Bioinformatics is the major thrust area by Department of Biotechnology (DBT),Govt of India. It has established a national Bioinformatics network - Biotechnology Information system (BTIS) across India in various universities and research institutes.
BTIS centres across India offers training programmes in various aspects of Bioinformatics all through the year.Click on the training (at DIC and sub DIC)link and find training calender for 2006-2007 in BTIS web page. Apply well in advance to these training programmes as limited number of participants are accepted to these programmes.
Apart from these DBT centres,there are lot of institutes offering training/projects programmes.Check their reliability before attempting to apply for their programmes. Here are some of them.
Bioinformatics Institute of India (BII),New Delhi offers projects/training.
Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology (IBAB),Bangalore- offers short term courses and short projects. Selections have been made via written tests.
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