Scheme of Instruction 2018-19
Contents
A. Scheme of Instruction
Course Page No. Prefix
Preface
Division of Biological Sciences
Preface
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Integrated Ph D Programme in Biological Sciences Biochemistry Ecological Sciences
DB BC EC MB MC RD NS
710 13 15 20 24 26
Molecular Biophysics Microbiology and Cell Biology Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics Neuroscience
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- Division of Chemical Sciences
- Preface
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29 34 38 41 44
Integrated Ph D Programme in Chemical Sciences Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Materials Research Organic Chemistry Solid State and Structural Chemistry
CD IP MR OC SS
III IV
Division of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Preface Instrumentation and Applied Physics Mathematics Astronomy and Astrophysics Physics and Integrated Ph D in Physical Sciences High Energy Physics
47 48 55 69 70 84
IN MA AA PH HE
Division of Electrical Sciences
- Preface
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Core requirements for M Tech Degree Programmes M Tech Degree - Computer Science and Engineering M Tech Degree - Telecommunications M Tech Degree – Signal Processing M Tech Degree – Microelectronics Systems M Tech Degree – Electrical Engineering M Tech Degree – Systems Science and Automation M Tech Degree – Electronics Systems Engineering Computer Science and Automation Intelligent Systems and Automation Communication Systems
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Electronic Devices, Circuits and Technology Power Energy Systems High Voltage and Insulation Systems Electronics and Power Drives Photonic Device Electromagnetics, Microwaves and Antennas Signal Processing, Acoustics and Bioengineering Dissertation Project
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- Division of Mechanical Sciences
- Preface
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Aerospace Engineering Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Civil Engineering
AE AS CE CH ME MT PD ST
153 169 173 190 195 206 214 222 225
Chemical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Materials Engineering Product Design and Manufacturing Sustainable Technologies
- Earth Science
- ES
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- Division of Interdisciplinary programs
- Preface
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Biosystems Science & Engineering Energy Research Computational and Data Science Nanoscience and Nanoengineering Management Studies
BE ER DS NE MS
CP
232 243 244 239 254
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- Cyber Physical System
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Preface
The “Scheme of Instruction” (SoI) and “Student Information Handbook” (Handbook) contain the courses and rules and regulations related to student life in the Indian Institute of Science. The courses listed in the SoI and the rules in the Handbook are primarily meant for post-graduate students of the Institute. Undergraduate students areallowed to credit or audit the courses listed in the SoI.
The course listings are in conformance with the Divisional structure of the Institute, with the courses of each department of a Division listed in a separate subsection. For instance, all courses of the Aerospace Engineering department have the prefix AE, and are listed in the Aerospace Engineering subsection within the Mechanical Sciences Division. The only exception to this pattern is the Electrical Sciences Division, where the courses are organized under the sub-sections E0 through E9, according to the areas to which they belong. For instance, all Computer Science and Automation courses of the Electrical Sciences Division have the prefix E0, and are found in the corresponding sub-section, although the instructors come from all four departments of the division. The course codes are given in the Table of Contents.
The listing of each course consists of the course number, the title, the number of credits and the semester. The course number indicates both the department and the level of the course. For instance, MA 205 indicates that the course is offered by the Mathematics department and is at the 200 level. Such 200 level courses are either basic or second level graduate courses. The 300 level courses are advanced courses primarily meant for research scholars, but can also be taken by course students who have the appropriate background; these courses can be taken only with the consent of the instructor. Most courses are offered only once a year, either in the August or in the January semester. A few courses are offered in the summer term.
The number of credits is given in the form M:N, where Mindicates the number of lecture credits and Nthe number of laboratory credits. Each lecture credit corresponds to one lecture hour per week, while each laboratory credit corresponds to a 3-hour laboratory class. Thus, a course with 2:1 credits indicates that ithas 2 lecture hours and one 3-hour laboratory session each week, anda course with 3:0 credits indicates a course with 3 lecture hours and no laboratory session.
The Institute offers research-based doctoral programmes and Master’s programmesthat are both course-based and research-based. Eachcourse-based Master’s programme consists of core courses, electives and a dissertation project. Details of the requirements can be found under the course listing of the departments or divisions that offer them. Each student is assigned a Faculty Advisor, who willadvise him/her in selectingand droppingcourses, and monitor progress through the academic program. In order to register for a course, thestudent needs the approval of both the faculty advisor and the course instructor. The number and type of courses taken in the first and subsequent semesters depend on the programme and department the student is registered in – the Faculty Advisor and the Department Curriculum Committee (DCC) will guide the students on the core and elective courses they should register for. Students are permitted to claim an exemption from core courses on the basis of having taken them earlier. Details of how to claim such an exemption are given in the later part of this book.
