. Primer Designing: Basics, Field trip/industry visit/study tour: Activity 1; Field trip/industry visit/study tour. Get first hand information or experience from industry research organization / field trip through direct observation/participation in events relevant to courses.