Life Science department of National Institute of Technology Rourkela (NIT Rourkela) is the scientific study center . study courses of the department associated with living organisms including microorganisms, plants, animals and human beings.

Academic Programmes
Ph.D. in Life Science
M.Sc. (2 years) in Life Science

Infrastructure:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Laboratory
Cell and Developmental Biology Group
Immunology and Molecular Medicine Group
Microbiology and Ecology
Bioinformatics Group
Biophysical Sciences Group

Some of the Current Sponsored Projects:

Project Title: Diversity and Synthesis of Immunoglobulin in the Indian Major Carps (Under NFBSFARA)
Principal Investigator: Prof. Surajit Das
Sponsor: ICAR
Duration: Apr 2013 to Mar 2017

Project Title: Structural impact of SNPs on miRNA-mediated regulation and its implication in Cancer (RGYI)
Principal Investigator: Prof. Bibekanand Mallick
Sponsor: DBT
Duration: Jun 2013 to Jun 2016

Project Title: Decoding the Dominant Microrna-Mediated Pluripotency Networks in Stem Cells
Principal Investigator: Prof. Bibekanand Mallick
Sponsor: CSIR
Duration: May 2013 to May 2016

Project Title: Conformational Amyloidogenic & Cytotoxic propensity of Human Proiapp
Principal Investigator: Prof. Suman Jha
Sponsor: DBT
Duration: Jul 2013 to Jul 2016

Project Title: Deciphering role of cancer stem cells to therapy resistance in oral cancer
Principal Investigator: Prof. Sujit Kumar Bhutia
Sponsor: SERB
Duration: Aug 2013 to Aug 2016

Address:
National Institute of Technology, Sector 1
Rourkela,
Odisha