The Institute follows a grading system, with continuous assessment. The course instructor first aggregates the individual marks of each student from the class tests, assignments and final examination scores. These marks are then mapped to letter grades, and only the grade is announced. The point values of grades are as follows: A+:10,A: 9, B+: 8, B: 7, C:6, D:5, F: 0. Thegrades A+ through D are passing grades, and F is a failing grade.
All the course-based programmes have a specified set of core courses.The doctoral and research-based Master’s programmes may have specific core courses, which depend on the division and department.Students in research programmes have to take a minimum number of credits as part of their Research Training Program (RTP). For PhD studentsin Science, the RTP consists of a minimum of 12 credits. For PhD studentsin Engineering who join with a Master’s degree in Engineering, the RTP requirement is a minimum of 12 credits. For PhDstudents in Engineering who join with aBachelor’s degree in Engineering or a Master’s degree in Science, the RTP consists of a minimum of24 credits. Similar RTP requirements apply for students who upgrade or continue their registration from the Masters programmes of the Institute. For the research-based Master’s degree, the RTP consists of minimum 12 credits. The Integrated PhD programme has 64 credits. Research students have the option of crediting courses beyond the RTP requirement.
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Detailed information with regard to the regulations of the various programmes and the operation of different aspects of Institute activities are given in the second part of the Handbook. Students are urged to read this material carefully, so that they are adequately informed.
31st July 2018 Bangalore560012
Prof. Prabhu R Nott
Chair
Senate Curriculum Committee
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Information on the number of credits to be registered at various levels for Different programme
MTech/MDes/MMgt programme (2 years duration)
Minimum number of credits for completion :64 Core courses Dissertation Project Electives *
15-30 at 200 level 19-32 15-24 Balance to make up the minimum of 64
(at 200 level and above)
MDes programme (2 years duration)
Minimum number of credits for completion: 64 Core courses Electives* Dissertation Project
36 12 16 at 200 level at 200 level and above
Research programmes
Research Training Programme
(i) PhD Science :
12 credits (Ph D along with Master additional 12 credits (12+12)
(ii) PhD in Engineering Faculty with
- (a) ME/MTech qualification:
- 12 credits
- (b) MTech (Research) qualification:
- 12 credits
(c) BE/BTech qualification, and upgradingfrom MTech (Research) to PhD: 24 credits (d) BE/BTech qualification, and transferringfrom MTech to PhD: 24credits (e) BE/BTech/MSc qualification : 24 credits
Note: For cases (c) and (d) above,the committee approving the conversionis empowered to stipulate that the student take additional credits
(iii) MTech (Research): 12-21 credits (with 3 Maths credits) (iv) Integrated PhD:Minimum of 64 credits
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Division of Biological Sciences
Preface :
This Division includes the Department of Biochemistry, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Molecular Biophysics Unit, Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, Centre for Neurosciences, Centre for Infectious Disease Research and the Central Animal Facility. Students from a variety of disciplines such as biology, chemistry, physics and medicine are admitted into the Division for research work leading to a PhD degree.
Each Department/Centre/Unit offers courses on specialized topics designed to provide students with the necessary theoretical background and introduction to laboratory methods. There are specific requirements for completing the Research Training Programme for students registering for research conferments at the Institute. For individual requirements, the students are advised to approach the Departmental Curriculum Committee.
The Department of Biochemistry offers a programme of study concentrating on a molecular approach towards understanding biological phenomena. The programme of instruction consists of lectures, laboratory work, and seminar assignments. In addition to formal course work, students are required to participate in group seminars, departmental seminars and colloquia.
The Center for Ecological Sciences has excellent facilities for theoretical as well as experimental research in plant and animal ecology and the social behavior of insects. The programme of instruction consists of lectures, laboratory work, seminars and special assignments.
The Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology offers courses in microbiology, infectious diseases, eukaryotic genetics, advances in immunology, plant and cell culture, and recent advances in molecular biology and genetic engineering. The students are expected to participate in seminars on recent advances in these fields.
The Molecular Biophysics Unit offers courses which cover recent developments in molecular biophysics, biopolymer conformation, structure and interactions of biomolecules and biophysical techniques.
The courses offered in the Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics include those on endocrinology, reproduction signal transduction, genetics, gene expression and development.
The research interests in the Centre for Neuroscience spans from molecules to behavior. The courses offered would enable the students to gain fundamental knowledge in molecular and cellular neuroscience, systems and cognitive neuroscience. In addition, students will be expected to actively participate in seminars, journal clubs and lab rotations.
