We, at MIT BIO believe in project based learning (PBL) method of pedagogy to nurture the scientific acumen and impart technical skills to our students. As a part of these efforts, our students are encouraged to conceive an idea right from the first semester and work towards its realization during the course of their academic degree program. This has helped them immensely in understanding the basic concepts of planning and designing their experiments and in analyzing, interpreting and often publishing the results, thus providing them with a stepping stone towards a career in research and development. Our students carry out projects in various disciplines like biotechnology, bioinformatics, biomedical sciences, data mining, nanomaterials etc. Several of these projects have resulted in patents and publications and have been appreciated by academicians and industry people alike. Some of the key projects that have been carried out are highlighted below

• Development of sensors for the detection of antibiotics  in water bodies (Patent filed)
• Biodegradation of plastic by employing synthetically engineered bacteria. ( presented at iGEM, Boston MA, supported by DBT, Govt. of India)
• Development of a web server for protein-protein interactions
• Predictive machine learning models  for disease prognosis, diagnosis and treatment
• Low cost prosthetics for treatment of club foot and gait abnormalities (Patent filed)
• Patient compliant voice enabled wheel chair for paraplegics (Patent filed)

Besides these, students also undergo internships and dissertations at leading industries and institutes of national and international repute. These activities have equipped them to initiate their careers in various disciplines.

Here are a few glimpses from our laboratories