Which university is better for biotech among VIT and LPU?

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Puneet Singh · Answer

Dear Ruthran. Both VIT and LPU are doing well. But here I can only share the information of Biotechnology programme at LPU as my friend did B.Tech in Biotechnology at LPU. A few of the major highlights of this programme at LPU are : 1. LPU school of biotechnology provides an ultimate learning experience with a commitment to innovation. Various guest lectures from experts and field visits are organized by the school. 2. The school encourages R & D activities for students to get the benefit. Many students from LPU have successfully collaborated with foreign universities and research institutions. The dept. Also inculcates entrepreneurship opportunities to build job providers of the future. 3. Instill advanced knowledge in the major areas of Biotechnology such as Animal Tissue Culture, Plant Tissue Culture, Microbiology, Genetics, and Bioinformatics. 4. Training, projects, and guest lectures collaborated with industries to help to learn from real-life situations. 5. Seminar and Project driven courses are designed to enhance technical and presentation skills. 6. Minor elective gives the students a choice to develop expertise in the interdisciplinary areas of interest, for example, CSE/IT, Management, and ECE. 7. Curriculum is equipped with 21st-century digital technologies for lead optimization and drug designing. In addition to core curricula, the course offers subjects like communication, analytical and soft skills to enhance personality and employability. 8. Usage of demo kits in addition to animations, simulations, audio-visual aids, demonstrations provide interactive teaching methodology 9. Encourage students to have maximum industrial exposure through visits for problem identification and emerging technologies. 10. Participation in technical events, sports, and cultural activities help in the holistic development of students. Many companies like Biocon Pvt Ltd. , Panacea Biotech, Shanta Biotech, Syngene, Piramal Healthcare, Wockhardt Limited, Reddys Laboratories, Bharat Biotech, Himalaya Spring, Nectar Life sciences Pvt Ltd. , Alchemist Pvt Ltd, Transsasia Pvt Ltd, Life-cell International visit LPU for placements. LPU has marked itself among the Top 100 Best Universities by NIRF Ranking 2020. I hope this helps you in giving a better picture of LPU. For more details, you can visit the website. I hope this helps All the Best.

Lipika Dhingra · Answer

Being an alumni I would like to capture your attention on the B Tech in Biotechnology: An Engineering programme which seamlessly articulates the concepts from basic Science to technology with relevant practice through lab and projects pertaining to biotechnology for building the problem solving skills, keeping industry requirements in place. PO1 :Engineering knowledge : Apply the knowledge of mathematics, Science, engineering fundamentals, and an engineering specialisation to the solution of complex engineering problems. PO2 : Problem analysis : Identify, formulate, research literature, and analyze complex engineering problems reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering sciences. PO3 : Design/development of solutions : Design solutions for complex engineering problems and design system components or processes that meet the specified needs with appropriate consideration for the public health and safety, and the cultural, societal, and environmental considerations. PO4 : Conduct investigations of complex problems : Use research-based knowledge and research methods including design of experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, and synthesis of the information to provide valid conclusions. PO5 : Modern tool usage : Create, select, and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern engineering and IT tools including prediction and modeling to complex engineering activities with an understanding of the limitations PO6 : The engineer and society : Apply reasoning informed by the contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to the professional engineering practice. Numerous companies like Biocon Pvt Ltd. , Panacea Biotech, Shanta Biotech, Syngene, Piramal Healthcare, Wockhardt Limited, Reddys Laboratories, Bharat Biotech, Himalaya Spring, Nectar Life sciences Pvt Ltd. , Alchemist Pvt Ltd, Transsasia Pvt Ltd, Life-cell International visit LPU for placements. The average packages lie between 4.5 to 6 LPA.

Avtar Dhillon · Answer

VIT and LPU both are equally good on their own growing, Being an alumnae, I can very well vouch of the curriculum, pedagogy and exponential opportunity one gets in B.Tech Biotechnology from LPU no where you can get. I would like to pin few reasons why:- 1. Here the Research projects are in collaboration with national laboratories of India (NIPGR, New Delhi; CPRI, Shimla; NRCE, Hisar; IIWBR, Karnal; NIEBE, Kapurthala), Live projects for undergraduate students. 2. You get the opportunity of internship & placement in companies like Biocon Pvt Ltd. , Panacea Biotech, Shanta Biotech, Syngene, Piramal Healthcare, Wockhardt Limited, Reddys Laboratories, Bharat Biotech, Himalaya Spring, Nectar Life sciences Pvt Ltd. , Alchemist Pvt Ltd, Transsasia Pvt Ltd, Life-cell International 3. Contemporary Curriculum- Instill advanced knowledge in the major areas of Biotechnology such as Animal Tissue Culture, Plant Tissue Culture, Microbiology, Genetics an Bioinformatics. 4. Innovative Pedagogy- Usage of demo kits in addition to animations, simulations, audio-visual aids, demonstrations provide interactive teaching methodology 5. Live projects spread across five semesters help develop research aptitude in students. Specializations 6. International Exposure Option : Student may be given an option to go for 4 weeks study tour to USA/ European countries or any other country as decided by the University subject to conditions. Other than these the university has state of art infrastructure for extensive lab work for Biotechnology. It encourages students in R&D and patent ship. Many of their students have even presented their research work abroad in Spain & Portuguese and have earned great laurels for the university too. For more details, check the LPU website.

