VISION OF THE TIFAC-CORE

This CORE will not only produce quality manpower of international standard but fired with imagination, vision and creativity, will also bring in a paradigm shift in the traditional approach to higher education.

The main activity envisaged in the industrial biotechnology laboratory are bioremediation, biosorption, fermentation, enzyme production and downstream processing in view of tertiary treatment of industrial effluents being difficult and non-availability of expertise in industry. The biotechnology route offers a promising alternative. Development of fungal/bacterial strains, augmenting them to suit the industrial purposes, optimization of process, parameters of industrial fermentation, phytoremediation and its efficiency, conversion of organic waste to biofertilizer are the main areas of interest. This industrial biotechnology center will be a model for advanced industrial research and an expertise center of higher learning in the area of biotechnology. The CORE will be the “nucleus” for innovative technologies and will identify, recognize and implement worthy innovations in the area of industrial biotechnology.

Institution : NITK AT A GLANCE

The National Institute of Technology Karnataka Surathkal, (N.I.T.K), a pioneer institute, imparting higher education, research and development in engineering is now a  deemed university .

            Located in the picturestique coastal belt of Karnataka, about  20 km from the port city of  Mangalore has a 300 acre green campus with a  privilege of  having a private beach for the students and staff to enjoy. This institution was founded in 1960 with an objective of imparting quality technical education. The mission of the institute is to train and transform youth into globally competent  technologists  who are motivated by a passion for professional excellence, driven by human values and proactively engaged in the betterment of the society.

             The superior infrastructure and a dedicated family of faculty and students form the core of this institution. State-of-the-art laboratories and workshops, a full-fledged library with over 1,00,000 books and full text resources and a digital library facility and a modernized computer center are the facilities available. This institute offers undergraduate programmes leading to the award of B.Tech. degrees in Civil, Electrical and Electronics, Mechanical, Chemical, Metallurgical Engineering, Electronics and Communication, Mining Engineering, Computer Engineering and Information Technology. The total intake of students will be around 550 per year and 67 NRI students. The  Institute offers PG programmes in 20 specialized areas leading to the award of M.Tech., MBA and MCA degrees with a total intake of  over 350 per year. The institute attracts the best students from across the country on the basis of AIEEE ranking. NRI students are selected on the basis of SAT II exams coordinated by EDCIL. The pass percentage of UG and PG students is 95%. This year the institute has attracted top rank holders of 13 states of India.