Department of Bioinformatics

M.Sc., BIOINFORMATICS
Bioinformatics is the application of statistics and computer science to the field of molecular biology. Bioinformatics entails the creation and advancement of databases, algorithms, computational and statistical techniques and theory to solve formal and practical problems arising from the management and analysis of biological data. Over the past few decades rapid developments in genomic and other molecular research technologies and developments in information technologies have combined to produce a tremendous amount of information related to molecular biology.

The course offers potential to find employment in a range of careers in pharmaceutical, Genetics, Agriculture, Data mining, Research analyst, Bio-programmers.

Duration : Two years (Four Semesters)

No. of Seats : 30 Payment

Eligibility : Bachelor’s Degree with group aggregate of 50% marks with any of two of the subjects Chemistry/ Biochemistry/ Botany/ Zoology/ Biotechnology/ Microbiology/ Genetics/ Medical Lab Technology/ Applied Nutrition/ Bioinformatics and Computer Applications.

Course Content:

Fundamentals of Computer and Bioinformatics, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology & Immunology; C&C++ Programming, Mathematics & Statistics, Genetic Engineering, Tools & Techniques; RDBMS & PL-SQL, JAVA Programming, Molecular Modeling & Drug designing, genomics & Proteomics; PERL & BIOPERL, Data Structures/Advanced JAVA Project Work External Electives; Introduction to Bioinformatics, Self study courses Networking (NG), Web Designing