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PG AND RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY AND
BIOINFORMATICS
MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF STUDIES 2018-2019
The board of studies meeting was held on 07.04.2018 at 2.00 p.m in the Department of
Biotechnology & Bioinformatics to discuss the changes in the M.Sc., M.Phil., and PGDBI
syllabi.
The meeting commenced with a small prayer and the meeting was called to order by the
chairperson in the presence of the panel experts.
The experts present for Biotechnology were:
1) Dr. T. Sivasudha, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Biotechnology,
Bharathidasan University, Trichy.
2) Dr. R. Illangovan, Assistant Professor, Department of Endocrinology, Dr. ALM PG
IBMS, Chennai
3) Dr. P. Kanagaraj, Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, SRM Institute of
Science and Technology, Chennai
The experts present for Bioinformatics were:
1) Dr. S. Parthasarathy, Professor & Head, Department of Bioinformatics, Bharathidasan
University, Trichy.
2) Dr. Girinath Pillai, Director and CEO, Zastra Innovations, Bangalore
The experts made a number of suggestions during the course of the meeting.
Agenda:
1. Summer Internship is made mandatory at the end of second semester as extra credit with
6 credits.
2. Stem Cell Biology is included along with Developmental Biology Course as Major Core
09 in Semester II.
3. Animal Biotechnology and Plant Biotechnology course are combined as one course as
Major Core 12 in Semester III.
4. Human Physiology and Endocrinology Course is included as Major Core 13 in Semester
III.
5. Additions and Modifications are made in Practical courses.
Purpose of revision.
1. The syllabi were revised in order to update the content on the basis of recent discoveries
and application in Biotechnology.
2. The course was updated and revised based on the students need in focus towards
employability, skill development and prepare them to appear for competitive exams.
Suggestion & Revisions:
The newly updated M.Sc., Biotechnology and M.Sc Bioinformatics syllabus with few revisions
in Major core 7,8,12,13 courses was presented in the board for review and suggestions.
The following were the revisions made
B.Sc., Biotechnology
A New program- B.Sc., Biotechnology was introduced and the course pattern and syllabi was
accepted by the board members and passed the course pattern of B.Sc., Biotechnology Program
with a detailed syllabus for Semester I & II. The following are the new courses introduced for the
first and 2nd semester.
Cell Biology
Practical I – Cell biology
Chemistry for Biology
Plant science and phytochemical techniques
Allied optional II- Chemistry for Biology Practical
Allied optional II - Plant science and phytochemical techniques
Biochemistry
Biological Techniques
Practical II-Biochemistry and biological techniques
Bioinformatics
Biostatistics & SPSS (Theory cum lab)
MSc., and M.Phil Biotechnology
Based on the discussion and feedback, the board accepted the syllabi of M.Sc., Biotechnology
and M. Phil Biotechnology with minor inclusions and deletions of subtopics.
M.Sc., Bioinformatics and PGDBI
Summer Internships was introduced and made mandatory during the second semester as extra
credits.
The following courses was revised with few textual changes and addition of subtopics
Major Core 7: Statistics and Mathematics for Bioinformatics
Major elective 2: Molecular Interactions and Biophysics
Non Major Elective 1: Biostatistics and SPSS Training
Major Core 12: Systems Biology
Major core 15: Molecular modelling and computer aided drug designing courses in the
IInd and IIIrd semester.
The Head of the Department announced that the M.Sc., M.Phil and PGDBI syllabus will
be revised in 2019-20.
Programme
Name
Course Name %
Deletion
%Addition %
Modification
%
Revision
M.Sc.,
Biotechnology
Summer
Internship Full
Course
Inclusion
- 5.5% 5.5%
Stem Cell
Biology
- 5.5% 5.5%
Human
Physiology &
Endocrinology
- 5.5% 5.5%
Major courses - 4% 4%
M.Phil
Biotechnology
Major Core
coursees
- 2% 2%
Based on the suggestions given by various stakeholders, courses which focused on skill development,
employability and entrepreneurship were introduced to make the students ready to be effective
employees or dynamic/ smart employers. The details of the courses are given below.
