Biotechnology refers to the science that uses microorganisms like bacteria or biological substances like enzymes, to perform industrial or manufacturing processes. To elaborate further, it is a research oriented science, a combination of biology and technology covering an array of subjects like biochemistry, immunology, chemistry and engineering, genetics, health and medicine, agriculture and animal husbandry.
Biotechnology has relevance in the following fields: Agriculture: In the field of agriculture, biotechnology has helped in the development ofcrop, fruit variety with a higher yield, increasing efficiency of nitrogen fixation in plants, vaccine production from plants
UNIVERSITY OF DELHI
Central Institute of Education, Faculty of Education, 33 Chhatra Marg, Delhi 110007 offers a professional programme in education for a B Ed degree.
Affiliated colleges offering the programme are: Central Institute of Education (Department of Education), University of Delhi (CIE), North Campus of the University of Delhi, Maharishi Valmiki College of Education (MVCE) at Shakarpur, Delhi and Lady Irwin College, Sikandra Road, Delhi. Selection for the B Ed program: You have to give an entrance test and interviews at the department or venues notified by the Central Institute of Education (Department of Education), University of Delhi.
Web://cie.du.ac.in/. One of the papers is an objective test on two subjects that you offer as your school teaching subjects. Both papers will be of 50 marks. The second test is a comprehensive test.
The interview: After you clear your first test you will be called for an expression test, group discussion and interview related to the two subjects you have chosen. The expression test aims at assessing the students written expression skills in Hindi or English. Your performance in both the tests is assessed and the candidates are selected strictly in the order of merit.
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Kashmere Gate, Delhi 11006. Tel: 23869313-16. Web: www.ipu.ac.in
Course offered: One-year Bachelor of education programmed. Test: You’ll have to apply for a common entrance test during the month of May for the course. Eligibility: Bachelor’s degree of a recognizes university with a minimum of 50 per cent marks in aggregate and at least 45 percent marks in any of the two listed common school subjects at the Bachelor’s degree level or Master’s degree from a recognized university. Candidate should have scored at least45 per cent in any other school subject at the graduate level. Age: Should not be more than 35 years. Listed common school subjects: Please check with the University. Also check the list of institutions affiliated to it which offers B Ed courses.
Jamia Millia Islamia Faculty of Education, Department of Teacher Training and Non-formal Education, Institute of Advanced Studies in Education, Maulana Mohammed Ali Jauhar Marg, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi 110025. Web: www.jmi.nic.in
Courses offered: Two-year full time M Ed. Eligibility: 50 per cent marks in Bachelor’s degree exam or B Ed, B Ed nursery, etc, with 50 per cent marks in theory component. Selection made on the basis of a written test and interview. One-year full-time B Ed. Eligibility: Bachelor’s degree with not less than 50per cent marks or Bachelor’s degree with not less than 45 per cent marks except BA/B Sc (vocational courses) and at least 50 per cent marks in Master’s degree exam in any school teaching subjects. Applicants for teaching of commerce must possess a Master’s degree. A candidate must have passed at least two teaching subjects. However, if a teaching subject who has been studied at the graduate level for two or more years and its marks counted in awarding the division, it can be considered as a teaching subject. One-year full-time B Ed (nursery education). Eligibility: Bachelor’s degree with not less than 50 per cent marks or Bachelor’s degree with not less than 45 per cent and at least 50 per cent marks in Master’s degree exam. Selection made on the basis of written test. One-year full-time B Ed (special education).
Eligibility: You have to score 50 per cent marks in Bachelor’s degree exam or 45 per cent marks in Bachelor’s degree exam and 50 per cent marks in Master’s.
ANDHRA PRADESH
Government College of Teacher Education Rajahmundry (AP)
Institute of Advanced Study in Education (Govt Comprehensive College of Education), Welfare Centre, Masabtank, Hyderabad 500057
CHANDIGARH
Dev Samaj College of Education for Women, Sector 36-B, Chandigarh 160023.Government College of Education Sector 20-D, Chandigarh 160020.
DELHI
UNIVERSITY OF DELHI Central Institute of Education (CIE) Faculty of Education 33, Chhatra Marg, Delhi 07 Course: A full-time professional programme in education leading to B Ed degree of the university. Duration: One academic session.
Amity Institute of Education M-Block, Saket, New Delhi, 110017. Tel: 011 26569050.
Maharishi Valmiki College of Education Geeta Colony Delhi-31Tel: 011 22520543
Lady Irwin College Sikandara Road,Near ITO Delhi 1 Tel: 011 23711222
E-mail: contactus@ladyirwin.edu.in
Web: www.ladyirwin.edu.in
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University Kashmere GateDelhi – 6. Tel: 011 23900168. Web: www.ipu.ac.in
State Council of Education, Research and Training Varun Marg Defence Colony New Delhi 24.
Army Institute of Education Kandhar Lines, Ring Road, Delhi Cantt, New Delhi 10 Tel: 011 25683535. E-mail: aiedelhi@gmail.com
Indira Gandhi National Open University School of Education, Block 9, MaidangarhiNew Delhi 68 Tel: 011 29533869.
Courses: B Ed is of two years duration, The programme is offered through English and Hindi medium. Diploma in primary education is a teacher education programme for primary school teachers.
Jamia Millia Islamia Faculty of Education Department of teacher training and non formal education. Institute of advanced studies in education, Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Marg, Jamia Nagar,New Delhi – 25. Tel: 011 26981717/4075/5176/8044
Web: www.jmi.nic.in
E-mail: dean_fed@jmi.ernet.in hod_tt@jmi.ernet.in  hod_es@jmi.ernet.in
YWCA Bangla Sahib Lane New Delhi 01
Course: Nursery Teacher Training (NTT)
Eligibility: Std XII.
CES College of Educational Research and Training
Bal Bharati Public School Campus,Pitampura, Delhi 110034. Tel: 011 27017900.
E-mail: bbps@del2.vsnl.net.in
Institute of Vocational Studies FC 31, DDA Institutional Area, (Near Pushpawati Singhania Hospital),Press Enclave Road, Sheikh Sarai, Phase II, New Delhi 110017. Tel: 011 26227791
Institute of Higher Education Sector XII, DPS Complex, RK Puram,New Delhi 110022. Tel 011 26184075.
Guru Nanak College of Education Road No 75, Punjabi Bagh,New Delhi 110 026. Tel: 011 25911958
HIMACHALPRADESH
Government College of Teacher Education (B Ed College) Kangra, Dharamsala
Maharaja Lakshman Sen Memorial College Department of Education, Sunder Nagar, Mandi
MAHARASHTRA
Bombay Teachers Training College Mahakavi Bhushan Road, ApolloBunder, Colaba, Mumbai 400039
College of Education and Research Gokhale Society, Vile Parle, Mumbai400012. Maharashtra.
Government of Maharashtra, Directorate of Higher Education,Central Building, Mumbai 411001
ST Xaviers Institute of Education 40-A, New Marine Lines, Opp State Bank, Churchgate Branch, Mumbai 400 020.
