Department of Biotechnology

Department of Biotechnology

Biotechnology is expected to play a key role in the developmental process and economic growth of Nagaland. The Northeastern region in general and Nagaland in particular is a rich genetic treasure house of plants, insects and microbial resources. The region is one of the 12 mega-biodiversity rich zones of the world and forms a distinctive part of the Indo-Burma Hotspot that ranks 8th among the 25 biodiversity hotspot of the world.

This Department looks at this great opportunity and plans to record the Biotechnological innovation which has naturally occurred in order to take advantage of some specific characteristics or features. Further to make new formulation in the area of health care, attempts will be made to create a genetic database of rare genes which may have been lost in the rest of the world but still occurring in Nagaland for the benefit of this state. One of the prime focuses of this Department would be the conservation and preservation of medicinally and floriculturally important rare and endangered plants of this region.

The Department has a plan to open a Bioinformatics Center in the near future. The Department is in the process of creating a state- of- the- art laboratory to cater advanced biotechnological skills to the students. The Biotechnology lab is already equipped with modern biotechnological tools like PCR Thermal Cycle, Horizontal Electrophoresis Systems, Vertical Slab Gel Systems (Mini model), Vertical Slab Gel Systems ( Slab Gel Regular Model), Transilluminator, Horizontal air flow cabinet, BOD, Deep freezer etc. This Department in collaboration with Department of Biotechnology, GOI is undertaking a project for the production and utilization of quality planting materials of five economically important horticultural crops of this region.

Department of Biotechnology
Nagaland University, Kohima
Kohima, Nagaland
India

Other Departments at Nagaland University, Kohima

• Department of Agricultural Economics
• Department of Agricultural Engineering
• Department of Agricultural Extension
• Department of Agriculture Chemistry
• Department of Agriculture Engineering & Technology
• Department of Agronomy
• Department of Animal Production and Management
• Department of Biotechnology
• Department of Botany
• Department of Chemistry
• Department of Commerce
• Department of Computer Science and Engineering
• Department of Economics
• Department of Education
• Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
• Department of English
• Department of Entomology
• Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding
• Department of Geography & Resource Management
• Department of Geology
• Department of History and Archaeology
• Department of Horticulture
• Department of Information Technology
• Department of Management Studies
• Department of Plant Pathology
• Department of Political Science
• Department of Rural Development & Planning
• Department of Sociology
• Department of Soil Conservation
• Department of Tenyidie
• Department of Zoology