It gives us immense pleasure to invite you to join international conference 5th BioSangam, “BioSangam 2022: Emerging trends in Biotechnology”, to be held at one of the most ancient and culturally rich city of India “Kumbh Nagari”, Prayagraj from March 10-12, 2022. Unfortunately, due to ongoing COVID-19 situation, this BioSangam 2022 will be held in online mode. The conference is being organized by Department of Biotechnology, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT) Allahabad, Prayagraj UP India with an aim to promote excellence in scientific knowledge and innovation in biotechnology and related disciplines to motivate young researchers. The conference also envisages providing a forum to researchers around the globe to explore and discuss on various aspects on recent advances in the field of agriculture, environment and health that has dynamically opened up new avenues of research. It will provide deep insights into innovations, challenges and growth opportunities in diversified domains of Biotechnology. The conference consists of various sessions including keynotes, plenary talks and parallel sessions. Each session will be addressed by outstanding experts who will highlight recent advances in various facets of biotechnology. It will also offer budding scientist an opportunity to present their work in front of eminent experts of their field and compete for various awards like BioSangam Young Scientist Awards-2022.

Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT) Allahabad, Prayagraj is an institute with total commitment to quality and excellence in academic pursuits. It was established as one of the seventeen Regional Engineering Colleges of Indiain the year 1961 as a joint enterprise of Government of India and Government of Uttar Pradesh, and was an associated college of University of Allahabad, which is the third oldest university in India with more than 50 years of experience and achievements in the field of technical education, having traversed a long way, on June 26,2002 MNREC was transformed into National Institute of Technology fully funded by Government of India. With the enactment of National Institutes of Technology Act-2007, the institute has been granted the status of institution of national importance.

Department of Biotechnology at MNNIT Allahabad, Prayagraj was established as a new academic unit under Applied Mechanics in 2006, with the objective of integrating life sciences with engineering and to develop cutting-edge technology through research, training and technological innovation. An independent Department of Biotechnology was established in the year 2012. Since its inception, the department has witnessed a consistent rise in the students demand for the subject. Keeping a beat to the global demands for researchers in this field, B.Tech, M.Tech and Ph.D. programmes are being run by the department.The department has a team of young enthusiastic and well qualified faculty actively involved in research and teaching.