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About the Department 
The department of biotechnology in IPS Academy, Indore is dedicated to educating students and the public about promises and challenges of biotechnology. Through year
-round programs, the Department is creating a base of understanding and awareness about biotechnology among teachers and students-and building the next generation
of leaders in the industry.

Academy has 5 well equipped laboratories.

• Instrumentation Room.

• Plant tissue culture laboratory.

• Molecular Biology lab.

• Microbiology lab/Aseptic room.

• General Biotechnology laboratory.

These laboratories are provided with all the advanced instrument and other
requirements which can utilized for the research work in different streams of
biotechnology.

The department regularly organizes Seminar and Workshops on advanced
Biotech subjects and invites guest speakers to deliver talks on latest topics.

Research Scientist, Quality Control Manager, Clinical Research Associate, Regulatory Affairs Specialist, Manufacturing Research Associate, Process Development Manager, Scientific Systems Manager, Market Research Manager, Development Research Analyst. etc.

1. Paper presentation in National conference.
   "Phytochemical Analysis of Triphala: An Ayurvedic Formulation" by Sapna Jain at National Seminar on Role of Innovative Environmental Bio-technologies for Greening India, Bhopal.
   
   
2. Publication in International conference/Journal.
   "Antimicrobial analysis of Triphala and comparison with its individual constituents" by Darshna Mahajan in IX International Symposium on Plant Biotechnology, Cuba.
   
   
3. Publication in National conference/Journal.
   "Antimicrobial analysis of Triphala and comparison with its individual constituents" by Darshna Mahajan at the Fourth Madhya Pradesh Science Congress & National Seminar, RGPV, Bhopal.
   
   
4. Students of M.Sc. III semester attended the 5th World Congress on Cell and Molecular Biology, at DAVV, Indore in November
   
   
5. Summer Training.
   Ms. Nisha Chouhan and Deepty Gopal did their summer training at National Botanical Research Institute Lucknow in "Competitive Measurement of Photosynthetic and Water related parameters of Jatropha and Cotton".
   
   
6. University Merits
   Darshana Mahajan, Rini Jose, Abhilasha Mukherjee & Ipshita Mukherjee held position in DAVV merit list in M.Sc. & B.Sc. Biotechnology respectively for the academic year 2008-10.
   
   Manika Shrivastava M.Sc. III Sem. Topped in University and Aparna Chaturvedi M.Sc. I Sem. (IV Rank in University) Shaina Baig Mirza M.Sc. I Sem. (IX Rank in University) held position in DAVV merit list in M.Sc. Biotechnology respectively for the academic year 2010-11.
   
   
7. Shubhanshi Trivedi & Richa Jakhetia cleared GRE & TOEFL exams & got registered at Canbera University, Australia for MS program in Biotechnology, 2006. Awarded Post Doctoral Scholarship for Ph.D. Program.
   
   
8. Mayank Arora selected in Oxford University for 1 year PG Program in Pharmacology, 2009.
   
   

1. VC has nominated Dr. Sanjay Nagar as a member in the Board of Studies, Biotechnology, DAVV, Indore.
   
   
2. Dr. Sanjay Nagar has appointed Associate Editor for the Journal of Interdisciplinary Science published by University of Cambridge, Cambridge U.K.
   
   
3. International conference on Biotechnology and Nanotechnology
   International conference on Biotechnology and Nanotechnology held at Paris from July 28-30’2010 invites Dr. Sanjay Nagar Prof. & Head with Dr. Preeti Barua, Pranoti Belapurkar to present their Research paper entitled "Role of genus Cassia in combating malnutrition in Bhil dominated Dhar and Jhabua regions of southern Madhya Pradesh of India".
   
   

Dr. Sanjay Nagar
Prof. & Head
Department of Biotechnology
Tel.: 0731 4014577
Mob.: +91 98933 48496
e-mail: hod.biotech@ipsacademy.org