Department of Biotechnology - TERESIAN COLLEGE

Introduction

UG Biotechnology is an undergraduate degree programme in applied sciences that amalgamates biological sciences and technology. The Department of Biotechnology was established in 2005. The Department is affiliated to the University of Mysore offering triple main Biotechnology-Chemistry-Zoology. The Department attracts students from all over the country and abroad. The UG Biotechnology is exclusively focused in bridging life science to technology and entrepreneurship.

Core Features

Biotechnology is integrated into natural science and technical course. The department of biotechnology grooms the student with strong theory to nurture them to future opportunities in industries and research. Two consecutive (one odd + one even) semesters constitute one academic year. Choice Based Credit System provides choice for students to select from the prescribed courses (core, elective or minor or soft skill courses). To bring in the desired uniformity, in grading system the cumulative grade point average (CGPA) based on the performance of students in the examinations is followed as per the UGC. Students can explore job opportunities in Government and Private firm. The students have privilege to purse B.Ed in few institutes.

Departmental Activities

Talk on future prospects of biotechnology by Pradeep HP, HongKong on 20-01-2018

Talk organised by UG Department of Biotechnology by Dr. PrakashHalami, Senior Scientist, CFTRI, on Food Microbiology August 2016.
Talk organised by UG and PG Department of Biotechnology by Dr. Sabapathi, Associate director, DFRL, on Food Packaging, 28, February 2016.
Hurmine ridha of Biotechnology 2016-2017 batch - University topper gave a talk on Preparation for various PG exams on 13 January 2018.

Workshop organised

One day state level workshop was conducted by Dept of Biotechnology and HD on 31-01-2018

Industrial/Field Visit

Visit to Mega Dairy- Mymul 08^th January 2020
One day visit to Gopal Gowda Memorial Hospital 10th July 2019
One day visit to Defense Food Research Laboratory 16^th January 2019.

Extension Activity

Zarena and Dr. Manasa, Visit to NSS Camp, Yandhalli, Mysuru- 11-01-2020
Students Visit to Charity Home, Gudalur, Nilgiris on January 2019

Research

The department provides an ideal milieu for interdisciplinary collaborative research and interaction between students and faculty. The major research areas are in the field of Biofertilizers and Bioinformatics. The Faculty members welcome active industrial consultancy.

Courses offered: BSc. - CZBT (Chemistry, Zoology and Biotechnology)

B Sc (Biotechnology)	Course Outcome
Genetics and Cell Biology	Course outcomes: By the end of the course the student will be able to have a firm foundation in the fundamentals of Cell Biology, cell signalling, signal transduction, development of cancer, knowledge on chemotherapeutic agents and genetic disorder.
Biochemistry	Course outcome: Student will be gain knowledge on chemistry of life, metabolic pathway and enzymology.
Immunology and Medical Biotechnology	Course outcomes: By the end of the course the student will be able to understand infections caused by different bacteria and viruses. Immune Mechanisms, and various Immuno techniques like ELISA, RIA, Western Blot and Southern Blot.
Molecular biology and Genetic engineering	Course Outcomes: By the end of the course the student will be able to acquaint students with applications of genetic engineering like transgenic plants, animals and understand molecular biology tools and techniques.
Environment Biotechnology and Bioinformatics	Course Outcomes: To acquaint students with applications of biotechnology in pollution abatement and detection like bioremediation, and using different techniques like biosensors, immobilisation of cells. Another objective of this course was to acquaint learning and understanding basic concepts of Bioinformatics and the tools used in Bioinformatics.
Industrial Biotechnology	Course outcomes: By the end of the course the student will be able to understand the various aspects in dairy technology, the concept of biosensors and gain knowledge about IPR

Programme Outcome

1) Graduates will gain and apply knowledge of Biotechnology, Science and Engineering concepts to solve problems related to field of Biotechnology.

2) Graduates will develop a good writing and communication skill

3) Graduates will be able to design and develop solution while keeping in mind safety factor for environmental & society.

4) Graduates will be able to undertake any responsibility as an individual and as a team in a multidisciplinary environment.

Pursue post-graduation in biotechnology

Higher Education M.Sc. and Ph.D

Fellowship: CSIR, UGC, ICMR, ICAR, DBT, GATE

GRADUATE APTITUDE TEST-BIOTECHNOLOGY (GAT-B) (replaces JNU-CEEB)

B.Ed in RIE-NCERT Entrance EXAM

JOBS

Eligible for all competitive exam jobs

Work under Scientist or Professors in Projects

Jobs in Private /Government sectors

Laboratory Technician/Assistant

Entrepreneur

Biopharma company

Research and Development (R&D)

Intellectual Property Research and Patenting

Teaching in Private and Government colleges

Best practice

Students are advised to carefully discard the chemicals and microorganism creating awareness about the environmental hazard.
Topper of the class is made to give a presentation on how to prepare and face the examination to subordinate class

Biotechnology is a highly refined and sophisticated discipline. Our department is complied by having experienced faculty with a rich and varied teaching and research exposure. Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India has immensely inspired the Biotechnology research and development activities through several researches. I hope you will have comfortable stay and joyful learning experience at Department of Biotechnology in Teresian College.

Thank you.

Vision:

“Visualizing Life Science through technology”

Mission:

To provide quality teaching and research to create future Entrepreneur and Professionals
To create awareness towards socio-ethical implications of biotechnology.

NAME: Dr. Zarena

DESIGNATION: Assistant Professor

RESEARCH INTEREST: Nutrigenomics

TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE : 17 Years

Dr. Zarena earned M.Phil in Biochemistry and PhD in Biotechnology from University of Mysore. She received BITP-DBT training and successfully completed her project at IIT-D. She is the recipient of CSIR and ICMR- SRF and UGC Postdoctoral Fellowship. She has attended several National and International conferences and has authored research articles with H-index 11 and has one Indian Patent. She is the reviewer for Food research international, Process biochemistry and Journal of Separation Science.

Name :Dr. Sushma K.S.
Designation : Assistant Professor
Qualification : Ph.D.
Year of Joining : 2021
Experience : 03 Years
Specialization : Microbiology.

Dr. Zarena A. S.

HoD & Assistant Professor

Dr. Sushma K.S.

Asst. Professor

Students Achievements

Ms. Jaanaky Vigneshwaran was elected as an academic secretary for the “Federation of International Students Association” Mysore in 2019 for 8 months.
Hurmine Ridha- University of Mysore First Rank holder in BSc for the academic year 2017-2018. She also participated in the republic parade for top100 students.
Bhanupriya won second prize in oral presentation 2017, Association of Microbiologist, CFTRI Mysore.
Sahana Prakash, I year Biotech NCC, selected to participate in Republic Parade 2019.
Veronica A and Ms. Tejeswini won a cash prize of Rs. 2000/- 2018-2019 from Karnataka Rajya Vijnana Parishat. Topic : polymerase chain reaction
Veronica A and Ms. Tejeswini won second prize of Rs. 2000/- 2019-2020 from Karnataka Rajya Vijnana Parishat. Topic : Gene cloning
Shristi Dev cleared the JNU Biotechnology entrance and has taken up MSc. Biotechnology at Pondicherry University 2019-2021 with a fellowship of Rs 5000/ pm

Internship: Ms. Shristi Dev, Ms. Kusuma (2019) completed their internship on Lipidomics at Adwithya Technologies, Mysore

Alumnus Achievers: Ms. Srishti Dev cleared the JNU CEEB