After Plus Two

The Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore- a top class scientific institution for higher learning has started an innovative Undergraduate programme, Bachlor of Science (B.S.). IISc is internationally known for excellent quality in all aspects of education, training and research with strong focus on basic sciences and interdisciplinary approach. The Four Year B.S. Course has been designed in a way that suits industry requirements and will be treated as an equivalent to M.Sc. and PG programmes of international standard. B.S. will have 110 – 120 seats out of which reservations will be applied as per rules of the government. First batch of the B.S. programmes will start from 1st August 2011 and will be completed during July 2015. Following are details of eligibility, selection process and application procedure:

Eligibility: IISc admits students to B.S. course through various national level competitive examinations. It will not conduct any separate entrance examination. Following scores will be taken into consideration:

1. KVPY-SA-2009
2. KVPY-SB-2010
3. KVPY-SX (SB+2)-2010
4. IIT-JEE (2011)
5. AIEEE (2011)
6. AIPMT (2011)

Candidates must have studied Maths, Physics and Chemistry at +2 / Intermediate / Higher Secondary level. Selection of the candidates will be completely based on the scores achieved in above mentioned national entrance exams. Candidates will be short listed for each entrance exam separately. Students from rural background and women candidates will be encourages. Six major disciplines, i.e., Biology, Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, Environmental Science and Materials will be offered in the course.

Application Procedure: Interested candidates can apply online or offline. Offline applications can be obtained through sending a request along with a DD for Rs. 600 (Rs. 300 for reserved candidates) drawn in favour of ‘Registrar, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore’ to the ‘Deputy Registrar (Academic), Admissions Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012’. The request also should include proper mailing address, preferably on stickers. Online applications will be open from 1st January 2011. Printed online applications should reach along with DD to the above address on or before 31st March 2011.

Important Dates:

1. Start of off-line and online application forms: 1st January 2011
2. Last date for issue of off-line applications / submission of online application: 25th March 2011
3. Last date for receipt of offline forms / printed copy of online application forms: 31st March 2011.

A career aspirant of Genetic Engineering wanted to know the education options he would have to take after Intermediate Bi.P.C. to do Genetic Engineering in future. He also like to to know colleges or universities offering this course. There are a few Genetic Engineering courses as such but you can do it as a part of other curriculum such as B.Sc. Biotechnology, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Genetics or B.Tech Biotechnology. If you are from Andhra Pradesh, you can check for these courses in J.N.T.U, Osmania University, Hyderabad Central University and Andhra University.

Your can opt for M.Sc. Genetics at PG level to go for Ph.D. in Genetic Engineering with which you will be well placed in R and D organizations or academic institutions. Masters Degree holders may get jobs in R and D organizations working in the area of molecular biology. The present scenario in both agriculture and health in the area of Genetic Engineering is encouraging since several GM (Genetically modified) crops and GMF (Genetically modified food) are coming to the markets. Subject related Genetically altered insects to reduce the disease burden in health area is also an upcoming one. In summary Genetic Engineering has lot of advantage in future.

M.Tech Bio-informatics without GATE:

Following are some institutes offering Bio Informatics courses: 1. Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, New Delhi This institute takes up students for M.Tech Bio-informatics through GATE but they also have one sponsored category. 2. IIIT Allahabad and IIIT Hyderabad, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, India are having Bio-informatics course. Other than GATE score they have their own exams. You can try for that. Presently the job situation is not so rosy but if you are technically sound then definitely there are opportunities. But the number of positions is always limited. Universities providing fellowship for MS bio-informatics is rare.

Coming to study options in abroad, Max Planck Institute Germany is also offering MS programs in Structural Biology which is the integral part of Bio-informatics. You can find more details about the institute from www.mpg.de