About the Institute Facil it ies in t he

Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research

was established by Sri Ramachandra Educational and Health depart m ent
Trust in the year 1985 as a private not-for-profit self-financing
ACCREDITED BY NAAC WITH A++ GRADE
institution and dedicated to serve the society as a center of
GRADED AS 'CATEGORY I UNIVERSITY' BY THE UGC
excellence with emphasis on medical education, research and
PORUR, CHENNAI - 600116. INDIA
health care. In view of its academic excellence, the Government
of India declared the Institute as Deemed to be University in
DEPARTMENT OF September, 1994 under Section 3 of the University Grants
I NSTRUMENTS AND EQUI PMENTS
Commission Act, 1956. The Trust achieved the task of
BIOTECHNOLOGY establishing this Institution as a "Center of Excellence" under Our institute has the State-of-the-art equipments like qPCR, FTIR, IR,
the leadership of Late Thiru. N.P.V. Ramasamy Udayar who was HPLC, HPTLC, FACS, Sequencer, Confocal Microscopy, GC, NMR etc
FACULTY OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES &
TECHNOLOGY the Founder Chancellor of the Institute. Over three decades, the that could be utilized by the students for their research work.
institute has transformed into a full fledged Institute with
eleven constituent faculties and around 117 programs in the We have all the lab facilities such as Microbiology facility, Animal
health care sciences. Nearly 6500 students receive teaching and Cell Culture facility, Plant Tissue Culture facility and Experimental
Creatinghumaneleadersinscience training in the campus. Over 5000 patients seek health care in Toxicology Facility. We also have various instruments like PCR, Gel
the State-of-the-art academic medical center. The institute has documentation system, ELISA plate reader, Hybridizer, Sonicator
MSc Biotechnology (CBCS) also been accredited by various national and international (bath and probe), Electrophoresis apparatus, laminar airflow,
Program Brochure agencies. National Assessment and Accreditation Council has fumehood, autoclaves, ice flaker, refrigerated centrifuges,
accredited the Institute with A Grade and Graded by UGC as micro-centrifuges, microwave oven, CO2 Incubator, Liquid Nitrogen,
Category I University. The Institute also has various national and
etc.
international collaborations signing of MoUs for enhancing
research.

Premises of Faculty of Biomedical Sciences and Technology

We have the state-of-the-art facilities right here in the campus
to enable the students to pursue their education and cutting
edge research at ease. Our campus also includes a Medical Achievements
Centre, fitness gym, ATMs, Bank, Post Office, Railway Booking - 4 Patents Published
Centre, Temple and Canteens. All these facilities are housed in a - Research Publications in International and National peer
lustrous environment ever keeping it green. Students may avail reviewed indexed journals
hostel facilities housed in the campus enjoying all the - Various projects funded by DBT, DST, DRDO, MoES, ICMR
in-campus facilities. Apart from their curricular activities, they - Organized conference/ CME by eminent scientists
enjoy a varied extra curricular activities like Sports, Culturals, - Strong Faculty Alumni networking
Competitions, NSS, NCC, etc. - Student internships, Project training
www.sriramachandra.edu.in - Publication writing workshops
ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT PROGRAMS OFFERED ALUMNI AND PLACEMENT
The Department of Biotechnology was started at > Program: MSc Biot echnol ogy
Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute during
October 1999. The first batch of students for the MSc CURRI CULUM DESI GN
Biotechnology degree program was admitted in December Apart from core theory and electives offered by the
2001 and the department was later included under the department, students can choose courses offered by other
Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Technology and Research. departments in the University and Hospital.
Under the excellent ambiance of healthcare sector, the
- 2 years; 4 semesters
department is dedicated to developing a strong - 12 Core Theory papers
multidisciplinary teaching program in biotechnology. Its - 5 Core Lab papers
commitment to research in different disciplines of Life - 1 Skill Lab paper
Many of our alumni have been Pl aced or pursuing their PhD at
Sciences underscores the importance of biotechnology in - 5 Elective papers
- 1 Dissertation the very prestigious institutions throughout the world.
areas such as Molecular Biology, Plant Tissue Culture, Animal
Cell Culture Environmental Biotechnology, Microbiology, COURSES COVERED Alumni in academia and companies
Immunology, Cancer Biology and Biochemistry. The
- Molecular Biology - Bios Partners at Dallas/ Ft. Worth, USA
Department draws funding from Indian and foreign - Genetic Engineering - Washington University at St.Louis, USA
Governments like, Department of Science & Technology, - Animal Cell Culture
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
DIHAR, MoES, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Council of - Cancer Biology
- Immunotechnology - University of British Columbia, Canada.
Medical Research, Indo-French, Tamil Nadu State Council for
- Pharmaceutical Biotechnology - George Washington University, USA
Science & Technology and internal funding from the
- Bioprocess Technology - Heidelberg University, Germany
University [GATE, Chancellor?s Summer Research Fellowship - Protein Biology
- Biocon Biologics India Limited
for Undergraduate students and Founder Chancellor, - Bioinformatics
- SERUM INSTITUTE OF INDIA PVT. LTD
Thiru. N.P.V.Ramasamy Udayar research fellowships for PhD].
PROGRAM HI GHLI GHTS
The department offers MSc Biotechnology and PhD
- Choice Based Semester System (CBCS)
What the Alumni Say
programs.
- Total credits - 97 The program structure provided me invaluable
The M.Sc Biotechnology program follows Choice Based Credit - Online group (biotechsru) activity for
knowledge in terms of theoretical and practical training
- Student-Alumni interactions
System (CBCS) where students are given the option to select which helped me face competitive exams abroad.
- Placement opportunities
elective subjects of interest in every semester. Since - HIgher studies opportunities Dr. Krishna C. Vallabhaneni. Ph.D., sMBA, (2005 batch), Field
Biotechnology is an integrated field, faculties from various - Interdepartmental activities Application Scientist, Maxcyte Inc. USA.
expertise teach cell biology, molecular biology, cancer - Housed in ecofriendly campus
biology, immunotechnology plant, animal, microbiology, - Clinical Research Projects Trained with wide spectrum of electives for industry
- Wide range of research projects including oriented skills and fantabulous research experience.
environment science and many other related disciplines.
healthcare
Ms. Nandini Prakash, Research Assistant (2015 batch)
ELI GI BI LI TY Sankara Nethralaya Medical Research Foundation, Chennai.
Any Life Science degree, Medicine, Dental, Veterinary, Allied
Health Sciences, Biomedical Sciences from any recognized
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University with 55% passing minimum/ B+ grade in the The Registrar
undergraduate qualifying examination. Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and
Research, (Deemed to be University)
> Program: PhD Porur, Chennai - 600116, Tamilnadu, India.
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Interested candidates can pursue their PhD in our department
in various areas of Life Sciences. To know more about the Head of the Department
program, kindly go through the regulations at the link. Dept of Biotechnology
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Any PG degree in life Sciences, Medicine, Dental, Veterinary,
PROFESSI ONAL GROWTH Allied Health Sciences, Biomedical Sciences from any
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