Ph.D. in Animal science

The School of Life Sciences has been established with an emphasis on interdisciplinary teaching and research in modern biology.

The School consists of four Departments:

1) Department of Biochemistry
2) Department of Plant Sciences
3) Department of Animal Sciences
4) Department of Biotechnology

Each of the three departments offers M.Sc. and Ph.D. programmes of study. The Department of Biotechnology offers M.Sc. Biotechnology and M.Tech. in Bioinformatics. These two courses from the Department of Biotechnology are organised with the participation of faculty of the three departments of the School as well as the Schools of Mathematics and Computer / Information Sciences & Chemistry. Under Distance Education Programme, the School is participating in two P.G. Diplomas: one in "Environmental Management" and the other in "Medicinal Botany".

Department of Animal Sciences

The Department offers a four-semester M.Sc. course and Ph.D. program. The Department of Animal Sciences came into existence in March 1993 as a part of academic and administrative restructuring of School of Life Sciences. The department offers M.Sc. course in Animal Biotechnology and possesses reputed faculty and strong infrastructure to conduct research and to train talented young brains in almost all frontier areas of Biotechnology.

Currently 60 students have enrolled for Ph.D. course and working in the research programmes funded by various National (DST, DBT, DRDO, CSIR, ICMR, UGC) and International (The A.P. - Netherlands Biotechnology Programme) Funding agencies and Biotech Industries (Dabur India Pvt. Ltd., ABL Biotechnologies Ltd., NATCO). In recognition of the department's contribution to the biotechnology research the premier biotech industry, the Shantha Biotechnics, Hyderabad offers every year Shantha Excellence Fellowships to 50% of students enrolled in M.Sc., Animal Biotechnology programme. Besides contributing for the Department's teaching, the faculty joins with sister departments to contribute in running M.Sc. Biotechnology course sponsored by the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India. In recognition of its contributions the Department of Animal Sciences is also supported by SAP, COSIST and FIST programmes sponsored by the premier funding agencies like UGC and DST.

Ph.D. in Animal science

The Ph.D. programme requires a minimum period of 2 years from the date of confirmation of admission. The require­ments for Ph.D. include a thesis submitted on an approved topic under faculty guidance, and an oral examination in defense of the thesis. Normally, a Ph.D student spends about four years to complete the thesis.