Department Activities

Department of Biotechnology has conducted GSBTM Sponsored Crash workshop to prepare Second- and Third- Year students of Life Sciences for National Level competitive exam to get admission in institute of national repute. Since selected as nodal center, department has organized 6 workshops and more than 500 students from various colleges of the Saurashtra region participated in the workshop.

Department of biotechnology with the help of alumni of the department organized Biotech alumni lecture series from 20-24 October 2020 and 13-18 September 2021. Different alumni shared their journey and work experiences which inspired and motivated students along with learning about cutting edge research done by alumni. It was open for students of other colleges and institutes as well.

International Webinars

International Webinar on topic "Probiotics and Immunity: A long but interesting story? on June 18, 2020. Prof. Dr. Bruno Pot was the speaker of the event, Science Director Europe with Yakult Europe BV, Netherland and Guest Professor at Vrije Universitiet, Brussel, Belgium

National Webinars

a) "COVID-19 Pandemic: What is it and How did this come about?" on 6th May 2020, Professor BJ Rao a Senior Professor, Chair of Biology and Dean Faculty at IISER, Tirupati was resource person
b) Expert talk on Bioremediation on July 16th 2021. Dr. Ramesh Kothari was the resource person of the expert talk. He is expert in the field of Environment Microbiology from Saurashtra University, Rajkot
c) Webinar on----Role of Next Generation Sequencing in exploring metagenomics on 15/2/2022 by Dr. Prakash Koringa, Assistant Professor, Anand Agriculture University, Department of Animal Biotechnology, Anand
d) A one-day workshop on Use of ICT in teaching and learning Program on 31st December. Dr. Nikhil Rajput, assistant Professor Ramanujan College, Department of computer Science university of Delhi
e) Expert talk on Biofertilizer and Organic Fertilizers-Need of agriculture on 28 November, 2022. Dr. Pujan B Vaishnav Chief & Head Department for R & D, QC, Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemical Limited, Baroda, Gujarat
f) A two-day workshop on "Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)" was organized by Department of Biotechnology, Christ College, Rajkot on 22 & 23rd July, 2021. Speaker of the workshop was Ms. Deepali Paun (M.Sc., LL.M), a Registered Indian Patent Agent & Intellectual Property Attorney at IP BRICKLAYER