JIIT PGET Syllabus 2024: Download Latest Syllabus PDF

The syllabus for MTech Biotechnology can be seen below.

GENERAL SCIENCE

Biostatistics:

Probability, Major of central tendency and dispersion: Mean, Median, Mode, standard deviation, standard error of the mean, skewness, kurtosis; Testing of hypothesis: Z-statistics, t-statistics, F-statistics, correlation regression, chi-square test

Physics:

Laws of thermodynamics, Concept of entropy, Applications to compression and expansion processes. Solution thermodynamics - Excess properties of mixtures, Concept of free energy,

Chemistry:

Concept of pH and buffer, Chemical bonding and hybridization, Atomic and molecular structure, Chemical reaction equilibrium, Chemical reaction mechanism (SN1 and SN2), Chemical kinetics (first & second order)

Computer Science:

Introduction to logic (binary, decimal, hexa decimal number conversions), Flow diagram

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Biochemistry

Biomolecules and their conformation; Enzyme kinetics; Metabolism (Glycolysis, TCA and Oxidative phosphorylation); Membrane transport and pumps; , Photorespiration;  Mechanism of enzyme action; Enzyme kinetics; Enzyme inhibition; Allosteric enzymes

Cell and Molecular Biology

Cell division; Cell Organelles; Cell Membrane and Cell Wall; Cell cycle, Mitosis and Meiosis; & Molecular controls; Cell signalling: GPCR and Role of second messenger (cAMP);

Central dogma of molecular biology; Structure of DNA and RNA, DNA supercoiling, DNA damage and repair; DNA replication; DNA transcription and RNA processing; Transcription regulation in prokaryotes; Post-transcriptional modification of eukaryotic mRNA; RNA interference; Genetic code and protein synthesis,

Genetics and Developmental Biology

Linkage: concept, linkage maps. Crossing over: concept and significance, Types of mutations, effects of physical & chemical mutagens; Population genetics; Genetic disorders.

Early Embryonic Development in plants and animals: Gametogenesis, Spermatogenesis, Oogenesis; Fertilization (External and Internal): In vitro fertilization; Stem cell (ESC), Amniocentesis.

Immunology

Basic immunology; Cell and molecules involved in innate immunity Adaptive immunity (Cell-mediated and humoral); Antibody structure; Complement system,; Antigen-antibody interactions; Autoimmunity; Hyper-sensitivity; Hybridoma technology; Immunoassays (ELISA and RIA); Monoclonal antibodies in diagnosis and therapeutics; Vaccines.

Introduction to Bioinformatics

 Biological databases; Primary, secondary and composite databases; Nucleic acid databases (GenBank, DDBJ, EMBL and NDB); Protein databases (PIR, SWISS-PROT, TrEMBL, PDB); Methods of Alignment (Dot matrix, Dynamic Programming, BLAST and FASTA); Local and global alignment, pair wise and multiple sequence alignments; Similarity, identity and homology of sequences, construction of phylogenetic trees, interpretation of trees.

Recombinant DNA Technology

Restriction and modification enzymes; Vectors: plasmid, bacteriophage and other viral vectors, cosmids, Ti plasmid, yeast artificial chromosome; cDNA and genomic DNA library; Gene isolation; Gene cloning; Expression of the cloned gene; DNA sequencing; Polymerase chain reactions; Reverse Transcriptase-PCR; DNA fingerprinting; Southern and northern blotting; In-situ hybridization; RAPD; RFLP; Site-directed mutagenesis; Gene transfer technologies; Gene therapy.

Basic techniques in Biotechnology

Principle and application of microscopy; filtration; centrifugation; spectroscopy (UV/Visible, NMR, IR), Electrophoresis; chromatography (TLC, HPLC, GC, ion exchange, affinity, gel filtration); lyophilization; Western Blotting.

Microbial & Plant Biotechnology

Microbial nutrition, growth and control; Microbial metabolism (aerobic and anaerobic respiration, photosynthesis); Microbial genetics (plasmids, transformation, transduction, conjugation); Microbial diversity and characteristic features; Viruses; Host-pathogen interactions, role of microbes in industry.

