proposed syllabus for integrated ug/pg (hons.) based on

Proposed Syllabus for

Integrated UG/PG (Hons.) based on CBCS system

(Five years/Ten semesters)

(Biotechnology)

(To be implemented from the academic session 2017-2018)

Department of Biotechnology

School of Life Sciences

Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya

Bilaspur (C. G.) 495 009

Integrated UG/PG Biotechnology (Five years/Ten semesters)

Integrated UG/PGSemester- II

Code Course Opted

Subjects Hours/ Semester

Hours/ Week

Credits

LBTC 201 Core-1

Paper-1 Microbiology 32 2 2

LBTC 202 Paper-2 Fundamental of Genetics 32 2 2

Core-2 Botany/ Zoology Paper-1 32 2 2

Botany/ Zoology Paper-2 32 2 2

Core-3

Chemistry Paper-1 32 2 2


Ability EnhancementCompulsory Course

Hindi-II 32 2 2

English-II 32 2 2

LBTC 203 Lab - 1 Laboratory - 1 (Based on Core - 1)

64 4 2

Lab - 2 Laboratory - 2 (Based on Core - 2)

64 4 2

Lab -3 Laboratory - 3 (Based on Core - 3)

64 4 2

Integrated UG/PGSemester – I

Code Course Opted

Subjects Hours/ Semester

Hours/ Week

Credits

LBTC 101 Core-1

Paper-1 Biomolecules 32 2 2

LBTC 102 Paper-2 Cell Biology 32 2 2



Core-3



Ability EnhancementCompulsory Course

Hindi-I 32 2 2

English-I 32 2 2


64 4 2


64 4 2


64 4 2

Total 448 28 22

Total 448 28 22

Integrated UG/PGSemester - III

Code Course Opted

Subjects Hours/Semester

Hours/Week

Credits

LBTC 301 Core-1 Paper-1 Biostatistics 32 2 2

LBTC 302 Paper-2 Molecular Biology 32 2 2



Core-3 Chemistry Paper-1 32 2 2


Skill EnhancementCourse-1

Environmental Sciences-I 32 2 2

LBTC 303 Lab - 1 Laboratory - 1 (Based on Core - 1

64 4 2


64 4 2


64 4 2

Total 416 28 20

Integrated UG/PGSemester – IV

Code Course Opted

Subject Hours/ Semester

Hours/ Week

Credits

LBTC 401 Core-1 Paper-1 Immunology 32 2 2

LBTC 402 Paper-2 Biophysical Techniques 32 2 2

Core-2 Zoology/Botany Paper-1 32 2 2

Zoology/Botany Paper-2 32 2 2

Core-3 Chemistry Paper-1 32 2 2


Skill EnhancementCourse-1

Environmental Sciences-II 32 2 2

Disaster Management (incorporate only if common syllabus or Academic council decision)

32 2 2


64 4 2


64 4 2


64 4 2

Total 448 32 22

*Student can opt any one out of the three core papers (Biotechnology, Botany/Zoology and Chemistry) as the honours (Subject to the availability of the seats as approved by the Academic Council)

*The decision of the Dean of the school and the Head of the respective Department will be final

Integrated UG/PG V Semester

Code Course opted

Subjects Hours/ semester

Hours/ week

Credits

LBTC 501 Core -1 Genetic Engineering 48 03 03

LBTC 502 Core -2 Animal & Plant biotechnology 48 03 03

LBTC 503 Core -3 Bioinformatics 48 03 03

LBTC 504 LBTC 505

Elective a) Medical Diagnostics b) Biotechnology in Crop

improvement

48 03 03

Laboratory

LBTC 506 Lab 01 Laboratory – 1 (based on Core -1 & Core -2)

96 06 03

LBTC 507 Lab 02 Laboratory - 2 (based on Core -3 & Elective)

96 06 03

LBTC 508 Seminar Seminar based on elective 32 02 02

Total 806 26 20

Integrated UG/PG VI Semester

Code Course opted


Hours/ week

Credits

LBTC 601 Core -1 Industrial Biotechnology 48 03 03

LBTC 602 Core -2 Biosafety, Bioethics & IPR 48 03 03

LBTC 603 LBTC 604

Elective a) Fermentation Technology b) Gene therapy

48 03 03

Laboratory

LBTC 605 Lab 01 Laboratory - 1 (based on Core -1 & Core -2)

96 06 03

LBTC 606 Lab 02 Dissertation on electives 192 12 06

Total 384 27 18

PG I Semester/ Integ. UG/PG VII Semester

code Course opted


Hours/ week

Credits

LBTC 701 Core -1 Cell Biology 48 03 03

LBTC 702 Core -2 Microbiology 48 03 03

LBTC 703

Core -3 Biochemistry (Regulation & Metabolism)

48 03 03

LBTC 704 Core -4 Recombinant DNA Technology 48

03 03

Laboratory

LBTC 705 Lab 01 Laboratory - 1 (based on Core -1 & Core -2)

96 06 03

LBTC 706 Lab 02 Laboratory - 2 (based on Core -3 & Core-4)

96 06 03

Total 384 24 18

PG II Semester/ Integ. UG/PG VIII Semester

Code Course opted


Hours/ week

Credits

LBTC 801 Core -1 Molecular Biology 48 03 03

LBTC 802 Core -2 Immunology 48 03 03

LBTC 803 Core -3 Biotechniques 48 03 03

LBTC 804 Core-4 Enzymology and Enzyme Technology 48 03 03

Laboratory

LBTC 805 Lab 01 Laboratory– 1 (based on Core -1 & Core -2)

96 06 03

LBTC 806 Lab 02 Laboratory -2 (based on Core -3 & Core-4)

96 06 03

Total 384 24 18

PG III Semester/ Integ. UG/PG IX Semester

Code Course opted


Hours/ week

Credits

LBTC 901 Core -1 Plant Biotechnology 48 03 03

LBTC 902 Core -2 Microbial Biotechnology 48 03 03

LBTC 903 Core -3 Animal Biotechnology 48 03 03

LBTC 904 LBTC 905 LBTC 906 LBTC 907

Elective a) Bioprocess Technology b) Genomics & Proteomics c) Molecular Diagnostics d) Food Technology

48 03×2 03×2

Laboratory

Baskets of Electives: Students in PG IV semester has to select any two subjects from the elective baskets.

The dissertation work for PG IV semester shall be based on the area of electives selected by the students.

SEMESTER - I Integ. UG/PG I Semester, Core- 1 Course: Biomolecules Course Code: LBTC 101 Course Credit: (2-0-0) 2 Unit - 1 Biomolecules: configuration and conformation. Properties of water as biological solvent.Carbohydrates: chemical structures, nature, properties, classification and importance in biological systems

Unit - 2 Amino acids: classification, properties, structure, nature. Proteins structure: primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structure, protein folding and function

Unit - 3 Enzymes: classification, characteristics, factors affecting enzyme activity. Enzyme kinetics, Km&Vmax, activation and inhibition of enzymes

Unit - 4

LBTC 908 Lab 01 Laboratory -1 (based on Core -1 & Core -2)

96 06 03

LBTC 909 Lab 02 Laboratory -2 (based on Core -3 Elective)

96 06 03

Total 384 24 18

PG IV Semester/ Integ. UG/PG X Semester

Code Course opted


Hours/ week

Credits

LBTC 1001 Core -1 Bioinformatics & Statistics 48 03 03

Skill Development Courses Skill Development Courses

LBTC 1002 LBTC 1003 LBTC 1004 LBTC 1005 LBTC 1006 LBTC 1007

Elective a) Plant metabolic Engineering b) Gene Therapy &Nanomedicine c) Industrial & Fermentation Technology d) Immunotechniques e) Entrepreneurship Management in

Biotechnology f) Environmental Biotechnology

48×2 03×2 03×2

LBTC 1008 Dissertation 288 18 06+03

Total 432 27 18

Lipids: structure, classification, properties and function. Cholesterol structure and function. Vitamins: fat-soluble and water-soluble

Unit - 5 Nucleic acids:Bases, nucleosides and nucleotides, DNA& RNA structure Evaluation Scheme:

S.No. Examination Duration % of Marks

1 Internal Assessment I 1 hour

15

2 Internal Assessment II 1 hour 15

3 End Semester 3 hours 30

4 Attendance/Assignment/Class performance

Each semester 5

Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessments will be taken into consideration. Suggested Readings

1. Lehninger’s Principle of Biochemistry: DL Nelson & MM Cox 2. Biochemistry: LubertStryer 3. Text Book of Biochemistry: Devlin, Thomas M 4. Biochemistry: Geoffery, Zubay 5. Basic Biological Chemistry: Mahler and Cordes 6. Biochemistry: KeshavTrehan 7. Fundamental of Biochemistry: Dr.A.C. Deb

Integ. UG/PG I Semester, Core- 1 Course: Cell Biology Course Code: LBTC 102 Course Credit: (2-0-0) 2 Unit - 1 Origin of life – Concept of life, theory of chemical evolution, formation of RNA and DNA

Unit - 2 Basics of eukaryotic cell biology (structure & function) – Historical background, discovery of cell and cell theory, comparison between plant and animal cells, cell wall, plasma membrane: structure & functions

Unit - 3

Ultrastructure of cell: Cytoskeleton, protoplasm, mitochondria, chloroplast, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi complex, lysosome, endosome and microbodies, ribosome, centriole, nucleus

Unit - 4 Methods in Cell Biology: Elementary idea of microscopy and cell fractionation

Unit - 5 Cell cycle, mitosis & meiosis, phases of cell division and their significance Evaluation Scheme:



15




Each semester 5

Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessments will be taken into consideration.

