Head of the Department
Rakhi Chaturvedi
Professor,
Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering
Ph: 0361 - 2582201, 0361-2582211
Contact Address
Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Guwahati, Assam 781039
0361-2582250
biooff @ iitg.ac.in
Website : https://www.iitg.ac.in/biotech
About Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering
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. The department has 36 faculty members from diverse streams and specializations. The department has developed extensive research facility and infrastructure to support the ongoing teaching and research initiatives. The major thrust of the department includes biochemical engineering, Enzyme and Microbial Technology, tissue engineering, plant biotechnology, nanobiotechnology, computational biology, cancer biology, infectious diseases and proteomics. The department has initiated efforts to establish advanced research laboratories in all the thrust areas. Apart from fundamental research, the department aims to meet the targeted demands to cater the requirements of biotechnology based industries.
