Courses Offered

Following are the courses offered by the department

Name of the Course Date of Establishment Division Intake Capacity

BSc Biotechnology

2005

1

50

M. Sc. Biotechnology

2008

2

48

BSc Blended
( Bioscience)

BSc Blended
( Bioscience)

1

45

UG Courses:

  • Name of the course :     BSc Biotechnology 
  • Objectives of the courses : 
  • Syllabus Framework of the courses :   (Based on NEP 2020 framework) 

Semester 1 (First Year)

Course Type Subject code Course Course / Paper Title Hours / Week Credit CIA ESE Total

Major
Mandatory ( 4 + 2)

23ScBIOU1101

Major Paper 1 (Theory)

Basics of Biotechnology I
(Plant sciences and Physics)

4

4

40

60

100

23ScBIOU1102

Major Paper 2 (Practical)

Practicals in Biotechnology I
(Plant sciences and Physics)

4

2

20

30

50

Major Electives

Minor

OE (2 + 2)

23ScBIOU1401

Biotechnology and Human welfare I

4

4

40

60

100

23CpCopU1402

Democracy, Election and Governance

4

4

40

60

100

VSC (2)

23ScBIOU1501

Major Specific Practical I

Analytical techniques

4

2

20

30

50

SEC (2)

23ScBIOU1601

Skill Paper 1 (Theory)

Basics of Chemistry and Biochemistry

4

2

20

30

50

AEC(2),

23CpCopU1701
/23CpCopU1701

MIL

MIL (Hindi ) /
MIL (Marathi)

2

2

20

30

50

VEC (2)

23CpCopU1801

EVS Theory

Environment Science I

2

2

20

30

50

IKS (2)

23ScBIOU1901

Major Specific Theory

Application of IKS in Biotechnology

2

2

20

30

50

CC (2)

23CpCopU1001

CC-I Course

Online Course Based on Yoga

2

2

20

30

50

Total

26

22

230

550

Semester 2 (First Year)

Course Type Subject code Course Course / Paper Title Hours / Week Credit CIA ESE Total

Major
Mandatory ( 4 + 2)

3ScBIOU2101

Major Paper 3 (Theory)

Basics of Biotechnology II
(Animal Sciences and Microbiology)

4

4

50

60

10

3ScBIOU2102

Major Paper 4 (Practical)

Practicals in Biotechnology II
(Animal Sciences and Microbiology)

4

2

20

30

50

Major Electives

Minor

23ScBIOU2301

Minor Paper I
(Theory)

Applied Biotechnology I
( Biophysics and Instrumentation)

2

2

20

30

50

OE (2 + 2)

3ScBIOU2401

Biotechnology and Human welfare II

4

4

40

60

100

23CpCopU2402

Fundamentals of Music

4

4

40

60

100

VSC (2)

23ScBIOU2501

Major Specific Practical II

Practicals in Biophysics and Instrumentation

4

2

20

30

50

SEC (2)

3ScBIOU2601

Skill Paper 1I (Theory)

Basics of Mathematics and Statistics

4

2

20

30

50

AEC(2),

3CpCopU2703

English Theory

English Communication Skills I

2

2

20

30

50

VEC (2)

23CpCopU2801

EVS Theory

Environment Science II

2

2

20

30

50

IKS (2)

CC (2)

23CpCopU2001

CC-II Course

Physical Education / Cultural Activities, NSS/NCC and Fine/ Applied/ Visual/ Performing Arts Course

2

2

20

30

50

Total

26

22

220

330

550

Semester 3 (Second Year)

Course Type Subject code Course Course / Paper Title Hours / Week Credit CIA ESE Total

Major
Mandatory ( 4 + 4)

23ScBIOU3101

Major Core Paper 5 (Theory)

Cell and Molecular Biology I

2

4

40

60

100

23ScBIOU3101

Major Core Paper 5 (Practical)

Cell and Molecular Biology I

4

4

40

60

100

Major Electives

23ScBIOU3102

Major Paper 6 (Theory)

Animal Development and Physiology

2

4

40

60

10

Minor

23ScBIOU3102

Major Paper 6 (Practical)

Animal Development and Physiology

2

2

20

30

50

OE (2 + 2)

3ScBIOU2401

Biotechnology and Human welfare II

2

4

40

60

100

Major Electives

Minor (4)

23ScBIOU3301

Minor Paper II Theory)

Applied Biotechnology II
(Immunology)

2

4

40

60

10

23ScBIOU3301

Minor Paper II (Practical)

Applied Biotechnology II
(Immunology)

4

4

40

60

10

OE (2 + 2)

23ScBIOU3401

Biotechnology and Human welfare III

4

4

40

60

10

VEC (2)

3ScBIOU3501

Major Specific Practical II

Molecular Diagnostics

4

2

20

30

50

SEC (2)

AEC(2),

23CpCopU3703

English Theory

English Communication Skills II

2

2

20

30

50

VEC (2)

IKS (2)

FP/CEP (2)

23ScBIOU3002

FP –I

Major Specific Project

2

2

20

30

50

Total

24

22

220

330

550

Semester 4 (Second Year)

