MIT SCHOOL OF BIOENGINEERING

SCIENCES & RESEARCH

Director: Prof Vinayak Ghaisas

Head of School: Dr. Renu Vyas

Details of courses offered for A.Y. 2019-20

Course Duration

B. Tech Bioengineering 4 years

Integrated M.Tech Bioengineering 5 years

Ph.D.

Specialization: Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Biomedical 3 years

No. of Admissions/Intake Course wise for

A.Y. 2019-20

Course Seats

B. Tech Bioengineering 60

Integrated M.Tech Bioengineering 30

Ph.D.

Specialization: Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Biomedical 8

List of First Semester subjects with credits

Teaching Scheme Examination Scheme

Subject code Subject Lectures Practical Tutorial Credit Minor

Test 1

Minor

Test 2

Class

Assignments

End

Semester

Exam

PR Total

Marks

(Credits)

BS 101Applied

Physics

2 2 0 3 15 15 10 60 100 200(4)

ES 101

Basic

Mechanical

Engineering

3 2 0 4 15 15 10 60 100 200(4)

BS 102Applied

Chemistry

2 2 0 4 15 15 10 60 100 200(4)

BS 103Biostatistics 3 2 1 4 15 15 10 60 100 200(5)

BT 101Microbiology 3 2 0 4 15 15 10 60 100 200(4)

ES 102

Introduction

to Electrical

Engineering

3 2 0 4 15 15 10 60 100 200(4)

SHD

Yoga &

Health

Activities

0 2 0 2

List of Second Semester subjects with creditsTeaching Scheme Examination Scheme

Subject code Subject Lectures Practical Tutorial Credit Minor

Test 1

Minor

Test 2

Class

Assignments

End

Semester

Exam

PR Total Marks

(Credits)

CS 201

Introduction to

Programming 3 2 0 4 15 15 10 60 100 200(4)

BT 201

Genetics

3 2 0 3 15 15 10 60 100 200(4)

BT 202Cell Biology

3 2 0 4 15 15 10 60 100 200(4)

BT 203Biochemistry

3 3 0 3 15 15 10 60 100 200(5)

HS 201

Effective

Communication

and Human

Dynamics

3 2 0 4 15 15 10 60 100 200(4)

BS 201

Applied

Mathematics 2 3 2 4 15 15 10 60 - 100(3)

SHDYoga & Health

Activities

0 2 0 2

Pedagogy Improvement Initiatives if any

• Project based learning(PBL) projects from Semester II onwards.

• Hands on session

• Student feedback

• Open House

INDUSTRY VISITS

1.Artificial Limb Centre, AFMC Pune

Artificial Limb Centre, Pune which is one of the most

prestigious and distinguished organization in Asia manufacturing bionic limbs.

Biotech Industries

2. Nanofertilizers

Tissue culture

Ncord Pvt. Ltd

IABRD

Serum Institute

• Vaccine manufacturing

• Biologicals

Computational Biology/Bioinformatics

3.Persistent Systems, Pune

Persistent Systems build software that drives the business of our customers; enterprises and

software product companies with software at the core of their digital transformation. DST Project

Manav.

Flagship Events

1.ICRTB (International Conference for Recent Trends in Bioengineering) 2018

The main objective of ICRTB is to bring together engineers and medical experts, researchers

and practicing clinicians, individuals working in academia and those working in the industry and

government agencies such as the DST, DBT and others to discuss the latest research in

bioengineering and allied fields

ICRTB 2019

External feedback• “Great Function. Well organized.” …….. Pramod Choudhary , Executive Chairman

Praj Industries.

• “It was an excellently organized symposium. The posters and presentations

were on contemporary topics. Congratulations to Dr. Renu, Dr. Ghaisas, and

your colleagues for successfully organizing the event. Keep up the good

work.” ….. Dr S. Tambe Chair, Chemical Engineering and Process Development Division,

NCL Pune.

• “Thanks very much indeed for your hospitality and smooth organization of the

conference. It was wonderful to meet the vibrant community at MIT

Bioengineering. I also enjoyed talking to the other speakers and guests”.....

……………….Prof. Justin Dauwels, NTU Singapore, Pune

BIO HACKATHONS – Medha IITB & COEP

Inaugural Day:

Padma Vibhushan

Dr Sancheti , Chief Guest

DR B.B Anhuja

Director , COEP

…Second day

2.MEDHA

The institute annually organises event viz. Medical Device Hackathon (MEDHA) with IIT Bombay

& COEP. August 4th 2018.