Suggested Readings 1. Cell (A Molecular approach): Cooper GM 2. Cell and Molecular Biology: Karp G 3. Cell and Molecular Biology: Kish VM and Kleinsmith LJ 4. Cell and Molecular Biology: deRobertis and deRobertis 5. The Cell: Albert jhonson, 6. Cell biology: Singh &Tomar

Integ. UG/PG I Semester, Lab-1 Course: Laboratory -1 (Based on Core-1) Course Code: LBTC 103 Course Credit: (0-0-4) 2 Evaluation Scheme:



15




Each semester 5

Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessments will be taken into consideration. SEMESTER-II

Integ. UG/PG II Semester, Core- 1 Course: Microbiology Course Code: LBTC 201 Course Credit: (2-0-0) 2

Unit - 1 History and scope of microbiology, aseptic techniques, bacterial and fungal staining, Microbial growth and nutrition: Different types of culture media, obtaining pure culture, measurement of bacterial growth

Unit - 2 General account and classification of virus, bacteriophage (lamda phage, T2, T4), general life cycle and lysogeny, abortive lysogeny, retrovirus, ΦX174, mycoplasma and prions

Unit - 3 General account and classification of bacteria, cell structure and reproduction, genetic recombination, economic importance of bacteria, Actinomycetes; general account

Unit - 4 General characters, classification of fungi with respect to asexual and sexual processes, economic importance of fungi

Unit - 5 Microbes in extreme environment: general characters, classification. Survival mechanism of thermophiles, halophiles, psychrophiles Evaluation Scheme:



15




Each semester 5


1. Microbiology: Talaro 2. Biology of Microorganism: Broak 3. Principal of Microbiology: Atlas 4. Microbiology: Fred Alcamo 5. General Microbiology: Stanier 6. Microbiology: Pelczar& Krieg 7. Microbiology: Tortora

Integ. UG/PG II Semester, Core- 1

Course: Fundamental of Genetics Course Code: LBTC 202 Course Credit: (2-0-0) 2 Unit - 1 Mendelism–Mendel’s laws of inheritance, post-Mendelian inheritance, phenomenon of co-dominance & incomplete dominance, multiple allelism, polygenic inheritance, pleiotropism, Sex linkage in Drosophila

Unit - 2 Chromosome theory of heredity (Sutton-Boveri), linkage & crossing over, Relationship between linkage & crossing over, significance of crossing over, extranuclear genes and their inheritance patterns

Unit - 3 Chromosomal variation in number & structure – Euploidy (auto and allopolyploidy), induced polyploidy, applications of polyploidy, non-disjunction & aneuploidy

Unit – 4 Mutation – Occurrence, kinds of Mutation, spontaneous and induced Mutation, Lethal Mutations, Biochemical Mutations, Mutagens, detection of Mutation, Phenotypic effects of Mutation, Molecular basis of mutation, significance and application of Mutations

Unit- 5 Human genetics: karyotype, nomenclature of chromosome subdivisions, Inheritance patterns in human. Aneuploidy in human (Down, Turner and Klinefelter syndromes), sex linked diseases and autosomal disorders due to recessive and dominant mutations Evaluation Scheme:


1 Internal Assessment I 1 hour 15




Each semester 5

Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessments will be taken into consideration. Suggested Readings Genetics: Strickberger MW

1. Genetics Analysis: Griffiths and Suzuki 2. Genetics: Hartl and Jones 3. Genetics: Gupta PK 4. Microbial Genetics: David Friefielder 5. Gene IX: Lewin Benjamin 6. Principle of Genetics: Gardner 7. Genome-3: T.A. Brown

Integ. UG/PG II Semester, Lab- 1 Course: Laboratory -1 (Based on Core-1) Course Code: LBTC 203 Course Credit: (0-0-4) 2

Evaluation Scheme:




3 End Semester 3-hour 30


Each semester 5


SEMESTER-III

Integ. UG/PG III Semester, Core- 1 Course: Biostatistics Course Code: LBTC 301 Course Credit: (2-0-0) 2 Unit - 1 Introduction and definition of biostatistics, tabulation and classification of data, frequency distribution and graphical distribution of data

Unit - 2 Measures of central tendencies, mean, median, mode and their properties, measure of dispersion: mean deviation, variance, coefficient of variance and standard deviation

Unit-3 Comparison of two data sets: hypothesis, students t-test, paired t-test, correlation coefficient, liner regression analysis, chi-square test, contingency test, testing of hypothesis

Unit - 4 Concepts and problems on probability: probability distribution function, binomial distribution, poisson distribution

Unit - 5 Comparison of three and more samples: one-way ANOVA test, least significant difference, two-way ANOVA test, hypothesis and testing of hypothesis

Evaluation Scheme:






Each semester 5

Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessments will be taken into consideration Suggested Readings 1. Principles of Biostatistics: Mishra BN and Mishra SN 2. Biostatistics: Daniel WW 3. Principle of Biostatistics: Marcello pagano

Integ. UG/PG III Semester, Core- 1 Course: Molecular Biology Course Code: LBTC 302 Course Credit: (2-0-0) 2

Unit - 1 Prokaryotic and eukaryotic genome organization, central dogma, structural organization of chromosome

Unit - 2 Basic rule for replication of nucleic acids, Mechanism of DNA replication in prokaryotes (Initiation, elongation and termination),Enzymology of DNA replication

Unit - 3 Basic features and mechanisms of RNA synthesis in prokaryotes, E. coli RNA polymerase, Concept of reverse transcription

Unit - 4 Genetic code, Translation machinery, Mechanism of protein synthesis-activation of amino acid and amino acylation of tRNA, initiation, elongation and termination,

Unit - 5 Molecular mechanism of gene regulation and transcriptional regulation in prokaryotes (Inducible and repressible system, positive regulation and negative regulation), Operon concept: lac, trp and ara operon

Evaluation Scheme:






Each semester 5

Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessments will be taken into consideration

Suggested Readings 1. Molecular Biology of the Gene: Watson JD, Hopking N, Robast J. and Steiz, J 2. Gene X:Lewin Benjamin

3. Molecular cell Biology: Lodish H, Baltimore D, Berk A, Zipursky SL, Paul M and Darnell J 4. Cell and Molecular Biology: Gerald Karp 5. Molecular Biology: Upadhyaye 6. Molecular Biotechnology: Piramal.

Integ. UG/PG III Semester, Lab- 1 Course: Laboratory -1 (Based on Core-1) Course Code: LBTC 303 Course Credit: (0-0-4) 2

Evaluation Scheme:






Each semester 5

Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessments will be taken into consideration. SEMESTER IV

Integ. UG/PG IV Semester, Core - 1 Course: Immunology Course Code: LBTC 401 Course Credit: (2-0-0) 2 Unit - 1 Innate and adaptive immunity, antigens, antigenicity and immunogenicity, B and T cell epitopes

Unit - 2 Structure and function of antibody molecules, monoclonal antibodies, antigen-antibody interactions

Unit - 3 MHC molecules, antigen processing and presentation, activation and differentiation of B and T cells, B and T cell receptors and their roles

Unit - 4 Humoral and cell-mediated immune responses, primary and secondary immune modulation, the complement system

Unit - 5 Inflammation, hypersensitivity and autoimmunity, immune response during bacterial (tuberculosis), parasitic (malaria) and viral (HIV) infections, vaccines

Evaluation Scheme:



15




Each semester 5

Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessments will be taken into consideration. Suggested Readings 1. Essentials of Immunology: Roitt IM 2. Immunology: Kuby J 3. Advanced Immunology: Male D Champion B, Cooke A & Owen M 4. Immunology: Rao CV 5. Immunology: Joshi, Osama 6. Immunology: Ranga MM

Integ. UG/PG IV Semester, Core - 1 Course: Biophysical Techniques Course Code: LBTC 402 Course Credit: (2-0-0) 2

Unit - 1 General biophysical methods – Measurement of pH, buffers, Henderson – Hasselbalch equation, isoelectric point

Unit - 2 Separation & identification of biomolecules - concept of chromatographytheir types and applications, electrophoresis- types and application

Unit - 3 Centrifugation – Basicprinciple of centrifugation, types and application, instrumentation of ultracentrifuge and application

Unit - 4 Microscopy – light microscopy, bright & dark field microscopy, fluorescence microscopy, phase contrast microscopy, TEM, SEM

Unit - 5

Spectroscopy: Principle, types and instrumentation,(colorimeter, UV-Visible spectrophotometer, InfraRed spectrophotometer), Techniques of radioactivity and radioactivelabeling, Counting-Scintillation counters, Geiger-Muller counter, autoradiography. Evaluation Scheme:



15




Each semester 5

Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessment will be taken into consideration. Suggested Readings

1. Biochemical Techniques theory and practice: White R 2. Analytical Chemistry: Christion GD 3. An Introduction to Practical Biochemistry: Plummer DT 4. Undergraduate Instrumental Analysis: Robinsan, JW 5. Essentials of Biophysics: Narayanan, P 6 A Text Book of Biophysics: Roy RN 7. Biophysical chemistry: Upadhya and Nath

Integ. UG/PG IV Semester, Lab - 1 Course: Laboratory -1 (Based on Core-1) Course Code: LBTC 403 Course Credit: (0-0-4) 2 Evaluation Scheme:



15




Each semester 5


SEMESTER - V

Integrated UG/PG V Sem, Core-1 Course: Genetic Engineering Course Code: LBTC 501 Course Credit: (3-0-0) 3

Unit - 1 History of recombinant DNA technology, Host controlled restriction modification system, restriction endonucleases, Cutting and joining of DNA molecules in vitro. Phosphatases, ligases and polymerases

