One Day Industrial cum educational tour of the Department of Biotechnology was organized for M.Sc. Biotechnology Ist & IIIrd  Semester students, on September 16th, 2025. The tour was set for DevLeela Biotech and LifeSciences Pvt. Ltd., Near Urja Park, VIP Road, Telibandha, Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

Participants : 26 students  along with 03 faculty members and 02 Research Scholar  participated in the tour (Total 31 participants).

Travelling : Travelling for the tour was managed through private bus, through and fro, from college to DevLeela Biotech and LifeSciences Pvt. Ltd. and back to college. We left for DevLeela Biotech at 9:30am morning of 16th September, 2025, and reached there at 11:30am.

Learning and Experiences
Visits to Devleela Biotech. Raipur & Chhattisgarh Tribal Museum, New Raipur

1. All the participants visited the Plant Tissue Culture production site of the company, where Mr. Anup Karmakar, Production Manager received and escorted our visisting party. Mr. Karmakar showed us all details of their laboratory and tissue cultured plants production site. Students learned the details of lab work, sterilization processes, tissue culture process and all the insights about lab to land transfer procedures.
2. We also visited their green house and shade house to observe the maintenance and growth of all the tissue cultured [plant products like Banana, Sal, Shesham, Chandan etc. 
3. Students also came to know about how these tissue cultured plant products are being packaged and dispatched to their destination. They also came to know about the demand and supply chain of the production plant. Mr. Karmakar also presented the students with their latest tissue cultured grown Banana of Israeli variety.
4. At about 2:30PM, when our onsite visit of Devleela Biotech. Was over, we set off to New Raipur to visit, Chhattisgarh Tribal Museum in order to get and insight of our state tribal heritage.
5. At the tribal museum, student came to know various cultural, Symbolic, Social and economic aspects of different ethnic tribal population of our state including their traditional medicinal remedies and eco-friendly agricultural practices along with tribal festivals, occasions and their ornamental diversity. It was an eye opening to all the participants to know the huge tribal diversity and their colourful heritage.

Back Journey
After visiting to the state tribal  museum, all the participants had refreshments and started return journey at 5:00pm by the bus. Finally we reached college at 7:30pm. Students were handed over to their respective guardians and verified escorts before final dispersal.
Tour Expenses: Tour expenses were beard by the college through RUSHA Grant.