SUMMER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME AT NIT, ROURKELA IN ENGINEERING AND

SCIENCE
NIT, Rourkela has launched a Summer Internship Programme with an objective to encourage ambitious bright B.Tech. as
well as B.Sc. and M.Sc. students of different Institutes in India other than NIT, Rourkela to pursue an innovative research
and development project under the guidance of NIT faculties. The summer fellow will register at NIT, Rourkela for whom
there will be no institute registration fees. The Institute is pleased to provide 50 nos. of Summer Fellowships as follows.

The fellowship will cover the following:

(a) A gross fellowship of Rs.3500/-, for a period of two months to meet travel and other expenses.  The fellowship will be
provided to those, who stay in NITR hostels.

(b) Free Accommodation in the NIT Halls of Residences.

(c) Laboratory and Computing Facilities.

The fellowship is available in the following departments.

1. Biotechnology and Medical Engineering
2. Civil Engineering
3. Chemical Engineering
4. Ceramic Engineering
5. Computer Science and Engineering
6. Chemistry
7. Electronics and Communication Engineering
8. Electrical Engineering
9. Humanities and Social Sciences
10. Management

11. Mathematics

12. Mechanical Engineering

13. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

14. Mining Engineering

15. Physics

Duration:-
The fellowship work can be done in a period of two months between 10 th of May to 16th of July, 2011. The time can be
extended, but not the hostel accommodation.
Eligibility:-
Any B.Tech., B.Sc or M.Sc. student with a good academic record who has completed 2 or 3 years of study toward
engineering or science degree may apply for this fellowship.

How to Apply :-
The form can be downloaded from the website of NIT, Rourkela (www.nitrkl.ac.in). Please fill up the form and send a hard
copy by speed post to the address given below:
Prof. B.D. Subudhi
Summer Internship Co-ordinator
Professor & Head
Department of Electrical Engineering
National Institute of Technology
Rourkela, Orissa
PIN: 769008
Phone: 0661-2462416
Fax: 0661-2462999
Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP)
P O. CIMAP
Lucknow – 226 015
CIMAP Summer Training on Techniques and Tools of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics – 2010 | CST – 2010
28th June – 23rd July, 2010
In recent years, the field of biotechnology has appeared as the expression of wonderful applications of various techniques of
molecular biology. Today there is hardly any application area involving biological systems, which doesn’t depend on these
techniques and concepts. It is logical to anticipate that future decade in this century will witness the major scientific
advancements through the application of these cellular, genetics and molecular tools and skills. Towards maintaining the
pace with the new developments and achieving a cutting edge in biotechnological applications globally, it is necessary to
inculcate these skills and expertise through systematic training of human resource by exposing young scholars to modern
tools and sophisticated techniques of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics. Bioinformatics is the real multidisciplinary
science where technologies from different fields interact. In a strict sense bioinformatics is the study of how information is
represented and transmitted in biological systems. Times have changed in the years since the human genome was identified.
Now any biological research becomess worthful research after applying bioinformatics in it. And that is what exactly this
training planned for graduate scholars (CST-2010) aims at.  The course is running successfully in its seventh year since
2003.

About CIMAP
Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) is a unique and highly important CSIR laboratory involved in
plant research for the production of and value addition to the medicinal and aromatic materials for meeting the demands of
Indian industry and for foreign exchange earning by exports. The institute has state-of-art laboratories for plant tissue
culture, DNA fingerprinting, transgenic development and gene and biomolecule prospection and bioinformatics. Lucknow,
the ‘City of Nawabs’ is today more of a ‘Science City’ of North India for its possession of academic and scientific
resourcefulness by the visible presence of organizations like CDRI, NBRI, IITR, IISR, CISH, NBFGR, IET, KGMU, SGPGI
and many others including Lucknow University. Lucknow has warm weather during June – July with maximum and
minimum temperature range of 35° and 20°C.

