Department of Genetics, Plant Breeding and Biotechnology: Akal School of Biotechnology was established in 2011 with M.Sc. Biotechnology. Since then, it has witnessed tremendous developmental activities, such as starting of Ph.D. Biotechnology, establishment of five state of the art laboratories equipped with sophisticated modern instruments costing more than Rs. 3 crores purchased by financial support of The Kalgidhar Trust and Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, and development of experimental farms as well as green house facility to facilitate agricultural biotechnology research activities. In this short span of establishment, Akal School of Biotechnology (Now, Department of Genetics, Plant Breeding and Biotechnology) has offered four courses i.e. M.Sc. Biotechnology, M.Sc. Ag. Genetics and Plant Breeding; Ph.D. in Biotechnology; and Ph.D. in Genetics and Plant Breeding. The department got 8 externally funded projects worth Rs. 3 crores by DBT, Govt. of India, DST and HIMCOSTE for research activities on micronutrient bio-fortification, enhancing micronutrient bioavailability and improving drought tolerance, better bread making quality of wheat cultivars, nanotechnology and biofertilizers for future sustainability.
The department faculty has published more than 1000 research, review and extension articles in various disciplines. To give more emphasis on research, institutional fellowships (Rs. 8000/- per month, presently Rs 5000/- per month) are being provided to Ph.D. scholars of the department. The faculty members are actively engaged in research activities and 6 more research projects submitted to various funding agencies for external support are under consideration. Presenting its research leads, Department organized a National Symposium on Role of Biotechnology in Crop Improvement in July, 2014. Department of Genetics, Plant Breeding and Biotechnology has three research laboratories viz. Biotechnology, Genetics and Plant Breeding and Central Laboratory. The major equipments (costing more than 5 lakhs) available in these laboratories includes, Thermal Cycler, Refrigerated Centrifuges, Gel-documentation system, water purification system, Deep Freezer (-80°C), HPLC system, Freeze Dryers, Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer, Microwave Digestion System, Biosafety cabinet, Horizontal and Vertical Gel Electrophoresis units and UV-Vis Spectrophotometer.
B.Sc./B.Sc. (Hons.) in medical/Agriculture/Biotechnology/Biochemistry/Microbiology/any other branch of Biological Sciences with minimum 50% marks from a recognized university.
Dr. Ajar Nath Yadav, Contact No.: 9882545085
HoD and Assistant Professor (SS)
Department of Genetics, Plant Breeding and Biotechnology,
Dr. Khem Singh Gill Akal College of Agriculture,
Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh
Email: hod.biotechnology@eternaluniversity.edu.in; ajarbiotech@gmail.com
Contact: 9882545085
1. Bio-fortification of wheat for high grain micronutrients
2. Iron, zinc and carotenoid bioavailability from bio-fortified staple crops
3. Development of novel packaging film for fruit and vegetable storage
4. Development of ZnO-Cellulose Nanocomposite for extending storage life of Ginger
5. KASP assay for powdery mildew resistant genes in wheat
6. Development of microbial Consortium as Bio-inoculants
7. Microbial Culture Collection (MCC) of hilly regions
Thermo Cycler (PCR), Gel Documentation System, Horizontal and Vertical Gel electrophoresis, Atomic Absorption Spectrometer, BOD, Laminar Air Flow, Compound Microscope with Camera, Seed Counter, Seed Germinator, Autoclave, Mili-Q water purification System, Biosaftey Cabinets (Level-II and Level-III), Elisa Reader, Cooling Centrifugations, Hot Air Oven, Spectrophotometer, Water Bath, -80C Deep Freezer, -20C Deep Freezer
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