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B.Tech. Bioinformatics

Objectives

  • To equip students with computational skills and to help them use computational methods to study, organise, analyse and interpret biological information at molecular, genetic and genomics levels
  • To equip students with programming skills, in addition to knowledge of molecular biology software packages
  • To equip students with entrepreneurial skills


  • Scope for Employment

  • In pharmaceutical, biotechnology and software industries
  • In research and development laboratories

Curriculum

University Core Courses
Course Title Credits
Comprehensive Examination 2
English for Engineers – I 3
English for Engineers – II 3
Environmental Studies 3
Bioethics and IPR 3
Foreign Language 2
Computer Programming and Problem Solving 3
Modern Physics 4
Multivariable Calculus and Differential Equations 4
Organic Chemistry 4


University Elective Courses
Course Title Credits
University Elective 6


Programme Core Courses
Course Title Credits
Analytical Bioinformatics 4
Analytical Techniques in Biotechnology 5
Basic Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4
Biochemistry 5
Biological Data bases 3
Biophysics 3
Bioprocess Principles 5
Cell Biology and Genetics 4
CGI and Web Programming 4
Computational Biology 3
Data Base Management System 4
Data Mining and Warehousing 3
Engineering Graphics 2
Fundamentals of Behavioral Sciences 3
Genomics and Proteomics 4
Immunology and Immunoinformatics 3
Industrial Internship (4 weeks) 2
Introduction to Algorithms 4
Introduction to Life Sciences / Basic Mathematics 4
Management Courses (from the basket specified) 9
Molecular Biology 5
Cell Biology and Genetics 4
Molecular Evolution and Phylogeny 3
PERL for Bioinformatics 4
Phamacology and Pharmacoinformatics 4
Probability and Statistics 4
Project Work 20
Structure and Molecular Modeling 4
System biology 3
Workshop Practice 1


Programme Elective Courses
Course Title Credits
Programme Electives 18


Courses Offered under Programme Electives
Agroinformatics 3
Artificial Intelligence 3
Computational Methods for Biomolecules 3
Ecoinformatics 3
Graphics and Multimedia systems 3
Medical Informatics 3
Metabolic Engineering 3
Molecular Dynamics and Simulations 3
Neural Network in Bioinformatics 3
Protein Engineering 3
Statistical Analysis and Microarray 3
Structural Biology 3