Avinashilingam University for Women, Coimbatore, India

Biotechnology is an area with very strong potential in national advancement and economic improvement. It is a subject that has been identified by the Government of India and the UGC as one that has to be concentrated on to fully utilize and exploit the potential lying in the vast biodiversity that remains under-explored in our country. The M.Sc. course in Biotechnology involves theoretical and practical training in the field of Biotechnology. The programme also includes research projects (dissertations) carried out by the students, under the supervision of a chosen faculty member, the findings of which would then be published in reputed journals for the benefit of the scientific community.