COURSE CONTENT
The training beginning with basics of molecular biology tools, bioinformatics and plant tissue culture techniques would
provide exposition to the following main  areas:

 DNA/RNA techniques – Basic techniques of DNA/RNA, protein handling towards genomics and proteomics.
 Molecular Biology Tools and Methods – Recent molecular biology tools & techniques including gene cloning,
sequencing and analysis.
 Plant Tissue Culture Techniques – Basic concepts of morphogenesis, synseed technology, protoplast culture &
fusion, Agrobacterium – mediated genetic transformation, bio-reactor scaling-up of cell/hairy roots cultures, in
vitrosecondary metabolism and metabolic engineering.
 Bioinformatics Tools and Applications. –   Biological database and their annotations, Pairwise and multiple
sequence alignment, Genome and proteome analysis, Data Mining, Phylogenetic analysis, Gene and Protein structure
prediction, drug discovery.
WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE?
The “CIMAP Summer Training on Techniques and Tools of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics   (CST-2010)” which
is now in its fifth year has been specifically planned in view of requests from a large number of students across the country
to provide the institutional training as a requirement of their curriculum of B.Tech, M.Sc (Biotech.) and M.Tech courses.
The participation in the training is limited to a manageable number of 24 trainees so as to facilitate direct hands on
exposition to all participants and thus would be selection based, attempting maximum geographic coverage.
How to apply?
The application along with the bio-data of applicant should be forwarded by the head of the institution giving in brief the
benefits expected by the participant and the organization as a consequence of the training. The selection criteria will include
the need of training and possibility of future work by the candidates in their respective areas of R &D through collaboration
with their nearby equipped organizations and also maximum geographic representation. The course fee is Rs. 10,000/- and it
would cover the registration and study material for the practicals. The last date for receiving of applications at CIMAP is
10th June, 2010.. The provisional selection will be intimated to the candidates through fastest possible mode of
communication at their location which will be confirmed only upon receiving the fee of Rs. 10,000/- through DD drawn in
favour of Director, CIMAP, Lucknow on or before 20th June, 2010. The candidates will have to arrange for their
accommodation during the course of training. Altematively, if desired, the accommodation may be arranged on payment if
available.
Course structure
Faculty comprising of the leading scientists and experts in the respective fields will give the lectures and practical
demonstrations. The training will be of 30 days duration and beneficial to the students of the university, colleges and
departments. The participation is through selection of the applicants by the organizers through an advisory committee and
the committees’ decision will be final and binding. The students desirous of attending may apply through proper channel on
the application form overleaf along with the complete biodata. About 24 applicants from different institutions will be
selected for participation in the training. No TA/DA will be admissible to the participants for attending the training. The
participants are expected to fully involve themselves in the training without leave and sign the undertaking in this respect.
Last date for submitting application form : 10th June 2010 (To reach organizers)

Dispatch of provisional selection letters : 15th June 2010 (Speed Post/Fax/email)

Last date for submitting Training Fee : 20th June 2010 (To reach organizers)

CIMAP’s Summer Training  : 28th June – 23rd July, 2010

Download Application Form

All communications must be addressed to:

Director
Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
P O. CIMAP, Lucknow – 226 015
Phone: (0522) 2359623, 2357134 (PABX)
Fax : (0522) 2342666
 e-mail : director@cimap.res.in
Web site: www.cimap.res.in
Nodal Scientists for contact:

Dr Ashok Sharma
Head, Biotechnology Division
Phone: (0522) 2717626
e-mail: ashoksharma@cimap.res.in
ashok_sh58@yahoo.com
Dr A.K. Mathur
Scientist – F/Plant Biotechnology
Phone: (0522) 2717557
e-mail: ak.mathur@cimap.res.in
akmcath@yahoo.com

 Biotech Summer Training


One Month Summer Training in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics

Organizer
Prof. Dr. Sheo Mohan Singh
MSc(UK), PhD(Germany), PDF(USA,UK)
Professor and Head, School of Biotechnology,
International Institute of Information Technology (I2IT),
Pune, India
Email: sheos@isquareit.ac.in

Other Program Faculties

Prof. Suhas Doke Dr. Sudhir Kumar
Email: suhasd@isquareit.ac.in Email: sudhirk@isquareit.ac.in
Tel: 09922455911 Tel: 09764413153

School of Biotechnology at International Institute of Information Technology (I2IT), Pune will provide the summer
training in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics for one month duration from 1st June –  30th June 2011.

