The Department of Microbiology was established in the year 1989 with an emphasis on inculcating an understanding of the challenges and excitement of research in this rapidly evolving area of science. Being an inter-disciplinary science, microbiologists can navigate professional journeys and goals in Life Sciences and allied fields be it biotechnology, bioinformatics, cell biology, genomics, epigenetics, agricultural and food microbiology, diagnostics and infectious disease microbiology, as well as Systems and Structural Biology.