B.Tech. Bioinformatics

The Horticultural College and Research Institute offers B.Tech. Bioinformatics course to its students. In the present decade, Biological sciences have grown in leaps and bounds as a data rich science. With the advances in Molecular Biology, numerous organisms have been sequenced and the sequence data is being used in designing drugs for curing many inherited diseases. All these processes necessitate the use of computers and related software for analyzing the data. Present day Biotechnology industry demands skilled manpower in the field of Bioinformatics as the data being generated increases day by day.

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) is a leader in providing Agriculture education in the country. Responding to the demands of the industry, TNAU has made an initiative by launching a new degree program, B.Tech. (Bioinformatics), which is of four years duration (Eight Semesters) from the academic year 2006-07.

This course is offered by the Centre for Plant Molecular Biology (CPMB), TNAU. CPMB is a pioneer in providing advanced Biotechnology education in India and has been making many significant contributions to frontier areas of agricultural biotechnology.