Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology - [IBAB], Bangalore

Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology (IBAB), Bangalore is an autonomous institute established in 2001. It is set up by the Department of IT, BT and ST, Government of Karnataka. The institute offers PG Diploma, M.Sc., and PhD courses across various specializations. Students seeking admissions into IBAB will have to appear for an entrance exam conducted by the institute followed by an interview.

IBAB Bangalore also has an active placement cell that provides its students with employment opportunities in MNCs and prestigious institutes. Students can apply to the institute through the online application available on the official website. 

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IBAB Bangalore Course

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IBAB Bangalore Admissions

Candidates seeking admission will have to appear for an Entrance Examination conducted by the Institute. Shortlisted candidates will then be called for an Interview round. 

How to apply?

• Candidates can apply online by visiting the Institute’s official website
• Fill in required details
• Upload documents such as mark sheets etc
• Pay the application fee. Students from India have to pay Rs.600/- for the application fee and students who are NRI/Foreign students have to pay Rs. 1200/-.

IBAB Bangalore Placements

A number of students have been placed through the placement drive organised by the institute. Some of them are faculty members at prestigious institutions. Many of them are in leading roles at multinational companies, among which some hold top positions in startups that have grown with their help and yet others have started their own companies. It has maintained a 95% or higher placement for each batch of students.

Given below is the list of companies and academic institutes where IBAB students have been placed:

IBAB Bangalore Scholarship

Through the funding it receives, IBAB is able to provide full/partial scholarships to meritorious and deserving candidates, at the time of admission. Selected students studying in the Post Graduate Diploma Programme in Big Data Biology are provided with a monthly stipend of Rs. 10,000. PhD candidates with their own fellowships are encouraged to apply. In addition, each year IBAB provides partial financial support to a selected few PhD students.

Given below are the name of a few student scholarships:

• The Nabanita Ghosh Scholarship
• The AstraZeneca Research Foundation of India 
• DeNovo Biolabs Pvt. Ltd.

IBAB Bangalore Facilities

Students studying at IBAB can avail various facilities such as Library, state of the art classrooms, Laboratories.

• Library: IBAB Bangalore has an excellent library and is equipped with books, CDs and periodicals on a variety of subjects. Various academic journals, both print and online are also available. The literature section also has hundreds of books on fiction, travel, poetry, biographies and other genres.

• Wifi-enabled Classrooms: The classrooms are AV enabled, provide wifi, and have laptop-friendly seating. They have air-conditioned research and student laboratories and moreover, each student is provided with a high-end computer, which has access to high-speed internet.

• Laboratories: The wet-laboratories are well-equipped with instruments required for high quality research. 

• Hostel: The institute has separate hostel facilities for male and female students studying at IBAB. The hostels have well-furnished spacious rooms, a gymnasium and a number of pantries.

• Auditorium: The institute has a state-of-art auditorium in which many seminars and lectures by eminent speakers are conducted. The auditorium also has a video conferencing systems available.

IBAB Bangalore Faculty

The faculty at IBAB Bangalore is highly qualified, knowledgeable and experienced. Apart from mentoring and teaching the students, IBAB’s faculty is also actively engaged in high quality research in various areas. 

S. Subramanya is the Director in the field of Biocon Chair Structural Biology and Drug Discovery.

The institute has a total of 13 faculty Scientists teaching across various streams.

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