Dr. N.G.P. Arts and Science College :: Department of Bio Technology

About the Department

Biotechnology offers an opportunity to identify the new diseases in the field of medicine. It produces vaccines and drugs to prevent and cure the diseases with advanced techniques; to identify genetical disorders in human beings, plants and animals.

Biotechnology is the science of today and tomorrow. It has applications in all major service sectors. i.e. health, agriculture, industry, environment etc. Biotechnology as an application science has taken firm footing in many countries

abroad where a number of transgenic crops, genetically modified food and recombinant therapeutic molecules for human and animal health are available in the market. Biotechnology as a science of service to human society is yet to make inroads in India.

Our research covers a wide spectrum, from whole organism biology upto molecular biology an modeling, where molecular ecology forms the bridge between many of our diverse interests.

The coming together of Biotechnology and informatics is paying rich dividends. Genome projects, drug design and molecular taxonomy are all becoming increasingly dependent on informatics. The cost of products through a biotechnological process is always less than that produced through a chemical synthetic route.

Fact File

B.Sc. Biotechnology

Duration	Commencement	Intake
3 Years	July	50

Entry Requirements:
HSC passed with

Maths - Physics - Chemistry - Computer Science
Maths - Physics - Chemistry - Biology
Physics - Chemistry - Botany - Zoology.
Physics - Chemistry - Biology - Computer Science
Physics - Chemistry - Biotechnology
Physics - Chemistry - Biology
Diploma in Medical Lab Technology.

M.Sc. Biotechnology

Duration	Commencement	Intake
2 Years	July	40

Entry Requirements:
B.Sc degree with Biology / Biochemistry / Chemistry with Biology Ancillary Biotech / Biotechnology / B.F.S / Polymer Chemistry / Microbiology / Zoology / Botany / Plant Science / Plant Biotechnology / Animal Science / Animal Biotechnology / B. Pharm / Industrial Chemistry / Applied Microbiology / Medical Microbiology / Human Genetics / Medical Genetics / Molecular Biology Genetics Technology / Environment Science / Enviroment Biotechnology / Genetics Engineering / Bioinformatics / Plant Biology and Biotechnology / Animal Cell and Biotechnology or Agriculture or B.E. or M.B.B.S.

M.Phil. Biotechnology

Duration	Commencement	Intake
1 year (FT)	Sep/ March	02
2 Year (PT)

Entry Requirements:
M.Sc. Biotechnology / Life Science with 55% or above.

Ph.D. Biotechnology

Duration	Commencement	Intake
3 Years for M.Phil Scholars	Jan/ April/ Sep/ Dec.	6
4 Years for M. Sc. Graduates	Yearly 4 times

Entry Requirements:
M.Sc / M.Phil life Science with 55% or above

Highlights and Achievements

Our Faculty have published 35 papers in National and International Seminars.
Guest Lectures conducted in year 2008 to 2009 – 7 (National and International)
Conducted National Level Conference Marina ’07 and Marina ’08.
Students of Biotechnology UG and PG were presented Papers and Posters in various National and International Conferences and Seminars in various colleges.
Dr.K.Selvam, Head has been awarded with Rs.6, 92,800 from UGC, NewDelhi under major research proposal (MRP).
UGC sanctioned 6 lacks Rupees Major Research Project - Wood rotting fungi in Western ghats for biotechnological process.
Our faculty Mr.A.J.Visaga Dhaththan acted as resource person at KG college for Bioinformatics workshop.
Our faculty Mr.V.Shanmugaraju acted as resource person at Government college on Omics.
II PG Students and A.J.Visaga Dhaththan participated "Micro array and Bioinformatics tools in Biology" workshop at Bangalore Conducted by IOCB- IISC-Bangalore.

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DR.K. SELVAM- HoD/Associate Professor


		Qualification	M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D PDF
		Experience	8 years 9 months
		Area of Interest	Microbial Enzymes
		Area of Specialization	Microbial Biotechnology

Mr. V.SHANMUGARAJU- Assistant Professor


		Qualification	M.Sc., M.Phil., PGDBI., MBA
		Experience	9 years
		Area of Interest	Antimicrobial Peptides
		Area of Specialization	Microbial Biotechnology

Mr. P.ARUN - Assistant Professor


		Qualification	M.Sc., M.Phil., MBA.,
		Experience	6 years 9 Months
		Area of Interest	Fermentation Technology
		Area of Specialization	Food Microbiology

Mr.P.CHIDAMBARA RAJAN- Assistant Professor


		Qualification	M.Sc., M.Phil., M.Sc.,(IT)
		Experience	6 years 10 Months
		Area of Interest	Cancer Biology
		Area of Specialization	Marine Biotechnology

Ms. D.JAYAPRADHA- Assistant Professor


		Qualification	M.Sc., M.Phil., M.Sc.,(IT)
		Experience	5 years 6 months
		Area of Interest	Programming For Bioinformatics
		Area of Specialization	Bioinformatics

Mr.K.ARUNGANDHI - Assistant Professor


		Qualification	M.Sc., M.Phil.,
		Experience	7 years 1 Month
		Area of Interest	Microbial Biotechnology
		Area of Specialization	Microbial Biotechnology

Ms. M.YAMUNA- Assistant Professor


		Qualification	M.Sc., M.Phil.,
		Experience	1 Year 1 month
		Area of Interest	Transgenic Animals
		Area of Specialization	Animal cell culture

Ms. M.SHANMUGAVADIVU- Assistant Professor


		Qualification	M.Sc., M.Phil.,
		Experience	4 Years 5 months
		Area of Interest
		Area of Specialization

DR.M.POONGOTHAI- Assistant Professor


		Qualification	M.Sc., Ph.D.
		Experience	5 Months
		Area of Interest
		Area of Specialization

Mr. R.SIVASAMY- Assistant Professor


		Qualification	M.Sc.,
		Experience
		Area of Interest
		Area of Specialization

Ms. M.MINU JENIFER- Assistant Professor


		Qualification	M.Sc.,
		Experience
		Area of Interest	Immunology, Molecular Biology
		Area of Specialization	Molecular Biology

Department Biotechnology