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School of BiotechnologyMadurai Kamaraj University, Madurai |
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Advanced Diploma Course in Bioinformatics | |
Madurai Kamaraj University, School of Biotechnology was the first to start the one year Advanced Diploma Course in Bioinformatics with an aim to lead to a better interaction between University research/manpower training and industrial R&D.; The Bioinformatics Centre has been conducting this Advanced Diploma Course in Bioinformatics since 1996-97. The course is for one year and cover theoretical and computational aspects of sequence analysis, structural analysis, molecular interactions, programming (C, Perl, Python), web programming (XML, Java) and database development (SQL). The students also undertake a project work in the above areas guided by faculty.
A maximum of 8 non-sponsored
and 2 sponsored candidates are selected per year and they are paid a
fellowship of Rs. 5000/= per month. All candidates have so far
completed the course successfully and nearly all of them are placed in
various Govt./Industries in the area of Bioinformatics. So far 67 students have completed the course and been placed
Z. A. RAFI, Ph.D., Reader, Bioinformatics Centre, School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai 625021, TN, INDIA. Ph: 91-452-2459141; Fax: 91-452-2459105
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