Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag

Biotechnology

University Department of Biotechnology: –

Application Form For Admission In M.Sc. Biotechnology

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Admit Card for Entrance Aptitude Test M.Sc. Biotechnology

Prospectus of Biotechnology Department

Brief History of the Department (With Photographs)

The University Department of Biotechnology was established in the year 2004. It conducts the course of M.Sc Biotechnology and Ph.D program in Biotechnology. It aimed at high academic standards in teaching and research. Course is designed with scientific and technological approaches. The course imparts training and teaching in various disciplines of Biotechnology so as to make the students more competent towards the commercial aspects of Biotechnology. The department is well equipped with the basic and latest facilities yielding competent students who are pursuing teaching as well as research work at various institutions of India and International repute. Presently, the Department has started 2 Ad on Courses viz (1) Diploma in Forensic Science and (2) Diploma in Food Quality Assessment & Food Safety along with M.Sc. Biotechnology programme from the academic session 2016 onwards.

Objective:

Biotechnology has emerged as a very promising intellectual enterprise of the present century. It provides the technocratic tools to produce or modify novel products of microcosmic and macrocosmic plants, animals and microbes at industrial level. It holds a great promise in beneficial application of recent fascinating developments in genetic engineering, protein engineering, plant tissue culture, animal cell culture, stem cell biology, immunology, microbiology, bioinformatics, etc. to various sectors of social economic development containing of communicable diseases, production of biofertiliser, bioinsecticide and therapeutic chemicals. It has potentials of revolutionizing healthcare, agribusinesses and environmental diagnostics and putting the Biotechnologists on the global map.

The M.Sc Biotechnology program is designed to:

Develop/produce trained manpower with strong knowledge base in various disciplines of Biotechnology.

Prepare students to discover their latent potential and work as efficient and disciplined biotechnologists.

Stimulate their creative thinking to do innovative work in diverse branches of Biotechnology at national and international level.

The venue of M.Sc Biotechnology teaching:

Presently the Post Graduate Department of Biotechnology of Vinoba Bhave University is running theory and Practical classes of M.Sc. Biotechnology course in the campus of Vinoba Bhave University,Hazaribag. It has a very friendly and peaceful environment both for boys as well as girls.

Laboratory:

The University Department of Biotechnology is well equipped with its own air conditioned Central Instrumentation laboratory, Computer room with internet facility, Library, Seminar Room. The students are assigned library classes for thrice a week. In addition, V.B.U has Central Library within the campus, where students can go and use the books. Departmental library has more than 300 textbooks and manuals on diverse aspects of Biotechnology. It also has a Smart Room with smart board and projector. It has a number of sophisticated instruments of its own such as Shaker Incubator, UV-Visible spectrophotometer, ELISA reader, PCR, UV Torch, Gel Doc, Laminar Air Flow, Cooling Centrifuge, Water Analyzer, Deep Freezer, Inverted Phase Contrast Microscope, Nano Drop Spectrophotometer, Magnetic Stirrer, Ultra Water Purifier, Bio-Safety Cabinet, CO₂ Incubator, Evidence Bench, Water Bath, Vortex, Autoclave, B.O.D. Incubator, Hot air oven and others.

Facilities:

There is a Canteen, Post Office as well as a branch of United Bank of India Bank of India in the University Campus.

H.O.D.

HOD Biotechnology : Dr. A.K.Saha

Contact No. : 9430121110

E-Mail Address :

directorbiotech@vbu.ac.in

Faculty Members of Biotechnology Department

(Dr.) ASHISH KUMAR SAHA

Director of Department and Associate Professor

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Dr. Sunit Kumar Srivastava

Assistant Professor

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srisunit_biotech@vbu.ac.in

Name: (Dr.) Kumar Anand

Assistant Professor

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Eligibility for admission:

A candidate, who has passed one of the following examination from Vinoba Bhave University or an examination recognized by the university as equivalent thereto, shall be eligible to join M.Sc. course in Biotechnology.

B.Sc. (Honours) or equivalent examination under 10 + 2 +3 pattern of education in Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Botany, Chemistry and Zoology, MLT, with a minimum of 45% marks in aggregate.
B.Sc. (General) with (a) Botany, Zoology, Chemistry or (b) Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (having Biology at +2 level), with a minimum of 45% marks in aggregate.
Graduate in Agriculture / Forestry/ Veterinary/ Medical Sciences with a minimum of 45% marks in aggregate.

Selection Procedure:

The admission to M.Sc. Biotechnology course shall be made on the basis of performance of the candidate in the Entrance Aptitude Test (EAT) followed by counseling. For admission against NRI/NRI sponsored/ special payment seats, EAT is not required but the sponsored candidates shall be required to appear at Special Test including Viva-voce on a date to be decided by the department.

Nature of Test:

The Entrance Test will be conducted to test the knowledge of the candidates from various disciplines of Biotechnology (covering 80% questions of degree level), and mathematics including Statistics, Physics and Computer (Covering 20% questions of +2 level). Questions will be of objectives / Multiple choice/ Fill up the blanks type. There shall be negative marking and half of the total marks of each question will be deducted for each wrong answer. The test shall be of 90 minutes duration.

Course:

The M.Sc Biotechnology with Diploma in Forensic Science / Food Quality Assessment Food Safety is a full time Dual Degree programme which is completed in four semesters. Students have option to select anyone of the Diploma Programme which will be taught in 2^nd 3^rd Semesters. At the end of each semester there shall be University examination/ Internal Assessment. The course is designed in context with the current Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) as per latest UGC guidelines.