Details of Experiments
Our emphasis is on the practical hands-on training. Therefore we will have minimal theory classes to
understand the principles behind each of these experiments.

Biotechnology Lab:
  Restriction digestion
 Ligation
 DNA gel electrophoresis
 DNA gel extraction
 Transformation
 Plasmid purification
 Cloning
 Amplification of DNA fragments by PCR
 Culture and maintenance of mammalian/cancer cell lines
 Freezing & thawing of cells
 Plasmid DNA transfection in mammalian cells
 Total RNA extraction from mammalian cells
Bioinformatics Lab:

 DNA sequence analysis

 Protein sequence analysis
 Protein structure visualization
 Bioinformatics databases
 PCR primer designing
 In-silico gene cloning
 Biostatistics – univariate and bivariate analysis

Fee structure
Laboratory fees:  Rs. 9,000/- per student 

Accommodation:  Rs. 1500/- per month for shared room and Rs. 3000/- per month for single room

Food:  Rs. 2750/- per month (breakfast, lunch, evening snack, dinner)

The training will encompass hands-on experiments in the areas of recombinant DNA, molecular biology, and
biochemical techniques which will be combined with bioinformatics tools like genomics and microarray data
analysis, biostatistics, structure modeling etc.

Please feel free to contact us if you want to discuss or want more information about experimental details.

Please apply online and send the fees by demand draft or you can pay online using credit/debit/net-banking
facility.

Biotech Training Programs

Saturday, May 15, 2004

A short-term training program during or after a biotechnology degree helps in orienting students to
adapt to the needs of the biotech industry. Several biotech company heads felt that hands-on
training gives an edge to the prospective candidates during the selection process, though it is not an
essential selection criteria. It also helps them to accelerate their career opportunities. We have also
received many queries from students on this subject. Here are a few courses offered by the biotech
industry/institutes.

Government sponsored programs

As part of its human resource training program the Department of Biotechnology facilitates
postgraduate biotechnology training in industries. Students passing out of the postgraduate courses
(MSc/MTech) in biotechnology are selected for practical hands-on training in various biotech-based
industries in the country for a period of six months. This scheme is being implemented through the
Biotech Industrial Training Program (BITP) of the Biotech Consortium India Ltd. (BCIL), New Delhi.
The objective of BITP is to provide practical exposure to candidates who wish to start their career
after post-graduation but do not have the requisite experience in biotechnology. This program
orients them to the needs of the industry and makes them more relevant and acceptable for
placement. The program is launched every year generally in the months of July/August. 
For, further details visit: www.biotech.co.in

Many of the CSIR institutes offer regular training programs for postgraduate students under MoU
with universities and also provide ad-hoc summer training to biotech students. Some of the other
training programs offered by the educational institutes/industry are given below.

Bangalore Genei’s programs

Bangalore Genei, a Bangalore-based key manufacturer and supplier of reagents for genetic
engineering and molecular biology research, offers hands-on training in molecular
biology/immunotechniques. It has two basic training programs in Recombinant DNA Technology
Protein Purification and Immunotechniques. The company also offers a combination program
covering both the topics. All the programs include lectures, discussions and bench work for 8-9
hours a day conducted by its scientists.

Address: No. 6 6th Main, BDA Industrial Suburb, Near SRS Road, Peenya, Bangalore-560 058, 
Tel.: (080) 28391453/28396894
Website: www.bangaloregenei.com

Best Biotek offers varied biotech training programs

Best Biotek Research Labs has designed many biotechnology-training programs ranging from
proficiency courses to advanced diploma courses in industrial microbiology, enzymology, protein
chemistry, molecular biology, analytical techniques like HPLC and GLC. The duration of the courses
vary from 15 days to 210 days.