Unit - 2 Cloning vectors: plasmid, bacteriophage, cosmids, phagemid, BAC and YAC vectors, Expression vectors, Gene transfer methods: microinjection, electroporation, microprojectile bombardment, shot gun method, ultrasonication, lipofection, micro laser, Selection and screening of recombinants by genetic, immunochemical and hybridization methods

Unit - 3 Expression of foreign genes in E.coli and Yeast, application of gene cloning for the analysis of gene structure and function, expression of foreign genes using strong promoters, production of protein and other therapeutics from cloned genes, artificial insulin gene, recombinant vaccine

Unit - 4 Genetic engineering in plants: use of Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Agrobacteriumrhizogenes, Ti plasmids, application of recombinant DNA technology in agriculture,

Unit - 5 Genetic engineering in animals: production of transgenic mice, embryonic stem cells for gene targeting in mice, applications of gene targeting

Evaluation Scheme:






Each semester 5


1. Molecular Biotechnology, Principles and Applications of Recombinant DNA: Glick BR & Pasternak JJ 2. Gene cloning and Manipulating: Christopler H 3. An Introduction of Genetic Engineering: Nicholl DST 4. Principles of Gene manipulation: Old. RW and Primrose SB 5. Genetic engineering in plant: Narnin R

Integrated UG/PG V Sem, Core-2 Course : Animal and Plant Biotechnology Course Code: LBTC- 502 Course Credit: (3-0-0) 3

Unit - 1 Introduction to cell and tissue culture- Laboratory organization, Maintaining Aseptic environment,Cellular Totipotency, Culture media, Laminar air flow cabinet and cell culture incubator: BOD incubator, CO2 incubator etc.Biosafety levels for plant and animal culture,

Unit - 2 Animal cells: substrate on which cells grow, feeder layer on substrate, gas phase for tissue culture, media and supplements. Sources of tissue, primary culture, differentiation of cells, growth kinetics, animal cell lines and their origin and characterization

Unit - 3 Cloning & Selection of specific cell types – cloning, somatic cell fusion and HAT selection, Medium suspension fusion, selection of Hybrid clone, production of monoclonal antibodies, Organ Culture - Culture of embryonic organs, whole embryo culture, culture of adult organs.

Unit - 4 In vitro culture: approaches & methodologies - preparation steps for tissue culture, surface sterilization of plant tissue material, basic procedure for aseptic tissue transfer, incubation of culture.

Unit - 5 Tissue nutrition : Growth Hormones - Plant cells (Composition of culture media, Growth hormones, Vitamins, Unidentified supplements, selection of media); Tissue culture methodologies - Plant cells Callus Culture, Cell Suspension Culture, Organ culture: anther culture, ovary culture, Somatic Embryogenesis, Micropropagation, Somaclonal variation.

Evaluation Scheme:






Each semester 5

Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessments will be taken Suggested Readings 1. Plant tissue culture : Bajaj, Y.P.S. Series.2. Plant tissue culture : Gamborg and Phillip. 3. Basic and Agricultural Biotechnology (1993) Purohit and Mathur 4. Plants, Genes, and Agriculture : Chrispeels, M. J. and Grierson, D. 5. Genetic Engineering of crop plants : Lycett, G. W. and Grierson, D. 6. Biotechnological innovation in Animal productivity: (Biotol Series) 7. Culture of Animal cell: A mannual of Basic Techniques(4th ed.) (2000) Freshney UG V Semester/ Integ. UG/PG V Semester, Core- 3 Course: Bioinformatics

Course Code: LBTC 503 Course Credit: (3-0-0) 3 Unit -1 Introduction to bioinformatics and data. Examples of related tools (FASTA, BLAST), databases (GENBANK, Pubmed, PDB). Applications of Bioinformatics.

Unit-2 General Introduction of Biological Databases; Nucleic acid databases (NCBI, DDBJ, and EMBL). Protein databases (Primary, Composite, and Secondary). Specialized Genome databases: (SGD, TIGR, and ACeDB). Structure databases (CATH, SCOP, and PDBsum)

Unit-3 Data storage and retrieval and Interoperability Flat files, relational, object oriented databases and controlled vocabularies. File Format (Genbank, DDBJ, FASTA, PDB, SwissProt). Introduction to Metadata and search;

Unit-4 Sequence Alignments and Visualization Introduction to Sequences; Local alignment and Global alignment, Pairwise alignment (BLAST and FASTA) and multiple sequence alignment (Clustal W).

Unit-5 Human genome and Genome Analysis, Whole genome analysis – shotgun sequencing, clone contig, Genome identification Feature based approach – ORF’s; Primer Designing. Evaluation Scheme:






Each semester 5

Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessments will be taken Basket of Elective Papers: Every student has to pick one paper from this basket and in the next semester will perform the project dissertation on the basis of selected elective papers Integrated UG/PG V Sem, Elective Course: a) Medical Diagnostics Course Code: LBTC 504 Course Credit: (3-0-0) 3

Unit-1 Introduction to medical diagnostics, methods of separation of molecule and cells, Methods of cell counting, Assays for estimation of biomolecules.

Unit-2 Analysis of body fluids, methods of body fluid collection, Process and investigation of basic hematology, blood transfusion, Blood banking, Urine analysis, Feces and sputum analysis,

Unit-3 Diagnostics methods for genetic disorders, chromosomal abnormalities: structural and numerical, karyotyping.

Unit-4 Methods of diagnostic imaging: X-Ray, USG, CT, MRI, SPECT, targeted imaging.

Unit-5 Introduction to histopathology, preparation of histological slides and analysis, cytological investigations. Kit-based methods for diagnosis of hepatitis, blood Sugar Level etc.

Evaluation Scheme:






Each semester 5

Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessments will be taken

Suggested Reading: 1. An introduction to the invertebrates: Moore 2. Cytology: Diagnostic Principles and Clinical Correlates: Edmund S. Cibas and Barbara S. Ducatman 3. Molecular Diagnostics: Current Research and Applications: Jim Huggett and Justin O'Grady 4. Genetics in Clinical Practice Symptoms, Diagnosis and Therapy:JayeshSheth and FrennySheth 5. Moving Molecular Diagnostics from Bench to Clinic:Ilsa Gomez-Curet 6. Modern Blood Banking & Transfusion Practices: Denise M. Harmening 7. Biophysical chemistry: Upadhya&Nath 8. A Biologist Guide to Principle and Techniques: Willson K and Gounding KH

Integrated UG/PG V Sem, Elective Course: b) Biotechnology in Crop improvement Course Code: LBTC 505 Course Credit: (3-0-0) 3

Unit-1 Basic techniques and tools of plant tissue culture: Establishment of plant tissue culture lab: equipment, culture vessels, Composition of various tissue culture media and their preparation surface sterilization of various explants, pretreatment of explant, subculture and repeated transfer of explants and cultures, Hardening.

Unit-2 Culture techniques: Meristem tip culture, anther, embryo and ovule culture, callus culture, suspension cultures, Single cell culture, organogenesis and embryogenesis, Artificial seed (synthetic seed)

Unit-3

Tissue culture in crop improvement: Somaclonal variation, Somatic hybridization, Haploids in plant breeding Protoplast culture: Importance, Isolation of protoplasts, method of protoplast culture, culture media, Growth and division of protoplast, regeneration of plants, Production of virus-free plants

Unit-4 Transgenic plant: features of Ti and Ri plasmids, mechanisms of transformation, vectors and promoters, genetic markers, reporter genes, transformation, Herbicide and insect resistance transgenic plant, gene silencing

Unit-5 Biofertilizers, Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria, Biological control, Biopesticides- types and application, Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

Evaluation Scheme:






Each semester 5


Suggested readings: 1. Biotechnology from A to Z. Bains.W 2. Essentials of Biotechnology for Students. Das.S.N. 3. Invitro culture of higher plants. Martinusnijhoffpublishers.Netherlands. 4. Biotechnology: Singh.B.D. 5. Chemical regulation of growth and formation in plant tissue cultured in vitro. Attidel. II Symp. On biotechnology Action of growth substance.Skoog, Y. and C.O.Miller 6. Somatic hybridization and genetic manipulation in plants. Plant regulation and world Agriculture, Vasil, T.k., M.Vasi, D.N.R While,H.R.Bery

Integrated UG/PG V Sem, Lab - 1 Course: Laboratory -1(Based on Core -1 & Core -2) Course Code: LBTC 506 Course Credit: (0-0-6) 3

Evaluation Scheme:






Each semester 5


Integrated UG/PG V Sem, Lab - 2 Course: Laboratory -1(Based on Core -3 & Elective) Course Code: LBTC 507 Course Credit: (0-0-6) 3

Evaluation Scheme:






Each semester 5

Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessments will be taken Integrated UG/PG V Sem, Seminar Course: Seminar based on elective Course Code: LBTC 508 Course Credit: (0-4-0) 2

SEMESTER - VI Integrated UG/PG VI Sem, Core-1 Course: Industrial Biotechnology Course Code: LBTC 601 Course Credit: (3-0-0) 3 Unit - 1 Bioreactor / Fermenter – types and working of Fermenters (Stirred tank, bubble columns, airlift. Bioreactors, Static, Submerged and agitated fermentation),

Unit - 2 Solid substratefermentation &submergedfermentations, Raw materials for fermentation, microbial Biomass production, principles of malt and brewing industry

Unit - 3 Enzyme technology – nature of enzymes, Industrial applications of enzyme, immobilized enzymes, limitations of microbial cells used as catalysts in fermentation, multi-enzyme reactors, protein engineering of enzymes

Unit - 4 Upstream processing (Strain selection, Sterilization), Downstream processing – extraction, separation, concentration, recovery & purification, operations of fermentation products.