The Centre for Infectious Disease Research (CIDR) is involved in two primary activities: First, providing the intellectual and infrastructural support for infectious disease research. Second, enable researchers to perform studies in the Bio-safety Level-3 (BSL-3) facility, a state-of-the-art bio-containment space to perform research with high infectious organisms, e.g. Mycobacterium tuberculosis etc.
The Central Animal Facility provides standardized pathogen free, conventionally bred animals for biochemical experiments and also has facilities for research involving non-human primates.
Prof. Umesh Varshney
Chairman, Division of Biological Sciences
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Integrated PhD (Biological Sciences)
Course Work :
Core Courses: 19 credits
DB 201 2:0 DB 202 2:0 DB 207 0:5 BC 203 3:0 MB 201 2:0 MC 203 3:0 RD 201 2:0/ DB 204
Mathematics and Statistics for Biologists General Biology Laboratory General Biochemistry Biophysical Chemistry Microbiology
Genetics
Projects: 16 Credits :
DB 212 0:4 DB 225 0:6 DB 327 0:6
Project - I Project - II Project - III
Elective Courses: 29 Credits
(For a total of 64 credits)
DB 203 (AUG) 3:0 General Biochemistry
Biochemistry of carbohydrates and lipids. Cell membrane: structure and function. Metabolism: basic concepts and design, glycolysis and citric acid cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, bioenergetics, fatty-acid metabolism, integration and regulation of metabolism, pentose phosphate pathways and gluconeogenesis. Photosynthesis. Protein translation and regulation, cellular protein transport and protein turnover, biosynthesis and catabolism of amino acids and nucleotides, signal transduction. DNA structure, replication and repair. Transcription, regulation of gene expression in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Recombinant DNA technology.
Sathees C. Raghavan, Patrick D Silva, Ganesh Nagaraju
Stryer L.,Biochemistry (4th Edn),David L Nelson and Michael M Cox, Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry, 3rd Edn, Worth Publishers, 2000.,W. H. Freeman and Company,1995.
DB 201 (AUG) 2:0 Mathematics and Statistics for Biologists
Calculus: functions, limits and continuity, differentiation, integration, transcendental functions. Linear Algebra: vectors, matrices, determinants, linear equations. Statistics: elements of probability theory, discrete and continuous distributions, measures of central tendency, variability, confidence intervals, formulation of statistical hypotheses, tests of significance.
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Sekar K, Supratim Ray
Biological Instructor,Biological Instructor,Biological Instructor
DB 202 (AUG) 2:0 GENERAL BIOLOGY
Biology and the natural sciences; Growth of biological thought; Matter and life; Origin of life; History of life on earth; Bacteria and Protists; Fungi and other primitive plants; Seed bearing plants; Animals without back-bones; Insects, Vertebrates, Phylogeny and Systematics; Mechanisms of Evolution; Chemical basis of life; Cellular basis of life; Selected topics in plant and animal physiology; Selected topics in plant and animal ecology; Introduction To Neurophysiology with Topics In General Physiology; Behavioral ecology and sociobiology; Biological diversity on earth; Complexity; Molecular versus Organismal approaches to solving problems in Science.
Renee M Borges
• Maynard Smith,J. The Theory of Evolution,Penguin Books (1993 edition),1958. • Bonner,J. T. Why Size Matters: From Bacteria to Blue Whales
DB 225 (AUG) 0:6 Project - II
Utpal Tatu, Dipshikha Chakravortty
DB 212 (JAN) 0:6 Biological Science
Dipshikha Chakravortty
DB 327 (JAN) 0:6 Biological Science
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An independent research project to be conducted in the laboratory of a faculty member in the Division of Biology. It is desirable that the project be carried out in the laboratory where Project II was conducted.
Dipshikha Chakravortty
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Dept of Biochemistry
BC 201 (AUG) 2:0 Cell Biology
Biogenesis of proteins in eucaryotes: targeting to intracellular organelles, post-translational modifications, cellular redox. Intracellular protein degradation: lysosomal and non-lysosomal. Nuclear organization and function, chromosome structure, function and inheritance. Regulation of the Cell cycle, dynamic molecular events during mitosis, cell-cell communication.
Utpal Tatu, Dipankar Nandi, Shikha Laloraya, Patrick D Silva
Alberts et al.,Molecular Biology of the Cell,Third edition,Garland Publ. Inc. 1994
BC 202 (AUG) 2:0 Proteins: Structure and Function
Purification and characterization of enzymes/proteins. Determination of primary/secondary/tertiary/quaternary structures. Conformational properties of polypeptide chains; Mechanism of Protein folding;. Enzyme catalysis – steady state kinetics, allosteric enzymes, kinetics of interactions of ligands, protein engineering, enzyme mechanisms.
