Departmental Profile

Dibrugarh University  ::  Center for Bioinformatics Studies

Name of the Head of the Department:   Dr. A K Rai, Director i/c

Address:   Centre for Bioinformatics Studies Dibrugarh University

Phone:   0

Contact email:   ashokrai04@yahoo.co.in

Number of Staff in Department:   5         Staff Details        View Profiles

Total Intake Capacity:   31         Details of Course Offered

About the Salient Achievements of the Department:   Centre for Bioinformatics Studies, is only the centre providing M.Sc Bioinformatics,Ph D Bioinformatics Course in entire North East India. The centre was established in 17th August , 2007 in Joint academic collaboration with RMRC-ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research) and NEIST, Jorhat (Formerly RRL, Jorhat).The Centre has good academic relationship with various Research and Educational institutions like Bose Institute, Kolkata, SCF Bio, IIT Delhi, Assam Agricultural University etc. The passed out students has been absorbed in RMRC, NEIST, NERIST, Assam Agricultural University, Rajiv Gandhi University, BCIL and various colleges and Research organizations. The Centre has well furnished class rooms LCD Projectors ,Laptops and OHPs for Class Room Demonstration.Centre has its own library apart from Central Library. Dry Laboratory Practical is done in the Centre’s Laboratory and Wet Laboratory Practical is Conducted under the supervision of Sr. Scientists of RMRC-ICMR, Lahoal. Centre has air conditioned computer lab with 20 high end terminals with 24x7 dedicated high speed internet connection and 5 KVA UPS support. Computer Lab has all softwares needed for Bioinformatics education and research.

Details of Externally Funded Research/Infrastructure Projects:

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Other Activities (e.g., National/International Conferences, Symposia, Seminar, etc. organized during the last 10 years):   The Centre has organized a 3 Day training program “Graduate Training Program in Bioinformatics”, 6th -8th June 2013 (GTPB 2013) in which participants attended from outside state also. This 3 days regional level training program was for graduates and those who were appearing in their final semester examination for graduation. The program has focused on introduction to Bioinformatics and the participants were enlightened about Bioinformatics, the latest field of Science. In the training program lectures were delivered with demonstration followed by hands-on-training. As per the participants the training program was very useful to them and they got the understanding bio-molecules applying computational tools.

Staff Details

Number of Professor :   1
Number of Associate Professor :   0
Number of Assistant Professor :   4
Number of Lecturer :   0
Number of other teaching staff :   0
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Course Details

Course Name

Duration

Intake Capacity

M.Sc Bioinformatics 2 Years 21
Ph.D. Bioinformatics 2 Years after Reg 10

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Course Name	Duration	Intake Capacity
M.Sc Bioinformatics	2 Years	21
Ph.D. Bioinformatics	2 Years after Reg	10