Unit - 5 Production of recombinant proteins having, therapeutic and diagnostic applications, vaccines. Bioprocess strategies in Plant Cell and Animal Cell culture

Evaluation Scheme:






Each semester 5


1. Frontiers in Microbial Technology: Bisen PS 2. Industrial Microbiology: Prescott and Dunn 3. A text of Industrial Microbiology: Crueger W and Crueger A 4. Priciples of Fermentation Technology: Stanbury PF, Ehitaker H, Hall SJ 5. Fermentation Biotechnology: Mansi 6. Principle of fermentation technology: Stanbury PF

Integrated UG/PG VISem, Core-2 Course: Biosafety, IPR & Bioethics Course Code: LBTC 602 Course Credit: (3-0-0) 3 Unit - 1 Biosafety:Good Lab Practices, Introduction to Biological Safety Cabinets, GMOs and LMOs and their environmental impact, Roles of Institutional Biosafety Committee, RCGM, GEAC etc. Hazardous Materials used in Biotechnology, their Handling and Disposal,

Unit- 2 Introduction to Intellectual Property: Concept of Intellectual Property Kinds of Intellectual Property Patents, Copyrights, Designs,Trademarks, Geographical Indication, Infringement of IPR, protection and Remedies, Licensing and its types

Unit-3 Introduction to the leading international instruments concerning intellectual property rights, The Berne Convention, GATT, WTO, Universal Copyright Convention, The Paris Convention, TRIPS,The World Intellectual Property Rights Organization (WIPO), Budapest treaty, Patent Infringement, Biological Patentability, Patenting Living Organisms,

Unit-4 Patents; Requirement of patentable novelty, Inventive step, Prior art Classifying products as patentable and non-patentable, Procedure for applying for patent, Indian Patent Act, Traditional Knowledge, Commercial Exploitation, and Protection, Biopiracy and Bioprospecting,

Unit-5

Introduction to Bioethics, Legal and Socio-economic impacts of Biotechnology, Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Human Genome Project, Bioethics in Biodiversity, Resource Management and Genetically Modified Organisms Evaluation Scheme:






Each semester 5

Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessments will be taken into consideration. Suggested Readings 1. Fleming, D.A., Hunt, D.L., (2000). Biotechnology and Safety Assessment (3rd Ed) Academic press.ISBN-1555811804,9781555811808. 2. Thomas, J.A., Fuch, R.L. (1999). Biotechnology and safety assessment (3rd Ed). CRC press, Washington. ISBN: 1560327219, 9781560327219 3. Law and Strategy of biotechnological patents by Sibley. Butterworth publication.(2007) ISBN: 075069440, 9780750694445. 4. Intellectual property rights- Ganguli-Tat McGrawhill. (2001) ISBN-10: 0074638602, 5. Intellectual Property Right- Wattal- Oxford Publicatiopn House.(1997) ISBN:0195905024. 6. Biotechnology - A comprehensive treatise (Vol. 12). Legal economic and ethical dimensions VCH. (2nd ed) ISBN-10 3527304320. 7. Encyclopedia of Bioethics 5 vol set, (2003) ISBN-10: 0028657748. 8. Thomas, J.A., Fuch, R.L. (2002). Biotechnology and safety Assessment (3rd Ed) Academic press. 9. B.D. Singh. Biotechnology expanding horizons. 10. H.K.Das. Text book of biotechnology 3rd edition 11. DeepaGoel, ShominiParashar. (2013) IPR, Biosafety and Bioethics ISBN: 9788131774700 Pearson Education India Basket of Elective Papers: Every student has to pick one paper from this basket and in the next semester will perform the project dissertation on the basis of selected elective papers

Integrated UG/PG VI Sem, Elective Course: a) Fermentation Technology Course Code: LBTC 603 Course Credit: (3-0-0) 3 Unit - 1 Introduction to fermentation: aerobic and anaerobic fermentations; Kinetics of growth and product formation - chemically structured models; mass transfer diffusion, membrane transport

Unit - 2

Fermenter design - operation, measurement and control in fermentation; Aeration and agitation in fermentation: Oxygen requirement, measurement of adsorption coefficients, bubble aeration, mechanical agitation, correlation between mass-transfer coefficient and operating variables, hollow fibre reactors, immobilized cell reactors

Unit - 3 Strain development: General aspects mutation selection of mutants, recombination, regulation gene technology and use of genetic methods, In brief genetic engineering for strain improvements and applications in medicine, agriculture and industry

Unit - 4 Micriobial Biotransformation: types, methods and processes, analysis and isolation of products, applications in waste management, medicine and agriculture; Biogas production - pathways, regulation/modulation, advanced biomethanation systems and their applications

Unit - 5 Microbial & Bioprocess technology: Down stream processing in brief -Methods for vitamins ( B12& Riboflavin), amino acids (L-glutamic acid & L Lysine), organic acids (Citric acid &Gluconic acid), enzymes (Amylases & pectinases), antibiotics ( Beta Lactam antibiotics & amino acid and peptide antibiotics), microbes as biocontrol agents Evaluation Scheme:






Each semester 5


1. Principles of Fermentation Technology: Whittaker & Stan bury 2. Bioprocess Engineering Principles: Pauline Doran 3. Bioreactor Design & Product Yield, BIOTOL series: Butter worth Heinemann 4. Bioseparation& Bioprocessing: Subramaniam G 5. Product Recovery in Bioprocess Technology: BIOTOL series, Butter Worth

Heinemann 6. Bioseparation: Downstraem Processing for Biotechnology: Paul A. Belter EL.

Cussler Wei-Shou Hu Integrated UG/PG VI Sem, Elective Course: b) Gene Therapy Course Code: LBTC 604 Course Credit: (3-0-0) 3 Unit-1

Gene Therapy: Background, Introduction, Types: Somatic, Germ line , strategies: Gene Augmentation therapy, Targeted killing of specific cells, Targeted inhibition of gene expression. Targeted gene mutation correction, different approaches: Classical and non classical, Methods of gene therapy:Ex-vivo, in-vivo

Unit-2 Target site for gene therapy, Vectors in gene therapy: Viruses – Retroviruses, Adenoviruses, Adeno-associated viruses, advantages and disadvantages, other viral vectors: HSV-1, Baculovirus, SV40

Unit-3 Non-viral methods – Naked DNA, Oligodeoxynucleotides, Liposome, Electroporation, Hybrid methods: RNA-DNA chimera, Receptor mediated Endocytosis

Unit 4 Gene therapy in the treatment of disease: Introduction, SCID, Cancer, Muscular dystrophy, Respiratory disease,

Unit 5 Advantages and recent developments in gene therapy, Problems and ethics, challenges and future of gene therapy

Evaluation Scheme:






Each semester 5

Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessments will be taken into consideration. Integrated UG/PG VISem, Lab -1 Course: Laboratory -1(based on Core -1 & Core -2) Course Code: LBTC 605 Course Credit: (3-0-6) 3 Evaluation Scheme:






Each semester 5

Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessments will be taken Integrated UG/PG VISem, Dessertation on electives Course: Dissertation Course Code: LBTC 606 Course Credit: (3-0-6) 3 Evaluation Scheme:


1 Internal Assessment 2 hour 60


SEMESTER - VII PG I Semester/ Integ. UG/PG VII Semester, Core- 1 Course: Cell Biology Course Code: LBTC 701 Course Credit: (3-0-0) 3

Unit – 1 Structural organization of Biomembrane, Overview of Membrane Transport, Active and passive transport. Facilitated transport of glucose and water, ATP powered pumps, Ion channels, Resting membrane potential, Symporters and antiporters.

UNIT-2 Intracellular protein transport, Protein targeting to and across the ER Membrane, Insertion of membrane proteins into the ER, Protein Modifications and folding in the ER. Protein targeting to cell organells, Molecular Mechanisms of Vesicle mediated protein.

Unit - 3 Signalling molecules and cell surface receptor, second messenger, intracellular signal transduction pathway (DAG, Ca+2, c-AMP, G-Proteins), MAKK, Notch, TGF-beta, Jak-STAT signaling pathway.

UNIT-4 Eukaryotic cell cycle, model organism to study cell cycle, Regulation of cell cycle, Cell death and its regulation.

Unit – 5

Tumor Cells and the Onset of Cancer, Oncogenic Mutations in Growth-Promoting Proteins, Mutations Causing Loss of Growth-Inhibiting and Cell-Cycle Controls, Role of Carcinogens and DNA Repair in Cancer.

Evaluation Scheme:






Each semester 10

Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessment will be taken into consideration.

Suggested Readings 1. Cell (A Molecular approach): Cooper GM 2. Cell and Molecular Biology: Karp G, 3. Cell Biology: Sadava DE 4. Cell and Molecular Biology: Kish VM and Kleinsmith LJ 5. Cell and Molecular Biology: deRobertis and deRobertis 6. Molecular cell Biology: Lodish H, Berk A, Zipursky SL, Paul M and Darnell J PG I Semester/ Integ. UG/PG VII Semester, Core- 2 Course: Microbiology Course Code: LBTC 702 Course Credit: (3-0-0) 3

Unit -1 History and Scope of Microbiology, Major characteristics used in microbial taxonomy (numerical and molecular), Current methods of microbial identification (16s rRNA,Gene sequencing, House keeping genes).

