Facilities, Department of Biotechnology, Alagappa University

	The department has separate lab facilities for teaching (M. Sc.,) and research programmes. The research lab is well equipped with the state of the art instruments.
	The Lecture halls of M. Sc., Students are provided with OHP & Computers to make presentations more interactive. Besides that the computers in the department are connected under LAN and provided with regular internet connectivity to make students and staff updated with recent innovations.
	DBT’s Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility
	The Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India sanctioned Rs. 40.78 lakhs so far for the establishment of Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility (BIF) for the promotion of Biology Teaching through Bioinformatics (BTBI) at Alagappa University, Karaikudi under the Biotechnology Information Network (BTISnet) programme. Prof. S. Karutha Pandian, is the Coordinator of this National Facility. The main objectives of the Centre include supporting the teaching activities of Biology and its allied areas of Alagappa University and the neighbouring institutions, establishing linkages with BTISnet of DBT for sharing information Resources and Expertise and organizing Training/Workshops for familiarizing the applications of Bioinformatics in Biology teaching and learning activities. This facility has High end and Medium end Servers connected to Desktop Systems with OS, Operating and application soft wares, Databases and Journals and 2 Mbps broadband internet connectivity. This National Facility caters to the needs of the Students, Research Scholars and Faculty Members of Alagappa University (including its affiliated Colleges) and neighbouring Institutions apart from developing 16S rRNA database for the bacteria associated with coral reef ecosystem of Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve.

DBT’s Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility