Department of biotechnology IIT madras

I have completed my Bsc in biotechnology and want to take admission in the Msc in biotechnology form the IIT madras? Tell me does the Department of biotechnology affiliated to the IIT madras offer the Msc in biotechnology? Also provide me list of faculties under this department?

Hello sir, Im student of IIT Madras looking for detail about Department of biotechnology. Is there any one can tell me about Department of biotechnology in IIT Madras?

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The Department of biotechnology is one of the important departments of IIT Madras. The Department of Biotechnology at IIT Madras was founded in 2004.

The department was established with a vision to be recognized as a Department of International repute with a strong interdisciplinary research and teaching base in biological sciences and engineering and an active collaboration with industries and health-care institutions.

The department is housed in the Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences.

The department has 31 faculty members, about 235 under graduate students, 186 Ph.D. and 20 M.S. Research Scholars, associated staff and Adjunct Faculty.

The research interests in the department can be organized into four major thrust areas

Bioprocess Engineering
Chemical Biology
Computational Biology
Medical Biotechnology

Staff members:

Arumugam N (Junior Technical Superintendent) Publications
Aslam Basha Z (Technical Officer)
Babu R (Pharmacist Grade-I)
Elangovan S (Junior Assistant)
Jayaraman M (Junior Technician)
Kavitha P (Junior Technician)
Kulasakumari (Lab Supervisor)
Sasireka (Junior Technical Superintendent)
Sitalakshmi (Superintendent)
Sivaji B (Junior Assistant)
Srividhya (Junior Technical Superintendent)
Surya (Junior Assistant)

Courses offered by Department of biotechnology in IIT Madras:



Academics courses:
Dual Degree programmes
5 year Dual Degree(B.Tech.) (M. Tech.) in Biological Engineering
5 year Dual Degree(B. S.) (M. S.) in Biological Sciences

Post-graduate programmes
2 year M. Tech programme in (Joint Degree programme with Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum and Christian Medical College, Vellore)

Research programmes
MS (Biotechnology)
PhD (Biotechnology, Biomedical Devices and Technology)
PhD (Joint Degree Programme)