The Department of biotechnology and bioinformatics of Holkar science college organized an Essay competition on, "Role of Biotechnology in developing a scientific temperament in students" on 27th August for MSc students. Scientific temperament refers to an individual’s attitude toward logical and rational thinking. Being a biotechnology student the approach of having a scientific temperament is the basic requirement for this. Includes a commitment to the scientific method as a means of acquiring knowledge, encouraging a critical spirit of inquiry, and seeking evidence without bias or prejudice Approx 20 Students enrolled for this competition and the top 3 were selected by the judging committee later on winners were facilitated by the certificates.