Department Of Biochemistry

The Department of Studies in biochemistry was established in 01-09-1993, as one of the departments of P.G. Centre, under Kuvempu University at JJM Medical College Davangere. The staff and facilities of Department of biochemistry of Medical College were extended to run the course successfully, later moved to Shivagangothri campus in December, 2001. The P.G. center got separated from Kuvempu University and given the university status under the banner of Davangere University on 18th August, 2009.

The opportunities are plenty and wide-open for biochemistry students. The department has strong alumni base, that spreads all over the country and in overseas as well. Our alumini are there in the R&D and Quality Control divisions of prestigious organizations like Biocon, Astrazeneca, Accenture, Strides-Acrolabs, Samilabs, Natural Remedies, Arabindo Pharma. Some of our alumni are pursuing doctoral research at premier institutions like IISc, GKVK, Bangalore, CFTRI, DFRL, Mysore, some are pursuing doctoral research within the department as project fellows, some are pursuing post-doctoral research in abroad. Our alumni are permanent faculty members in Mangalore University, Kuvempu University, Tumkur University, Karnataka State Horticulture University and also in Government Degree colleges in Karnataka.

Courses Offered

M.Sc. in Biochemistry

M.Phil.

Ph.D.