Bioinformatics Institute of India DL courses

I found something very interesting today.
Bioinformatics Institute of India has been setup as a premier Bioinformatics society, for the promotion, growth and prosperity of bioniformatics sciences. The institute has been promoted as a non profit making educational, R&D and devlopment centre of bioinformatics. The aim and vision of institute is providing a platform for individuals, professionals, R&D Organisations, Pharmaceutical & Software companies to utilize and harness the indian bioinformatics potential...

The institute aims not only educational and research initiative in this direction but also vouch for creating a talent pool of professionals from various fields who can contribute for the growth and prosperity of Bioinformatics/ cheminformatics / Biomedical informatics as a career .

Admission is open for overseas Students too.

Overseas Students are eligible to appear in online exams.

Post Graduate Diploma in Bioinformatics
Post Graduate Diploma in Cheminformatics
Post Graduate Diploma in Biomedical informatics

http://www.bioinformaticscentre.org/

 

Very interesting. Thanks, manjuap.

There is some suggestion in the discussion at http://www.bioinformatics-india.com/ that this may be a diploma mill. At the very least, Bioinformatics Institute of India (BII) seems to have unrealistic goals. In this story, they discuss setting up 500 bioinformatics study centers in India: Bioinformatics Institute to set up 500 centres by 2003.

 

The Story sounds scary. I found that the institute is not recognised by AICTE (India's Accrediting body) http://www.aicte.ernet.in

 

Another Indian DL bioinformatics program: Advanced Diploma in Bioinformatics (Osmania University).

Probably only useful for people in Hyderabad, since there are residencies.

 

Here is a bioinformatics Master's that really looks GREAT:

• Distance MSc Bioinformatics, University of Exeter.

For completeness, I will also mention the following:

• MSc in Bioinformatics, University of Manchester.