Workshop on Biotechnological Methods for School Students

The Department of Biotechnology organized a workshop on Biotechnological methods on 10th and 13th November 2023. It was aimed to provide hands on training and a comprehensive understanding of Molecular Biology techniques, Chromatography and Bioinformatics. This workshop was organized for school students studying in 9th, 10th and 11th standards. A total of 93 students from Bharathiya Vidya BhavanRead More…

Dr. George Thottapilly Memorial Lecture

Dr. George Thottapilly is known as the Father of Biotechnology in the African Nation of Nigeria. After completing his Bachelor’s degree from Kerala in Agricultural Science, he pursued his higher studies in foreign Universities which included his Ph.D degree from the University of Giessan. Most of his years were spent in the African Nation of Nigeria where he was appointed as the Senior VirologiRead More…

Industry Interaction & Expert Talk

The Department of Biotechnology in association with BRSI organized an Industry interaction and expert talk session on the topic “Analytical methods in Biotechnology”. It was held on 5th October 2023 for the fifth semester students of B.Tech Biotechnology. The speaker for the session was Mr. Varghese N Ouseph, Head of R&D at Agappe Diagnostics Ltd. He explained about the principle and working Read More…

Hands-on training on MATLAB Tools

A one-day workshop on MATLAB tools was organized by the Department of Biotechnology BEATS in association with BRSI. The resource person for the session was Mr. Rakshith B S, Senior Application Engineer for Mathworks products at CoreEL Technologies Bengaluru. It was held on 16 September 2023 for the final year students of B.Tech Biotechnology. The students were given hands-on training in using varRead More…

Workshop on Modern Tools in Bioinformatics

The Department of Biotechnology conducted a two-day workshop on the topic “Modern Tools in Bioinformatics” by Mr. Vipin Thomas, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Biosciences, Union Christian College, Aluva. The workshop was organized by BRSI and BEATS Association on 16 and 17 August 2023 for the students of seventh semester B.Tech Biotechnology. Various tools such as Pymol, Swiss PDB Viewer and Argus LabRead More…

Alumni lecture by Dr. Leon Ittiachen at Manipal Institute of Technology

Dr. Leon Ittiachen, Director of Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology was invited as the Guest speaker for the Class of 1994 Alumni Speaker Series at the Department of Chemical Engineering, MIT, Manipal. He delivered two lectures on the topics “Cellulosic Ethanol for Fuel Blending” and “Translational Research” on 12th May 2023 from 10:30 am to 3:30 pm in the MIT Auditorium. Read More…