The Department of Biotechnology at the National Institute of Technology Andhra Pradesh was established in the year 2015. Currently, we are offering undergraduate B. Tech, M. Tech, M.S (by Research) (Part-time) and Ph.D. (Part-time and Full time) programmes. The department is committed to impart quality education and offer excellent research environment to its ongoing programmes to motivate budding engineers, scientists and entrepreneurs to enhance their problem-solving skills for societal benefits. The department has faculty members from diverse specializations from reputed national and international institutes. Our laboratories are well equipped with modern infrastructure to meet the requirements of academic programmes. The research area of our faculty members include: Microbial Biotechnology, Bioprocess Engineering, Downstream processing, Modelling and Simulation of Bioprocesses, Prebiotics, Probiotics, Bioinformatics, Plant Biotechnology, Drug Delivery, Phytopharmacology, Environmental Biotechnology, and Nano-biotechnology. The departmental activities are supported by non-teaching staff. The aim of the department is to inculcate the knowledge of Biotechnology to the young minds who can contribute towards the development of the society.