Biotechnology
Biotechnology is the life science which generally deals with the study of living organisms. The word ‘biotechnology’ has received enormous importance and significance during the last two decades, which is just unprecedented. The probabilities and possibilities behind this kind of attention towards biotechnology may be due to its unlimited potential to serve and benefit humanity. So far, biotechnology has touched our lives so much and it has impacted all aspects of our life like food, health, human life, animal and plant breeding, agriculture, medicine, environmental pollution controlling and in many other fields also.
History of Biotechnology Department
Department of Biotechnology has established in the year 2006. The courses offered by the department are B.Sc. (Hons.) Biotechnology and M.Sc. Biotechnology till date. The department has six labs with several types of equipments like PCR (Eppendorf), Phase Contrast Microscope, ELISA Reader, Laminar flow, Micro-Centrifuge, Cooling Ultracentrifuge, Lab mini fermenter, PAGE, SDS Assembly, Microtome, Cooling Microtome, UV illuminator, Colony counter and many more other instruments.
Faculty:
Jitesh Sony (Assistant Professor)
Mr. Jitesh Sony joined DAV College, Abohar on 15-7-2005.
His educational qualification is M.Phil., M.Sc. (Hons. School) Zoology from Panjab University, Chandigarh.
He has published seven (07) research papers in various journals of national and international repute.
He is also the author of three books.
Departmental Activities:
• The department organized various activities from time to time like Research projects, Extension lectures, Guest lectures, Quizzes, Workshops, Model and Poster making competitions, Seminars, Tours and Trips, Industrial visits etc.
• A workshop was organized on the topic “Relevance of Algal Biotechnology in 21st Century” by the department in collaboration with Hash Biotech in Oct. 2010.
• A workshop was organized on the topic “Host-Parasite Interactions” in which Dr. Parveen Rishi was the keynote speaker in Nov. 2010.
• A guest lecture was delivered on “Algal Biofuels” by Dr. Rajeev Aneja in Oct. 2013.
• An extension lecture by Prof. P.K. Sehajpal on DNA Science: From Bench to Bed Side was organized in January 2016.
• The department organised a twenty-day workshop for students in collaboration with NITCON under the programmes Entrepreneurship Awareness Camps (EACs) and Entrepreneurship Development Programmes (EDPs) at DAV College Campus in Jan 2016.
• The department arranged a Seminar cum Workshop on Vermicomposting at the college campus on 19th August 2017.
• The department organized a National Seminar on “Role of Biological Sciences in Organic Farming” on 20th March 2019.
• The Department organised a seminar on the topic “Science and Environment” by Dr. Rajiv Khosla, Doaba College, Jalandhar on 26-8-2019
• The Department organised a seminar on the topic “Fundamentals of Research and Bioethics” by Dr Kuldeep Kaushik, Head, Dept of Zoology, Dev Samaj College, Ferozepur on 23-10-2019.
Students Achievements
• Many students topped the merit list every year at the university level and qualified various other exams like UGC NET, TGT, PGT, CDS and PCS.
• Besides this, the students got many prizes in the various cultural activities at zonal and interzonal competitions and at the university level.