Department of Biotechnology

Board of Studies

There shall be a Board of Studies corresponding to a course of studies in a department

• to prepare, update and recommend courses of studies, curricula and procedure of examinations and recommend date of examination for the respective course/s of study;
• to recommended to the Academic Council on examination reform;
• to prepare panel of proposed examiners consisting of both internal and external paper setters and examiners for the University examinations and recommend the same to the Vice-Chancellor;
• to recommend the names of at least three members who shall constitute the Board of Moderators, including at least one external expert (at the level of Professor, former Professors may also be appointed as external examiner/ moderator); and
• to advise the Academic Council on any matter referred to them.

Members of the Board of Studies of the Department of Biotechnology

1. Chairman: Dr. Sayantan Ghosh, Assistant Professor & HOD, Department of Biotechnology
2. Members:
   1. Teachers for the Course/s of Studies
   2. Experts in the Subject nominated by the Academic Council:
      1. Dr. Tapas Kumar Bandyopadhyay, Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Kalyani University, West Bengal
      2. Prof. (Dr.) Asish Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Scientist G Division of Bacteriology ICMR - National Institute for Research in Bacterial Infections
   3. Expert from the industry, nominated by the Vice-Chancellor:
   1. Dr. Rajesh Saha, Senior Field Application Specialist Biorad Laboratories (India) Pvt. Ltd
3. Member Secretary: Dr. Nirlipta Saha, Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology