MSc Biotechnology

Duration -2 Years

Admissions

Admission is done through JAM Examination.

MTech (Biomedical Engineering)

Duration -2 Years

Admission

Candidates securing First class or 60% marks (55% marks for SC/ST) in graduation are eligible to apply.

Qualifying Disciplines

1. B.E./B.Tech. /AMIE or equivalent in Biomedical Engineering (BM), Biotechnology (BT), Chemical Engineering (CH), Computer Science and Engineering/ Information Technology (CS), Electrical Engineering (EE), Electronics/Telecommunications Engineering (EC), Engineering Physics (EP), Instrumentation Engineering (IN), Mechanical Engineering (ME), Metallurgy & Materials Science (MT), Pharmaceutical Technology (PY), Other Engineering (ZE)

OR

1. M.Sc. or equivalent in Biochemistry (BY), Biophysics (BP), Biotechnology (BT), Ceramics (CG), Chemistry (CY), Electronics / Electronic Sciences (EC), Ergonomics (ER), Materials Science (MS), Mathematics (MA), Molecular Biology (MG), Physics (PH), Physiology (PS), Other Science (ZS)

OR

iii. ** Health Sciences such as MBBS (Medicine) / BDS (Dental), B.Pharm/B.V.Sc., B.P.Th. ,B.O.Th., B.ASLP) (Duration 4 years or more)

Valid GATE score in any discipline for engineering and science graduates (for i and ii above) is required.All India level post graduate entrance examination for corresponding disciplines such as INI_CET/NEET-PG/NEET-MDS/JIPMER/ PGI Chandigarh/AFMC-Pune/DNB Part I for MBBS/BDS, GPAT/ All India level selection examination for B.Pharm., All India level post graduate entrance examination for M.V.Sc., M.P.Th., M.O.Th. and M.ASLP, GATE examination for all such health science background is required. Eligibility/rank certificates for all such All India level entrance examinations are required (for iii, above). The   candidate   should   have qualified   the   entrance   exam   (as per   the qualification   criterion   of the respective exam for that exam year and category) and the score obtained should be valid (as per the   duration   of   validity   for   the respective   exam)   at   the   time   of application   to   the   M.Tech. program.

The admission of students (under TA category) to M. Tech. in Biomedical Engineering program will be based on :

1. a) their qualifying discipline and the corresponding GATE score cut ­off.
2. b) for, non­GATE candidates, admission will be based on interviews.

Interviews will also be conducted for candidates from the following admission categories: SW, IS, PS, IIT ­ B.Tech., DRDO, etc.

PhD Program

Biosciences (BS)

Admission:

Candidates with First Class or 60% marks (55% marks for SC/ST), as specified in the General Eligibility Criterion, in the qualifying degree with any one of the following:

1. M.Tech. or equivalent degree in Biotechnology, or Bio-related engineering subjects
2. MD/MS in Health Sciences including AYUSH

iii. M.Sc. or equivalent degree in subjects related to Life Sciences/Physics/ Chemistry/Mathematics

1. B.Tech. in Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Computer science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering/ Electronics and Telecommunications, Mechanical engineering, Engineering Physics.

are eligible to apply.

Candidates with qualifying degrees in [ iii and iv] must fulfill one of the following:

1. a) a valid GATE score (for TA/TAP/RA/RAP)
2. b) a valid CSIR/UGC/DBT JRF or a valid ICMR JRF not linked to ICMR project (for FA)/BINC any fellowship that will provide scholarship for 5 years.
3. c) Experience as specified earlier in A.5 and A.6 (for CT, EX, IS, PS, SF, SW category)

Research Areas

(A) Biophysics and Computational Biology:  Bioinformatics, Glycobiology, Computational Biology, Protein   crystallography, NMR based Structural   Biology,  Physics   of   Biological   system   and Computational   Modeling   of   bio­molecules,  Dynamics   of   cytoskeletal   filaments   and   Chromatin remodelling, physical properties of the extracellular matrix, protein folding/mis­folding, aggregation and neuro­degeneration, Single particle cryo-EM, Time- resolved techniques, Single-molecule biology and Motor Proteins.

