Biotechnology Department
The Department of Biotechnology at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, started in 2002 has both Undergraduate (BTech) and Postgraduate (PhD) academic programmes. The department is one of its kind in the whole North-Eastern India providing an excellent research environment and imparting quality education through its B.Tech and Ph.D programmes. The department has faculties from diverse streams and specializations.
Plant Biotechnology with an emphasis on North-Eastern flora forms the major thrust of the department. The department has initiated efforts to establish an animal cell culture facility, which will be one of its kind in the North-Eastern India. Apart from fundamental research, the goals of the department are also targeted to meet the demands of the biotechnology industry and the North-Eastern India.
Source: IIT Guwahati official website.