• The Integrated MSc. in Bioinformatics program aims to prepare the students for understanding biological data at molecular level from both informational and biological perspective and impart conceptual, computational and practical skills to acquire, analyse, process or use the data to address significant problems in the field of Bioinformatics, of both pure and applied nature.

1. Considering the heterogeneous nature of students admitted into the program, to impart generic knowledge and skills in the field of life science and computer science.
2. To impart necessary mathematical knowledge that underpins various concepts in bioinformatics.
3. To impart web based and essential programming skills of relevance in displaying and processing bioinformatics data and software over World Wide Web.

The Department offers a robust Teaching pedagogy apart from general class room teaching, which includes more Research based approaches for the areas in Bioinformatics. Skills and practicals as per the Industrial demands (not included in the curriculum) are being taught apart from the class room hour as Skill development Classes which includes both theory & practical session including inhouse and external experts. The Projects and Dissertations (BSc. & MSc.) are a part in the curriculum which is supported and completed with extreme guidance from ICAR/ CSIR/ICMR laboratories of the State & the Country. Till date the Department had bagged 6 International Publications along with several conference and National/ International Seminar Proceedings.

Other activities and processes involves:

• Class Seminar
• Remedial and Proctorial Classes for slow learners.
• Mentor Mentee system
• Research Writing & Presentation
• Poster Presentation
• Preplacement Training including Soft skill training Resume Writing

U.G.C. recommended CBCS syllabus has been introduced in IMSc.BI from the academic Session 2023-24, where in Bioinformatics at graduation level includes 14 Core Course, 4 Generic Elective Course, 2 Ability Enhancement Courses, 2 Skill Enhancing Courses, 3 Discipline Specific Elective Courses along with one Mini project at graduation level for evaluation. In Bioinformatics at Post Graduation level there are 18 Core papers from various bioinformatics subject skills along with a Major Dissertation paper at the end semester.

The Department comprises of well-developed Computer laboratory with 35 high end 11^th Generation Computers along with both LINUX and Windows Operating systems for smooth conduction of Practical Classes. The Department also owns a Seminar Library which comprises of nearly 70% books of International and 30% books of National standards along with E-books and Journals Access for better enrichment of the Course Curriculum.

Notable Alumni of the Department:

1. Sashanka Sekhar Swain (2007BI025) Scientist, Young Professional Scientist at ICMR- Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar, Co-Founder of Start-up company Salixiras Laboratories, Bhubaneswar
2. Pritam Kumar Panda (2009BI046) Scientist, German Cancer Research Centre, Heidelberg, Germany. Co-Founder of Start-up Company Nerdylatics, Germany.
3. Pratyush Behera, Odisha Administrative Services 2022, Rank 107