Department Highlights

• A well equipped modern and spacious laboratory animal house. All quality control facility to do experiment with swiss albino mice and Albino wistar rats.
• Testing provision for pharma products, research findings, Immunological studies, microbiological aasays, mutagenicity and carcinogenisty studies, bio compatability tests, drug screening, Allergic assays and many other testings.
• ANIMAL HOUSE FACILITY: INSTITUTIONAL ANIMAL ETHICS COMMITTEE (1949/PO/Re/S/17/CPCSEA)The IAEC of Prathyusha Engineering College consisting of 9 members has extended the research facility by constructing the animal house and received an approval from CPCSEA on March 2017
• The Department has the cultivation zone for oyster mushroom in a commercial scale. We have a sterile room, specially allocated for the mushroom cultivation. This mushroom cultivation will be a follow up activity by our department to enhance the entrepreneurial skills of biotech students

Achievements

• “Dr.P.DHASARATHAN”, Head of the Biotechnology Department received “Best Researcher Award”, at International Academicians and Research’s Conclave and Awards 2020 at Hyderabad on 12th January, 2020.
• “Dr.P.DHASARATHAN”, Head of the Biotechnology Department received “Best Researcher Award”, at the third International Conference on “Multidisciplinary Research Trends in Arts, Science, Engineering and Technology at Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Hotel, Perambalur on 29th December, 2019.
• “Dr.M.THENMOZHI”, Associate Professor of the Biotechnology Department received “Young Scientist Award”, at the third International Conference on “Multidisciplinary Research Trends in Arts, Science, Engineering and Technology at Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Hotel, Perambalur on 29th December, 2019.
• “Dr.P.DHASARATHAN”, Head of the Biotechnology Department presented his innovative poster at 4th Microbiome R&D and Business Collaboration Congress held at Hotel Fort Canny, Singapore, titled “Stimulation of Probiotics on Health Status of Birds challenged with Bacterial Pathogen”
• “Professor Dr.AJA. RANJIT SINGH”, Department of Biotechnology has been honoured by MOSA UNIVERSITY, ZAMBIA as “Ceremonial Chancellor”