Industrial enzymes; Enzyme immobilization; Types of bioreactors; Bioseparation techniques, Numerical related to Bioprocess technology; Mass Balance calculations, Concept of plant cellular totipotency; Clonal propagation; Organogenesis and somatic embryogenesis, artificial seed, somaclonal variation, embryo culture, in vitro fertilization; Plant products of industrial importance; Plant-microbe interactions.

Biodiversity& Environmental Biotechnology

Importance of Medicinal Plants; Bio-Prospecting and Bio-Piracy, Bioremediation; Biofertilizers; Organic farming, Recycling of bio-degradable municipal, agricultural and Industrial wastes – bio compost making methods, types and methods of vermicomposting, Environmental pollution, GMO’s and related ethical issues, sustainability.

Reasoning:

Verbal Ability and Reasoning, Quantitative Ability and Reasoning, Logical Connectives, Binary Logic, Logical Sequence and Matching, Seating Arrangement, Number and Letter Series, Coding-Decoding, Decision, Data interpretation and Analysis, Analytical reasoning, Analogy, Assertion & reason, Situation & reaction, Logical deduction, Argument construction, Argument Evaluation, Divergent and lateral thinking, Creativity.

Mathematics:

Number Representation, Binary Arithmetic; Boolean Algebra, Set, Relation, Function, Lattices, Probability theory: Conditional Probability, Bayes’ Theorem, Probability Distributions, Statistics: Fundamentals, Measurement of Central Tendency, Sampling Theory, Sampling Distributions, Matrix Manipulation, Linear Equation.

Components of Computers:

Processors, Primary and Secondary Memory Devices, Memory Management, I/O interfaces, System and Application software, Operating Systems, File Systems, DBMS, Computer Networks, Internet and World Wide Web

Problem solving by computers:

Basic programming in C & C++, Java, Basic Data Structures: Arrays, Linked Lists, Trees, Graph, Fundamental Algorithms: Sorting and Searching, Algorithm Design Techniques- Divide and Conquer, Greedy, Backtracking, Dynamic Programming.

Trends in IT Industry:

IT Applications, E-commerce, Wi-Fi, Protection and Security, Mobile Technologies, Global Trends, General Awareness About Indian IT, Indian IT Act & Cyber Law, IT Start-Up Ecosystem.

Electrical Circuit Analysis:

Electrical sources – DC, AC, Voltage, Current and Power Sources, Electrical Components - Passive and Active, Basic Circuit Laws, mesh and nodal analysis. AC waveforms-frequency, phase, amplitude, peak, RMS values and calculation of power. Response of passive components to AC waveforms – impedance. Frequency domain analysis of RLC circuits, resonance, Transient analysis of electric circuits, Steady state analysis of circuits. Network theorems - Superposition, Thevenin, Norton and Maximum Power Transfer. Two port networks. Basic Requirements of Electrical Machines

Analogue Electronics:

Energy Bands in Intrinsic and Extrinsic Silicon; Carrier Transport: Diffusion Current, Drift Current, Mobility and Resistivity; Generation and recombination of carriers; Poisson and continuity equations; Basic Semiconductor theory, PN junctions, PN junction diodes, Zener Diode, Rectifiers and Regulator circuits. BJTs, JFET and MOSFET: characteristics, biasing, different configurations; Single and multistage amplifiers; Amplifiers with different types of feedbacks; Power Amplifiers, Oscillators, differential amplifiers and current mirrors. Op-amps and applications.

Digital Electronics:

Boolean algebra, Logic families. Minimization techniques for Boolean expressions-K-map reduction. Combinational circuits. Sequential circuits. Timing diagram and State diagram. Finite state machines. Semiconductor memories. Wave shaping circuits. 8-bit microprocessor (8085): architecture, programming, memory and I/O interfacing.

