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Programme Structure
S. No. | Category | Suggested breakup of credits | Actual breakup of credits |
| 1 | Humanities and Social Sciences Core (HC) | 06 | 06 |
| 2 | Humanities and Social Sciences Elective (HE) | 06 | 06 |
| 3 | Basic Science courses (BS) | 18 | 18 |
| 4 | Engineering Science (ES) | 09 | 09 |
| 5 | Professional Core (PC) | 48 | 49 |
| 6 | Professional Elective (PE) | 24 | 24 |
| 7 | Open Electives (OE) | 17 | 17 |
| 8 | Project Work and/or Internship (PW) | 12 | 12 |
| 9 | Non-credit Mandatory Courses (NCMC) | 00 | 00 |
Total | 140 | 141 | |
Semester-I
| No. | Course Category | Code | Course Title | Credits | Total Credits | ||
| L | T | P | |||||
| 1 | BS | Physics/Chemistry | 3 | ||||
| 2 | BS | Linear Algebra/ Probability | 3 | ||||
| 3 | ES | Introductory Biology* | 3 | ||||
| 4 | HC | Engineering Economics | 3 | ||||
| 5 | HE | HSS Electives | 3 | ||||
| 6 | OE | Open Elective 1 | 3 | ||||
| 7 | NCMC | 0 | |||||
Total | 18 | ||||||
BS= 6, ES = 3, HC = 3, HE = 3, OE = 2
Semester-II
| No. | Course Category | Code | Course Title | Credits | Total Credits | ||
| L | T | P | |||||
| 1 | BS | Chemistry/ Physics | 3 | ||||
| 2 | BS | Probability | 3 | ||||
| 3 | ES | Bioinformatics* | 3 | ||||
| 4 | HC | Ideation and Design Thinking | 3 | ||||
| 5 | HE | HSS Electives | 3 | ||||
| 6 | ES | 3 | |||||
| 7 | NCMC | 0 | |||||
Total | 18 | ||||||
* These ES courses are compulsory for B. Tech Biotechnology and Bioengineering
BS= 6, ES = 6, HC = 3, HE = 3
Semester-III
| No. | Course Category | Code | Course Title | Credits | Total Credits | ||
| L | T | P | |||||
| 1 | BS | Calculus I: Differential Equations | 3 | ||||
| 2 | PC | Biochemistry C Structural Biology | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | PC | Techniques in Biochemistry | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 4 | PC | Programming for Biologists | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 5 | PE | Professional Elective 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 6 | OE | Open Elective 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 7 | NCMC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 18 | ||||||
BS = 3, PC = G, PE = 3, OE = 3
Semester-IV
| No. | Course Category | Code | Course Title | Credits | Total Credits | ||
| L | T | P | |||||
| 1 | BS | Calculus II: Series and Transforms | 3 | ||||
| 2 | PC | Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | PC | Techniques in Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 4 | PC | Basics of Synthetic Biology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 5 | PE | Professional Elective 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 6 | PE | Professional Elective 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 7 | NCMC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 18 | ||||||
BS = 3, PC = G, PE = 6
Semester-V
| No. | Course Category | Code | Course Title | Credits | Total Credits | ||
L | T | P | |||||
| 1 | PC | Cell Biology and Signalling | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2 | PC | Techniques in Cell Biology | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 3 | PC | Genetics | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 4 | PC | Introduction to Bioengineering | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 5 | PC | Anatomy and Physiology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 6 | PE | Professional Elective 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 7 | OE | Open Elective 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Total | 1G | ||||||
PC = 14, PE = 3, OE = 3
Semester-VI
| No. | Course Category | Code | Course Title | Credits | Total Credits | ||
L | T | P | |||||
| 1 | PC | Microbiology and Immunology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2 | PC | Techniques in Microbiology | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 3 | PC | Advanced Bioinformatics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | PC | Fermentation and Downstream Processing | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 5 | PE | Professional Elective 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 6 | PE | Professional Elective 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 7 | OE | Open Elective 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Total | 20 | ||||||
PC = 11, PE = 6, OE = 3
Semester-VII
| No. | Course Category | Code | Course Title | Credits | Total Credits | ||
L | T | P | |||||
| 1 | PC | Genomic and Transcriptomic Data Analysis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2 | PC | Introduction to Cell and Tissue Engineering | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 4 | PE | Professional Elective 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| PE | Professional Elective 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 5 | OE | Open Elective 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 6 | OE | Open Elective 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 7 | PW | Project Work 1 | 2 | ||||
Total | 20 | ||||||
PC = 6, PE = 6, OE = 6, PW = 2
Semester-VIII
| No. | Course Category | Code | Course Title | Credits | Total Credits | ||
| L | T | P | |||||
| 1 | PW | Project Work/ Internship | 10 | ||||
Total | 10 | ||||||
Engineering Science Elective (ES, 3 credits each) | |
| 1 | Basic Electrical Engineering |
| 2 | Basic Thermodynamics |
| 3 | Programming for Problem Solving |
| 4 | Engineering Mechanics |
| 5 | Engineering Drawing |
| 6 | Signals and Systems |
| 7 | Digital Electronics |
| 8 | Introductory Biology |
| 9 | Bioinformatics |
Professional Electives (PE, 3 credits each) | |
| 1 | Plant and Marine biotechnology |
| 2 | Medical Biotechnology |
| 3 | Environmental biotechnology |
| 4 | Bioprospecting |
| 5 | Biomanufacturing |
| 6 | Forensic Law and Science |
| 7 | Biomechanics |
| 8 | Bioelectronics and biosensors |
| 9 | Molecular engineering |
| 10 | Nanobiotechnology |
| 11 | Computational drug design |
| 12 | Introduction to AI/ML and their applications in biology |
| 13 | Clinical trial data analysis |
| 14 | Systems biology and modelling |
| 15 | Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics |
Humanities and Social Sciences Elective (HE, 3 credits each) | |
| 1 | Application of Psychology |
| 2 | Law and Engineering |
| 3 | Nyaya Logic Epistemology |
| 4 | Understanding Society and Culture through Literature |
| 5 | Quantitative Methods for Decision Making |
| 6 | Philosophy of Science |