Unit -2 Cultivation and enumeration of microbes from environment, Ultrastructure of bacteria, algae, protozoa and viruses,Ecology of micro-organisms

Unit -3 Nutritional requirements of micro-organisms, mode of nutrition, phototrophy, mixotrophy, saparophytic, symbiotic and parasitic organisms

Unit -4 Microbial growth and population kinetics, methodology for measuring growth and growth regulation, Physical and chemical control of microbes

Unit -5 Mechanism of gene transfer and genetic recombination in bacteria: transformation, transduction, conjugation

Evaluation Scheme:






Each semester 10

Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessment will be taken into consideration. PG I Semester/ Integ. UG/PG VII Semester, Core- 3 Course: Biochemistry (Regulation & Metabolism) Course Code: LBTC 703 Course Credit: (3-0-0) 3 Unit - 1 Metabolism: basic concepts and design. Coupled reactions, Interconnecting reactions, Electron transport, Oxidative phosphorylation, energetics of chemolithotrops and autotrophs, Synthesis of ATP and other energy rich compounds

Unit - 2 Glycolytic pathways, Citric acid cycle, energy production, Carbohydrate Biosynthesis, Glyoxylate cycle, Gluconeogenesis, Glycogenolysis

Unit - 3 Nitrogen acquisition and assimilation,Biosynthesis of Aromatic and Aliphatic amino acids in brief Assimilation of amino acids, Mechanism of transamination reaction, Amino acid oxidation and production of urea, Urea cycle Pathways of amino acid degradation

Unit - 4 Lipid biosynthesis, de Novobiosynthesis, biosynthesis of unsaturated fattyacids, Biosynthesis of membrane lipids and steroids, Essential fatty acids and biosynthesis of eicosanoids, Degradation of fatty acids, β oxidation, ω oxidation

Unit - 5 de Novo and salvage pathway of synthesis of purine and pyrimidine bases, Feedback regulation of nucleotide biosynthesis. Catabolism of purine and pyrimidine Evaluation Scheme:






Each semester 10

Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessments will be taken into consideration. Suggested Readings 1. Lehninger Principle of Biochemistry: Nelson & Cox 2. Biochemistry: LubertStryer 3. Text Book of Biochemistry: Devlin, Thomas M 4. Biochemistry: Geoffery, Zubay

5. Basic Biological Chemistry: Mahler and Cordes 6. Harper’s Review of Physiological Chemistry: Murray RK, Mayes PA, Gramner DK 8. Biochemistry: KeshavTrehan Wiley Eastern Publications 9. Fundamentals of Bochemistry: JL Jain S Chand and Company 10. Fundamental of Biochemistry: Dr. AC Deb PG I Semester/ Integ. UG/PG VII Semester, Core- 4 Course: Recombinant DNA Technology Course Code: LBTC 704 Course Credit: (3-0-0) 3

Unit - 1 Isolation of DNA and RNA, Quantification of nucleic acids, Polymerase chain reaction, Principle of hybridization, Northern blotting, Southern blotting, Western blotting, South-Western blotting, RFLP, RAPD, AFLP, Radiolabelling of nucleic acids: End labelling, nick translation, labelling by primer extension, DNA sequencing: Maxam-Gilbert (Chemical) and Sanger- Nicolson (dideoxy/ enzymatic) sequencing method, Pyrosequencing,

Unit - 2 Restriction endonucleases: Types of restriction endonucleases, classification and uses. Analysis of restriction fragments, Restriction mapping, DNA modifying enzymes, Nucleases, Polymerases, Phosphatases and Polynucleotide kinase

Unit - 3 Introduction to cloning: Generalized cloning schemes, host genotypes specificities and applications, strategies for selection and screening (Introduction to marker and reporter genes, positive and negative selection, insertion inactivation, α complementation).

Unit -4 Cloning vectors; Plasmid, Bacteriophage, and other vectors, Cosmid expression vectors, DNA ligases; Joining of DNA Fragments in vitro, cohesive and blunt end ligation, linkers, adaptors, Homo polymer tailing, Preparation of the Gene construct, Construction of genomic and c-DNA libraries,

Unit - 5 Strategies of gene delivery, expression in bacteria and yeast, expression in insects cells, expression in mammalian cells, expression in plants, in vitro translation, Chromosome engineering, Site directed mutagenesis, Targeted gene replacement, gene editing, gene regulation and gene silencing

Evaluation Scheme:






Each semester 10


Integrated UG/PG V Sem, Lab -1 Course: Laboratory -1 (Based on Core -1 & Core -2) Course Code: LBTC 705 Course Credit: (3-0-6) 3

Evaluation Scheme:






Each semester 5


Integrated UG/PG V Sem, Lab -2 Course: Laboratory -2 (Based on Core -3 & Core-4) Course Code: LBTC 706 Course Credit: (3-0-6) 3

Evaluation Scheme:






Each semester 5


SEMESTER -VIII PG II Semester/ Integ. UG/PG VIII Semester, Core- 1 Course: Molecular Biology Course Code: LBTC 801 Course Credit: (3-0-0) 3 Unit - 1 DNA replication, Unit of replication, Enzymes involved in DNA replication, replication origin and replication fork, fidelity of replication, Mechanism of DNA replication. Inhibitors of DNA replication.

Unit-2

Transcription, formation of initiation complex, transcription activator and repressor, RNA polymerases, capping, elongation, and termination, RNA processing, RNA editing, splicing, and polyadenylation.

Unit - 3 Ribosome, Translation, formation of initiation complex, initiation factors and their regulation, elongation and elongation factors, termination, genetic code, Mechanism of translation, translational inhibitors, Post- translational modification of proteins.

Unit-4 Control of gene expression at transcription and translation level (regulating the expression of phages, viruses, prokaryotic and eukaryotic genes, Epigenetic regulation, Genomic Imprinting.

Unit-5 DNA damage, DNA repair, DNA damage and repair mechanisms, homologous and site-specific recombination, Evaluation Scheme:






Each semester 10

Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessments will be taken into consideration. Suggested Readings 1. Cell (A Molecular approach): Cooper GM 2. Cell and Molecular Biology: Karp G 3. Cell Biology: Sadava DE 4. Cell and Molecular Biology: Kish VM and Kleinsmith LJ 5. Cell and Molecular Biology: deRobertis and deRobertis 6. Molecular cell Biology: Lodish H, Berk A, Zipursky SL, Paul M and Darnell J PG II Semester/ Integ. UG/PG VIII Semester, Core- 2 Course: Immunology Course Code: LBTC 802 Course Credit: (3-0-0) 3

Unit - 1 Introduction and History of Immunology; Organization and structure of lymphoid organs; Cells and molecules of Immune system; Hematopoiesis; innate and acquired immunity, Clonal nature of immune response, Phylogeny of Immune system,

Unit - 2 Nature and Biology of antigens and super antigens, Antigenicity and immunogenicity; Kinetics and antigen and antibody interaction; Antibody structure and function, Immmunoglobulin gene

and Generation of antibody diversity, antigen and antibody interactions-based assays, Hybridoma Technology and monoclonal antibody, Antibody engineering and SCFVs.

Unit - 3 Complement System-Activation and regulation; Structure and function of various cytokines and their receptor; Antigen presenting cells; Structure and functions of MHC and HL-A system; Antigen processing and presentation.

Unit – 4 T – cell receptor-CD3 complex; Development and differentiation of T cells; Positive and negative regulation; Development and differentiation of B cells; B Cell receptors; Cell mediated cytotoxicity: T cytotoxic cells, Natural Killer (NK) Cells, Antibody dependent cell Cytotoxicity (ADCC), Macrophage-mediated cytotoxicity. Immunological tolerance, Immunosenescence. Immunodeficiency.

Unit - 5 Autoimmunity, Hypersensitivity; Transplantation, Immunity to infectious agents, Tumor Immunology, Vaccination

Evaluation Scheme:






Each semester 10

Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessments will be taken into consideration. Suggested Readings 1. Essensials of Immunology: Roitt IM 2. Immunology: Kuby 3. Advanced Immunology: Male D, Champion B. Cooke A. and Owen M. 4. Principle and practice of Immunoassay: Christopher P. Price and David J 5. Culture of Animal cell- Ian: Freshney 6. Elements of Biotechnology: Gupta PK 7. Immunolgy : Rao CV

PG II Semester/ Integ. UG/PG VIII Semester, Core- 3 Course: Biotechniques Course Code: LBTC 803 Course Credit: (3-0-0) 3 Unit- 1 Microscopy: Principles and applications, simple, compound, phase-contrast and fluorescent microscopes. Electron microscopy: SEM and TEM. X-Ray Crystallography, X-ray diffraction, Bragg equation. Application in structural analysis of biomolecules, Centrifugation Techniques:

Principles, types of centrifuges, density gradient centrifugation in isolation of cells, cell organelles and biomolecules.

Unit- 2 Electromagnetic spectrum, Beer Lambert’s Law. Photometry, UV/VIS Spectrophotometry, Infrared spectroscopy, Atomic absorption spectroscopy, ESR and NMR spectroscopy. Mass spectroscopy (LC-MS, GC-MS, MALDI - TOF). Fluorescent spectroscopy. Applications of different Spectroscopic techniques in Biology.

Unit- 3 Introduction and types of chromatography, paper, thin layer, gas, Gel permeation, ion-exchange, HPLC, FPLC and affinity chromatography and instrumental details of each. Applications of Chromatographic techniques in Biology.

Unit- 4 Paper and gel electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (native and SDS). Agarose gel electrophoresis. Immunoelectrophoresis. Principle and application of blotting (Southern, Western and Northern and South Western blotting). ELISA.