Communications:

Elements of communication systems. Random Signals: Random Variables, Autocorrelation, Power Spectral Density. Theory of Modulation and Detection in Analogue and Digital Systems. Sampling and Data Reconstruction; Quantization. Time Division and Frequency Division Multiplexing Techniques. Noise and Its Effect on Communication Systems, QAM, MAP and ML Decoding, Matched Filter Receiver, Calculation of Bandwidth, SNR and BER for Digital Modulation, Line Coding Schemes and Their Power Spectral Density, ISI and Solutions to avoid ISI, GSOP Fundamentals of Information Theory, Introduction to Error Control Coding, Telecommunication Network Model and Switching Technologies, Basics of Mobile Communications and Optical Fiber Communications

Signal Processing:

Signal types and their representation - Time Domain, Frequency Domain. Discrete and Continuous Transforms- Laplace, Fourier and Z- Transforms. Introduction to Systems- Linear and Non-Linear, Continuous and Discrete-time Systems. System Characterization-Time Domain and Frequency Domain. Systems Stability Criterion. DFT and FFT. Digital Filters- FIR, IIR and Filter transformations and implementations. Multi-rate Digital Signal Processing: Decimation & Interpolation, Filter design with sampling rate conversion.

Microelectronics and VLSI Design:

VLSI Design flow, VLSI Circuits and System Representation, CMOS Processing Technology, MOS Transistor Theory, Short Channel Effects, Elements of Physical Design, Logic Design with MOSFETs, CMOS Inverter, Transmission Gate, Analysis of CMOS Logic Gates, VLSI Logic Circuits, Memories and Programmable Logic Circuits

Control Systems:

Basic control system components: Block diagram description, Reduction of Block Diagrams Open Loop and Closed Loop Feedback Systems and Stability Analysis of These Systems Signal Flow Graphs and their use in determining transfer functions of systems Transient and Steady State Analysis of LTI Control Systems and Frequency Response Tools and Techniques for LTI Control System Analysis: Root Locus, Routh - Hurwitz Criterion, Bode and Nyquist Plots, State Variable representation

Electromagnetics:

EM Spectrum, EM waves and their propagation in different media, Maxwell’s Equations, Plane Waves and Properties: Reflection and Refraction, Polarization, Phase and Group Velocity, Skin Depth, Transmission Lines including Waveguides, S – Parameters, Basics of antennas.

Check Material Science and Engineering syllabus below:

• Interference, Diffraction, and Polarization
• Laws of Thermodynamics, Reversible and irreversible systems, Carnot Cycle, Heat Engines, Entropy, Thermal and Chemical Equilibrium
• Maxwell’s Equations, Electromagnetic waves, Poynting Vector, Reflection, Refraction, Absorption, and Transmission of Electromagnetic Radiation From Dielectric Surface
• Lorentz Transformations, Addition of Velocities, Mass Variation with Velocity, Mass-Energy Relation
• Black Body Radiation, Laws of Radiation, Compton Scattering
• Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle, Schrödinger Equation and Applications, Operators
• Origin of Spectral Lines, Angular Momentum, Atoms in Magnetic Field
• Vibrational, Rotational, electronic, Raman, NMR and ESR Spectroscopy
• Statistical Distributions, Spontaneous and Stimulated Emissions, Laser Action, He-Ne, Ruby and Semiconductor lasers, Optical fibres
• Bonding in Solids, Crystal Structure, Crystal Systems, X-Ray Diffraction, Defects and Dislocations
• Stress and Strain behaviour, Modulus of elasticity, Yield strength, Tensile strength, Plastic deformation
• Free Electron Theory of Solids, Band Theory of Solids, Conduction in Metals, Semiconductors (n and p-type) and Insulators, Ohmic and Non-Ohmic behaviour of materials, Hall Effect in Semiconductors, Transformers, and Superconductivity.
• Semiconductor Devices (diodes, junctions, transistors, field effect devices, homo- and heterojunction devices), Device Characteristics, Operational Amplifiers and Their Applications, Digital Techniques and Applications (registers, counters, comparators and similar circuits), A/D and D/A Converters, Basics of Microprocessor and Microcontroller
• Polarization mechanism, Dielectric constant, Piezoelectric effect
• Dia-, Para-, Ferro-, Antiferro- and Ferri-Magnetic Materials and Their Properties
• Lattice Vibrations and Thermal Properties of Solids