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| Association of Biotechnology (EXONS) | | Activities
of EXONS: | - Organizes guest lectures & seminars in major areas of Biosciences.
- "One day personality development
program" is being organized for I UG & I PG
students to address their overall personality development. - Experts from
various research institutes and industries provide hands on experience to the PG students of biotechnology by workshops.
- I year UG &
PG students are exposed to various Bioindustries by industrial visits.
- Our students actively participating in various inter collegiate Bioscience
Competitions
conducted by other colleges and Universities.
| | Curricular and Co-curricular Activities: | The Department offers the three-year undergraduate
B.Sc. Biotechnology programme, as well as the M.Sc. Biotechnology programme, under the credit-based choice system, with Autonomous
curricula and syllabi.
The Department conducts seminars and workshops regularly on the emerging biotech-related research
areas for the benefit of students and faculty members. Over the years faculty members have also been encouraged to attend
off-campus programmes (workshops/ seminars/ conferences/ faculty-development programmes). The following programmes were conducted
during the period 2007-2009:- International Seminar on Recent trends in Agricultural Biotechnology & Higher Educational
Opportunities in Biosciences, on 2nd March 2009
- Workshop on Bioinstrumentation on 29th and 30th Sept. 2008
- Workshop
on Molecular Techniques on 14th Oct 2008.
| | Extra curricular: | A number of
the Biotechnology students are involved in various on-campus as well as off-campus extra-curricular activities, and have represented
the college in sports, athletics and dance.
| | Value-Added
Courses: | The Department offers the following value-added courses:- M.Sc. Diploma in Bioprocess technology
- B.Sc.
Diploma in Bioinstrumentation
| | | | Research collaborations: | - Research Collaborations
with Prof. Dr. Doog Hoon Shin. Professor, School of
Biotechnology, Korean Institute of Technology, South Korea. - Research Collaborations
With Mr. Manikam, Lecturer, Department of Biotechnology,
Government College Of Technology, Coimbatore.
| Industry - Institution Collaboration. | | MOU with M/s
Senthil Papain and food products Ltd, Coimbatore. | | | | Uniqueness of the Department: | - News letter "BIOMAG" prepared and edited by the students and released
by "EXONS"
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