Biotech & Environmental Science Department campus of EIILM Sikkim University in India is situated at a calm and serene location in the foothills of highly revered Himalayas of Kanchenjungha, the third highest mountain peak in the world, in the State of Sikkim. It forays into emerging field of Biotechnology & Environment Science where knowledge of the international environment and understanding is disseminated. It is uniquely designed and developed with the objective of providing aesthetic learning atmosphere and is a hub of multi-tiered learning processes consisting of class room sessions, workshops, lectures, illustrative talks, group work & group discussions, demonstrations, in-hand practices, seminars, conferences, individual & group presentations, invitation of lectures & counseling from eminent persons, exposure visits & sharing of experiences. Thus, its education system is based on the foundation of progressive academic principles, and carries the heritage of pioneering higher education in this part of the globe based on international models. And, more so, the Biotechnology & Environmental Science courses are drawn to give students an opportunity to apply their intelligence, creativity, innovations and leadership skills to the challenges of the technology driven world.

The past five decades have witnessed major development in the field of biotechnology and it will take major advancement in days ahead where the Biotechnology Industry will expand exponentially and create great employment opportunities, and EIILMU aims at catering to that needs of opportunities. The Department focuses on not just imparting knowledge but develop skills and competencies of our students to face the upcoming challenges. The course and curriculum is set in such a way that they can tune with the growing biotechnology educational opportunities.

It adopts a free & student-centric teaching approach using most up-to-date course materials and gadgets followed with constant monitoring and necessary follow up. Class works, assignments and group discussions are the integral components of the teaching system and these also serve for the purpose of evaluation of students' performance & evaluate their assignments.

It is a new and growing department in the EIILM University with lot of future prospects and tremendous potentialities ahead.

Every one bearing new thoughts and integrity is welcome to be part of this revolution in our Biotech & Environmental Science Department of EIILM University, where he would gain valued experience and updated knowledge from learned fraternity from famed institutions and organizations of the region apart from its core competent faculty. Students are guided using the best modern learning practices of present time with application based learning, and link to standard curricula and academic set-ups to lead the way in most competitive vistas.

By its virtue and application to its vision, the Department has already made an inroad and distinctly carved out its own niche in this part of the globe, and one will be simply proud to be a part of one of the best emerging Departments of EIILM University in Sikkim, India. There is lot of future prospects and potentiality for its growth and development, and also its application in multifarious fields, for which a lot of ideas and innovations are pouring into this emerging Department.

Research activities at Biotechnology & Environmental Sciences Dept. will include the following:

Floristic: Because this area is still virgin in many sense, and tremendous opportunity to research in this line

Medicinal plants & Ethno-botany: Rich local medicinal plants resources in this piece of Eastern Himalayas, and rich medico-ethnobotany, still to be studied fully.

Indigenous knowledge/Traditional knowledge: A rich heritage of the people in the form of indigenous/traditional knowledge drawn through generations, but gradually eroding with less conviction in recent time

Biodiversity & its conservation: Rich biodiversity in a small piece of geographical area (0.6% of the total area of the country) of the republic of India, but need for status assessment and their conservation initiatives.