The department of Bioinformatics, Hans Raj Mahila Maha
Vidyalaya, Jalandhar has been offering a number of courses in this area
including B.Sc. Medical/Non-Medical
with Bioinformatics, M.Sc. Bioinformatics and Add-on course in Bioinformatics. In fact, HMV is the only college in
the State offering M.Sc. in
Bioinformatics. Candidate from various backgrounds can join this course
including bachelor's degree in Physical, Biological, Agricultural, Veterinary,
Fishery Sciences, Horticulture, Pharmacy, Engineering, Technology or Medicine
(MBBS/ BAMS / BHMS). Additionally, the add-on courses in Bioinformatics can
be opted as an additional subject during the graduation and this course is open
for students from other colleges and working professionals.
This filed has
a variety of career options in industry as well as academia. After doing M. Sc.
Bioinformatics students can go choose a variety of research institutes in India
Different job profiles include
Data Scientist, Clinical Data Analyst, Information Scientist, Bioinformatician,
Computational Biologist, Bioinformatics Software
Developer, Programmer, Bioinformatics Engineer, Data Curator etc.
With the
increase in R&D investments by various companies and the government
support, especially with
the introduction of DNA technology bill in the parliament, it is clear that next few years will see the sector
poised to be one of the best employment sectors.
