Department of Biotechnology, IIT Madras

The Department of Biotechnology at IIT Madras was founded in 2004 with a vision to be recognised as a Department of International repute with a strong interdisciplinary research and teaching base in biological sciences and engineering and an active collaboration with industries and health-care institutions. The department is housed in the ‘Bhupat & Jyoti Mehta School of BioSciences’. The focus of the department includes basic research in modern biotechnology and molecular basis of life processes; enhancing knowledge base and human resource development; and biotechnology for societal development.