Dean:
The School of Life Sciences has been established with an emphasis on interdisciplinary teaching and research in modern biology.
The School consists of four Departments:
1) Department of Biochemistry
2) Department of Plant Sciences
3) Department of Animal Sciences
4) Department of Biotechnology
Each of the three departments offers M.Sc. and Ph.D. programmes of study. The Department of Biotechnology offers M.Sc. Biotechnology and M.Tech. in Bioinformatics. These two courses from the Department of Biotechnology are organised with the participation of faculty of the three departments of the School as well as the Schools of Mathematics and Computer / Information Sciences & Chemistry. Under Distance Education Programme, the School is participating in two P.G. Diplomas: one in “Environmental Management” and the other in “Medicinal Botany”.
U.G.C. Special Assistance Programme: The School has been a recipient of UGC Special Assistance Programme since 1990. The Phase III of UGC-Special Assistance (DSA) is operative for the period 2002-2007 with the following thrust areas for teaching and research:
1) Animal Biotechnology,
2) Plant Biotechnology, and
3) Molecular Biology & Neurochemistry.
The School was granted assistance also under COSIST program of UGC for a duration of five years from 1999. All three Departments of the School are supported by Department of Science and Technology under FIST programme.
Centre for Advanced Studies Status: The University Grants Commission has sanctioned the status of Centre for Advanced Studies (UGC-SAP-CAS-I) in Plant Sciences to the School of Life Sciences. The sanction is for a period of five yers (2008-2013)with a financial outlay of Rs.128,00,000/-. Prof. A.S.Raghavendra is the Programme Coordinator and Prof. Manjula Sritharan is the Dy. Coordinator.
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