Workshops/Conference/Seminars/Symposia/Special lectures:

A National Workshop on Hands on training in Biotechnology, Emerging application and the way forward from 24^th-30^th March,2012, sponsored by University Grants Commission, jointly organized by Department of Biotechnology, St.Columba's College, Hazaribag Post Graduate Department of Biotechnology, Vinoba Bhave University, St.Columba's College, Hazaribag in association with niTZa biologicals(P) Ltd, Hyderabad.
A National Workshop on Calibration and Operations of Instruments and Glasswares from 28^th-30^th January, 2013 organized by Department of Biotechnology, St.Columba's College, Hazaribag Post Graduate Department of Biotechnology, Vinoba Bhave University, St.Columba's College, Hazaribag in association with niTZa biologicals(P) Ltd, Hyderabad.

A Special Lecture by Dr.R.S.Singh, Director, State Forensic Laboratory, Ranchi was organized on 08-08-2016.
A National Conference on Harmony with Nature in Context of Resource Conservation and Climate Change was Organized from 22-24, October, 2016, in collaboration with University Department of Zoology, Botany, Biotechnology Geology.
A special lecture was organized on 30^_11-2016 on recent aspects of Environmental Biotechnology by Anshu Mali, Indian Institute of Technology, Dhanbad (Formely, Indian School of Mines).

Chancellor Lecture Series was organized by the Department of Biotechnology on 24^thJanuary, 2017, Keynote Speaker: Dr. Abhay Sharma, Principal Scientist from Institute of Genomics Integrative Biology, New Delhi, delivered lecture on topic Epigenetic Inheritance: Effect Of Dietary And Other Environmental Factors Across Generations.
Two day workshop was organized in the department from 3^rd-4^th November, 2017, on career Readiness, resource person was Mr. Arup Sinha, M/S Arijeet, Ahmedabad.
A three day Hands on Training cum Workshop was organized in the department from 25^th-27^th November, 2017, on topic Bacterial Transformation Screening, resource person was Dr. Swapnil Sinha, NIPER, Guwahati.

Seminar on the topic Insights into the Role of Core Histone Tail Acetylation in Chromatin Accessibility was held on 24-02-18. Speaker was Lakshmi Narayan Mishra, Post Doc Fellow, University of Rochester, U.S.A.

Seminar on the topic IPR was held on 10-03-18. Speaker was Mr. Deepak Kumar, from Evalueserve/ Stellerix, Gurgaon.
Seminar on the topic Soft Skill Development and Employability Enhancement was held on 13-04-18. Spekaer was Mr.Sudhir Sadanand from Chennai.

Career opportunities in Biotechnology:

Following are the carrear opportunities for students who intend to study the course. Also a large number of suitable options are available for them, not only in India but abroad also.

Animal Cell Culture and Cloning	Neuro Science Technology	Cell Signaling Technology
DNA Fingerprinting and Forensic Science	Bio-Instrumentation Technology	Proteomics and Protein Engineering
Biophysical Analysis	Micro array and Gene Expression Analysis	Bio-Sensor Technology
Bio-Chemical Technology	Bio-Remediation and Waste Management	Bio-Statistical Analysis
Drug designing and Delivery System	Recombinant and Edible Vaccine Development	Gene Sequencing and Genome Analysis
Vector Designing and Development	Nano Bio-Technology	Bio-Transformation Technology
Bio-Leaching and Biomining	In vitro Fertilization Technology	Bio-Diversity Analysis
Bio-Fuel Production	Molecular Diagnostics	Bio-Degradable Plastic Technology
Enzyme Technology	Agricultural Technology	Food Processing/Beverage Industry
Pharmaceutical Product Manufacturing Industry	Biological Research (R D Sector)	Genetic Engineering and Gene Cloning
Stem Cell Technology	Bioinformatics Tool Designing	Biomedical Industries

Session wise Toppers List:

Session	Topper	Percentage / CGPA
2004-2006	Pallavi Sikha	77.76%
2005-2007	Meenakshi Sharma	77.88%
2006-2008	Abhaya Nayak	81.76%
2007-2009	Asmita Gupta	74.52%
2008-2010	Namrata Singh	82.41%
2009-2011	Archana Bharti	74.52%
2010-2012	Sonal Patel	81.29%
2011-2013	Dibya Rani	78.76%
2012-2014	Manisha Shalini Besra Varsha Gupta	78.29%
2013-2015	Tanushree Dutta	77.94%
2014-2016	Mansi	78.00%
2015-2017	Ankita Bhushan	8.2 CGPA

List of NET/GATE/ICMR/DBT Qualified Students:

Sl. No.	Name of Students	NET/GATE/ICMR/DBT
1.	Rajiv Ranjan	NET-JRF
2.	Abhas Sikdar	NET
3.	Abhaya Nayak	NET-JRF
4.	Asha Kumari	NET-JRF, GATE
5.	Vijaya Lakshmi	GATE
6.	Asmita Gupta	NET-JRF
7.	Namrata Singh	NET-JRF
8.	Sonal Patel	NET-JRF
9.	Garima Sharma	GATE
10.	Anil Kumar	GATE
11.	Minu Kumari	GATE
12.	Shamser Alam	GATE
13.	Navaljit Kaur	NET
14.	Indu Kumari	GATE
15.	Vivek Kumar Gupta	ICMR- JRF

Biotechnology

Biotechnology

H.O.D.

HOD Biotechnology : Dr. A.K.Saha

Faculty Members of Biotechnology Department

Eligibility for admission:

Selection Procedure:

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Career opportunities in Biotechnology:

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