DEPARTMENT OF INTEGRATED MASTERS OF SCIENCE IN BIOINFORMATICS

ABOUT US:

Department of Integrated MSc. In Bioinformatics has been started in BJB (A) COLLEGE, Bhubaneswar in the year 2007 under Public Private Partnership mode of education. The IMSc.BI course in BJB (A) College, Bhubaneswar is affiliated to Utkal University, Vani vihar, Bhubaneswar .

VISION:

The Integrated MSc. in Bioinformatics programme 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, analyze, process or use the data to address significant problems in the field of Bioinformatics, of both pure and applied nature.

MISSION:

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 programming skills of relevance in displaying and processing bioinformatics data and software over World Wide Web.
4. To expose students to popular genomic databases and to impart knowledge and skills in processing and analyzing genomic data.

COURSE ELIGIBILITY & CURRICULUM:

The department offers Integrated MSc in Bioinformatics (After +2(Sc) with Biology & Equivalent. The courses are affiliated to Utkal University, Odisha. Students are awarded by Utkal University at the end of the Master Degree/Degree courses on the basis of the results published by the College. The details of courses are listed below.

INTEGRATED MASTER OF SCIENCE IN BIOINFORMATICS (IMSc.BI):

Total No. Seats	:	64
Course fees	:	Rs. 25,000/- (For 1st, 2nd and 3rd Year) Rs.35,000/-(For 4th & 5th Year)
Duration	:	5 Years (10 Semesters)
Eligibility Criteria	:	Minimum 40% in +2 Sc. with Biology as one subject, in Or Equivalent Examination

The syllabus contains the below mentioned major subjects including practical, with compulsory subjects of Environmental Science and Indian Society Culture.

Major Papers (UG)	Major Papers(PG)	Major Papers(PG)
Introduction toBiology & Bioinformatics	Cell Biology & Genetics	Programming with Perl, C++, JAVA
Fundamentals of Bioinformatics	Biochemistry of Nucleic Acids & Proteins	Computational Genomics
Mathematical & Stat. Foundation in BI	Programming in C++	Computational Proteomics
Microbiology & Immunology	Biophysics	Mol. Evolution & Comp. Genomics
Genetic Engi. and Genome Seq.	Molecular Biology & Genetic Eng.	Advance Topics in Bioinformatics
BI Algorithm & Programming	Data Structure & Algorithms	Neural Networks and Genetic Alg.
Biomedical Drug Design	Functional & Comparative Genomics	Computer Aided Drug Design
Data Analysis & Molecular Modeling	Biological Database Management

 PLACEMENT HIGHLIGHTS:

Students enter into various CSIR/ IARI research organizations during their dissertation work and after their completion chose for higher studies at eminent institutions of India like IISER, NISER, IMMT, CIFA, NRRI etc. Some of our recruiters also include Tech Mahindra, Cognizant, IQVIA, Apollo Health Care, Wipro, Accenture, Central Inst. Freshwater Aquaculture, Novartis Health Care, GSk Smithline, Thomson reuters, Omics International etc. Several students have bagged National level Scholarships like DST Inspire Scholarships, State Scholarship which helped them to make contribute not only in the Country but also abroad.