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A One Year Post Graduate Diploma in Computational Biology

The Institute of Communication and Management, Garware College Campus, Pune is starting a one-year autonomous postgraduate diploma in computational biology from August 2001. The course airns at training students seeking a career in frontline areas of life sciences or in the biotechnology industry. The course will have a wide coverage and the curriculum will span diverse areas on the cutting edge of biology including population and evolutionary biology, biodiversity and biogeography, molecular phylogeny, epidemiology, developmental biology, neurobiology, molecular modeling, structural biology and functional genomics. The faculty will include qualified teachers and active researchers from leading institutes of India.

Eligibility: Students completing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in any branch of life science, chemistry, computer science, physics, statistics or mathematics are eligible for the course. Admissions will be based on an entrance test followed by interviews.

No. of Seats: 24, limited freeships available.

Interested students can send applications on plain paper to the following address so as to reach before 30th June 2001. The application should include candidate's name, address, e-mail, educational background and fields of interest. Applications by e-mail are acceptable. Applicants are expected to appear directly for the entrance exam on the 8th of July 2001 at 10.00 a.m. at Abasaheb Garware College, Karve Road, Pune 411 004. No separate intimation for the entrance test will be dispatched. No TA or DA will be given to any of the candidates.

For further enquiries please contact: 
Dr Milind Watve, 
Course Coordinator, Institute of Commu-nication and Management, 
Abasaheb Garware College Campus, 
Karve Road, Pune 411 004. 
watve@vsnl.com 

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