Department of Agricultural Biotechnology at SCSCA, Rangamati came into being in November of 2020. Previously, the courses offered under ABT were conducted by Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, SCSCA, Rangamati. At present, the Department has one full time faculty at the rank of Assistant Professor. The department offer one course (ABT 223) at the undergraduate level.
BIRAC sponsored project on "EST for evaluation of GE Banana", project cost Rs.48.63 Lakh
DBT sponsored project on "Understanding the Molecular Mechanism of anaerobic germination in hypoxia tolerant rice germplasms of Assam through functional genomics study", project cost Rs.118 Lakh
DBT sponsored project on "Development of High yielding, non lodging and biotic resistant varieties of black scented rice of Manipur and Joha rice of assam through biotechnological intervention", project cost Rs.39 Lakh
DBT sponsored project on "Screening of indigenous rice germplasms of Assam for tolerance to anaerobic condition during germination and marker assisted introgression of trait into elite rice HYV", project cost Rs.63.61 Lakh implemented in 2016. (PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Prasanta Kumar Das)
