The Department of Biotechnology, Punjabi University, Patiala was set up under the aegis of University Grants Commission, New Delhi in 1987. The Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India, New Delhi concurred acknowledgment to its M.Sc program in the scholarly session 1993-94. To meet the developing HRD necessities of the nourishment and agro based commercial ventures, the office additionally began a Diploma course in Microbial and Food Technology from the scholarly session 1991-92 which was raised to an undeniable M.Sc. program, subsidized by Govt. of Punjab, from the session 1994-95.

The office has a workforce of nine exceptionally qualified instructors who are working in push territories of Fermentation Biotechnology, Food Biotechnology, Medical Biotechnology and Environmental Biotechnology. The examination endeavors of the employees have been fortified as it has been perceived under the FIST project of DST, Govt. of India since 2003.

Numerous significant examination ventures have been honored to the office by different financing organizations like DBT, ICAR, DST, AICTE, DNES and CSIR. The office is effectively occupied with the examination work and has more than 200 distributions and some licenses surprisingly.

The division houses gear of more than 1 crore, with offices like Cold Room, Culture Room and Fermenters.

Courses Offered

1. M.Sc. (Bio-Technology) (2 years)
Students Intake : 22

2. M.Sc. (Microbial & Food Technology) (2 years)
Students Intake :22

Faculty:

Professor
Dr. Aruna Bhatia, M.Sc., Ph.D., PDF(FRANCE)
Dr. Neelam Verma, M.Sc., M.Phil, Ph.D.
Dr. Praveen Pal Balgir, M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D., PDF(Moscow)
Dr. Ram Sarup Singh, M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D

Associate Professor
Dr. Munish Puri, M.Sc., Ph.D. (L.W.P.) (HEAD)

Assistant Professor
Dr. Minni Singh, M.Sc., Ph.D., Postdoc ( IISc, Bangalore)
Dr. Baljinder Kaur, Ph.D.
Dr. Balwinder Singh, Ph.D.
Dr. Ranjeeta Bhari, M.Sc, Ph.D.
Harpreet Kaur, M.Sc.