Niharika Singh · Answer

Hi, I would recommend you join Lovely Professional University because LPU focuses on the overall development of the students. Highly experienced faculty, academically excellent in terms of their educational background, research, and teaching. Research projects in collaboration with national laboratories of India (NIPGR, New Delhi; CPRI, Shimla; NRCE, Hisar; IIWBR, Karnal; NIEBE, Kapurthala), Live projects for undergraduate students. Various career aspects include Teaching in College, Junior/senior research fellow, Research posts in ICAR/CSIR labs, agriculture, quality assurance divisions in industries, Self Employed (Establishing small-scale industries Production of industrially important bioproducts such as enzymes, biofuels etc. )Many companies like Biocon Pvt Ltd. , Panacea Biotech, ShantaBiotech, Syngene, Piramal Healthcare, Wockhardt Limited, Reddys Laboratories, Bharat Biotech, Himalaya Spring, Nectar Life sciences Pvt Ltd. , Alchemist Pvt Ltd, TranssasiaPvt Ltd, Life-cell International visit LPU for placements. So, I would recommend you should join LPU. Thanks.

N Pathania · Answer

Hi, I would recommend you join Lovely Professional University because LPU focuses on the overall development of the students. Highly experienced faculty, academically excellent in terms of their educational background, research, and teaching. Research projects in collaboration with national laboratories of India (NIPGR, New Delhi; CPRI, Shimla; NRCE, Hisar; IIWBR, Karnal; NIEBE, Kapurthala), Live projects for undergraduate students. Many companies like Biocon Pvt Ltd. , Panacea Biotech, ShantaBiotech, Syngene, Piramal Healthcare, Wockhardt Limited, Reddys Laboratories, Bharat Biotech, Himalaya Spring, Nectar Life sciences Pvt Ltd. , Alchemist Pvt Ltd, TranssasiaPvt Ltd, Life-cell International visit LPU for placements. So, I would recommend you should join LPU. Thanks.

Tashi · Answer

On the basis of feedback from the Alumni's of Biotechnology LPU, School of Bioengineering & Biosciences, under Lovely Faculty of Technology & Sciences is successfully conducting pass and honors undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Biotechnology, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Genetic Engineering, Bioinformatics, Biomedical Engineering Botany and Zoology. #Fields under study are: Molecular Genetics Bioprocess engineering. Bioprocess calucations, Biomaterial, Plant tissue culture, Animal Tissue culture and Biomaterial Genetic engineering Genetic counselling. # Few companies in this field are: Practo Technologies, reliance Life Sciences, Nestle, Immunoshop India Pvt Ltd. , Mumbai, Life Cell International Jaipur, Think and Learn. I personally believe that output is the function of inputs means if input is good, output has to be, so is the case for the placements of LPU. The Alumni also told that LPU believes in delivering the quality, for same, it has hired faculty from the reputed institutes like IITs, NITs. The syllabus is vetted from the company officials of Cognozant, SAP, Microsoft etc. To provide updated curriculum. LPU has his own space shuttle programme, where students and faculty members are working on satellite programme with the joint help of ISRO. Apart from this, LPU offers the following: 1. Rankings 2. Updated Curriculum 3. Industry Exposure 4. Good placements 5. Community Projects 6. Centre for Excellence 7. Internal and external competitions 8. Trainings In order to get the above learning and exposure and placement, I will advise you to book the seat at the earliest to fetch the maximum benefit Hope this helps.

Gagan Chopra · Answer

One of the crucial stage of life when we have to decide the best place for our education and career. Both options are doing good even I faced lot of confusion in selection of university at the time of my graduation. After long comparison I felt good for LPU. It gave me extra edge in everything. I am an alumni of LPU and I have seen and heard his experience during his UG. From infrastructure to faculty members. From education quality to rankings and facilities in university. In everything LPU performed remarkable. The centralized system of LPU is so much strong that makes things easy to understand. The most important priorities of LPU is best quality of education and placements at great places. They follow these things and result is lot of deserved and eligible students got the best places and those who are not able to achieve anything due to their own mistakes then Grapes are sour. You understand what I mean. Moreover, LPU has Best Lifestyle and College Life. You will find lot of things to enjoy apart from the education. LPU campus is well planned and advanced in terms of facilities and technologies. LPU is good in all perspectives whether it is teaching, placements, infrastructure or other facilities. You will find the students and staff from about 50 Countries; from Cities, Suburbs, small Towns; from every ethnic & religious background. There is strong system for attendance, education and examination. You have to follow the timetable for your classes and maintain the good percentage in attendance. UMS is the best and main toll actually that is centralized one system for all Academic operations. Almost everything is online in the campus. LPU has around 2300 faculty members in the university. It has experienced, specialised and well qualified faculty members. LPU has earned many affiliations, recognition and accreditation and mark itself among the few of the top private universities.

Lovely Professional University · Answer

Ruthran, LPU is one of the best universities in India. It is a UGC approved university which has been ranked highly by various agencies on the basis of its infrastructure, its faculty, its placements, its teaching practices etc. The university follows innovative teaching pedagogy along with curriculum that is in sync with market needs. Lab.s have been fully equipped to given students ample practical knowledge. The university provides ample opportunities to each and every of the eligible students to secure good placement. Special inputs in the form of placement classes are given to students to hone their skills and prepare them for placements. Students also go for on-job training (OJT) where they are paid stipend too. The university leaves no stone unturned to shape the future of its students. It is definitely the first choice of both national and international students. For more information, visit LPU camp office in your town: http://www.lpu.in/admission/lpu-in-your-town.php#lpu-town

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