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MVJ
RAJALAKSHMI COLLEGE (P.G. STUDIES)
(Phone : 080 - 2523 3084)
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Established in the year 1998. Presently running
exclusive post graduation program in Biotechnology and BCA.
Realizing the need for greater opportunities for the student community,
our college mooted this P.G. Center to offer higher study avenue.
The center is presently located in outskirts of Bangalore in
Marathahalli. The approach is on the Airport road, 4 km beyond the
Bangalore Airport. It is housed in an integrated educational complex of
the Venkatesha Education Society, conveniently approachable both by public
and private transport.
THE ACADEMIC FEATURES
Post Graduate Degree Course - M.Sc.(Biotechnology) course is of Semester
Scheme of 2 years duration. University examinations are held at the end of
each term every 6 months.
THE SCOPE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
Biotechnology is termed as the science of the 21st century where gradual
and subtle transformations of Science into technology can be witnessed.
Biotechnology is an interdisciplinary subject with applications of science
and engineering principles in different fields such as food, medicine,
agriculture that are profound benefit to mankind. It is an applied science
that has made progress in leaps and bounds in major areas such as
Molecular Biology, Genetic Engineering, Animal Tissue Culture, Plant
Tissue Culture, and Vaccines etc.
Major thrust of Biotechnology has been in the field of Genetic Engineering
that involves manipulating the DNA leading to cloning and recombinant DNA
technology. It has made it possible for us to clone animals such as the
well-acclaimed Dolly the first cloned mammal. Genetic engineering has
also helped us to introduce the gene of interest into an individual to
help one overcome any kind of disorders.
The contribution of Biotechnology in the field of Agriculture is something
which one cannot be unaware of. It has given us tomatoes that do not ripen
fast and as a result have a long shelf life. It has also given us drought
resistant varieties of wheat and rice, seedless varieties of fruits
enriched vegetables. Well the list is endless.
In the field of medicine, food and health the significance of
biotechnology is no less. It has helped to overcome many of the diseases
by making it possible for us to have gene therapies, vaccines, diagnostic
kits and so on.
Edible vaccines, a concept which could only have been dreamt of before is
today a reality. Scientists the world over are trying to have the Vaccines
for some of the diseases such as Hepatitis B by embedding the vaccines
into fruits like apple, banana, tomato so one could avoid the painful
process of injections. Efforts are also on to get vaccines in the form of
body creams and lotions so that they can be directly absorbed through the
skin. Soluble sutures which save the patients the trauma of suture
removals, artificial heart valves and edible vaccines, biodegradable
plastics, genetically engineered microbes to degrade animal/human wastes,
have all been possible thanks to advances in biotechnology, a branch of
science with great future. This branch of modern science holds immense
potential for both research and career in the years to come.
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