DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY INTRODUCTION:- BIOTECHNOLOGY HAVE EMERGED AS THE TECHNOLOGIES OF 21ST CENTURY. BIOTECHNOLOGY HAVE IN RECENT YEARS CREATED UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITIES, NOT ONLY FOR THE MANIPULATION OF BIOLOGICAL SYSTEM FOR THE BENEFIT OF MANKIND, BUT ALSO FOR UNDERTAKING STUDIES TO COMPREHEND THE FUNDAMENTAL LIFE PROCESSES. THEY HAVE ALSO INFLUENCED ALMOST EVERY SECTOR OF HUMANITY AND HAVE VAST POTENTIAL FOR UNLOCKING NEW TECHNOLOGIES. BIOTECHNOLOGY HAVE BEEN WORLD’S FASTEST GROWING TECHNOLOGIES. IN HOLKAR SCIENCE COLLEGE, THE BIOTECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT WAS ESTABLISHED IN JULY 2001-02 FOR PROMOTION OF THE TEACHING OF BIOTECHNOLOGY AS ONE OF THE SUBJECTS AT GRADUATE LEVEL. IN 2002-03 BIOINFORMATICS SUBJECT WAS ALSO INTRODUCED AT GRADUATION LEVEL. IN 2006-07 TEACHING OF M.SC. BIOTECHNOLOGY WAS STARTED IN AFFILIATION WITH DEVI AHILYA VISHWAVIDYALAYA, INDORE. IN ADDITION TO REGULAR TEACHING (UG AND PG) AND RESEARCH, THE DEPARTMENT HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION IN MAKING THE EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES (BIOCHEMISTRY, HAEMOTOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY) AVAILABLE TO TEACHERS OF VARIOUS COLLEGES THROUGH WORKSHOPS AND OTHER MEANS. THE DEPARTMENT AIMS AT MAKING KNOWLEDGE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE AT REASONABLY LOW COST.