Unit- 5 Nature and types of radiations, preparation of labeled biological samples. Detection and measurement of radioactivity, GM counter, Scintillation counter, Autoradiography, Safety measures in handling radioisotopes. RIA, Non radiolabelling. Role of ionizing and non ionizing radiation in Structural and functional analysis of biological sample. Evaluation Scheme:


1 Internal Assessment I 1hour 15

2 Internal Assessment II 1hour 15

3 End Semester 3 hour 30


Entire semester 5

Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessments will be taken into consideration. Suggested Readings: 1. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance:(2007) Williams 2. Biochemical Techniques theory and practice: (2009) White R 3. Analytical Chemistry: (2000) Christion G. D. 4. A Biologist Guide to Principle and Techniques: (2009) Willson K. and Gounding K.H. 5. An Introduction to Practical Biochemistry:(2008) Plummer D. T. PG II Semester/ Integ. UG/PG VIII Semester, Core- 4 Course: Enzymology and Enzyme Technology Course Code: LBTC 804 Course Credit: (3-0-0) 3 Unit - 1

Introduction to enzymes, enzyme nomenclature, classification of enzymes and enzyme commission numbers. Concept of active centre, binding sites, stereospecificity and ES complex formation. Isolation and purification of enzymes, preparation of purification chart, Enzyme activity, Specific activity and turn over number, Marker enzymes.

Unit - 2 Enzyme Kinetics: Steady state, pre-steady state, equilibrium kinetics, Michaelis and Menten,lineweaver-burk, Eadie–Hofstee equationand its derivation, Different methods to calculate the Km and Vmax and their significance.

Unit - 3 Factor affecting enzyme activity and catalysis: pH, subsrate and enzyme concentration, temperature, coenzyme and cofactorsetc, Mechanism of action of enzymes involving two/more substrates. Role of metal ions in enzyme catalysis. Enzyme inhibition, different types of inhibitors and activators.

Unit - 4 Structure and function of enzymes: Lysozyme, chymotrypsin, proteases. Enzyme regulation and control of their activity. Introduction to allosteric enzymes and isozymes.

Unit – 5 Enzyme Technology: Immobilization of enzymes, whole cell immobilization and their application, commercial production of enzymes, RNA-catalysis, abzymes, Protein and Enzyme enginering: Design and construction of novel enzymes. Enzymes used in drug synthesis, biosensors. Application of enzymes in medicine (therapeutic enzymes, enzymes as analytical reagents) Evaluation Scheme:






Entire semester 5

Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessments will be taken into consideration. Suggested reading: 1. Enzyme Kinetics (2009) Palmer 2. IUPAC Enzyme nomenclature series. 3. Enzyme kinetics: Dixon W. B. 4. General Enzymology :Kulkarni & Deshpande 5. Enzyme Assays:J. Raymond 6. Biochemistry: Voet and Voet 8. Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry by Nelson, Cox 9. Fundamentals of Enzymology Third edition, Nicholas C. Price and Lewis Stevens

Integrated UG/PG VIIISem, Lab -1 Course: Laboratory -2(Based on Core -1 & Core -2) Course Code: LBTC 805 Course Credit: (3-0-6) 3 Evaluation Scheme:






1 hour 5

Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessments will be taken Integrated UG/PG V Sem, Lab - 2 Course: Laboratory -2(Based on Core -3 & Core-4) Course Code: LBTC 806 Course Credit: (3-0-6) 3 Evaluation Scheme:






Each semester 5


SEMESTER - IX PG III Semester/ Integ. UG/PG IX Semester, Core-1 Course: Plant Biotechnology Course Code: LBTC 901 Course Credit: (3-0-0) 3 Unit - 1 Introduction to the techniques of plant tissue culture, Concept of cellular totipotency, Nutritional requirements, single cell culture, micro-propagation, somaclonal variation, somatic embryogenesis and production of embryoids

Unit - 2 Haploid and double haploid production, Protoplast isolation and culture, Somatic hybridization and cybrid production and their applications in crop improvement, Productions of virus free plants using meristem culture

Unit - 3

Basis of tumor formation, hairy roots, features of Ti and Ri plasmids, mechanisms of transformation, binary vectors, use of 35S and other promoters, genetic markers, use of reporter genes, transformation on monocots, Transgene stability and gene silencing, Herbicide and insect resistance , Plant Genetic Engineering: Transgenic plants, Genetically modified (GM) plants (Bt cotton, BtBrinjal)

Unit - 4 Photoregulation and phytochrome regulation of nuclear and chloroplast genes expression, Molecular biology of light and dark reactions of photosynthesis, Molecular mechanism of nitrogen fixation, Genetics of nifgenes

Unit - 5 Plant secondary metabolites: Control mechanisms and manipulation metabolic pathways of production of alkaloids and industrial enzymes, biodegradable plastics, therapeutic proteins, Edible vaccines, purification strategies, Green house Technology, Biotic and Abiotic stress Evaluation Scheme:






Each semester 10


1. Plant Tissue Culture: MK Razdan and SS Bhojwani 2. Genetic Transformation of Plants: Jackson JF, Linskens H 3. Plant Tissue Culture Concepts and Laboratory Exercises: Robert N Trigiano, Dennis JGray 4. Applied and fundamental Aspects of Plant Cell, Tissue, and Organ Culture: Reinert J and

Bajaj 5. Elements of Biotechnology:: PK Gupta

PG III Semester/ Integ. UG/PG IX Semester, Core-2 Course: Microbial Biotechnology Course Code: LBTC- 902 Course Credit: (3-0-0) 3

Unit-1 Microbial biotechnology, scope and techniques, Bioprospecting of microbial diversity, Isolation and preservation of industrially important microorganisms.

unit -2 Genomics, Transcriptomics, Proteomics, Metabolomics, metagenomics and Systems Biology. Definition, methodology and application in Microbial technology. Functional enzymes.

Unit-3

Production of proteins and enzymes in bacteria, yeast and fungus, recombinant and synthetic vaccines. Microbial polysaccharides and polymers. Microbial resources for biopolymer production.

Unit- 4 Microbes as biocontrolagents microbial insecticides (Baculoviruses,entomopathogenic fungi, Bacillus thurinigiensis, Bacillus sphaericus, Bacillus popilae, Microbe derived inhibitors. Entamopathogenic viruses (Baculovisus, Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus)

Unit-5 Microbial biomass production, utilization of plant biomass by microorganisms (lignocellulose biodegradation). Application of ligninolyticmicrorganisms and enzymes in biodegradation of recalcitrant xenobiotics Evaluation Scheme:





4 Assignment/Class performance Entire semester 5

Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessments will be taken into consideration. Suggested reading:

1. Microbial Biotechnology (2006) Alexander n. Glazer Hiroshi Nikaido W.H.Freeman and Company

2. Molecular Biotechnogy: Principles a nd Applications of Recombinant DNA –(2011) Bernaral R.

3. Glick and Jack J. Pastemak ASM Press. Washington, D.C (2004). 4. Fungal Ecology and Biotechnogy (2003) RastogiPublicaions, Meerut.

PG III Semester/ Integ. UG/PG IX Semester, Core-3 Course: Animal Biotechnology Course Code: LBTC 903 Course Credit: (3-0-0) 3 Unit - 1 Introduction to the balanced salt solutions and simple growth medium. Brief discussion on the chemical, physical and metabolic functions of different constituents of culture medium, Serum & protein free defined media and their applications.

unit - 2 Primary and secondary cell culture, Development of cell lines, Biology and characterization of the cultured cells. Basic techniques of mammalian cell cultures in vitro.

Unit - 3 . Maintenance of cell culture, Cell Passaging, Measuring parameters of growth, Measurement of viability and cytotoxicity.

Unit - 4 Cell synchronization, Cell transformation, Apoptosis, Cryopreservation, Common cell culture contaminants.

Unit - 5 Applications of animal cell culture: cell culture based products, vaccines, Hybridoma technology and monoclonal antibodies, stem cells and their applications, Animal cloning, IVF technology, Organ, organotypic and histotypic cultures. Evaluation Scheme:






Each semester 10


1. Culture of Animal Cells: Freshney 2. Animal Cell Culture: John RW Masters 3. Animal Cell Culture Techniques: Martin Clynes 4. Transgenic Animals: Generation and Use: Louis-Marie Houdebine

PG III Semester/ Integ. UG/PG IX Semester, Elective Course: a)Bioprocess Technology Course Code: LBTC-904 Course Credit: (3-0-0) 3

Unit 1 Introduction to bioprocess engineering, bioreactors, isolation, preservation and maintenance of industrial microorganisms, kinetics of microbial growth and death, media formulation for industrial fermentation.Designing of a fermenter/Bioreactor, Air and media sterilization.

Unit 2

Types of fermentation process, analysis of batch fed batch and continuous bioreactions, stability of microbial reactors, specialized bioreactors (pulsed, fluidized, photo bioreactors etc.), Measurement and control of bioprocess parameters

Unit - 3 Downstream processing, removal of microbial cells and solid matters, foam separation, precipitation, filtration, centrifugation, cell disruption, liquid-liquid extraction, chromatography, membrane process, drying and crystallization

Unit – 4

Industrial production of chemicals: solvents (acetone, butanol). Microbial production of Bioflavourant and Biocolourant antibiotics (penicillin, streptomycin, tetracycline) amino acids (lysine, glutamic acid)

Unit - 5 Food Biotechnology: Food spoilage and preservation process. Causative organisms and process. Physical and chemical preservation process. Dairy products, wine, beer and other alcoholic Beverages. Mushroom-types, isolation and culture

Evaluation Scheme:

Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessments will be taken into consideration. Suggested Readings 1. General Microbiology: Sullia SB and Shantharam S 2. Microbial Biotechnology: Glaser AN and Nilaido 3. Industrial Microbiology: Prescott & Dunn 4. A text of Industrial Microbiology: Crueger W and Crueger A 5. Priciples of Fermentation Technology: Stanbury PF, Ehitaker H, Hall SJ 6. The Handbook of Microbial Bioresources by V.K. Gupta, G.D. Sharma PG III Semester/ Integ. UG/PG IX Semester, Elective Course: Genomics and Proteomics Course Code: LBTC 905 Course Credit: (3-0-0) 3 Unit-1 Genomics:Omics and importance, Genome sequencing, Shotgun sequencing, Whole Genome sequencing, Human Genome project.

