REGISTRATION FORM ONE WEEK BTISNet SPONSORED WORKSHOP

ON BTISNet SubDIC, Department of Bio-Engineering

ONE WEEK BTISNet SPONSORED WORKSHOP EMERGING TECHNIQUES IN on EMERGING TECHNIQUES IN BIOINFORMATICS AND ITS’ APPLICATION BIOINFORMATICS AND ITS’ APPLICATION

November 30 - December 04, 2015 November 30 - December 04, 2015

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Mobile/Tel.:...... E-mail:...... BTISNet SubDIC, Department of Bio-Engineering Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Highest Qualification:...... - 835215, ,

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Accommodation Required: Yes / No

100 % attendance is mandatory to get participation certificate.

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Dr. Raju Poddar / Dr. Manish Kumar Department of Bio-Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi-835214, Jharkhand

M.Phone: 09934447663, 09431173860 Email: [email protected]

http://www.bitmesra.ac.in ABOUT THE INSTITUTE Thematic Areas: Genomics and Proteomics; Next Generation Sequencing; Metabolomics; Cheminformatics; Computer Aided Drug Designing; Enzyme Modelling; System Biology. The Birla Institute of Technology was established in 1955 at Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand by the philanthropist and industrialist B M Birla. BIT was declared a deemed university in 1986. BIT is one of the pioneering engineering institutions of the country which has contributed many ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION outstanding engineers in India & abroad. Completely residential, the campus is self-contained The training program is open to all teachers and research scholars related with biological with excellent hostel facilities. With more than 10,000 registered students BIT is today a global sciences. As the workshop is of interdisciplinary nature, faculty members and research scholars name. Along with Undergraduate and Postgraduate Programs, the Institute has more than 250 of Engineering, Science and Technology disciplines can attend the program. Industry personnel registered students for Doctoral Programs at present. All of the courses has been accredited by can also attend this workshop. the National Assessment & Accreditation Council (NAAC) & the National Board of Accreditation REGISTRATION (NBA) established by the UGC & AICTE respectively. It has collaborative arrangements with Candidates should complete the enclosed registration form, and send it by mail/fax/by post to Universities in the USA, UK & Canada. BIT, Mesra is also an active member of the 'EAGER the coordinator. Confirmation of eligible candidates will be on a first come first served basis up NETWIC' Project under the Asia Link programme of European Commission. to a maximum of 30 candidates. The completed registration forms should be received by the coordinator by November 20, 2015. ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT Registration Fee Faculty Members : Rs. 2000/- The Department of Bio-Engineering, renamed in 2014, was established in 2002 as Research Scholars : Rs. 1000/- Department of Biotechnology with financial support from the Department of Agriculture, Industry Participants : Rs. 4000/- Government of Jharkhand. The Vision & Mission of the Department are- Vision: The Department of Bio-Engineering has a vision to impart international standard The non-refundable registration fees should be sent in the form of a DD in favor of “Birla quality education in the field of Bio- Science, Bio-Technology and Bio-Engineering. Institute of Technology” payable at Ranchi. In case, if a candidate is not selected for the training Mission: * To create state-of-the-art infrastructure for Research and Training in program, then the DD sent by him/her will be sent back to his/her address before the Biotechnology and Bio-Engineering.; To provide globally acceptable technical education in beginning of the training program. Bio- Science, Bio-Technology and Bio-Engineering. * To nurture graduates for innovation and creativity in the field of Bio- Science, -Technology and -Engineering having ethical and ACCOMMODATION social concern. * To promote collaboration with Academia, Industries and Research Travelling, lodging, boarding and other expenses will have to be borne by the participants. Organizations at National and International level. * To contribute to socioeconomic Accommodation will be provided on request on advance payment only. Accommodation will be development through education and bioentrepreneurship. provided in Institute Guest house/Hostels or hotels depending upon availability. The Hotel Department at a Glance: State-of-the-Art Facilities like-Pilot plant, Green house, Tissue tariff may range between Rs. 600/- to Rs. 6000/- per day. No T.A. / D.A. will be paid by the Culture Facility, Algae Culture Facility, Animal House, Raceway Ponds, Cold room; 1 UG, 4 Institute to participants. PG and, PhD Program, A Center of Excellence (CoE) under TEQIP, Phase II sponsored by World Bank, BTISnet SubDIC Bioinformatics center for Jharkhand, More than 50 externally funded projects from funding agencies like DST, DBT, DST-SERB, UGC, AICTE, ICMR, CSIR, PATRON NAIP, MoFPI etc. Prof. M.K. Mishra, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, B.I.T., Mesra, Ranchi ABOUT RANCHI CONVENER Ranchi is the capital of and the second-most populous city in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Prof. K. Mukhopadhyay, Professor & Head, Department of Bio-Engineering Ranchi is referred to as the "City of falls", due to the presence of numerous large and small COORDINATORs falls around the close vicinity of the city. The most popular ones are , Hundru Dr. Raju Poddar & Dr. Manish Kumar Falls, , Hirni Falls and Panchghagh Falls. Ranchi has a hilly topography and its CO-COORDINATOR: Dr. S. Ghosh Sachan & Mr. S. K. Jha combination with dense tropical forests ensures that it enjoys a comparatively moderate climate compared to the rest of the state. TREASURER: Dr. Asish Sachan MEMBERS ABOUT THE WORKSHOP Prof. P. Padmanabhan, Prof. R. Chandra, Prof. R.K. Sinha, Dr. D.M. Pandey, Dr. This intensive short boot-camp workshop with focus on training researchers using advanced V.K. Nigam, Dr. S. Kumar, Dr. S. Chandra, Dr. K. Mukherjee, Dr. H.R. Singh, Dr. high-throughput technologies on the latest approaches being used in computational biology to deal with the new data. It will cover in-depth the practical theory and application of S.R. Sharma, Dr. D. Prasad, Dr. Y. Aggarwal, Dr. A. Dwivedi, Mrs. S. Singh, Mr. cutting-edge techniques in bioinformatics. S.K. Das