Sem4

Microbial Technology and Bioprocess Design focuses on using microorganisms to produce valuable products such as enzymes, pharmaceuticals, fuels, and food ingredients. The subject integrates microbiology with engineering principles to design, operate, and scale up bioreactors and fermentation processes. Students learn upstream operations (strain selection, media, cultivation), bioreactor kinetics and control, and downstream processing for product recovery and purification. It also emphasizes sustainability, process optimization, and applying microbial technologies to health, industry, energy, and environmental problems