(B) Biochemistry: Enzyme kinetics and enzyme secretion, microbial metabolism and  regulation, aromatic   hydrocarbon   metabolism   and   genetic   engineering,   enzyme   inhibitor   design,   molecular mechanisms of DNA replication, repair and packaging in double­ stranded DNA viruses, Molecular Enzymology.

(C) Microbial Biology: Fungi, Viral assemblies, Bacterial Pathogenesis, Host­ Pathogen Interactions, molecular parasitology.

(D) Cell Biology: Cellular Biophysics, micro­tubule dynamics, bacterial cell division, Chromosomal and extra chromosomal segregation in fungi, Neurobiology, Lipid droplet Biology, Membrane remodeling.

(E) Immunology: Molecular immunology and cell signaling, Cellular Immunity, Tumor Immunology, Cancer biomarker.

(F) Genetics and Molecular Biology: Functional Genomics, Epigenetic Regulation, Fungal Molecular Genetics.

(G) Proteomics, System Biology and Biomarkers of infectious diseases.

(H) Fungal Patho-biology, Inter-species interactions, Plant-Pathogen Interactions.

(I) Developmental Biology: Vertebrate embryo development, cell biology of early zebrafish development, maternal to zygotic control of embryonic development, gastrulation, cell migration, cell fate specification, cerebellum development, emergence of 3D shape of organs and embryos.

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING (BME)

Admission:

First Class or 60% marks (55% marks for SC/ST), as specified in the General Eligibility Criterion, in the qualifying degree:

1. i) M.Tech./M.E. or equivalent degree in Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics/Telecommunications Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Physics.
2. ii) M.Pharm. OR MBBS with MD/MS, MVSc, MDS, MPTh, MOTh, MS/MD Health sciences AYUSH.

iii) B.Tech./B.E.  or equivalent degree in Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics /Telecommunications Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Physics.

1. iv) M.Sc. or equivalent degree in Biochemistry, Biophysics, Biotechnology, Ceramics, Chemistry, Electronics, Ergonomics, Material Science, Mathematics, Molecular Biology, Physics and Physiology.
2. v) Health Sciences such as MBBS (Medicine) / BDS (Dental). Must qualify All India level post graduate entrance examination for corresponding disciplines such as AIIMS/ MCI/ /JIPMER/ PGI Chandigarh/AFMC-Pune/ for MBBS/BDS.
3. vi) B.V.Sc., B.P.Th. ,B.O.Th.) (Duration 4 years or more). Must qualify All India level post graduate entrance examination for M.V.Sc., M.P.Th., and M.O.Th. GATE examination for all such health science background.

vii) B.Pharm. (with GPAT entrance examination)

Candidates with qualifying degrees in [ iii and iv] must fulfill one of the following:

1. a) a valid GATE score (for TA/TAP/RA/RAP)
2. b) a valid CSIR/UGC/DBT JRF or a valid ICMR JRF not linked to ICMR project (for FA)/BINC any fellowship that will provide scholarship for 5 years.
3. c) Experience as specified earlier in A.5 and A.6 (for CT, EX, IS, PS, SF, SW category)

Research Areas:

(A) Sensors and Devices: Bioinstrumentation for diagnostics and therapeutics, early detection of carcinoma and tropical diseases, bioMEMS devices, Fluorescent Biosensors, Nanoengineered Sensors, Layer ­by­ Layer Self­ Assembly, Microfluidics for biomedical applications.

(B) Biomaterials, Drug delivery and tissue engineering, Nano­biotechnology, Design of scaffolds for tissue engineering, Controlled Release technologies, Neuroprosthetic devices including aids for the handicapped, Signal processing, Telemedicine and knowledge based systems. Microfibrication for immunotherapy, Computational physiology, Cardiac electrophysiology and muscle mechanics, Computational Neurophysiology, Movement Neuroscience, Rehabilitation technology.

(C) Medical Optics – Optical tomography, Blood flow measurements, Computational Imaging.