Tuesday, December 13, 2011

DBT-BINC 2012 examination

Jawaharlal Nehru University
Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, New Delhi & School of Computational & Integrative Sciences, JNU, New Delhi


Bio Informatics National Certification (BINC) Examination
Notification click here: http://binc.scisjnu.ernet.in/advt_BINCdec12.pdf

DBT-BINC 2012 examination

JNU New Delhi, on behalf of Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, will conduct the BINC examination on February 25-26, 2012. The objective of this examination is to certify bioinformatics professionals, trained formally as well as self-trained. Registration is open from 14-11-2011 to 03-02-2012. JNU New Delhi has been identified as a nodal agency by the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India to coordinate this examination along with nine centres namely, Pune University, Pune; Anna University, Chennai; Calcatta University (WBUT) Kolkata; Institute of Bioinformatics & Applied Biotechnology, Bangalore; North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad; University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram; Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and a new centre Assam Agricultural University, Guwahati. In the BINC 2011 examination, 722 candidates appeared out of which 35 candidates were certified. This year DBT has agreed to fund Research fellowships for all the BINC qualified Indian nationals to pursue Ph.D. in Indian Institutes/Universities. Note that the candidate must possess a postgraduate degree(or equivalent) & meet the criteria of the institutes/universities in order to avail research fellowship. In addition, cash prize of Rs. 10,000/- will be awarded to the top 10 BINC qualifiers.


Registration starts: Nov.14 2011
Registration ends: Feb 03 2012
Examination: 25-26 Feb. 2012


Objective:
Jawaharlal Nehru University , on behalf of Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India, will conduct the BioInformatics National Certification (BINC) examination. The objective of this examination is to identify bioinformatics professionals. This will help potential employers in recruitment of candidates having exceptionally good Bioinformatics skills.

Eligibility:
Graduates in any science, agriculture, veterinary, medicine, pharmacy, engineering and technology are eligible to appear for the examination. They need not have any formal training, diploma or certificate in bioinformatics.

Application and Syllabus:
The online application can be filled from 14 November 2011 to 3rd. February 2012. Syllabus approved by National advisory committee is available online. It consists of five sections:
Bioinformatics , biology, physical & chemical sciences, Mathematics& statistics and IT .

Examination:
The examination fee is Rs. 600/- for candidates from Open category and Rs. 450/- for reserved category candidates (as per government of India rule). The examination is scheduled on 25-26th February 2012. The paper I will be of objective type. The paper II will be of short answer type, while the paper III will be a computer-based practical. Research fellowships for all the successful candidates those who are interested & qualified in pursuing Ph.D in India will be awarded . In addition 10 cash prizes for top ten successful candidates will be awarded.

Examination Centers:
University of Pune, Pune; Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; Calcutta University,Kolkata; Anna University, Chennai; Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology,Bangalore; University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, and North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong.

Additional Centers will be announced soon.


Important Dates
Date of Announcement 14 november 2011
Start of online application 14 november 2011
Last date of online application 03 February 2012
Last date of receipt of printed application form 07 February 2012
Display list of eligible candidates on the website 10 February 2012
Display of admit cards on the website 10 February 2012
Examination dates 25 - 26 February 2012

Please visit the following website for detailed information & Registration:
http://binc.scisjnu.ernet.in/


Examination Centres
Centre----Address
Pune
Bioinformatics Centre
University of Pune
Ganeshkhind Road
Pune 411 007.
Phone : 020 2569 0195
Fax : 020 2569 0087


New Delhi
School of International Studies
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi- 110 067.



Chennai
Bioinformatics Centre
Center of Biotechnology
Anna University
Sardar Patel Road, Guindy Campus
Chennai 600 025.
Phone : 044 2235 0772
Fax : 044 2235 0299

Kolkata
Department of Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics,
Calcutta University
92 A P C Road
Kolkata 700 009
Ph: 033 23510359

Bangalore
Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology,
Biotech Park, Electronics City Phase I,
(Behind 3M and next to Arvind Mills),
Bangalore 560 100,
Karnataka, India.
Contact No: 080-28528900, 080-28528901
Fax: 080-28528904

Shillong
Bioinformatics Centre (Near School of Life Sciences),
North-Eastern Hill University (Permanent Campus),
Mawlai,Shillong 793022,
Meghalaya, India.
Contact No: 0364-2721241, 2721242
Fax: 0364 255 0300

Hyderabad
Lecture Hall Complex - 1
University of Hyderabad
Gachibowli
Hyderabad 500046 India
Ph:(O)91-40-23134571
FAX: 91-40-23010145

Thiruvananthapuram
Centre for Bioinformatics
University of Kerala
Karyavattom Campus, Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala-695581
India
Ph:(O)91-0471-2308759

Guwahati
Department of Microbiology
College of Veterinary Science
Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara, Guwahati-781022
Assam, India
Ph:+9103612334990 (O),2229688
Fax:0361-2337700

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