Dept. of Studies in Biotechnology

About the Department:

Biotechnology has emerged as one of the leading fields in Biological Sciences. Most of the industries like pharmaceuticals, brewery, food and allied industries relay upon Biotechnology Post Graduation qualified candidates. Under Davangere University jurisdiction under-graduate program is already in existence to provide B.Sc. with Biotechnology as one of the combinations. In view of providing an opportunity to these Biotechnology and other biological science degree qualified students and to cater the need for industry/research, the University administration has introduced M.Sc. Biotechnology program in the year 2017-18. It is revised in the year 2020-21. The syllabus has been framed in accordance with the modern trends with industrial relevance, research orientation and the curriculum requirement. It is fully CBCS program involving four semesters and qualified, competent, enthusiastic faculty members are working hard and teaching cutting edge technologies and training the students.

Students and faculty members have undergone training and orientation programs conducted by various Universities/Davangere University time to time. The department has been organizing special lecture, seminars to update the knowledge base of the students and faculties.

Department is offering M.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc, Post Doc programmes.

Vision:

Department of Biotechnology is a platform to provide quality education as well as research in biotechnology focusing on innovative ideas of improving socioeconomic conditions responsive to regional and national needs.

Mission:

To facilitate comprehensive and effective training to the students in the application of biotechnological skills for the benefit of society.

Programes Offered :

Sl No	Programmes	Nature & Duration	Eligibility
1	M.Sc Biotechnology	Two Years	B.Sc. Life Sciences
2	Ph.D	Three to Five Years	PG Life Sciences
3	D.Sc	One Year	Ph.D in Discipline Subjects
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Course structure :

Sl. No.	I Semester	Sl. No	II Semester
THEORY			THEORY
1	BT 1.1 Cell Biology & Genetics	1	BT 2.1 Molecular Biology
2	BT 1.2 Microbiology	2	BT 2.2 Immunology & Immunotechniques
3	BT 1.3 Biochemistry	3	BT 2.3 Enzymology & Metabolism
4	Supportive: BT 1.4 Bioanalytical techniques	4	Supportive: BT 2.4 Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
PRACTICAL			PRACTICAL
5	BT 1.5 Cell Biology & Genetics	5	BT 2.5 Molecular Biology
6	BT 1.6 Microbiology	6	BT 2.6 Immunology & Immunotechniques
7	BT 1.7 Biochemistry	7	BT 2.7 Enzymology & Metabolism
8	Supportive: BT 1.8 Bioanalytical techniques	8	Supportive: BT 2.8 Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
	III Semester		IV Semester
THEORY			THEORY
1	BT 3.1Genetic Engineering	1	BT 4.1 Environmental Biotechnology
2	BT 3.2 Industrial Biotechnology	2	BT 4.2 Animal Biotechnology
3	BT 3.3 Plant & Agricultural Biotechnology	3	Specialization: BT 4.3 a) Food Biotechnology b) Pharmaceutical & Nano Biotechnology
4	Elective: BT 3.4 a) Medical Biotechnology b) Genomics & Proteomics	4	BT 4.4 Dissertation
5	Specialization: BT 3.5 Bio-entrepreneurship	4	BT 4.4 Dissertation
PRACTICAL			PRACTICAL
5	BT 3.6 Genetic Engineering	5	BT 4.5 Environmental Biotechnology
6	BT 3.7 Industrial Biotechnology	6	BT 4.6 Animal Biotechnology
7	BT 3.8 Plant & Agricultural Biotechnology	7	Specialization: BT 4.7 a) Food Biotechnology b) Pharmaceutical & Nano Biotechnology
8	Elective: BT 3.9 a) Medical Biotechnology b) Genomics & Proteomics

Ph.D. Course Work Structure:

Paper Code	Title of the Paper
BT-1	Research Methodology
BT-2	Cognate Subject Biotechnological techniques – Fundamentals and Applications
BT-3	Research specialization A)Secondary metabolites B)Microbial Biotechnology C)Medicinal plant Biotechnology
BT-4	Research and publication ethics

Faculty Details :

Name	Designation	Specialization
Dr. Gopinath S M	Professor	Microbial Biotechnology, Phytochemistry
Dr. Seema J Patel	Professor	Industrial Microbiology, Biofuel
Dr. Niranjan M H	Associate Professor and Chairman	Plant Tissue Culture & Conservation of Medicinal Plants
Dr. Prabhurajeshwar	Assistant Professor	Microbiology, Medical Microbiology, Probiotics, Nanotechnology and Phage Therapy
Dr. Navya H M	Assistant Professor	Molecular plant pathology; plant protection; aflatoxin; PGPR; Bio fertilizer
Dr. Chandrashekar S	Assistant Professor	Molecular Plant Pathology and Molecular Diagnostic of plant pathogens
Ms. Kavitha G C	Assistant Professor	Plant Biotechnology, Molecular Biology and Fermentation Biotechnology

