Department Projects

The Department of Biotechnology undertakes innovative, interdisciplinary projects integrating biotechnology, microbiology, computational biology, artificial intelligence, and nanotechnology to address challenges in healthcare, agriculture, food safety, and environmental sustainability. These projects emphasize scientific research, technological innovation, and the development of affordable, sustainable solutions for real-world applications.

Department Projects Computational Biology

  • Computational approaches for Drug Repurposing in Neuroinflammation.
  • Cross- Disease Biomarker Identification in Cardiometabolic Disorders using RNA-Seq and Supervised Learning.

Microbial Technology Project

  • Isolation and Characterization of Zinc Solubilization Bacteria from Rhizospheric Soil of Rice (Oryza Sativa)
  • In vitro efficacy, tests of selected antibiotics and antifungal pharma products are available in the local market.

Projects

  • Development of Lemon capped ZnS nanofertilizer.
  • Explainable AI for Diabetic Retinopathy Screening in Rural India.
  • AI- Based Cognitive Gaming & Memory Assistance for Elderly Dementia Patients in NER(North Eastern Region).
  • AI- Powered Dynamic Mental Health Monitoring and Distress Prediction System for Victims of Atrocities.
  • WeatherGPT : Conversational AI for Weather Forecasting, Alerts and Climate Information.
  • Early detection and management of crop disease and pest infestation.
  • An enzyme-based Biosensor that rapidly detects food spoilage.
  • Development of low-cost light-weight milk chilling for small-scale dairy farmers.
  • Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using curry leaves and evaluation of antimicrobial activity.
  • Evaluation of Microbial Load in Packaged and Unpackaged Food Products.
  • Environmental Surveillance of Waterborne Antibiotic- Resistant Bacteria.
  • Assessment of Airborne Microbial Load in Different Areas of College Campus Using Passive Air Sampling.
  • Efficient systems for early detection, prevention and management of livestock diseases, and animal health issues.
  • Student innovation: cloud- native,one- click RNA- seq platform with explainable AI for early detection of tuberculosis biomarkers.
  • Solar Powered smart  Mini cold storage system for fresh vegetables in North Eastern Region (NER).
  • Development of Lemon capped ZnS nanofertilizer.