Unit-2 Transcriptomics:DNA Microarray for analysis of gene expression patterns. cDNA based and oligonucleotide based DNA microarray. Application in system biology and disease diagnosis. Single nucleotide polymorphisms, Predictive genomic medicine. Unit-3 Proteomics:Proteome- General Account, Isoelectric focusing, Protein profiling by one Dimensional and 2 Dimensional gel electrophoresis, Detection and quantitation of proteins in gels,Pros and cons of various staining methods, Image analysis of 2D gels, Application of 2D PAGE.

Unit-4






Each semester 10

Basics of mass spectrometry, Tandem MS/MS spectrometry, MALDI TOF and ESI, and theirapplication in proteomics, Peptide sequencing by tandem mass spectrometry. Protein microarrays, Yeast two hybrid system, Clinical and biomedical application of proteomics

Unit-5 Metabolomics: Metabolomics: Definition, History, Tools, Databases and the Applications. Evaluation Scheme:






Each semester 10

Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessments will be taken into consideration Suggested Readings 1. Genome 3: TA Brown, 2. Principals and Techniques of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Wilson and Walker 3. Proteomics: R Twyman 4. Metabolomics: M Tomita and T Nishioka PG III Semester/ Integ. UG/PG IX Semester, Elective Course: c) Molecular Dignostics Course Code: LBTC 906 Course Credit: (3-0-0) 3

Unit - 1 Southern, northern, dot/slot blot; electrophoresis, nucleic acid probe preparation, DNA sequencing, interpretation, troubleshooting. DNA amplification techniques and applications including reverse transcriptase (RT)-PCR, in situ PCR, mutational analysis: PCR, sample preparation, experimental design, primers, controls, product detection

Unit - 2 Ligase chain reaction, nucleic acid sequence-based amplification, branched DNA detection. Introduction to common approved kits and their applications. RT-PCR, relative RT-PCR,

competitive RT-PCR: experimental design, controls, kits, and specialized applications. RACE, RNA fingerprinting

Unit- 3 Immunological Diagnostics: agglutination, RIA, ELISA's, immunofluorescence, Western blots --Bioluminescence

Unit- 4 PCR-based mutation detection: single-stranded conformational polymorphism analysis, heteroduplex analysis, denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis, chemical cleavage, ribonuclease cleavage; allele-specific and multiplex PCR; competitive oligonucleotide priming, protein truncation

Unit- 5 In situ nucleic acid hybridization and amplification: ISH, FISH, ISA. Applications and limitations; DNA chips, automation, gene therapy; applications in diagnosis of genetic disorders, human genome project, ethical considerations Evaluation Scheme:

S.No.

Examination Duration % of Marks





Each semester

10

Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessments will be taken into consideration Suggested Reading: 1. Immunology: Kuby 2. Molecular Diagnostics: For the Clinical Laboratorian Hardcover: William B. Coleman, Gregory J. Tsongalis 3. Fundamentals of Molecular/Diagnostics: David E. Bruns, Edward R. Ashwood 4. Molecular Biotechnology: Pasternak 5. Textbook of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics: Carl A. Burtis, Edward R. Ashwood, David E. Bruns 6. Introduction to Molecular Diagnostics (DX-INSIGHTS) 7. Biophysical chemistry: Upadhya&Nath 8. A Biologist Guide to Principle and Techniques: Willson K and Gounding KE PG III Semester/ Integ. UG/PG IX Semester, Elective Course: d) Food Technology Course Code: LBTC 907 Course Credit: (3-0-0) 3

Unit I Unit - 1

Introduction to Food Biotechnology, Application Biotechnology to food stuffs, Food Processing Biotechnology, Unit Operation in Food Processing Unit Operation, Quality factors of Food, food Deterioration and its control.

Unit - 2 Application of Molecular methods in food Production, Methods of molecular cloning in food, Techniques for development of new plant varieties, GMO as food.

Unit III Unit - 3 Microbial Biotechnology in Food Products, Role of microbes in food products, Microbial Food Spoilage; Use of microbes for production of food (Yeast; Bacteria and other microorganism-based process),

Unit - 4 Raw material for food and its modification, Bio conversion of food raw material, Conversion of food waste in value added products, (conversion of Whey, molasses, starch and etc.)

Unit - 5 Alternative food products- Mushrooms, Single cell protein, Aqua culture, Microbes as food product, etc. Social and Regulatory aspects of Food Biotechnology, Regulations for food industries Evaluation Scheme:

S. No.






Each semester

10

Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessments will be taken into consideration PG III Semester/ Integ. UG/PG IX Semester, Lab - 1 Course: Laboratory -1(Based on Core -1 & Core -2) Course Code: LBTC 908 Course Credit: (3-0-6) 3 Evaluation Scheme:

S. No. Examination Duration % of Marks





Each semester 10

Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessments will be taken into consideration PG III Semester/ Integ. UG/PG IXSem, Lab -2

Course: Laboratory -2(Based on Core -3 & Electives) Course Code: LBTC 909 Course Credit: (3-0-6) 3

Evaluation Scheme:






Each semester 10


SEMESTER - X

PG IV Semester/ Integ. UG/PG X Semester, Core-1 Course: Bioinformatics & Statistics Course Code: LBTC 1001 Course Credit: (3-0-0) 3

Unit-1 Introduction to Bioinformatics, Searching database and locating genes, Alignment of gene sequences, Local and Global. Analysis of DNA sequence, Finding and calculating core nucleotide sequence, Predicting ORFs, location of transcription start point and end point, getting polypeptide sequence of the extracted core nucleotide sequence, application of bioinformatics.

Unit-2 Designing primers of specific gene, generation of restriction maps, Generating phylogenetic trees based on DNA sequence and evolutionary relationship Analysis of proteins: Protein classification, homology modeling, trading, prediction of protein structure (secondary and 3 dimensional), tools for structure prediction, validation and visualization.

Unit-.3 Computer assisted drug design- concept, methods and practical approaches, various computational methods applied to design the drugs: QSAR and 3DQSAR methods, CADD software demonstration

Unit-4 Diagrammatic, graphical and tabular representations of data; measures of central tendency, dispersion, skewness and kurtosis. Linear regression, Pearson correlation coefficient and Rank correlation

Unit-5 Basic concepts of hypothesis testing, two kinds of error, level significance, p value, t- Test for mean and difference between two means, partial t-test., and Chi square test for goodness of fit. Analysis of variance for one way and two way classified data Evaluation Scheme:






Each semester

10

Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessments will be taken into consideration Suggested Readings 1. Bioinformatics primers : Gribskov, M. and Devereux, J. 2. Bioinformatics: Sequence and Genome Analysis By David W. Mount, University of Arizona, Tucson 3. Discovering Genomics, Proteomics, & Bioinformatics, Second Edition By A. Malcolm Campbell, Davidson College; Laurie J. Heyer, Davidson College; With a Foreword by Francis S. Collins 4. Biostatistics:P.N.Arora ,P.K.Malha 5. 5. Introductory statistics for Biology: Bishop Martin 6. Molecular databases for protein and sequence and structure studies: SillinceA. and Sillince M. PG IV Semester/ Integ. UG/PG X Semester, Elective Course: Skill Development

PG IV Semester/ Integ. UG/PG X Semester, Elective Course: a) Plant metabolic Engineering Course Code: LBTC 1002 Course Credit: (3-0-0) 3 Unit-1 The concept of secondary metabolites, Historical and current views, Importance of secondary metabolites in medicine and agriculture, Introduction to various pathways

Unit-2 Flavanoid pathway: The basic structure, Stereochemistry, Chemical synthesis of different intermediates, The biochemical pathway, Different regulatory points, Intermediate pools and their significance in horticulture, agriculture and medicine, Regulatory genes, Regulation of gene expression

Unit-3 Terpenoid pathway: The basic structure, Stereochemistry, Chemical synthesis of different intermediates, The biochemical pathway, Different regulatory points, Intermediate pools and their significance in horticulture, agriculture and medicine, Regulatory genes, Regulation of gene expression

Unit-4 Polyketoid pathway: The basic structure, Stereochemistry, Chemical synthesis of different intermediates, The biochemical pathway, Different regulatory points, Intermediate pools and

their significance in horticulture, agriculture and medicine, Regulatory genes, Regulation of gene expression

Unit-5 Production of secondary metabolites from plant cell cultures; Processes for enhancing the production of secondary metabolites. Technology of plant cell culture for production of chemicals; Bioreactors systems and models for mass cultivation of plant cells, Plant Therapeutic proteins, Edible vaccine, Bioplastic. Evaluation Scheme:

S. No.





4 Attendance/Assignment/Class performance Each semester 10


Suggested reading: 1. Tissue Culture: Bhan 2. Plants from test tubes. An introduction to Micropropogation: LydianeKyte& John Kleyn 3. A test book book on Biotechnology: Kumar H.D 4. Applied and fundamental Aspects of Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture: Reinert J. and Bajaj Y.P.S

PG IV Semester/ Integ. UG/PG X Semester, Elective Course: b) Gene Therapy &Nanomedicine Course Code: LBTC 1003 Course Credit: (3-0-0) 3

Unit -1 Clinical management and Metabolic manipulation – Diabetes, Phenylketouria, Familial Hyper- cholesterolemia, Rickets, ADA, Congenital hypo-thyroidism

Unit - 2 Gene therapy – Molecular basis of disease and disease model, Ex-vivo, In-vivo, In-situ gene therapy, Strategies of gene therapy: gene augmentation, 'Vectors used in gene therapy - retrovirus, adenoviruses, Herpes 'Synthetic vectors liposomes, receptor mediated gene transfer, Gene therapy trials, HLA typing, Graft rejection.

