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School of Life Sciences

Plant Biology and Biotechnology

The Department of Natural Sciences was started in 1948. A full-fledged Department of Zoology was started in 1957 offering B.Sc Zoology. In spite of being an Undergraduate department, it was recognized officially as a Centre for Research by the University of Madras in 1965.

In 1985 the department was upgraded into a Post-Graduate Department and started offering M.Sc Zoology with emphasis on Environmental Biology. In 1988 full-time M.Phil course and Post-Graduate Diploma course on Medical Lab Technology was started. M.Sc. in Medical Lab Technology and M.Sc in Biomedical Instrumentation Science were started in 2003 and 2004 respectively. In the academic year 2005-06, the University of Madras granted affiliation to B.Sc Advanced Zoology and Biotechnology. This curriculum replaced B.Sc Zoology.

HOD's Desk


Dr. J. Joel Gnanadoss

Head of the Department,
Plant Biology & Biotechnology
Loyola College (Autonomous),
Chennai - 600 034.
Tel: +91 44 2817 8200 (Ext.330)
hodbot@loyolacollege.edu

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