National Days

3.Science Day

Theme:Science for people and people

for science

Naadi Tarangini, Dr Anirudha Joshi

VPK

Workshop and Club Activities1. Bioengineering Club

The School provides students with a golden opportunity

to meet nationally and internationally recognized eminent

scientist, subject experts and industrial personnel by

organising a weekly seminar through the Bioengineering

Club.

Any noteworthy achievements/awards…• Publications and patents:

• Rucha Wadapurkar and Renu Vyas Computational analysis of next generation sequencing data and its applications in clinical oncology

(in press) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imu.2018.05.003

• Bapat, S., Vyas, R., Karthikeyan, M., “Exploring energy profiles of protein-protein interactions (PPIs) using DFT method.” Letters in

Drug Design & Discovery (2018) 15:1.

• Bapat, S., Vyas, R., Karthikeyan, M. , Muthukrishnan, M., Vishwanadh, N., Shirazi, A., “Synthesis, Biological Evaluation and Molecular

Modeling Studies of Novel Chromone/Aza-Chromone Fused α-Aminophosphonates as Src Kinase Inhibitors” Journal of Scientific and

Industrial Research-NISCAIR (2018), JSIR-9150

• Adjustable clubfoot corrective splint, 201921001313, Jan 2019.

• Multi control electric wheel chair, 201921001314, Jan 2019.

• Dr Vyas invited on editorial board of three Journals.

• Associate editor for the Journal of Novel approaches in drug design and development (NAPDD).

• Member of editorial board of Journal of Integrated Technologies, Elyns Publishers Group.

• Member of editorial board of Journal of medical case reports and studies.

• Dr Pathak gave a talk in State level conference on Biochemical engineering at Pandharpur.

• ICRTB 2019 proceedings book in Springer Nature : Include chapters from all faculties.

Any noteworthy achievements/awards…

• Co-curricular Activities:

1. Onkar Date and Mahek Bhalla- Won the IIM-

Indore International B-Plan Competition

2. Aashima Khanna- won the first Periloscope

Competition held at TechFest, IIT-Bombay, 11th

rank out of 200 national colleges.

3. Abstract accepted at International conference

in medical and industrial biotechnology to be

held at Chennai, 20-22 March 2019.

Any noteworthy achievements/awards…

• Co-curricular Activities:

5. Following projects were selected for Medical Device

Innovation Centre (MEDIC 2018):

• Mr. Lokesh Sharma for project ‘Centric Relation Recorder’.

• Hrutuja Nibe and Shalini Balgude for project ‘Footwear for

Diabetic patient’.

• Pranoti Shinde and Hrishikesh Garud for project

‘Microvascular Surgery’.

• Swaroop Mhasawade and Kunal Doshi for project ‘Vitiligo

Device’.

• Anagha Apte for project ‘Monopolar Hook’.

Any noteworthy achievements/awards…

Extra-curricular Activities:

• Sayali Kadadi selected at International Dance

Festival 2018 held at Turkey.

• Model United Nations held at Pune

Onkar Date- Won Best Delegate and Verbal Mention

Tooba Khaja-Won Special Mentions in two MUNs

University Functions:

Vishwanth Sports Meet

Personna

SHD

Music Sangeet School: Prachi Joshi 2nd prize

Upliftment /enhancement of R & D capabilities if any

• Details of activities or development for R & D

Basic labs set up

High end characterizations Outsourcing: Tie ups with research labs

like NCL, C-MET, NRC, SIL at SPPU

Need to create a separate R & D budget for research

Preliminary stage, Space constraint, no fresh intake of PhD scholars

Projects Undertaken (Industrial/Consultancy)

• No. of projects & revenue generated if any

Submitted few proposals to various gov. agencies

Association with Praj Matrix for Bioenergy

Primer design at Gennova Biotech

Cell line work at C-MET

MIMER medical college OSF Biomarkers

MoUs undertaken (Academic/Research/Industrial

Alliances)

1.Ncord Pvt. Ltd.

