B.Sc Microbiology at Indira Gandhi College of Arts and Science, Puducherry Offline Course

B.Sc Microbiology is a Full-Time 3-Years Undergraduate Course and it is offered by Pondicherry University, Puducherry.

The Department of Microbiology was the recently added one in Indira Gandhi College of Arts and Science, Kathirkamam, Pondicherry. This department was established in the year 2004, mainly to give a chance for the rural student communities to learn Microbiology. More than 90% of the students joining this Department belong to rural communities. It was mainly created to expose students to the subject of Microbiology and their applications to   mankind. Currently, it is the only Department in the town of Pondicherry to offer a Bachelor’s degree course on Applied Microbiology, sponsored by the Pondicherry Society for Higher Education.  The Bachelor’s degree programme offered here is affiliated to Pondicherry University. The programme has a strong base in Microbial Technology and the courses offered include Cell Biology, Fundamentals of Microbiology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Immunology, Genetic Engineering, Microbial Physiology, Biological Science, Biostatistics, Virology, Parasitology and Entomology, Bioprocess Technology, Food and Dairy Microbiology, Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Introduction to Bioinformatics, Genomics and Proteomics, Medical Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology, Agricultural  Microbiology, Biological Databases and their Uses and Entrepreneurial Development, Biosafety, Bioethics and IPRs. The backbone of the department is the intellectual rigor provided by a strong team of faculty members and students coming from in and around Pondicherry.