Department of Biotechnology is established under Barkatullah Vishwavidyalaya is approved by UGC & NAAC. It is great pride of Department that Prof. B.N. Johri, Emeritus Scientist (CSIR) was awarded the P.C. Ray Fellowship by MPCST, for his great achievement of Scientific Research in the field of Agricultural Biotechnology and Microbial Biotechnology. Department is conducting research on various areas like Agricultural Biotechnology, Mushroom Biotechnology, Microbial Biotechnololgy, Cyanobacterial Biotechnology and Medicinal Plant Biotechnology.