Hello aspirant,

The syllabus of GATE Biotechnology 2026 has seven subjects,

1. Engineering Mathametics
2. General Biology
3. Genetics,Cellular and Molecular Biology
4. Fundamentals of Biological Engineering
5. Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology
6. Plant,Animal and ,Microbial Biotechnology
7. Recombinant DNA Technology and other Biotechnology tools

And books recommended for preparation are,

• Prescott's Microbiology
• Biotechnology: Expanding Horizons by B.D Singh
• Principles of Genetics by Gardner
• Biochemistry by Chakarpani and Satyanarayana
• Lehniger Principles of Biochemistry
• Principles of Bioprocess Engineering by P.Doran
• Bioprocess Engineering by Shuler and Kargi
• Molecular Cell Biology by Lodish and Baltimore
• GATE Biotechnology by G.K Publishers

For more information, click on the link given below,

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/gate-syllabus-for-biotechnology

Best of luck for your preparation.