The Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG) was established in November 2002 to contribute the fascinating and emerging area of biological sciences. It has both undergraduate (B.Tech.) and postgraduate (M.Tech. and Ph.D.) academic programmes. The Department is unique in North-Eastern India, imparting quality education and providing an excellent research environment through its ongoing programmes. It imparts training for students to make them competent, motivated engineers and scientists.
Dr Shirisha Nagotu, "Mid-Career Lady Gerontologist Award (Biogerontology) of the Association of Gerontology India (AGI)", [2024]
Prof. Biman B Mandal, "Top Cited Author Award by IOP Publishing, for his impressive work published in Biofabrication journal", [2023]
Prof. B Anand, "S. Ramachandran-National Bioscience Award for Career Development" by Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India. The award includes a cash prize of Rs. 200,000 and research grant worth Rs. 1500000 (Rs. 500,000 per year for a duration of 3 years)", [2023]
Prof. Utpal Bora, "Appointed as a Member, Board of Research Studies, Mizoram University for 2 years", [2022]
Prof. Biman B Mandal, "Featured in the book published by Vigyan Prasar titled 75 under 50: Scientists Shaping Today's India", [2022]
Sonu S S, "Best Poster Presentation Award under the theme “Biotechnological Innovations for Crop Improvement” at the Two-Day National Conference on “Advances in Biochemistry and Biotechnology for Nutritional Security in the Era of Climate Change,” held from 27–28 February 2026 at Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar", [2026]
Soham Basu, "Third prize in poster presentation competition in the recently concluded Japan-NER Academy-Industry Technology Cooperation Symposium held at IIT Guwahati from 9-10th March 2026", [2026]
Ragavan Chandrasekar, "'Best Oral Presenter' award (Theme: Air and Water Management for a Healthy Planet) at the International Conference on Environment and Sustainable Development 2025, held from 3rd February to 6th February 2025 at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. ", [2025]
Krishna Kant Pachauri, "1st position in the oral presentation category (Theme: Plant Tissue Culture and Entrepreneurship) at the 46th Annual Meeting of Plant Tissue Culture Association India and a Symposium on Current Trends and Challenges in Plant Biotechnology (CTCPB-2025), held at the Department of Biological Sciences, BITS Pilani Goa Campus, Goa, on February 24-26, 2025.
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Chetna Sharma , "3rd position in poster presentation under the theme Plant Metabolites and Nutraceuticals at the 46th Annual Meeting of Plant Tissue Culture Association India Symposium on Current Trends and Challenges in Plant Biotechnology held at BITS Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa Campus, on 24 - 26 February 2025.
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