The theme for the symposium is designed in such a way that it covers all the wide range areas of research. The majorly focussed topics are mentioned below but are not limited to:-

•Medical Biotechnology
•Plant Biotechnology
•Industrial & Environmental Biotechnology
•Computational Biology
•Cancer Biology
•Animal Biotechnology
•Neuroscience
•Nanobiotechnology
•Bioenergy

SBTI has planned to provide multiple awards to the participants based on their excellence in the respected fields as mentioned below:- •Prof. M. V. Pylee special Award for outstanding original lifetime contribution in Biotechnology. •IBS Award for best original paper presentation on medical biotechnology / application of software technologies in medicine. •Shri. C. V. Jacob Award for the best original paper presentation on plant biotechnology / species. •Shri.K.N. Narasimhaiah Award for best original paper presentation on cancer biology. •KAPL Award for the best original paper presentation on industrial biotechnology. •Prof. Edathil Vijayan Award for the best original paper presentation on Neuroscience / Neuroendocrinology