Expert: Sridhar Acharya Malkaram - 12/25/2010

Question
sir,i had done my 10+2 this year in 2010 and want to do biotech\bio-medical\bioinformatics from any good institution in india.so sir plz tell me that which course  will be better for me according to my carrear, also tell me about some well institution in india.                                                                anand

Answer
Dear Anand,

Its great that you are interested in Biotech/Bio-medical/bioinformatics fields. I did my Masters in Biotechnology and PhD in Computational Biology. That time Bioinformatics at Bachelor's and Master's degree levels was just starting. Currently since I am in US, I am ignorant about complete information, as which institutes are offering.
In my view, if you complete a Bachelor's degree from a good institute/college, and then pursue Masters degree in Bioinformatics, in any of the premier institutes/universities, that would be great. You can then choose to go for a PhD or a Job. Some institutes offering Masters degree, JNU, Tamil Nadu University, University of Hyderabad, IIT's offer integrated Masters and PhD. Of course I missed to list, many other good institutes/universities names. You can find out from your seniors in India. Having a Master's degree is very much desirable, that too from a good institute/university.