The centre was started in 1986 with a grant from the Ministry of Human resources Development. On-going research and development activities are focussed on product, process to equipment development in the following such as Continuous Ethanol Production by using novel Bioreactor with non-conventional raw materials, High Frequency Mass Propagation of Plants in Liquid Media and Bio-reactors, Induction of Automation in Industrial Plant Cell Culture, Application of Genetic Techniques for improvement of Tasar silk etc.
Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, INDIA