Narasimha Rao D, Utpal Tatu, Nagasuma R Chandra
Creighton,T.G.,Proteins,W.H.Freeman,1993.
BC 203 (AUG) 3:0 General Biochemistry
Biochemistry of carbohydrates and lipids. Cell membrane: structure and function. Metabolism: basic concepts and design, glycolysis and citric acid cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, bioenergetics, fatty-acid metabolism, integration and regulation of metabolism, pentose phosphate pathways and gluconeogenesis. Photosynthesis. Protein translation and regulation, cellular protein transport and protein turnover, biosynthesis and catabolism of amino acids and nucleotides, signal transduction. DNA structure, replication and repair. Transcription, regulation of gene expression in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Recombinant DNA technology.
Sathees C. Raghavan, Patrick D Silva, Ganesh Nagaraju, Purusharth Rajyaguru
Stryer L.,Biochemistry (4th Edn),W. H. Freeman and Company,1995,David L Nelson and Michael M Cox
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BC 306 (AUG) 3:0 Essentials in Immunology
Adaptive and innate immunity, inflammation, antibody structure and function, the complement system, antigen - antibody interaction, cells and organs of the immune system, B cell activation, immunoglobulin genes, molecular basis of antibody diversity, T cell receptors, T cell activation, major histocompatibility complex, antigen processing and presentation, lymphokines, transcription factors, hypersensitivity, autoimmunity, immunological techniques. Immunological disorders and therapy
Dipankar Nandi, Sathees C. Raghavan, Sandeep M Eswarappa
Goldsby,R.A.,Kindt,T.J.,Osborne
BC 207 (JAN) 2:0 Proteomics in Practice
Course offers introduction to proteomics, 2D gel electrophoresis techniques for resolution of proteins, mass spectrometry principles and applications in proteomics. Study of post translational modifications, Databases (NCBI, Swiss-prot and MSDB) and their uses, software (protein pilot, mascot and gpm) uses for proteomic analysis. Introduction to quantitative proteomics and techniques (i-TRAQ and SILAC).
Utpal Tatu
Reiner Westermeier,Tom Nave,Proteomics :,Tools for the New Biology,by Daniel C Liebler
BC 205 (JAN) 2:0 Fundamentals of Physiology and Medicine
Introduction to human embryology and congenital anomalies (RB), Cardiovasculr system; Respiratory system; Endocrine system; Digestive system; Renal Physiology; Physiology and common Pathologies/disorders associated with these systems; Medical and surgical interventions (SME).
Sandeep M Eswarappa, Ramray Bhat
1. Ganong's Review of Medical Physiology,25th Edition (McGraw-Hill Education).,2. Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology (Saunders Publication).,3. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine (McGraw -Hill Education).,4. Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine
BC 210 (JAN) 3:0 Molecular Basis of Ageing and Regeneration
Model systems for studying Ageing and Regeneration (such as Planaria, Hydra, Salamander); Role of cellular processes such as transcription, translation, posttranslational modifications; Signalling
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mechanisms; Cellular Senescence; Genetic basis of Ageing and longevity; Ageing and Diseases; Organ Senescence; Obesity/Diabetes/Cardiovascular diseases/Muscle degeneration; Interventions to delay ageing and/or enhance life span.
Varsha Singh, Purusharth Rajyaguru, Nagalingam Ravi Sundaresan
Principles of Regenerative Biology by Bruce Carlson.,Regeneration - Developmental Biology by Scott F Gilbert (6th Edition). Handbook of the Biology of Ageing,Seventh Edition,by Edward J Masoro (Editor),Steven N. Austad (Editor) 2010.
BC 302 (JAN) 3:0 Current Trends in Drug Discovery
Introduction to the process of Drug discovery, Principles of drug action, Biochemical pharmacology, drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination, bioavailability. Drug receptors and their interactions, dose-response relationships, pharmacokinetics & pharmacodynamics. Use of genomics and proteomics for understanding diseases at the molecular level. Brief introduction to Systems biology, Strategies for target discovery, high throughput screening using genomics, proteomics and bioinformatics for target and lead identification. Molecular recognition, drug and target structures and chemoinformatics. Druggability, proteinligand interactions, structure-based ligand design. Lead Identification, Lead optimization and design, Binding site characterization, docking and clustering. Pharmacophore-based approaches, QSAR. Pharmacogenomics & Variability in Drug Response, biochemical mechanisms of drug resistance, examples from current literature