Institute Of Bioinformatics And Applied Biotechnology IBAB, Bangalore

About Institute Of Bioinformatics And Applied Biotechnology IBAB, Bangalore

IBAB has moved to its own 20 acre campus in Electronics City with excellent infrastructure, students' hostel and other amenities. It has recently added several state of the art facilities to its bioinformatics and biotechnology laboratories to enhance its training and research capabilities. IBAB will shortly be hosting a Bio-IT center, a multi institutional public-private partnership effort under the aegis of Department of Information Technology, Government of India, and Department of IT, BT and ST, Government of Karnataka, that will host cutting edge platforms for genome sequencing and data analysis. The institute has also initiated its Ph.D. program affiliated to Manipal University. IBAB has world class faculty trained from top-notch institutions with significant teaching and research experience. The students are exposed to the most recent advances in the biotech industry and academic research through the large number of scientists who visit IBAB all year around from across the globe. The combination of teaching capacities, exposure to current research, focus on self-learning capacities, personality development and the modern facilities have helped IBAB to be among the very few Indian institutes which have achieved 100% placement record in the lifesciences' sector.

IBAB provides high-quality opportunities for students to acquire an interdisciplinary education; for scientists to conduct basic or translational research; and for entrepreneurs to grow a start-up.

IBAB was established as a non-profit Society, in 2001, by the Department of IT, BT and ST, Government of Karnataka. It was set up on the recommendation of the Vision Group on Biotechnology, an advisory body to the Chief Minister of Karnataka.

IBAB is a thriving community of students, and scientists in the fields of bioinformatics and biotechnology. The institute focusses on education, research and promoting entrepreneurship, the three pillars of its activities.

VISION
The Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology envisions itself be an important catalyst for the growth of the biotech, bioinformatics and related industries in Karnataka and India

MISSION
Our aim is to grow into a world-class Bioinformatics and Biotechnology Institute through its education, research and entrepreneurship programmes