M.Tech Biotechnology at IIT Mandi Offline Course

The minimum and maximum duration of these programs are two and three years respectively. Each year consists of two semesters, summer and winter terms. The structure and details of the curriculum for these programs are given separately.

The Biosciences and Biotechnologies (BioX) at IIT Mandi is motivated by the needs in the field of human healthcare, food/agriculture, and environment sustainability in terms of development of new technologies for better disease diagnosis and management, identification and development of rare medicinally important molecules from various sources, and to clean and protect environment. Being present in the Himalayas, it aims to utilize the diverse resources easily available in the region to fulfil the above-mentioned goals. Motivated by the goals, IIT Mandi is committed to intensify academic teaching, research and development in several areas of BioX. M. Tech in Biotechnology programme is mainly initiated with the goal to train the next generation of students with cutting edge knowledge and skills suitable towards biotechnological research and Bio-industry needs such as biomedical/biopharma etc. 

The curriculum of M.Tech in Biotechnology programme at IIT Mandi is directed towards fundamental and practical understanding of the core biotechnology areas along with specialized fields in “Systems Biology” and “Medical and Nano-biotechnology”. In addition, elective courses from other disciplines provide interdisciplinary exposure to the students. The core-subjects, specialized theme areas of BioX, electives from other schools, hands on laboratory training along with the Thesis project component to be undertaken in-house/ other R&D institutes/ industries will enrich students with right skills required in the current Job market both in academia and industries, on completion of the program.