Skill Development (SD), Employability (EM) and Entrepreneurship (EN)
Se
mes
ter
Course code Title of the course Name of the
programme
Old/
New SD EN EM
2018 - 2019
I P15BI1MCT01 Fundamentals of Biological Systems M.Sc. Bioinformatics Old
I P15BI1MCT02 Molecular Biology & Genetic
Engineering M.Sc. Bioinformatics Old
I P15BI1MCT03 Bioinformatics resources &
Applications in Sequence Analysis M.Sc. Bioinformatics Old
I P15BI1MCT04 Computer programming in C M.Sc. Bioinformatics Old
I P15BI1MCP05 Practical –I M.Sc. Bioinformatics Old
I P15BI1MCP06 Practical – II M.Sc. Bioinformatics Old
I P15BI1MET01/
P15BI1MET02 Biodiversity/Ecology M.Sc. Bioinformatics Old
II P15BI2MCT07 Statistics and Mathematics for
Bioinformatics M.Sc. Bioinformatics Old
II P15BI2MCT08 Genomics and proteomics M.Sc. Bioinformatics Old
II P15BI2MCT09 Programming in Perl and Python M.Sc. Bioinformatics Old
II P15BI2MCP10 Practical – III (Programming in Perl
and Python) M.Sc. Bioinformatics Old
II P15BI2MCP11 Practical – IV – Genomics,
Proteomics and SPSS M.Sc. Bioinformatics Old
II P15BI2MET04 Biological Techniques M.Sc. Bioinformatics Old
II P15BI2MET03 Molecular Interactions & Biophysics M.Sc. Bioinformatics Old
II P18SP2ECC01 Summer Internship M.Sc. Bioinformatics New
II P15BI2NMT01 Biostatistics and SPSS Training – Lab
Cum Theory M.Sc. Bioinformatics Old
III P15BI3MCT12 Systems Biology M.Sc. Bioinformatics Old
III P15BI3MCT13 Drug Biology and Nanobiotechnology M.Sc. Bioinformatics Old
III P15BI3MCT14 Molecular modeling & Computer
Aided Drug Design M.Sc. Bioinformatics Old
III P15BI3MCP15 Practical – V M.Sc. Bioinformatics Old
III P15BI3MCP16 Practical – VI M.Sc. Bioinformatics Old
III
P15BTI3MET05
/
P15BTI3MET06
Cheminformatics and Sterei
chemistry/Evolution M.Sc. Bioinformatics Old
III P15BI3NMT02 Cyber crimes and investigation
procedures M.Sc. Bioinformatics Old
IV P17BI4SST01 Intellectual property Rights M.Sc. Bioinformatics Old
IV P15BI4DIS01 Project and Viva voce M.Sc. Bioinformatics Old
I U18BT1MCT01 Cell Biology B.Sc., Biotechnology New
I U18BT1AOT01 Allied Chemistry For Biology B.Sc., Biotechnology New
I U18BT1AOT02 Plant science and phytochemical
techniques B.Sc., Biotechnology New
I U18BT1 MCP02 Practical I-Cell Biology B.Sc., Biotechnology New
I U18BT1 AOP03 Allied Practical I- Chemistry for
Biology B.Sc., Biotechnology New
I U18BT1AOP04 Allied Practical I -Plant science and
phytochemical techniques B.Sc., Biotechnology New
II U18BT2MCT03 Biochemistry B.Sc., Biotechnology New
II U18BT2MCT04 Biological Techniques B.Sc., Biotechnology New
II U18BT2MCP05
Practical-II
(Biochemistry & Biological
Techniques)
B.Sc., Biotechnology New
I U18SP1ECC01 Summer Internship B.Sc., Biotechnology New
II U18BT2AOT06 Biostatistics & SPSS (Theory cum
lab) B.Sc., Biotechnology New
II U18BT2AOT05 Bioinformatics B.Sc., Biotechnology New
I P16BT1MCT01 Cell & Molecular Biology M.Sc. Biotechnology Old
I P16BT1MCT02 Bioinstrumentation M.Sc. Biotechnology Old
I P16BT1MCT03 Microbiology M.Sc. Biotechnology Old
I P16BT1MCT04 Biochemistry M.Sc. Biotechnology Old
I P16BT1MCP05 Practical I M.Sc. Biotechnology Old
I P16BT1MCP06
Practical –II(Biochemistry,
Enzymology and Microbial
Technology)
M.Sc. Biotechnology Old
I P16BT1MET01/
P16BT1MET02 Organic Farming/Ecology M.Sc. Biotechnology Old
II P16BT2MCT07 Recombinant DNA Technology M.Sc. Biotechnology Old
II P16BT2MCT08 Immunology M.Sc. Biotechnology Old
II P16BT2MCT08 Developmental biology M.Sc. Biotechnology Old
II P16BT2MCP10
Laboratory Course – III
(Developmental Biology and
Immunotechnology)
M.Sc. Biotechnology Old
II P16BT2MCP11 Laboratory Course – IV M.Sc. Biotechnology Old
II P16B2MET03/P
16B2MET04 Genomics and Proteomics/Evolution M.Sc. Biotechnology Old
II P16BT2NMT01 Genetic Counselling M.Sc. Biotechnology Old
II P18SP2ECC01 Summer Internship M.Sc. Biotechnology New
III P16BT3MCT12 Plant Biotechnology M.Sc. Biotechnology Old
III P16BT3MCT13 Animal Biotechnology M.Sc. Biotechnology Old
III P16BT3MCT13 Bioprocess Technology M.Sc. Biotechnology Old
III P16BT3MCP15 Practical – V M.Sc. Biotechnology Old
III P16BT3MCP16
Practical – VI (Bioprocess
Technology In silico Biology and
Nanobiotechnology)
M.Sc. Biotechnology Old
III P16BT3NMT02 Research methodology and
Biostatistics M.Sc. Biotechnology Old
III P16BT3MET05/
P16BT3MET06
Drug Designing and
Nanobiotechnology/ Biodiversity M.Sc. Biotechnology Old
IV P17BT4SST01 Intellectual property Rights M.Sc. Biotechnology Old
IV P16BT4DIS01 Project dissertation M.Sc. Biotechnology Old
I MPH15BT1C01 Research Methodology- Techniques &
their Application
M.Phil.
Biotechnology Old
I MPH16BT1C02 Applied Biotechnology M.Phil.
Biotechnology Old
I MPH15BT1C03 Principles and Practices of Teaching
in Biotechnology
M.Phil.
Biotechnology Old
I MPH15BT1E04 Molecular Modeling and Computer
aided drug designing
M.Phil.
Biotechnology Old
I MPH15BT2D01 Project and Viva voce M.Phil.
Biotechnology Old
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