Unit - 3 Stem cell and tissue engineering: plastic surgery, Embroynic and adult stern cell, Potential use of stem cells - Cell based therapies

Unit - 4

Types of nanoparticles and their development, uses in Nanomedicine and therapeutically applications in medical biotechnololgy

Unit - 5 Health and Environmental impact of Nanotechnology:Special emphasis to risk assessment and risk management of nanomaierials, ethical and legal aspects of nanotechnology, and nano-industry and nano-entrepreneurship. Evaluation Scheme:

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Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessments will be taken into consideration Suggested Reading: 1. Molecular Biotechnology: Pasternak 2. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Antibodies: Methods in Molecular Medicine by Andrew JT George, Catherine E Urch. 3. Molecular Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases (Methods in Molecular Medicine):Jochen Decker, U. Reischl Amazon. 4. Human Molecular Genetics: T. Strachan, Andrew Read Amazon Sales Rank 5. Essentials of Epidemiology in Public Health: Ann Aschengrau, George R, III Seage 6. Animal form and Function, Breneman: Sidhwick&Jacson 7. Animal physiology: Goger Eckert 8. Mamal Ecology: Blakie PG IV Semester/ Integ. UG/PG X Semester, Elective Course: c) Industrial & Fermentation Technology Course Code: LBTC 1004 Course Credit: (3-0-0) 3 Unit-1 History and scope of microbial biotechnology, the bioreactor/fermenter-types and parts, scale-up, media design for fermentation processes, Economic aspects of fermentation

Unit-2 Biotechnological application of microorganisms, Production of chemicals and pharmaceuticals (bioconversion), Production of microbial enzymes and their applications, Microbes in mining-Bioleaching, oil recovery, Application of microbes inpharmaceutical industry

UNIT-3 Role of microorganisms in the production and transformation of food and beverages, Food fermentation - Bread leavening by yeast and other micro-organisms, chemicalleavening,

brewing: Manufacture of Beer- microbiological aspects. Wine - Kinds of wines, manufacture, microbial spoilage, Distilled liquors. Vinegar -methods of manufacture

Unit-4 Fermented vegetables - Pickles - Fermented dairy products — Fermented milk, cheese, butter and other milk products - spoilage of milk - preservation of milk.

Unit-5 Biofertilizers- manufacture, formulation and utilization, Microbes as Biofertilizers -Chemically fixed Nitrogen versus biologicallyfixed Nitrogen, biopesticides. Evaluation Scheme:






Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessments will be taken into consideration Suggested Readings 1. Microbial Biotechnology: Alexandern, Glazer Hiroshi Nikaido 2. Molecular Biotechnology: Principles and Applications of Recombinant DNA:Bernaral R Glick and Jack J. Pasternak 3. Principles of Fermentation Technology:Whittaker & Stan bury 4. Bioprocess Engineering Principles Operational Modes of Bioreactors, BIOTOL series - Butter worth, Heinemann 5. Bioreactor Design and Product Yield, BIOTOL series - Butter worth Heinemann 6. Bioprocess Engineering : Systems, Equipment & Facilities : LydersenNA Delia and KM Nelson, 7. Bioseparationand Bioprocessing: Subramaniam,G PG IV Semester/ Integ. UG/PG X Semester, Elective Course: d) Immunotechniques Course Code: LBTC 1005 Course Credit: (3-0-0) 3 Unit - 1 Introduction to antigen and antibody interaction; Methods for generation of antibody; Monoclonal antibody and Hybridoma technology; Antibody engineering and ScFvs, Abzymes, Immunoprecipitation based methods; Agglutination based techniques; Immunological assays based on molecular binding on solid support (RIA, ELISA, ELISPOT, Western blotting) Methodological options and considerations. Methods for determination of Antigen antibody affinity: Equilibrium dialysis; SPR;

Unit- 2 Microscopic methods based on antigen antibody inetarctions: Immunocytochemistry, Immunohistochemistry, immunoelectronmicroscopy, Imagining techniques based on

immunofluorescence: immunofluorescence microscopy; Confocal microscopy, Intravital imagining methods. Isolation and enrichment of specific immune cells, Flow-cytometer and FACS for quantitative/qualitative analysis and sorting of different immune cell subsets, Magnetic Activated Cell Sorting, Techniques for cell cycle analysis, Assays for apoptosis and cell death, Cell functional assays-lymphoproliferation, Cell-mediated cytotoxicity, mixed lymphocyte reaction, Detection of apoptosis

Unit - 3 Immune response and bacterial, parasitic and viral infections, Immunization, strategies: Vaccination; Recombinant DNA and protein based vaccines, Peptide vaccines, conjugate vaccines; Passive Immunization: Antibody, Transfusion of immuno-competent cells, Stem cell therapy; Cell based vaccines, edible vaccines; Immunoinformatics and vaccine design

Unit - 4 Manipulation of the immune response: Regulation of unwanted immune responses and immunomodulation against autoimmunity, transplantation rejections, cancer therapy, congenital and acquired immunodeficiency; tolerance and autoimmune diseases, Transplantation and Tumor Immunology, diagnosis and therapeutic approaches. Cytokine related diseases: diagnosis and therapeutic application of cytokines

Unit- 5 Adoptive cell transfer therapy; Animal models: Transgenic mice and gene knockout by targeted disruption, in vivo cell tracking techniques, Cell imaging techniques-in vitro and in vivo. Molecular diagnosis of immunological disorders: ex. DiGeorge syndrome, humoral immunodeficiency, cellular immunodeficiency (due to defects in IFNg receptor a and b chain, MHC Class I) Evaluation Scheme:

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Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessments will be taken into consideration Suggested Readings

1. Immunobiology: Kenneth Murphy 2. Cellular and Molecular Immunology: Abbas AK, Lichtman AH and Pillai S 3. Immunology: Kuby 4. Essential Immunology: Roit I

PG IV Semester/ Integ. UG/PG X Semester, Elective Course: e) Entrepreneurship Management in Biotechnology

Course Code: LBTC1006 Course Credit: (3-0-0) 3

Unit - 1 Concept of entrepreneur, nature of entrepreneur, entrepreneurial characteristics, function of an entrepreneur, role of entrepreneurship in developing economy

Unit -2 Nature and characteristics of Management, Scope and Functional areas of management, Management V/s Administration, Roles of Management, Levels of Management, Basic managerial functions, management as profession.

Unit - 3 Business opportunity: Business opportunity identification process, project cycle and its management, project identification, project appraisal, project closure report.

Unit - 4 Structure of a Biotechnology Company, Start-up of Biotechnology Company, New Product Development, Market Research, Sales & Marketing Principles, Institutional support system for small scale sector, SIDO, NSIC, SIDBI, SIBRI, BCIL

Unit -5 Intellectual Property Principles in Biotechnology, Health Care Overview and Role of Government in Biotechnology, Ethical and Other Legal Issues in Biotechnology, national and international policies on Biotechnology Evaluation Scheme:

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Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessments will be taken into consideration Suggested Readings I. Principles of Management: PCTripathi, PNReddy 2. Dynamics of Entrepreneurial Development & Management: Vasant Desai 3. Entrepreneurship Development— Poornima.M.Charantimath 4. Management Fundamentals :RobersLusier — Thomson 5. Entrepreneurship Development: SS Khanka • 6. Management: Stephen Robbins PG IV Semester/ Integ. UG/PG X Semester, Elective Course: f) Environmental Biotechnology Course Code: LBTC1007

Course Credit: (3-0-0) 3 Unit - 1 Components of Environment - Hydrosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere and biosphere — definitions with examples; Interaction of man and environment; Environmental Studies as a multidisciplinary subject

Unit - 2 Global Environmental Problems - Green House Effect, Acid rain, Ozone depletion, salination, biodiversity loss; chemical and radiation hazards.

Unit - 3 Environmental pollution and degradation- Pollution of air, water and land with reference to their causes, nature of pollutions, impact and control strategies; noise pollution; Habitat Pollution by Chlorinated Hydrocarbons (DDT, PCBs, Dioxin etc)

Unit - 4 Environmental Management - Concept of health and sanitation, environmental diseases — infectious (water and air borne) and pollution related, health hazards due to pesticide and metal pollution, solid waste management

Unit -5 Bioremediation - Oil spills, pesticides, Wastewater treatment, chemical degradation, heavy Metals Evaluation Scheme:

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Note: The best one out of two Internal Assessments will be taken into consideration Suggested Readings 1. Cell Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Evolution and Ecology: Verma PS and AgrawalVK 2. Environmental Biotechnology:Chhatargy 3. Environmental Pollutions: Peavy and Rowe 4. Environemental Biology: VermaPS and Chand S 5. Environmental Biotechnology: InduShekhar PG IV Semester/Integrated UG/PG XSem, Laboratory Course: Dissertation Course Code: LBTC 1008 Course Credit: (0-3-12) 9


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