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Engineering foundation three-year degree course

Staff Reporter

Students can undergo training
at various industrial units

SALEM: Biomedical Engineering Research Foundation will offer the following three-year degree programmes from this year B.Sc. Microbial Gene Technology and B.Sc. Bio Instrumentation.

Off-campus mode

The Periyar Institute of Distance Education, Periyar University, approved the foundation to conduct these courses under the off-campus mode, with a sanctioned strength of 30 seats in each course, foundation director R. Saravanan told reporters here on Thursday.

He said that there were a number of job opportunities for students completing these courses.

Production units

They could get jobs in PCR (Polymerised Chain Reaction) labs, effluent treatment plants, bio-fertilizer and bio-pesticide production units and pharmaceutical companies. Students could also start small scale units for manufacturing bio-fertilizers and bio-pesticides, he said.

The university also recognised the foundation as a research centre for students to pursue PhD in biotechnology, he said. The foundation would also offer one-year diploma courses in Genome Technology and Immuno Technology. Besides, it would also offer certificate courses.

Students would be given the opportunity to undergo training at various industrial units, Mr. Saravanan said.

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