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How do you
visualise the scope of plant biotechnology?This
specialised branch of science has the potential to take on universal
challenges like food security, developing heat-resistant crops to
counter global warming, energy production, waste management and
removing pesticides residues from soil. In view of its wide
applications and increasing scope, plant biotechnology can be termed
as the science of future which is here to stay. What are the
desirable qualities for a student wanting to join the field? A
scientific temperament and orientation for research are must for a
student aspiring to become a plant biotechnologist. The discipline
beckons those students who wish to make a career in science but do
not want to go in for the traditional subjects. Which
institutions are engaged in promoting studies and research in plant
BT? The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR),
the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR), the
International Centre of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New
Delhi, The CSIR's Centre of Cellular and Molecular Biology,
Hyderabad, the Central Institute for Plant Biotechnology, the Indian
Institute of Science, Bangalore, besides the IITs, other engineering
colleges and state agricultural universities run study and research
programmes in the discipline. What courses does your
department offer in the field? Our department runs MSc and PhD
programmes in Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, MSc degree
in Bioinformatics and a PG Diploma course in Biotechnology. Besides,
biotechnology forms an integral part of the course curricula of
various undergraduate and post-graduate degree programmes of other
departments in the colleges of Agriculture, Animal Sciences, Basic
Sciences, Veterinary Sciences and Home Sciences at Haryana
Agricultural University.
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