Research Details :

1. Ph.D. Guide and Student details :

Sl. No.	Name of the guide	Research scholars Name under guide	Register Number of Student	Date of Registration
01.	Dr. Gopinath SM	Poojitha B S	19PHBT03	20/02/2020
01.	Dr. Gopinath SM	Prajwala M	19PHBT04	20/02/2020
02.	Dr. Seema J Patel	Srividya D	19PHBT05	20/02/2020
03.	Dr. Niranjan MH	Jyothi S T	19PHBT01	20/02/2020
03.	Dr. Niranjan MH	Manoj M B	19PHBT02	20/02/2020

2. Funding Project Details :

Name of the Scheme/Project/ Endowments/ Chairs	Name of the Principal Investigator/ Co Investigator (if applicable)	Name of the Funding agency	Type (Government/Non-Government)
Major Project K-Fist L1	Dr. SM Gopinath- Principal Investigator Dr. Chandrashekar S – Co Investigator	VGST	Government
Major Project	Dr. Chandrashekar S	UGC –Startup Grant	Government

Name of the Scheme/Project/ Endowments/ Chairs

Name of the Principal Investigator/ Co Investigator (if applicable)

Name of the

Funding agency

Type (Government/Non-Government)

Major Project K-Fist L1

Dr. SM Gopinath- Principal Investigator Dr. Chandrashekar S – Co Investigator

VGST

Government

Major Project

Dr. Chandrashekar S

UGC –Startup Grant

Government

3. Papers published :

Sl. No.	No. of Research articles published	Book chapters	h index
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4. Google scholar Link : Click Here

Activities :

Co-curriculum activities :

1. Co-curriculum activities :

Programme	Name of the invitee	Topic	Date
One day Special Lecture	Dr. Jagadesh mittur Former Head Facilitation Cell, KITS-Dept of IT, BT & S&T- Govt. of Karnataka	Marriages: “The Drama of Genes not Jeans”	06/11/2019
Dr. Yogesh S Skanda Life Sciences Pvt Ltd.	Cancer Biology

Programme

Name of the invitee

Topic

Date

One day Special Lecture

Dr. Jagadesh mittur

Former Head Facilitation Cell, KITS-Dept of IT, BT & S&T- Govt. of Karnataka

Marriages: “The Drama of Genes not Jeans”

06/11/2019

Dr. Yogesh S

Skanda Life Sciences Pvt Ltd.

Cancer Biology

2. Webinars organized : Click Here

3. Mentorship :

Sl.No.	Reg. no.	Name of the Students	Name of the Mentor
1	BT201001	Akash Patel M P	Dr.Gopinath SM
2	BT201002	Ambika L R
3	BT201003	Bhagyashree O
4	BT201004	Bharath A Rao
5	BT201005	Bi Bi Ameena
6	BT201006	Dhanu A S
7	BT201007	H Sangeetha
8	BT201008	Honnappa K H	Dr. Seema J Patel
9	BT201009	Imdadulla
10	BT201010	Keerthana H D
11	BT201011	Kumara B P
12	BT201012	Lohith R
13	BT201013	Mahesha N
14	BT201014	Pankaja S
15	BT201015	Pooja S B
16	BT202011	Koushik BR
17	BT201016	Pradeep M	Dr. Niranjan M H
18	BT201017	Prajwal Bhanu R B
19	BT201018	Ranjitha K U
20	BT201019	Salman Khan R
21	BT201020	Shwetha M Huragi
22	BT201021	Sudeep M V
23	BT201022	Sujatha R	Dr. Prabhurajeshwar
24	BT201023	Suma R J
25	BT201024	Tejaswini M M
26	BT201025	Thanushree K
27	BT201026	Thippeswamy E
28	BT201027	Vijay S Lamani
29	BT201028	Vishwanatha P
30	BT201029	Yogeshwari

Sl. No.	Reg. No.	Name of the Student	Name of the Mentor
01	BT191001	Anusha T	Dr. Navya HM
02	BT191002	Archana B H
03	BT191003	Ashwini N J
04	BT191004	Darshan M P
05	BT191005	Dhananjaya G R
06	BT191006	Jeevitha N
07	BT191007	Karibasappa S	Dr. Chandrashekar S
08	BT191008	Kushal R
09	BT191009	Mahima P L
10	BT191010	Manjunatha O
11	BT191011	Manoj B S
12	BT191012	Niveditha H
13	BT191013	Priyanka L	Ms. Kavitha GC
14	BT191014	Priyanka S J
15	BT191015	Rajanna T
16	BT191016	Sumathi B S
17	BT191017	Vanishree C

4. Other Activities :Click Here

Project details 2020 – 21 : Click Here