The Department of Biotechnology was established from the session 2005–2006 by the order no. 914/2005, dated 20/4/05 of Directorate of Higher Education, Govt. of Chhattisgarh, with both Undergraduate and Postgraduate programme, and the programme was affiliated by Pt. Ravishanka Shula University, Raipur, by the order no. 914/Ace./Affl./2007, dated 17/5/2007. Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, has recognized our department as Research Centre for Ph.D. Programme in 2011 by the order no. 4371/Ace/Res/2011, dated 30/07/2011. Latter in 2012, the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India has granted us STAR College Programme.
The aim and objective of the department is to nurture youth of the state for scientific exploitation of natural resources in sustainable manner, to explore health problem of the state and to protect environment and Biodiversity of the state by the help of tools and techniques of Biotechnology. To fulfil the mission of exploration of natural resource, existing health causes and environmental protection, the department has initiated skill development among youngsters of the country by UG, PG and Ph.D. programme.
With the aim of above mission and vision the department is organizing UG, PG, &Ph.D. programme in close collaboration of various international, national institutions and industrial houses, so that we may provide skilled human resource to the academic and industrial houses for overall growth of Chhattisgarh state and finally Nation.
VISION
Integrated Human Resource Development is a flagship programme of the Department of Biotechnology to create well trained manpower to cater the needs of R&D, teaching and industry.
Biotechnology is regarded as the greatest intellectual enterprise of human kind and for meeting its basic requirements of food, health, nutrition, ecological and livelihood security. World has witnessed phenomenal progress in this field specially after the unravelling of the double helix structure of DNA by Watson & Crick. For research and development, and application of Biotechnology, skilled human resource is critical.
Realizing the need of the well-trained manpower in multidisciplinary and rapidly advancing area of Biotechnology, the Department has conceived an integrated human resource development programme feathered with undergraduate, postgraduate and Doctoral courses to fulfill the need of R&D, teaching and Industry at both global and local level. At local level we have incepted various prospects and problems in the field of haemoglobinopathies, genotoxicity, communicable diseases, genomics related to pathogenesis, natural product exploitation , biomolecule of natural resources related to pharmaceutical, nutritional and cosmetic significance from local resources, water bodies diversity/ contamination and biodiversity as a vision of the department for their scientific evaluation and applications in larger interest of people specially for Chhattisgarh.
MISSION
Translating the action, the Department has made conscious efforts to fulfil the vision, following mission have been incepted. As a primary mission we have undertaken to popularize the subject among common stakeholders by providing the scientific input concerned with need, prospects and applicability.
Our next step mission is to develop skilled human resources by both theoretical and intense hands-on training programme to meet the need of R&D, Industry and the Society. Under this mission one research based internal project in each semester and one external project during the two years course are effective tool besides large number participation of students in the programme of Biotech Consortium India Limited training programme.
Our R & D mission is to develop an environment for research-based activities. To fulfil this mission, we have Ph.D. programme with several fellowships viz. Women Scientists programme of DST (Both A&B), Young Scientist Fellow, Rajiv Gandhi Fellow, Maulana Azad National Fellow, ICMR Fellow, Indira Gandhi Single Girl Child Fellow etc. The main theme of our R & D mission are - evaluation of genotoxicity, genomics of various diseases in the society, haemoglobinopathies, natural product exploitation, scientific validation of traditional knowledges, based on local and global needs, so that our product as human resource may be more and more skilled, competent and useful for the Society.
As a Societal mission we have opted large scale extension programme to the society of catchment area viz. Screening of Sickle Cell Anemia, Glucose 6- Phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, Chemokine receptors profiling in population, Genomic analysis of renal dysfunction and immunological modulation among population,screening of Arsenic and Fluoride like toxic chemicals from food chains and related health hazard analysis.The next significant mission is screening of Secondary Metabolites from Medicinal Plants for Drug development based on experience of Traditional Healers of the society.
