B.tech. (Biotechnology) SEMESTER WISE COURSE LAYOUT

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SEMESTERWISE COURSE LAYOUT FOR B.Tech. (BIOTECHNOLOGY) 

Semester I

Course No.

Course Title

Credit

BOT-111/
MATH-111

Basic Botany/ Basic Mathematics – I

2+1/3+0

AGRO-111

Crop Production Technology

2+1

BT-111

Cell Biology

2+0

BT-112

Basic Genetics

2+1

BT-113

Introduction to Biotechnology

2+1

CSPD-111

Communication Skills and Personality development

1+1

ENV-111

Environmental Studies and Disaster Management

2+1

FT-111

Food Science and Processing

1+1

HD-111

Human Ethics

1+0

NCC-111/ NSS-111

NCC/NSS

0+1 NC

Total

15+7 (22) +1 NC=23

Semester II

Course No.

Course Title

Credit

ZOO-121/
MATH-122

Basic Zoology/ Basic Mathematics-II

2+1/3+0

BT-124

Plant Tissue Culture

2+1

BT-125

Molecular Biology

2+1

BOT-ZOO-121

Biodiversity and its Conservation

2+0

*HORT-121/
**AS-121

Production technologies for Horticultural Crops/
Anatomy and Physiology of Livestock

2+1/
3+0

MICRO-121

Microbiology

2+1

*PB -121/**AS-122

Principles of Plant Breeding/
Introduction to Animal Breeding

2+1/
2+1

STAT-121

Basic Statistics

1+1

NCC-122/
NSS-122

NCC/NSS

0+1 NC

Total

15+7(22)+1 NC=23

Semester III

Course No.

Course Title

Credit

AS -233

Livestock Production and Management

2+1

BT-236

Recombinant DNA Technology

2+1

BOT-232

Plant Physiology

2+1

ICT-231

Information and Communication Technology

1+1

ECON-231

Economics and Marketing

2+1

*ENT.PL.PATH- 231/**AS-234

Fundamentals of Crop Protection/
Livestock Product Technology

2+1/
2+1

MATH-233

Biomathematics

2+1

*PB-232/
**AS 235

Breeding of Field Crops/
Animal Health Care

2+1

ET-231

Educational Tour

0+1

NCC-233/NSS-233

NCC/NSS

0+1 NC

Total

15+9(24)+1 NC=25

Semester IV

Course No.

Course Title

Credit

EDBM -241

Entrepreneurship Development and Business Management

1+1

BIOCHEM- 241

General Biochemistry

3+1

BT-247

Introductory Bioinformatics

2+1

BT-248

Plant Genetic Transformation

2+1

BT/ECE-241

Electronics and Instrumentation in Biotechnology

1+1

BT-249

Classical and Molecular Cytogenetics

2+1

MICRO-242

Microbial Genetics

2+1

PHY-241

Biophysics

2+1

NCC-244/NSS-244

NCC/NSS

0+1 NC

Total

15+8 (23) +1 NC=24

Semester V

Course No.

Course Title

Credit

BIOCHEM-352

Enzymology and Enzyme Technologies

2+1

BT-3510

Immunology

2+1

BT-3511

Molecular Genetics

2+0

BT-3512

Nanobiotechnology

2+0

BT-3513

Animal Biotechnology

3+1

BT-3514

Molecular Marker Technology

2+0

BT-3515

Genomics and Proteomics

3+0

BT-3516

IPR, Biosafety and Bioethics

2+0

ICT-352

Agricultural Informatics

2+1

ET-352

Educational Tour

0+1

Total

20+5=25

Semester VI

Course No.

Course Title

Credit

BT-3617

Computational Biology

2+1

STAT-362

Biostatistics

2+1

Optional/
Elective Courses (6)

PBTEL-461 to 466
ABTEL-461 to 466
MEBTEL-461 to 466
BIFEL-461 to 466

Electives (4): Only one to be chosen (each with six courses)

18

1. Plant Biotechnology

12+6

1. Animal Biotechnology

13+5

1. Microbial and Environmental Biotechnology

14+4

1. Bioinformatics

11+7

Total

24

Course No.

Course Title

Credit

PBTEL-461

Plant Tissue Culture and its Applications

2+1

PBTEL-462

Principles and Applications of Plant Genetic Transformation

2+1

PBTEL-463

Applications of Genomics and Proteomics

2+1

PBTEL-464

Molecular Breeding in Field Crops

2+1

PBTEL-465

Molecular Breeding of Horticultural Crops and Forest Trees

2+1

PBTEL-466

Epigenetics and Gene Regulation

2+1

Elective II. Animal Biotechnology

ABTEL-461

Principles and Procedures of Animal Cell Culture

2+1

ABTEL-462

Animal Genomics

2+1

ABTEL-463

Embryo Transfer Technologies

2+1

ABTEL-464

Transgenic Animal Production

3+0

ABTEL-465

Molecular Diagnostics

2+1

ABTEL-466

Molecular Virology Production

2+1

Elective III. Microbial and Environmental Biotechnology

MEBTEL-461

Microbial Biotechnology

2+1

MEBTEL-462

Bio-prospecting of Molecules and Genes

3+0

MEBTEL-463

Molecular Ecology and Evolution

3+0

MEBTEL-464

Fundamentals of Molecular Pharming and Biopharmaceuticals

2+1

MEBTEL-465

Food Biotechnology

2+1

MEBTEL-466

Green Biotechnology

2+1

Elective IV. Bioinformatics

BIFEL-461

Programming for Bioinformatics

2+2

BIFEL-462

Bioinformatics Tools and Biological Databases

2+1

BIFEL-463

Structural Bioinformatics

2+1

BIFEL-464

Pharmacogenomics

2+1

BIFEL-465

Metabolomics and System Biology

2+1

BIFEL-466

Computational Methods for Data Analysis

1+1

Semester VII

Course No.

Course Title

Credit

Plant Biotechnology

READY-PB-471

Micro-propagation of field, horticultural and Medicinal plants

0+20

READY-PB-472

DNA Fingerprinting and hybridity testing

0+20

Animal Biotechnology

READY-AB-471

Dissemination of Elite germplasm of any species by frozenSemen technology

0+20

READY-AB-472

Molecular diagnostics for diseased/disordered animals

0+20

Microbial and Environmental Biotechnology

READY-MEB-471

Production of Probiotics/ Fermented Milk Products

0+20

READY-MEB-472

Mushroom Production and Processing Technology

0+20

READY-MEB-473

Liquid Biofertilizer Production Technology

0+20

Bioinformatics

READY-BIF-471

Biological database creation and its management

0+20

READY-BIF-472

Bioinformatics: Gene to genome

0+20

READY-BIF-473

Drug designing and pharmacogenomics

0+20

READY-BIF-474

AgriSciences utility tool designing

0+20

Total

0+20=20

Course No.

Course Title

Credit

READY-482

Student READY- Project Formulation, Execution and Presentation

0+10

READY-483

Student READY- Entrepreneurial Development in Biotechnology  (- On-campus/Off Campus)

0+10

Total

0+20 =20