The present title is an attempt to provide anuptodate account of Genetic Engineering and Cloning. It is primarily but comprehensively designed for undergraduate students of Bangalore University. The potential scope of this title is very great, and no attempt at any exhaustive treatment of the subject is made here. Throughout the text, complexities have been sorted out into a logical progression and technicalities have been boiled down to give clear, straight forward emphasis to basic trends and directions. Each important point is illustrated with an example to help clarity the idea. Line drawings have all been chosen of created to help convey particular points. The result is a text is easy to read, without resorting to verbal gimmicks or talking down to readers.