Life Sciences

About Life Sciences

The department of Life Sciences is a unique department in the University where multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary teaching and research in life sciences have established permanent roots. It is a diverse discipline that covers all branches of Zoology, Botany and Biotechnology in a dominant manner. This is one of the oldest departments of Christ University (formerly Christ College) started from the inception of the Institution in 1969. This serves as a valuable foundation to many students for understanding cellular and molecular level organization in living beings.

…Read More

This is one of the oldest departments of Christ University (formerly Christ College) started from the inception of the Institution in 1969. This serves as a valuable foundation to many students for understanding cellular and molecular level organization in living beings. The uniqueness of the department essentially lies in the fact that within its faculty there are experts and active researchers representing almost all areas of modern biology.. It strives to promote all round development of students by inculcating a spirit of inquest, discipline and adventure through various academic and co curricular activities. Since the syllabus is on par with those of reputed Indian and International Universities, students and research scholars get a highly competitive edge and would be competent for jobs in industries in the domains of pharmaceuticals, dairy, clinical research etc.

The Department has state of the art infrastructural facilities, including modern sophisticated instruments, research lab, well equipped library, access to online journals, aquaculture facility, applied and industrial biotechnology laboratory, pharmaceutical chemistry laboratory, green house and computational facilities for carrying out multidisciplinary research in frontier areas of Life science.

The core biology subjects like Cytology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Molecular biology, Genetics and specialized courses like Disease biology, Plant biotechnology, Animal Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering, Analytical Techniques, Plant Tissue Culture and Phytochemistry would make students acquire skills in doing research in Universities, R&D Centers.

VISION

To uphold the core values of the university and to build up a “Life Science Community,” for the betterment of humanity with their knowledge, ethics and entrepreneurship.

MISSION

The Department of Life Sciences strives to promote all round development of students by inculcating a spirit of inquest, discipline and adventure through various academi…

Read More

Message from the HoD

Extremely competent faculty actively involved in advanced research covering Bioprocess technology, Plant Biotechnology, Microbial Biotechnology, Environmental Biotechnology, Aquaculture, Wildlife Biology, Animal Behavior etc

Fr. Jobi Xavier

hod.lifesciences@christuniversity.in

The Department of Life Sciences is a unique Department in the CHRIST (Deemed to be University) where interdisciplinary teaching and research in Life sciences have established permanent roots. It is a diverse discipline that covers all branches of Biotechnology, Botany and Zoology in a dominant manner.

The Department of Life Science is one of the oldest Departments in the University, started from the inception of the institution in 1969. The Department has extremely competent faculty actively involved in advanced research covering Bioprocess technology, Plant Biotechnology, Microbial Biotechnology, Environmental Biotechnology, Aquaculture, Wildlife biology, Animal Behavior etc.

…Read in Details

The Department of Life Sciences is a unique Department in the CHRIST (Deemed to be University) where interdisciplinary teaching and research in Life sciences have established permanent roots. It is a diverse discipline that covers all branches of Biotechnology, Botany and Zoology in a dominant manner.

The Department of Life Science is one of the oldest Departments in the University, started from the inception of the institution in 1969. The Department has extremely competent faculty actively involved in advanced research covering Bioprocess technology, Plant Biotechnology, Microbial Biotechnology, Environmental Biotechnology, Aquaculture, Wildlife biology, Animal Behavior etc.

The University academic programs have been highly ranked by reputed external agencies and have wide public acceptance. We, at the Department of Life sciences, constantly strive to enrich our syllabus and programs to remain at the forefront of current trends in higher education.

All the courses in the program are carefully designed to equip the students for competitive exams like CSIR NET, SET etc. and also to write research proposals for grants. I invite you to explore our Department website to cognize the academic and research excellence of the Department. With this message, I would like to wish the student community a very successful experience together with us in the Department.

Explore Programmes
Available at CHRIST

(Deemed to be University)

Browse the graduate and undergraduate degrees and majors offered by CHRIST’s 10 Schools and learn more about admissions requirements, scholarships, and financial aid opportunities.

Activities at CHRIST

Explore a myriad of engaging activities, enriching student life and fostering holistic development.

Festivals

Association

Activities

Scholarly Activity

Research

Newsletter

Placements

Collaborations

Blog

Trees of Christ University Campus

Policy Documents

Student Publications

Festivals

Association

Activities

Scholarly Activity

Research

Newsletter

Placements

Collaborations

Blog

Trees of Christ University Campus

Policy Documents

Student Publications

Events at CHRIST

View All Events

Our Achievements

Journeys of Excellence:
Inspirational Narratives

Testimonials


Alumni


Read More…

Shailaja a Seetharaman

Read More…

Sahana S

Read More…

Niketa Nerurkar

Read More…

Anjana R

Read More…

G N Akshay

Photo Gallery

View Entire Gallery

Faculty

[faculty_info_by_department]