INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI
HAUZ KHAS,
NEW DELHI 110016
(Semester I, 2018-2019)
for admission to
PhD, MTech., MS(R) and MDes Programmes
RESEARCH PROGRAMMES : DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (Ph.D.)
Department of Biochemical Engineering & Biotechnology [Code BEZ]
Microbial and Enzyme Engineering: Analysis and design of microbial and enzyme reactors for production
of industrially important products such as biofuels, industrial enzymes, biopolymers, organic solvents,
biofertilizers and biopesticides etc.; development of bio-sensors for detection of various analytes; Whole
cell catalyzed biotransformations.
Bioseparation and Downstream Processing: Membrane based separation processes, chromatographic
separation processes, Membrane processes for water recycle.
Metabolic engineering: Application of metabolic engineering principles for the development of cell
factories for the production of important metabolites including renewable chemicals and therapeutic
compounds.
Animal and plant cell culture: Development of cell culture techniques for cultivation of plant and animal
cells in specialized reactors for production of therapeutic compounds.
Environmental Biotechnology: The development of reactors and processes for stabilization of organic and
industrial wastes; Laccase engineering for treatment of textile effluents; Effect of environmental factors on
microbial community dynamics.
Biochemistry and molecular biology: Industrial enzymes, development of recombinant clones for overproduction
of enzymes and metabolites, development of expression systems in bacteria and yeasts, Human
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therapeutics production in yeast, bioenergetics and biological molecular machines, Nanoparticle-based drug
delivery and protein-based nanodevices, cancer biology, microRNA biology.
Bioinformatics and Genomics: Genome editing with programmable nucleases; analysis and interpretation
of next-generation sequencing data; traditional home-medicine and cancer big data analysis.
Biophotonics: Development of fluorescence and optical imaging methods for detection of single molecules
to the whole cell. Application of these methods for biosensing of pathogenic microbes and cancer cells
M.S. (Research)
Biochemical Engg. & Biotechnology BEY
Important Dates
Submission of online application commences on March 09, 2018 (12:00 noon)
Last date for submission of online application and application fee April 02, 2018 (04:00 pm)
Range of dates for Test / Interview May 14, 2018 - June 8, 2018
Date of Orientation and Registration for new students July 16-17, 2018
Commencement of classes July 18, 2018
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