Biotechnology in B.Tech is a field that combines applied biology and chemical engineering to deal with the interaction of living things. We have compiled a list of the best reference books on Biotechnology for B.E/B.Tech students. These books are used by biotechnology engineering students from top universities around the world and many other institutes and colleges.
Here’s the complete list of B.E/B.Tech. Biotechnology books, which are arranged year and semester-wise. We have also listed down both core and elective subject books.
1st Year B.Tech Biotechnology Books (1st & 2nd Semester)
The 1st year B.E/B.Tech subjects are common across various branches of engineering. You can check the full list of common engineering books for 1st year here.
2nd Year B.Tech Biotechnology Books (3rd & 4th Semester)
3rd Semester Books
- Biotechnology and Applications
- Discrete Mathematics
- Biostatistics, Computational Statistics and Geostatistics
- Cell biology
- Unit Operations
- Industrial Biotechnology
- Bioorganic Chemistry
- Personality Development
- Structure and Functions of Biomolecules
4th Semester Books
- Bioprocess Principles
- Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
- Chemical Process Calculations
- Chemical Reaction Engineering Analysis
- Enzymology and Enzyme Technology
- Probability and Statistics
- Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer
- Principles of Chemical Engineering
- Advance Molecular Biology
- Biotechnology for Environmental Remediation
- Computer Applications in Environmental Engineering
- Enzyme Science and Engineering
- Enzymology and Enzyme Technology
3rd Year B.Tech Biotechnology Books (5th & 6th Semester)
5th Semester Books
- Biophysics, Geophysics, Astrophysics, Brachytherapy Physics and Radiation Physics
- Bioprocess Engineering
- Protein Engineering
- Food Biotechnology
- Genetic Engineering & Applications
5th Semester Elective Books
- Biophysical Engineering
- Biotechnology in Food Fermentation
- inducible Gene Expression in Plants
- Disaster Mitigation and Management
6th Semester Books
- Animal Biotechnology
- Animal Physiology and Biotechnology
- Bioethics, IPR, IPRS, Patent Rights and Biodiversity
- IPR, Biosafety and Bioethics
- Bioinformatics Applications and Algorithms
- Bionanotechnology
- DNA Typing, Proteomics and Beyond
- Entrepreneurship Development, Management and Apparel Entrepreneurship
- Plant Genetic Engineering
- Bioinformatics, Microbial Genomics and Proteomics
- Genetics and Cytogenetics
- Bioinformatics Databases
- Nanobiotechnology
- Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
- Instrumentation and Process Control Theory
6th Semester Elective Books
4th Year B.Tech Biotechnology Books (7th & 8th Semester)
7th Semester Books
- Bioprocess Plant and Equipment Design
- Bioreactor Design and Analysis
- Downstream Processing
- Human Immunology
7th Semester Elective Books
8th Semester Books
B.Tech Biotechnology Books (Additional Core/Elective)
Core Books (Additional)
- Biomathematics
- Advance Food Microbiology
- Momentum Transfer (MOT)
- Bioseparation Technology
- Topological Vector Spaces
Elective Books (Additional)
- Biobusiness Management
- Biocatalysis
- Advance Structural Bioinformatics and Algorithms
- Advance Bioinformatics
- Biomaterials Tissue interactions and Artificial Organs
- BioMEMS and Systems On-Chip
- Biomining
- Bioprospecting
- Therapeutic Nutrition
- Bioterrorism
- Brewing Science and Practice
- Developmental Biology
- Distillates and Fermentation Technology
- Drug and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
- Energy Engineering and Furnaces
- Biodiversity and informatics, Taxonomy and Conservation
- Fermentation Technology and Applications
- Food Fermentation Technology
- Computation of Biological Molecules
- Biomolecular Modeling and Simulation
- Advance Mechanical Operations in Food Processing
- Industrial Enzymology
- Macromolecular interaction
- Biotechnology of Plant Metabolites
- Molecular Farming
- Medical Diagnostics
- Metabolic Engineering
- Molecular Modelling and Drug Design
- Perl Programming
- Introduction to Perl Programming
- Social Entrepreneurship
Kindly note that we have put a lot of effort into researching the best reference books on all the subjects of B.E/B.Tech. Biotechnology, and came out with a recommended list. If any more subjects need to be added to this list, please let us know.