2.Persistent Systems

3.KIHT, DBT

4.BETic Centre for IIT

5. Sofomos Embedded Solutions

6. AcuBiz Consulting

7. IABRD

8. MIT Pharmacy college

NDA signed:

Viridis Chem San Jose, CA, USA

Alliances :

Haffkines Institute Mumbai

AFMC Pune

Space constraint

1. Molecular Biology lab

2. Molecular Modeling and

Simulation lab

3. Material Science lab

4. Microbiology lab

Future:

1. BETiC lab

2. BSL II lab

3. Tissue engineering lab

4. Biochemical Bioprocess

Engineering lab

State-of-the-art Laboratories

State-of-the-art Laboratory 3 new labs inaugurated

during ICRTB 20191.Tissue Engineering

2.Biochemical and Bioprocess Engineering

Dr. Ashok Giri, Chair, Biochemical division NCL

Dr Vivek Vaidya , Additional Director, Serum and

Dr Prakash Bachani, Head, BIS , India

BSL II Lab : DBT IBSC compliance

3.BSL -II

Noted Guests or Resource Persons visited

1.Dr.Krishna kumar -Gennova Biotech2. Dr.Jeremey Simpson –Bioengineering Chair, UCD Ireland

3.Dr.Olena Belton - UCD Ireland

4.Mr.Gautam More – CEO , Lifeplot

5.Dr.Mandar Gadre –CEO, Conviva Technologies

6.Dr.Nishant Vyas - IABRD

7.Dr.Yogesh Souche –NCCS Pune

8.Dr.Ajit Khadilkar - Vital Biotech

9.Mr.Mukund Deshpande – Founder and CEO, MI Care

10.Dr.Shiram Pathak -Serum

11.Dr.Vivek Vaidya – Additional Director, Serum

12. Dr Amita Ravikumar – Director, IBB.

13. Dr Nishigandha Naik – Director Haffkines, Mumbai

14. Prof. B. Ravi – Head BETiC , IITB.

15. Dr Anamika Krishnapal : Persistent Systems.

16. Dr Pramod Choudhayr : Executive Chairman Praj Industries.….

Highlights of the institute

We offer super specialized courses: Tissue engineering, synthetic biology,

big data analytics, biosensors and IoT, biomedical imaging, biomechanics,

machine learning, artificial intelligence, robotics etc.

Focus on hands-on sessions to impart practical skills

Collaboration with industry for creation of syllabus, guest lectures, tutorials,

industry viable projects etc.

Well trained faculty with interdisciplinary knowledge, post doc experience.

State-of-art laboratories

Training in communication and entrepreneurial skills.

Faculty

Adjunct

Faculty

Non- Teaching Staff

Mr. Jeevan Patil

Action Photos

Molecular Docking session

Bio-hackathons

Robotics Workshop

Poster Drawing on

Science Day

Promotional activities planned for

Admissions A.Y. 2019-20

• Print Media Ads: Newspaper Advertisements

• Digital Marketing: FB, Shiksha.

• Counselling Seminars

Admission Strategy adopted

• Create a good innovative course

• Form a nice team

• Provide a great atmosphere for young students

Counselling and not selling !

Why MIT School of Bioengineering Sciences &

Research ? /nameThe 3 pillars of our institute are:

Basic Sciences Research Engineering Fundamentals

Why student shall seek admission to MIT School

of Bioengineering ? Differentiators

We offer super specialized courses yet in research stage

Industry Collaboration and internships

Well trained faculty with interdisciplinary knowledge

State-of-art laboratories

Only Bioengineering course in Maharashtra

Training in communication and entrepreneurial skills.

Teaching and research go hand in hand

Testimonials of Existing students

• Rachael Peter

• Hi I’m Rachael, I’m here as I love biology. Bioengineering is a veryinnovative field. We can apply technology to explore the world ofbiology and that’s the reason why I find it very interesting. I’m blessedto be in such a beautiful and peaceful campus and to be in thecompany of wonderful faculty.

• Swaroop Mhasawade

• “At MIT, we are taught by the best faculty, have Guest

lectures by professionals from industry, project based

syllabus and interactive classes. So attending classes

aren’t tedious as we hear from other colleges instead they

make you think”.

List of potential recruiters

• Please provide exhaustive list of recruiters for your institute

• Biotech companies : Praj, Gennova Biotech, Serum, Lupin Biopharma, Vital Biotech, Biocon.

• Bioinformatics companies : Persistent, TCS,

• IT Companies in hospital management software : Cap Gemini, Cognizant

• Biomedical companies : Orchid Diagnostics, Atreya Innovations

• Research labs : NCL, IISER, NCCS, IGIB,

• Speciality hospitals and Clinics : Sancheti, MIMER, Sahyadri, Tata Memorial as biomedical engineers.

Details of Alumni Entrepreneurs

• Please provide details of Alumni Entrepreneurs from your institute

preferably First Generation Entrepreneurs

• Name, Passing year & course, photograph, linkedIn profile url