Postgraduate courses in Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology were started during the academic year 2003 and 2004 respectively with a student intake of 20 each under self-financing scheme. Both the courses are affiliated and recognized by the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. The department, along with the centre of Bio-informatics & Computational Biology offers a certificate course in Bio-informatics. Comprising an inspiring team of teachers, well-versed in the subject. well furnished laboratory Special HRD Programmers for students.