Course Type Subject code Course Course / Paper Title Hours / Week Credit CIA ESE Total

Major
Mandatory ( 4 + 4)

23ScBIOU4101

Major Paper 7 (Theory)

Cell and Molecular Biology II

2

4

40

60

100

Major Paper 7 (Practical)

4

23ScBIOU4102

Major Paper 8 (Theory)

Plant Development and Physiology

2

4

40

60

10

Major Paper 8 (Practical)

Plant Development and Physiology

4

2

20

30

50

Major Electives

Minor (4)

23ScBIOU4301

Minor Paper III (Theory)

Applied Biotechnology III (Genetics)

4

4

40

60

10

OE (2 )

23ScBIOU4401

Biotechnology and Human welfare IV

4

4

40

60

10

VEC (2)

SEC (2)

23ScBIOU4601

Skill Paper III (Theory)

Metabolism

2

2

20

30

10

AEC(2),

23CpCopU4701/
23CpCopU4702

MIL

MIL (Hindi ) /
MIL (Marathi)

2

2

20

30

50

VEC (2)

IKS (2)

FP/CEP (2)

23ScBIOU4003

CEP –I

Community Engagement Project I

4

2

20

30

50

Total

30

22

220

330

550

Semester 5 (Third Year)

Course Type Subject code Course Course / Paper Title Hours / Week Credit CIA ESE Total

Major
Mandatory ( 4 + 4 + 2)

23ScBIOU5101

Major Core Paper 9 (Theory)

Microbial Biotechnology

2

4

40

60

100

Major Core Paper 9 (Practical)

Microbial Biotechnology

4

4

40

100

23ScBIOU5102

Major Paper 10 (Theory)

Bioinformatics

2

4

40

60

10

Major Paper 10 (Practical)

Bioinformatics

4

4

20

30

50

3ScBIOU5103

Major Paper 11 (Theory)

Protein Biology

2

2

20

30

50

Major Electives

23ScBIOU5201

Elective I (Theory)

Environment Ecology and Biodiversity

2

4

40

60

10

Elective I (Practical)

Environment Ecology and Biodiversity

4

4

40

60

10

3ScBIOU5202

Elective II (Theory)

Nanotechnology

2

4

40

60

10

Elective II (Practical)

Nanotechnology

4

2

20

30

10

Minor (4)

23ScBIOU5301

Minor Paper IV
(Theory +Practical)

Applied Biotechnology IV
(Plant Tissue Culture )

4

4

40

60

10

OE (2 + 2)

VSC (2)

23ScBIOU5501

Major Specific Practical III

Critical analysis of scientific papers and Scientific Writing

4

2

20

30

50

SEC (2)

AEC(2),

VEC (2)

IKS (2)

FP / CEP(2)

23ScBIOU5002

FP –II

Field Project II

4

2

20

30

50

Total

26

22

220

330

550

Semester 6 (Third Year)

Course Type Subject code Course Course / Paper Title Hours / Week Credit CIA ESE Total

Major
Mandatory ( 4 + 4 + 2)

3ScBIOU6101

Major Paper 12 (Theory)

Biophysical and Biochemical Techniques

2

4

40

60

10

Major Paper 12 (Practical)

Biophysical and Biochemical Techniques

4

4

40

100

23ScBIOU6102

Major Paper 13 (Theory)

RDT

2

4

40

60

10

Major Paper 13 (Practical)

RDT

4

4

20

30

50

23ScBIOU6103

Major Paper 14 (Theory)

Bio-safety, Bioethics and IPR

2

2

20

30

50

Major Electives

23ScBIOU6201

Elective II (Theory)

Food Biotechnology

2

4

40

60

10

Elective II (Practical)

Food Biotechnology

2

4

40

60

10

23ScBIOU6202

Elective II (Theory)

Agricultural Biotechnology

2

4

40

60

10

Elective II (Practical)

Nanotechnology

4

4

20

30

10

Minor (4)

23ScBIOU6301

Minor Paper IV (Theory)

AApplied Biotechnology V (Animal Tissue Culture )

2

4

40

60

10

Minor Paper IV (Practical)

Applied Biotechnology V (Animal Tissue Culture )

4

4

40

60

10

OE (2 + 2)

VSC (2)

SEC (2)

AEC(2),

VEC (2)

OJT (4)

23ScBIOU6004

OJT

On job Training

8

4

40

60

100

FP / CEP(2)

Total

26

22

220

330

550

Name of the course:    BSc Blended (Bioscience)  

Objectives of the courses: 

To introduce the fundamentals of science education 

  • To enrich students’ knowledge in all basic sciences 
  • To help the students to build interdisciplinary approach 
  • To inculcate sense of scientific responsibilities and social and environment awareness 
  • To help students build-up a progressive and successful career in academics and industry

Ongoing projects:  

  • Consultancy provided in areas : Nil
  • Skill Development Courses :
Sr. No. Name of the Course Duration Coordinator of the course Link to the syllabus

1.

Animal Models in developmental studies

10 days

Mrs. Mukta Kothari

2.

MS excel and Google documents

4 days

Ms.Divya Mistry