Address: #221, 2nd Floor, 9th Main, 5th Block, Jayanagar,

Bangalore – 560 041
Tel.: (080) 56903079/ 26632175
Website: www.bestbiotek.com

DOEACC bioinformatics courses

DOEACC Society, an autonomous body of Department of Information Technology, Ministry of

Communications & Information Technology, recently introduced Bioinformatics Courses at various
levels—O, A and B Level. To be implemented at a national level, these bioinformatics courses are in
line with the DOEACC computer courses. The O and A level training started in July 2003 in 12
locations of DOEACC across India. This scheme is being implemented through the private sector
from July 2004.

Address: Electronics Niketan, 6 CGO Complex, New Delhi - 110 003

Tel.: (011) 24363330-2
Website: www.doeacc.org.in

IBAB certificate course in Bio-techniques

Bangalore-based Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology (IBAB) conducts a six-

months course in the frequently used biotech lab techniques. These include handling bacterial
culture, protein purification and analysis, recombinant DNA technology, microarrays, etc. IBAB also
conducts several short-term courses in biotechnology and bioinformatics ranging from one day to a
few days. In addition, the institute conducts tailor-made bioinfo-rmatics training programs for the
corporate sector.

Address: G-05, Tech Park Mall, International Technology Park, Whitefield Road, Bangalore -560
066, 
Tel.: (080) 28410029, 28412769. 
Website: www.ibab.ac.in

IIT Delhi offers summer training in biotechnology

The Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, IIT Delhi has recently started
conducting a short-term practical training course in biotechnology. This year the course starts from
June 1 and is of five weeks duration. The course aims to provide exposure to some of the modern
experimental tools and protocols of biochemical engineering and biotechnology to students of MSc
(Biotechnology) and BTech (Chemical/ Biochemical Engineering).

Address: Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi -110 016,
Tel.: (011) 26591737.
Website: www.iitd.ernet.in

IIT Delhi and NIIT certificate programme

The Supercomputing Facility for Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, IIT Delhi, in association
with NIIT under the aegis of Foundation of Innovation and Technology Transfer (FIIT) at IIT, Delhi,
has launched a six-months certificate programme in Bioinformatics & Computational Biology. The
program addresses requirements in both IT and Bioinformatics training. The IT modules are offered
at NIIT and the bioinformatics modules at the Supercomputing Facility of IIT Delhi. The Programme
starts in June 2004.

Address: Supercomputing facility, IIT Delhi,

Tel.: (011) 26596786
Website: www.netvarsity.com/nv000/iitmain.asp
IAHS plant tissue-culture training

The biotechnology division of Indo American Hybrid seeds (IAHS), a company engaged in the
production and marketing of hybrid seeds in vegetables, flowers and agronomic crops, offers
technical training in advanced methods of plant cell and tissue culture and r-DNA technology for
BSc and MSc biotechnology students. The course duration is about a month for BSc and 2-4
months (including project work and dissertation) for MSc students. IAHS conducts the training in
three batches around the year in the months of April, May and October. The IAHS biotech division is
also a center for the Biotech Industrial Training Program (BITP) of the Biotech Consortium India Ltd
(BCIL), New Delhi. Under this program, it provides extensive plant tissue culture training to 2-3
biotechnology postgraduate students for a period of six months.

Address: 17th Cross, 2nd ‘A’ Main, KRRoad, Banashankari 2nd Stage, Bangalore - 560 070
Tel.: (080) 26760111
Website: www.indamseeds.com

JIVAS’ diploma courses in biotechnology

Jain Institute of Vocational and Advanced Studies (JIVAS), Bangalore, a division of Jain Group of
Institutions is offering a range of job-oriented courses in biotechnology. At the graduate level it is
offering: Proficiency course in genetic engineering; Diploma in plant tissue culture; Diploma in
human molecular genetics; Diploma in industrial biotechnology; Comprehensive training in micro
propagation

At the post graduate level it is offering advanced postgraduate diploma in biotechnology; and
postgraduate diploma in medical microbiology and immunology. The institute also offers customized
projects for BSc/MSc students

