Departmental Profile

Assam University  ::  Life Sciences & Bioinformatics

Name of the Head of the Department:   Prof. Sarbani Giri

Address:   Department of Life Sciences & Bioinformatics, Assam University Silchar - 788 011, Assam, India

Phone:   03842-270823

Contact email:

Number of Staff in Department:   13         Staff Details        View Profiles

Total Intake Capacity:   63         Details of Course Offered

About the Salient Achievements of the Department:   The Department launched its M.Sc. Programme in July 1996. Duration of the Post Graduate course is two years. The first year training deals with core courses like cell biology, biochemistry, genetics, environmental science, biostatistics, bioinformatics, research techniques, microbiology and biotechnology. In the second year, students are exposed to frontier areas in Plant and Animal sciences depending upon their previous background. A number of research projects funded by DBT, UGC, DST, TAI, ICAR, MOEn have been undertaken by the faculty members of the department. UGC has sanctioned Special Assistance Programme ( DRS) to the Department of Life Science. Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Govt. of India has sanctioned centre of Bio-Informetics to the Departments of Life Science. The department has recently revised the syllabus as per the National and Regional needs. The Central Instrumentation facility is available in the departments. The Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt of India, New Delhi has also sanctioned FIST to the Department of Life Science. The students are provided flexibility to select Botany or Zoology stream in 3rd semester and to select their special papers available in the department.

Details of Externally Funded Research/Infrastructure Projects:

Name Funding Agency Project Duration Total Fund Received Status

Other Activities (e.g., National/International Conferences, Symposia, Seminar, etc. organized during the last 10 years):   Allumni of the department are now serving as faculty members, research fellow in universities, colleges, national level research institutes and other educational institutions

Staff Details

Number of Professor :   5
Number of Associate Professor :   2
Number of Assistant Professor :   6
Number of Lecturer :   0
Number of other teaching staff :   0
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Course Details

Course Name

Duration

Intake Capacity

M.Sc. 4 Semester 50
M.Phil 3 Semesters 13

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Course Name	Duration	Intake Capacity
M.Sc.	4 Semester	50
M.Phil	3 Semesters	13