Panjab University

Panjab University (PU) is one of the oldest Universities of India, established in 1882 at Lahore, now in Pakistan, and was shifted to independent India in 1947. It has a campus spread in an area of 550 acres located in Sector 14 and 25 of Chandigarh. PU is imparting education to over 2.5 lakh students through its 78 teaching and research departments located on the twin campus at Chandigarh and through 200 affiliated/constituent colleges spread over Punjab and Chandigarh besides 4 Regional centers at different places in Punjab. The University supports excellence and innovation in academic programmes, promotes excellence in research, scholarship and teaching. The academic institutes on the campus and four Regional Centres are grouped under the Faculties of Arts, Science, Languages, Law, Education and Fine Arts, Business Management and Commerce, Engineering and Technology, Medical Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Dairying, Animal Husbandry and Agriculture. The University is ranked among the top Institutions in the Country by the various National and International accrediation agencies.

Panjab University website: https://puchd.ac.in

Department of Biochemistry:
The Department of Biochemistry was established in 1962 and has grown steadily over the years and is recognized as a leading center for teaching and research in the country. The department offers undergraduate and postgraduate and doctoral degrees in Biochemistry. The faculty members of the department are engaged in the research in the areas of Cancer Biology, Neurobiochemistry, Biosensors, Immunological Disorders, Experimental Therapeutics, Microbial Biochemistry and Stress Biology. The Alumni of the department occupy prestigious positions in academia and industry. The faculty of the research in the department is supported by extramural grant from all the major funding agencies. The Department has received support from the University Grants Commission (UGC), Department of Science & Technology (DST) and Department of Biotechnology (DBT) for infrastructure grants. The department has several sophisticated instruments such as GC-MS, High Speed Centrifuges, UV-Vis Spectrophotometers, Multiplex Readers, Thermocyclers, Gel-Doc, Lyophiliser, Spectrofluorimeter, HPLC, Ultracentrifuge, Fluorescence Microscope and Flow Cytometer for teaching and research.

Department of Biochemistry website: https://biochemistry.puchd.ac.in/