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Ph.D (Biotechnology)

Ph.D (Biotechnology)

The competitive and vibrant Ph.D. programme in basic and applied biotechnology embarks on creating a strong academic research foundation in the following cutting-edge areas of Biotechnology:

 

  • *    Molecular & Cell Biology
  • *    Cancer Biology
  • *    Infectious Disease Biology
  • *    Biology of Rare Genetic Disorders
  • *    Protein Science  
  • *    Structural Biology
  • *    Chemical Biology & Bioconjugate Chemistry
  • *    Bioinformatics & Systems Biology
  • *    Immunology & Vaccine Development
  • *    Nanobiotechnology & Microfluidics
  • *    Biomaterials for regenerative medicine
  • *    Plant molecular biology & Biotechnology
  • *    Environmental Biotechnology & Metagenomics: Applications of Metagenomic Studies - Bacterial Biofuel & Plastic Biodegradation  
  • *    Cilia Biology & Optogenetics
  • *    Biophotonics
  • *    Functional Genomics of Human Complex Diseases
  • *    Bioprocess Engineering
  • *    Synthetic Biology  
  • *    Molecular Virology
  • *    Genome science, technology, engineering
  • *    Integrated genome analysis and use of artificial intelligence tools in biology

 

The students secure admission to the Ph.D. program of the School after qualifying an All-India entrance examination and viva-voce. Students having qualified for Junior Research Fellowship of UGC/CSIR/DBT/ICMR are shortlisted directly for interview. More than 100 students have been registered in the Ph.D. program. There are currently 22 faculty members in the School of Biotechnology. For more details visit faculty page of SBT. The mission of our multi- and inter-disciplinary doctoral programme is to train outstanding students in basic and applied research. Students have numerous opportunities to pursue active research projects and gain experience working with state-of-the-art instrumentation. This experience is invaluable for the intellectual development of the students and in their subsequent search for faculty and scientist positions in the Universities, Research Institutes and the Biotechnology industry both in India and abroad. For more details on the admissions to the Ph.D. program visit admission page of JNU website or download the e-prospectus from JNU website.

 

 

Students selected for Ph.D. has to undergo a rigorous course work of two semester.

 

Pre-Ph.D. Course work structure

 

List of courses to be offered to Pre-Ph.D. students during monsoon semester:

 

Course Title

Credits

Journal Club

1

Elective I

 3

Elective II

 3
Elective III

3

 

List of the elective courses for Pre-Ph.D. course work

 

  • *    Protein Stability and Folding
  • *    Computational and Structural Biology
  • *    Tumor Virology
  • *    Cell Cycle Control & Regulated Protein Degradation
  • *    Molecular & Cellular Signalling
  • *    Proteomics & its application in Biotechnology
  • *    Synthetic Biology
  • *    Advance Discussion Course on Plant Biotechnology
  • *    Advance Discussion Course on Comprehensive Infectious Disease Biology
  • *    Advance Discussion Course in Computer Programming
  • *    Advance Discussion Course on Bioinformatics
  • *    Metagenomics
  • *    Advanced Agriculture Biotechnology
  • *    Classical and Current Trends in Cancer Biology
  • *    Advanced Cellular Immunology
  • *    Advances in Bioprocess Engineering

 

List of courses to be offered to Pre-Ph.D. students during winter semester:

 

Course Title

Credits

Journal Club-II

1

Research Methodology

4

Research and Publication Ethics

2

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.