Amity Institute of Biotechnology (AIB) was established as a constituent Institute of Amity University Madhya Pradesh in 2011 with an obvious and clear objective to impart high quality education to develop highly skilled and competitive human resources to cater the needs of industries and academia in Biotechnology/Life Sciences. AIB is a premier institute of AUMP for its quality research, innovation, and technology.

Till date institute has filed more than 25 patents, out of which 15 have been published in the Patent Journal of India. One patent has been granted and two are under examination for grant. AIB has published more than 180 research publications in Peer Reviewed, Scopus Indexed, SCI, Web of Science (WoS) and Journals listed in UGC-CARE. Several books and book chapters with national and international publishers are authored by the faculty members of AIB.

The institute also has a few copyrights to its credit.Amity Institute of Biotechnology is constantly grooming and achieving the excellence which is evident from its graduate, post graduate and doctorate alumni, who are well placed and working across the globe. To name a few, some of them are pursuing their higher studies in United States of America, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Russia, Canada, Israel etc.

Strengths of the Institution

 

  1. Well Qualified and Research Oriented Faculty:

The institute is known to have highly qualified and committed faculty members with national and international exposure. All the faculty members of AIB are PhD qualified and actively engaged in research and development on contemporary issues and thrust areas of Biotechnology and therefore has established Centre of Excellence in Nano-biotechnology and Alternative Medicine. The faculty members have wide experience in various disciplines of Biotechnology, Plant Biotechnology, Animal sciences, Microbiology, Bioinformatics, Immunology, Biostatistics, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Nano-biotechnology, Environmental Biotechnology, Fermentation Technology etc.

 

  1. MoUs:

AIB has signed several MoUs with national and international academic institutions and industries.

  • Rockefeller University, New York, USA
  • ICMR-National Jalma Institute of Leprosy & Other Mycobacterial Diseases, Agra
  • Jiwaji University, Gwalior
  • JKG Biosciences, New Delhi

 

  1. Consultancies and Internships:
  • The Institute provides consultancy services to industries and students/scholars of various universities and colleges across the country.
  • Students of AIB have received different fellowships from various national and international agencies like Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Israel, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel, Rockefeller University USA, CSIR Delhi, NIPGR New Delhi, Indian Academy of Sciences Delhi, MPCST Bhopal, etc. to carry out their summer internship/dissertations.

 

  1. High Impact Research:
  • Faculty member of AIB have published papers in high impact journals such as Environmental Chemistry Letters, Biologia, Journal of Pure and applied Microbiology, Frontiers in Plant Sciences, Genomics, Frontiers in Microbiology, LWT Food Science & Technology, Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology, World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Electroanalysis etc.
  •  Institute is currently running 03 projects funded by MPCST, Bhopal and 03 have been successfully completed.
  •  Institute has produced 06 PhD successfully and 11 students are pursuing their Ph.D. 
  • Institute has frequently organized various national and international workshops, training, popular lecture series and conferences for research awareness and skilled development.

 

  1. Centre of Excellence in Nanobiotechnology and Alternative Medicine:

AIB has established Centre of Excellence in Nanobiotechnology and Alternative Medicine to augment institutional research capacity for promotion of interdisciplinary science and innovation in specific areas of biotechnology. It provides flexible long-term support for highly innovative research in the field of biotechnology and allied sectors. Faculty members of Centre of Excellence in Nanobiotechnology and Alternative Medicine have published 66 research papers and filled 12 patents and one is granted.

                                                               Faculty Achievements 

 

S. No.

Name of Student/Faculty

Name of Fellowship/Award/project

 
1.

Prof. (Dr.) Vinay Dwivedi

Director, AIB

1.     Felicitated with Talented Scientist Award by University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

2.     Felicitated with "Best Academician of the year Award (Male)" by "International Academic andResearch Excellence Awards (IARE-2019)” GSIR Foundation

3.     Felicitated with "Award Of Excellence in Student Mentoring and & Innovation" by " Genesion ofEducational Impressions, Roorkee

4.     Awarded with Bhisma Acharya Award of Recognition by Bharat Education Excellence Awards.

2.      

Prof. (Dr.) Vikas Shrivastava

 

1.  Best Teacher Award by Dainik Bhaskar Group

2.  Best Oral Presentation Award by international congress on Environmental Research

3.  Best Paper Presentation award by 2nd Virtual Annual International Conference on Naturopathy, Nanotechnology, Nutraceuticals and Immunotherapy in Cancer Research

3.      

Prof. (Dr,) Raghvendra Kumar Mishra

1.   DST-SERB “TARE” Fellowship, DST New Delhi

2.   Travel grant by ARCOB to deliver a lecture in Taiwan.

3.   Excellence in Teaching and Research Award by Biological Research and Innovation Centre Private Limited Delhi

 

4.      

Dr. Anurag Jyoti

1.  Best Teacher Award by Dainik Bhaskar Group

2.  Travel Fellowship Award by MPCST Bhopal

3.  Best Paper Presentation award by 2nd Virtual Annual International Conference on Naturopathy, Nanotechnology, Nutraceuticals and Immunotherapy in Cancer Research

5.      

Dr. Neha Sharma

1.  Certificate of Achievement: Research foundation of India MP, India

2.  Young Biotechnologist Award: National conference in Environment and Life Sciences

6.      

Dr. Manish Kumar

1.  DST SERB-SIRE (SERB International Research Experience)-2022 fellowship for a research visit at SAN DIEGO STATE University, California for 4 months under the guidance of Prof. Marina Kalyuzhnaya.

2.  Young Scientist Award-first place for oral presentation by 6th International Conference on Translational Approaches in Clinical, Environmental and Biotechnological Research

3.  Best paper presentation award & Cash prize of Rs. 5000/- by

Indian Science Congress Association

7.      

Dr. Pallavi Singh Chauhan

1.Best Oral Presentation award: 2nd Virtual Annual International Conference in Cancer Research-2021

2. 2nd prize in paper presentation: Post Covid Trends of Biological Sciences on 11-12 November 2022