Address: No. 127/3, Bull Temple Road, Chamrajpet, Bangalore – 560 019

Tel.: (080) 26604993/26525246
Website: www.jivas.ac.in

Magene offers modern biotechnology training module

Magene Life Sciences, a biotechnology research and bioservices oriented company located in the
Genome Valley, near Hyderabad provides an integrated, interdisciplinary basic as well as advanced
training course for students in biotechnology. The basic three weeks course is designed to include
hands-on-training, GLP and introduction to modern biotechnology. The advanced module of two
weeks duration is offered to post graduates for hands on training to support their core capabilities for
further research. The company also offers a week long corporate training module tailor made for
marketing, finance and management professionals working with biotech and allied industries.

Address: Research Center, Pudur Post, Raval Kole X Roads, Medchal Mandal, Hyderabad
Tel.: (8418) 222384/225449
Website: www.magenelifesciences.com 

Ocimum offers PGDiploma in Bioinformatics

Ocimum Biosolutions, a Hyderabad-based bioinformatics company, offers a Postgraduate Diploma

Program in Bioinformatics in association with University of Alabama at Huntsville. The duration of
the course is six months. The program helps students, who usually have expertise or a degree in
either life sciences or computer science, to be cross-trained.

Address: 6th Floor, Reliance Classic Road No. 1, Banjara Hills Hyderabad - 500 034
Tel.: (040) 55627200
Website: www.ocimumbio.com

Padmashree Institute provides diploma in Plant Tissue Culture

Padmashree Institute conducts a short-term diploma in Plant Tissue Culture and Secondary
Metabolite production. This seven-day course is open for graduates in Life Sciences. The course
covers the basic techniques in plant culture, organ and embryo cultures, callus and suspension
cultures, etc.

Address: Nagarbhavi Circle, Bangalore – 560 072

Tel.: (080)-23211099/23217664
Website: www.padmashree.org

STG certificate/diploma courses in Bioinformatics

The Software Technology Group International Ltd offers certificate courses in bioinformatics with
domain specialization (pharma, agri or biotech) for graduate and postgraduate students. It also
offers a six-months diploma course in bioinformatics.

Address: 32 & 31/1, Khaleel Plaza, RV Road, Basavangudi, Bangalore – 560004

Tel.: (080) 26574553/26574554
Website: www.stgglobal.com

NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH

INSTITUTE
Animal Husbandry and Dairying Scientific Dairy Farming (5 days)
Artificial Insemination and Veterinary First-Aid (2 months)
Management of Dairy Animals (13 days) Dairy Processing Milk Testing  Techniques (5 days)
Milk Products Technology (5 days) Agriculture (Crop Production and Horticulture) 
Scientific cultivation of oilseed and pulse crops (3 days)
Agro-techniques in fodder production (3 days)
Orchard planning and its management (5 days)
Commercial cultivation of vegetables and flowers (5 days)
Integrated pest management in cereal crops (3 days) Home Science Clean milk production (3 days) 

Vocational training in preparation of milk based sweets, various ketchup and pickles (5 days)
Entrepreneurship development in fruits and vegetables preservation (5 days)

Training's are also organized in Bee-keeping and Fish Farming for 5 days duration. Training
Programmes offered by TTC Dairy Production Planning and management of dairy farms (6 days)
Formulation of economic animal feed and mineral mixture. Bioprocessing of feeds and crop residues
(6 days) Fodder production and its conservation (10 days) Dairy Processing Milk testing techniques (5
days)
Quality assessment of milk and milk products (8 days)
Basic principles of dairy processing (17 days)
Entrepreneurship development in dairy processing (10 days)
Cheese and coagulated milk products (6 days) Integrated Training Programme Integrated course in
dairy production and dairy processing (10 days)

For organizing special training programmes on request for foreign nationals in various areas of
dairying, approval from Govt. of India, Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Research
Education (DARE), Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi, India is required.

For further details regarding training programs please contact Head, KVK/TTC, NDRI,  Karnal. Phone
Number : 2259338