Contents

(A) Food Biotechnology

1.    Basics of Food and Health Nutrition

1.    Structure and Functions of Macro and Micro Nutrients and its Role in Human Nutrition

2.    Overview

2.1   Food Additives with Respect to their Technological Functions

2.2   Enzymes as Food Processing Aids

2.3   Nutraceuticals

2.4   Food Contaminants and Adulterants and their Effect on Human Health

2.5   Food Allergens and Allergenicity

3.    Importance of Diet in Alleviating Health Risks; Especially Non Communicable Diseases

2.    Food Microbiology and General Principles of Food Hygiene

1.    Sources of Microorganisms in Food and Overview of Food Borne Pathogen

2.    General Principles and Techniques used in Microbiological Examination of Foods: Culture Media, Immunoassay, PCR

3.    Probiotics and their Role in Food Processing and Human Nutrition

4.    General Principles of Food Safety Management System (FSMA) and HACCP System to Prevent Food Borne Illness

3.    Food Packaging Technology

1.    Functions of Packaging

2.    Types of Packaging and Packing Materials

3.    Selection of Packaging Materials for Different Foods

4.    Biodegradable Plastics

4.1   Edible Packaging and Biocomposites

4.2   Environmental Concerns Recycling and Disposal of Plastic Waste

4.3   Food Packaging Laws and Regulations

4.    Non-Alcoholic Beverages

1.    Definition of Non-alcoholic Beverages

2.    Juice Based Beverages

5.    Quality Assurance and Certification

1.    Introduction

1.1   Role of Quality Control and Quality Assurance

1.2   Concept of TQM (Total Quality Management) Systems

2.    Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)

2.1   Accreditation and certification –Introduction

2.2   Certification Bodies in India – BIS, AGMARK

(B)  Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

6.    Brief Introduction to Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

1.    Introduction of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

1.1   Use of Microbes in Pharmaceutical Industries

1.2   Role of Microbes in Different Industries

2.    Application of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

7.    Concept of Drug Discovery and Development

1.    Microbial Drug Discovery

2.    Recombinant, Biochemical and Molecular level Screening Systems and their Construction/ Design Strategies

3.1   DNA Vector Construction and Gene Transfer to Host Systems

8.    Regulatory Aspects in Pharmaceuticals

1.    Introduction to Pharmacopoeia

1.1   FDA

1.2   Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP)

1.3   British Pharmacopoeia (BP) and United States Pharmacopoeia (USP) – Early Efforts to Harmonize Pharmacopoeias

2.    Legislative Perception in Biopharmaceuticals

3.    GMP in Pharmaceuticals

4.    ICH AND WHO Guidelines for Quality Control

4.1   Quality Manual

5.    Formulation of Following Pharmaceutical Preparation as Per IP