Bioinformatics

It is a 4-years long undergraduate level Bachelor's degree program. The 4-years duration is divided into 8 semesters, with each semester lasting a period of 6 months. During each semester, students have to face separate sets of theoretical subjects as well as practical lab sessions.
BE/B.Tech in biomedical engineering programme is all about the amalgamation of topics such as- Engineering, Technology and Biology. It is aimed at using concepts of Engineering, Technology and Biology to solve problems and in aiding research work, improves and enrich healthcare sector, medicines, diagnostic processes, rehabilitation, hospital equipment/tools and surgical processes.

VIT University-Vellore is one of the best private colleges in India and it ranks in top 10 in the list of private colleges of India.
It has many courses to offer out of which computer science bioinformatics is one of the course. It is basically computer science engineering.
VIT University is known for its great infrastructure, knowledgeable faculty and with experience and facilities provided by them like sports complex, hospital, etc.
There are many companies that come for the placement of Vellore Institute of Technology for computer science engineering bioinformatics and they are as follows:
Accenture | Amazon | Ashok Leyland | Bank of America | Blue Star | Capital IQ | Cisco Systems | Cognizant | Deloitte | Ebay | Ericsson India | Ford Motors | GODREJ | Google | HONEYWELL | HP | Intel | Microsoft | Oracle | PayPal | PayU | Shopclues.Com | Snapdeal | TCS | Wipro
The above-mentioned companies are some of major IT companies that come for the placement in Vellore Institute of Technology very frequently.
Average package offered by these companies is about 3 to 4 lakh per annum.
Highest package offered by this company is about 21 lakh per annum.
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After completing your course in integrated M.Sc, it should open up numerous job prospects for you. Some of the top jobs for M.Sc. graduates are as follows:
Job types:
Lab Supervisor
Researcher
Technician
Teacher
Scientist
Consulting Physicist
Research Associate
Senior Physicist
Assistant Scientist
Radiation Oncologist
Radiologist
Professor
Main Employment Areas:
Research Institutes
Laboratories and Institutes
Educational Institutes
Agricultural Research services
Hospitals
Power Generating Companies
Aviation Industry
Construction Firms
Demolition Squads
Pyrotechnics Manufactures
Job prospects abroad:
You can work in several Health care and manufacturing and Electronics companies.
Student with high percentage during post-graduation can apply for National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Hi Pihu,
Bioinformatics or computational biology is the use of information technology in the field of molecular biology, or the application of computer technology to the management and analysis of biological data.
Job prospects are in all sectors of
-Biotechnology
-Pharmaceutical
-Biomedical sciences
-Research institutions
- Hospital industry.
Career options include:
-Sequence assembly
-Database design and maintenance
-Sequence analysis
-Proteomics (the study of protein, particularly their structures and functions) -Pharmacogenomics
-Pharmacology
-Clinical pharmacologist-Informatics developer
-Computational chemist
-Bio-analytics and Analytic s etc.
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