MSc Course Curriculum

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Semester I

Course CodeCourse TitleLTPCInstructor(s)Slot
BB 402Cell Biology2106SKGhosh–
BB 405Molecular Biology2106SRShinde–
BB 421Genetics [FH]3003S Kumar–
BB 521Biochemistry and Bioenergetics2106PV Balaji–
BB 523Mathematical and Numerical Methods for Biologists2106D Agrawal–
BB 525Biological Thermodynamics and Kinetics [SH]2103Ranjith P–
BB 553Bioinformatics1046P Bhaumik–
Total number of credits: 36
Total number of contact hours: 20 h (16 h theory + 4 h lab) per week

Semester II

CodeCourse TitleLTPCInstructor(s)Slot
First Half
BB 412Genomics and Proteomics3003SS* + KK 
BB 520Analytical Biochemistry2103 P Phale 
BB 522Microbiology2103 R Patkar 
BB 524Genetic Engineering3003 A Banerjee 
BB 526Biomolecular Spectroscopy2103 A Kumar 
Total number of credits: 15
Total number of contact hours: 15 h theory per week
Second Half
BB 528Lab:
iLab: Integrated Biochemistry, Microbiology, Genetic Engineering and Biophysics laboratory		003015S Patankar*+ R Patkar+ S Kumar+ SR Shinde –
Total number of credits: 15
Total number of contact hours: 30 h lab per week

Semester III

Code Course Title L T P C Instructor(s) Slot
BB 505 Molecular Immunology 2 1 0 6  S Kumar  8
BB 519 Project Proposal Presentation and Dissertation 0 0 0 10  S Nair  –
BB 527 Molecular Enzymology [SH] 2 1 0 3  P Bhaumik  2
BB 529 Research Methodology and Scientific Communication Skills [SH] 3 0 0 3  S Patankar  10
  Elective I [one full semester course or two half semester courses] (Department or Institute Elective)       6/8    
  Elective II [one full semester course or two half semester courses] (Department or Institute Elective)       6/8    
Total number of credits: 34 to 38
Total number of contact hours: 12-18 h (10-12 h theory + 0-8 h lab) per week depending upon the Elective one chooses

Elective I & II

Code Course Title L T P C Instructor(s) Slot
BB 414 Molecular Diagnostics [FH] 3 0 0 3 Not Offered –
BB 454 Programming for Bioinformatics 1 0 4 6 D Agrawal 7
BB 530 Biodesign 3 0 0 6

Not Offered

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BB 531 Plant Biotechnology 2 0 4 8

R Patkar

 11A + LX
BB 533 Animal Biotechnology 3 0 0 3

Not Offered

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BB 535 Environmental Biotechnology 3 0 0 6 P Phale 6
BB 537 Virology 3 0 0 6

Not Offered

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BB 539 Applied Microbiology [FH] 0 0 8 4

Not Offered

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BB 601 Introduction to Bionanotechnology [SH] 3 0 0 3 R Srivastava 3
BB 603 Physiology for Engineers 3 0 0 6 VP Soni 10
BB 607 Proteomics Principles and Techniques 2 1 0 6 Not Offered –
BB 617 Biophysical Chemistry 3 0 0 6 A Kumar*+SK Maji 11
BB 633 Movement neuroscience [FH] 3 0 0 3 N Kanekar 8
BB 638 Topics in Evolution # 2 1 0 6 K Kondabagil –
BB 645 Drug Discovery and Development [FH] 3 0 0 3

Not Offered

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BB 647 Introduction to Evolutionary Biology (FH) # 3 0 0 3 Not Offered –
BB 648 Protein Engineering 2 1 0 6

Not Offered

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BB 659 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Laboratory 0 0 8 8 P Phale L3 + L4
BB 665 Biomaterials [FH] 3 0 0 3 Not Offered –
BB 679 Drug Delivery [SH] 3 0 0 3 Not Offered –
BB 706 Fundamental and Practical Aspects of Microscopy 3 0 0 6  R Mallik 7
BB 805 Experimental Techniques – II 3 0 0 6 A Kumar*+ S Srivastava+ SKaledhonkar –
# – Students can either take BB647 OR BB638

Semester IV

Course Code

Course TitleLTPCInstructor(s)Slot
 Elective III [one full semester course or two half semester courses] (Department or Institute Elective)   6  
 Elective IV [one full semester course or two half semester courses] (Department or Institute Elective)   6  
BB 592Project Stage II00028 SNair –

Total number of credits: 40
Total number of contact hours: (4-6 h theory and 0-4 h lab) per week depending upon the Elective one chooses

Elective III & IV

Code Course Title L T P C Instructor(s) Slot
BB 400 Molecular Biophysics 2 1 0 6 PV Balaji
BB 530 Biodesign 3 0 0 6 Not Offered  –
BB 532 Molecular Mycology 3 0 0 6 Not Offered  –
BB 534 Advanced Enzymology 3 0 0 6 Not Offered  –
BB 536 cryo-Electron Microscopy 3 0 0 6 SK
BB 606 Cellular Electricity: Physics and Modelling 3 0 0 6 R Manchanda
BB 611 Cell Cycle and Epigenetics 3 0 0 6 SK Ghosh
BB 612 Cell Mechanics and Mechanobiology 3 0 0 6 S Sen
BB 616 Cellular and Tissue Engineering 3 0 0 6 P Tayalia
BB 623 Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogenesis 2 1 0 6 A Banerjee
BB 624 Microfluidics: physics and applications 3 0 0 6 D Paul
BB 626 Modeling Biological Systems and Processes 3 0 0 6 Ranjith P
BB 628 Molecular Cell Signalling 3 0 0 6 Not Offered  –
BB 629 Applied Immunology 3 0 0 6 Not Offered  –
BB 638 Topics in Evolution 3 0 0 6 Not Offered  –
BB 640 Biologics [SH] 3 0 0 3 Not Offered –
BB 642 Protein Crystallography 2 1 0 6 P Bhaumik
BB 643 NMR in Biological Systems 3 0 0 6 Not Offered –
BB 648 Protein Engineering 2 1 0 6 SK Maji
BB 650 Advanced Structural Biology 3 0 0 6 Not Offered  –
BB 658 Principles of Tissue Engineering [FH] 3 0 0 3 P Tayalia
BB 670 Introduction to Biomedical Ultrasound 3 0 0 6 S Kalva
BB 705 Fundamental Concepts in Developmental Biology 3 0 0 6 S Nair
BB 805 Experimental Techniques – II 3 0 0 6 A Kumar*+ S Srivastava+ SKaledhonkar –