DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY: Microbiology is a challenging and exciting scientific discipline dealing with microbes. Recognising the need of Microbiology in the industry, agriculture as well as medical research, the Institute started an under-graduate course in Microbiology in 2010-11. The course being offered in only select colleges of University of Delhi has an intake of 30 students. Microbiology is an applied science forming the core of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology. The importance of Microbiology can be judged from the fact that about 1/3rd of the Nobel prizes in the field of Physiology and Medicine has been won by people working on microbiological problems. The three-year curriculum with fifteen theory papers as well as practical has been designed to equip the students in various aspects of Microbiology, including the current developments in the field. The curriculum has been revised with effect from 2004-2005, with the view to make it more student-friendly and to incorporate the knowledge of computers in the field. The Microbiology department has well equipped laboratory and very competent teaching and technical staff for carrying out experiments as well as research work.
JOB PROSPECTS: On completion of graduation, the students could pursue Master's programme in Microbiology, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Genetic Engineering or Bioinformatics. They can seek jobs as academicians, researchers, biotechnologists, plant pathologists, epidemiologists, and clinical microbiologists, quality control technologists in the field of medicine, agriculture, food establishments and industries.