Industrial Biotechnology is an exciting and new approach for preventing pollution, reducing costs and resource conservation. If this branch of biotechnology develops to its full-potential, then it will have larger impact on the world as compared to other branches of biotechnology like agricultural and health biotechnology. B. Tech in industrial biotechnology is a four-year degree course that is offered by only a few colleges in India.

When it comes to government engineering colleges for this course, only a single college is offering this course and the name of the college is given below:

• Government College of Technology, Coimbatore

Intake capacity and admission procedure:

Government College of Technology, which is offering B. Tech Industrial Biotechnology course with affiliation from the Anna University is approved with an intake capacity of 100 students per year for this course. Admission of students to this course is done based on the marks secured by the candidates in the higher secondary examination and on the basis of counseling conducted by the Anna University.

Subjects covered under the course:

As far as Anna University is concerned, the course is divided into four years and the subjects offered in each year are given below:

First year and second year:

• Introduction to engineering

• Molecular biology

• Microbiology

• Biochemistry

• Mathematics

• Cell biology

• Engineering mechanics

• Chemistry I

• Physics I and II

• English I and II

Third and fourth year:

Biology:

• Molecular Pathogenesis

• Cancer biology

• Immuno technology

• Animal Biotechnology

• Plant biotechnology

Chemical Engineering & Allied Subjects:

• Food Processing Technology

• Drugs and pharmaceutical technology

• Environmental technology

• Metabolic engineering

• Plant design

• Bioprocess engineering

Miscellaneous subjects:

• Drug Design

• Molecular Modeling

• Biophysics

• Chromatographic separations

• Biological spectroscopy

• Technical writing and communication

In addition to these subjects, some core subjects and lab courses are also offered to the B. Tech in Industrial Biotechnology.

Higher studies after B. Tech industrial biotechnology course:

After completion of B. Tech in industrial biotechnology course, candidates can go for PG course in industrial biotechnology, which is being offered only by a few colleges in India or they can also take up biotechnology or other related branches of engineering for their higher studies.

Scope of industrial biotechnology course:

Even though, at the present circumstances, the scope of this course is limited in India, it is expected to have more scope in the near future since it can effectively save the environment.