Welcome to the Department of
Biosciences and Bioengineering

A strong research and teaching program in Biosciences and Bioengineering
nurtured by active collaboration between biologists, medical scientists,
physical scientists and engineers

About Us

The Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering (BSBE) is a nodal center for applying science and engineering principles to further fundamental knowledge and applications in biology and biomedical engineering. BSBE aims to create an ambience for the smooth pursuit of scholarly activities in research and education, to make an international impact, and to produce future leaders in the field of Biosciences and Bioengineering.

Faculty of BSBE are from a variety of background viz., basic sciences, applied sciences and engineering, and are pursuing diverse teaching and research activities in biological sciences and biomedical engineering. The core of the department consists of 25+ faculty members.

BSBE currently is offering three academic programs viz., 2-year M.Sc. (Biotechnology), 2-year M.Tech. (Biomedical Engineering) and Ph.D. IIT Bombay provides students meeting certain requirements to convert from M.Sc. to M.Sc.-Ph.D. and from M.Tech. to M.Tech.-Ph.D.

Faculty Recruitment

We invite applications for faculty positions from Indian and Foreign Nationals in Systems-level Biomedical Engineering in the following areas:

Medical Instrumentation
Medical Signal & Medical Image Processing
Physiological Systems Modelling
Data Science for Biomedical Engineering

For further information on advertisement, areas of specialization, and eligibility criteria click here

Achievements and recognitions

Awards

Congratulations

Sourav Ghosh

Sourav Ghosh, a senior graduate student from Prof. A Banerjee’s Lab, is proud recipient of the 2025 Angelika Amon Young Scientist award. This award is given every year to up to two graduate students in the life sciences or biomedical research from institutions outside the United States. It recognizes the excellence in research and enthusiasm for basic science that was embodied by Dr. Amon, who was a pioneering geneticist and cell biologist.

Sourav will be visiting the MIT Koch Institute to receive the award, deliver a scientific talk and meet with MIT faculty spanning few days. His travel and accommodations will be covered by the Angelika Amon foundation.

Awards

Congratulations

Dr. R. Srivastava

for being conferred the prestigious VIGYAN SRI award (2024) award by the Government of India

Awards

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Dr. R. Srivastava

Blockchain for Impact signed an MoU for partnering with Prof. Rohit Srivastava’s research group for translation and commercialization of products

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Awards

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Dr. R. Srivastava

Dr. Rohit Srivastava has been offered the Himanshu Patel Chair for Biosciences & Bioengineering

Awards

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Dr. Shamik Sen

Dr. S. Sen has been offered the Madhuri Sinha Chair for Biosciences & Bioengineering

Awards

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Dr. Anirban Banerjee

for being invited to serve on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Bacteriology.

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Dr. Rahul Purwar

Cell and gene therapy, NexCAR19, developed by Dr. Rahul Purwar and his group has now received approval from CDSCO (Central Drugs Standard Control Org.), Govt of India, for the treatment of r/r B-cell lymphomas and leukemia.