School of Biotechnology, Banaras Hindu University

y of the school was appointed in 1990. At present Institute of Medical Sciences and Institute of Technology, BHU and other Universities & research institutions are actively participating in the schools multidisciplinary teaching program. (Biotechnology) students are admitted annually through a highly competitive national level combined entrance test conducted by the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. students are awarded with fellowship of Rs. 3000/-PM. In the 2010, 2011 and 2012, 19, 18 and 11 students were admitted. The students of the department have an excellent rate of success in national examinations like CSIR-UGC-NET, GATE, DBT-JRF etc and are placed at leading institutes in India and abroad. The faculty members of the School are presently actively engaged in the following areas of research:
a). Cellular and Molecular Immunology of Macrophages;
b). Immunotherapy of cancer and inflammatory diseases;
c).Microbiology of infectious diseases;
d). Enzyme based diagnostics and structure-function relationship;
e). Bacterial gene regulation;
f).Diversity of microbes from extreme environment;
g). Use of molecular markers in gene tagging;
h). Germplasm conservation and propagation. Present strength of faculty: 5+1

Prof. Tripathi
Prof. Sukh Mahendra Singh
Prof. Arvind Mohan Kayastha (Co-ordinator)
Dr. Arvind Kumar
Prof. B. D. Singh (Professor Emeritus)