M.Tech Biotechnology entrance exam syllabus of Jawaharlal Nehru University

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M.Tech Biotechnology entrance exam syllabus of Jawaharlal Nehru University:

Section I : Technology / Engineering Stream :
Part A : (Basic Engineering and Technology Pharmacology)
i) Basic Engineering and Technology :
Basic concepts / principles in mechanical engineering, electrical and electronics engineering :
Chemical Engineering : Computer applications in chemical engineering- chemical process industries
instrumentation methods of chemical analysis- thermodynamics- stoichiometry- fluid dynamics. mechanical
operations- heat and mass transfer operations- chemical kinetics/reaction engineering- process
instrumentation dynamics and control- process equipment design.
Principles of Biochemical Engineering : Enzyme catalysis (Michalis Menton Kinetics) and reactor
design. Material & energy balances of fermentation processes. Kinetics of microbial growth and product
formation (Monad model-Leudekins-Piert model). Nature of fermentation processes. Transport phenomena
in biochemical reactors- Mass transfer in immobilized enzyme systems and Oxygen transfer in submerged
fermentation process, examples of primary metabolites, secondary metabolites and enzymes.
Bioreactor operation and design, reactor sterilization. Batch, fed-batch and continuous culture process and
cell recycle processes. Modelling of non-ideal behavior in bioreactors. Novel bioreactors, air-lift reactors,
membrane bioreactors and fluidized bed reactors. Filtration and membrane based separations,
centrifugation, extraction, absorption and chromatography.


(ii) Pharmacology :
Physiology, Pharmacology & Biochemistry: Basic physiology and biochemistry pertaining to all the systems
in the body. Classification, mode of action, pharmacological effects, side effects, toxicity and posology of
drugs acting on the CNS, ANS, CVS, gastrointerstinal system, endocrine system. Principles of
chemotherapy, chemotherapeutic agents, anticancer drugs, vitamins and minerals.


Industrial Pharmacy : Pharmaceutical processing – mixing, milling, drying, powder compression,
clarification, filtration, Rheology, sterilization, sterility testing, disinfection, Pharmaceutical dosage forms:
Formulation, manufacture and evaluation of solid, semisolid, liquid, aerosols and parentrals. Chemistry of
natural products, SAR and Chemistry of analogesics, anticancer, CVS drugs, drugs acting on the CNS,
GIT, chemotherapeutic agents, vitamins, hormones.classification, identification, extraction and isolation of
active principles of commonly used medicinal plants. Immunological preparations, genetic engineering,
fermentation. Biopharmaceutics, Pharmacokinetics-drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and
elimination- general principles. Basic concepts of analysis of drugs.


Section I : Technology / Engineering Stream
Part – B : (Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics)
Mathematics :

Calculus – Differential Equation- Complex numbers- Complex integration- Power series- Three
Dimensional Geometry-Algebra.

Physics :
Mechanics : Kinematics – Newton’s laws – work and mechanical energy- dynamics of rotary motionfundamentals
of special theory of relativity- gravitation- motion in non-inertial frames.

Thermodynamics : Ideal gases- Ist law of thermodynamics – Kinetic theory of gases- 2nd law of
thermodynamics -real gases.

Electricity and Magnetism : Electrostatics- Coulomb’s law- electric field potential- capacitance –
dielectrics in an electric field- energy of an electric field- direct current- magnetic field of direct current- –
eletromagnetic induction.


Waves and Optics : Free hormonic oscillators – elastic waves- electromagnetic waves – interference,


diffraction, scattering and polarisation of light – thermal radiation.


Modern Physics : Structure of matter and basic solid state physics – elementary nuclear physics –
elementary quantum mechanics – structure of atom.


Chemistry : Inorganic chemistry: Electronic structure of atoms, periodic table and periodic properties.
General characteristics, structure and reactions of non-transition elements and transition elements.
Coordination compounds, structure, crystal field and ligand field theories, spectral and magnetic properties.


Organic chemistry : Synthesis, reactions and mechanisms of alkenes, alkynes, arenes, alcohols, phenols,
aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives, halides, nitro compounds and amines. Structure
and properties of biomolecules, carbohydrates, amino acids and proteins.


Physical chemistry : Chemical equilibrium, first law, thermochemistry, second law and entropy, free
energy, properties of dilute solutions. chemical kinetics, rates of reactions and factors affecting rates of
reactions. Spectroscopy, principles of UV- visible and IR spectroscopy.


Section I : Technology / Engineering Stream :
Part C : (Fundamentals of Life Sciences and Informatics)
Life Sciences : Organization of unicellular organisms, invertebrates and vertebrates. Ultrastructure of plant
and animal cells. Nucleic acids, protein synthesis, Mendalian genetics. Morphology of angiosperms.
Biotechnology, Physiology.


Information Technology : Basics-modem-hub-switch-commands to
transfer files- remote login. Elements of languages used on the Internet JAVA- Perl. Elements of
databases- Relational databases.


Section II : Science Stream :
Part A : Life Sciences :

Biochemistry : Cell structure and function; protein synthesis; genetic code; DNA & RNA; carbohydrate,
protein and lipid metabolism, clinical biochemistry; In born erros of metabolism; hormones and their
function.
Molecular biology & recombinant DNA Technology : Properties of nucleic acids, chromosomes, DNA
replication, damage and repair, gene manipulation, cloning vectors, gene libraries, screening of libraries,
gene cloning, applications of recombinant DNA technology, PCR, RFLP, Western, Northern and Southern
blotting.
Immunology : Cells of the immune system, lymphoid tissues, complement, antibodies, hybridoma
technology, applications of monoclonal antibodies, antigen recognitioin, processing and presentation, cell
mediated immunity, cytokines, hypersensitivity, vaccine technology, auto-immunity, transplantation,
immune responses to various infections, Immunotechnology.


Section II : Science Stream :
Part B : (Physics and Chemistry)
Physics :


Mechanics : Kinematics- Newton’s laws- work and mechanical energy- dynamics of rotary motionfundamentals
of special theory of relativity- gravitation- motion in non-inertial frames.


Thermodynamics : Ideal gases – 1st law of thermodynamics- Kinetic theory of gases- 2nd law of
thermodynamics- real gases.


Electricity and Magnetism : Electrostatics- Coulomb’s law – electric field potential- capacitancedielectrics
in an electric field – energy of an electric field- direct current- magnetic field of direct currentelectromagnetic
induction


Waves and Optics : Free hormonic oscillators- elastic waves- Electromagnetic waves- interference,
diffraction, scattering and polarisation of light- thermal radiation.


Modern Physics : Structure of matter and basic solid state physics – elementary nuclear physicselementary
quantum mechanics- structure of atom.


Chemistry :
Inorganic Chemistry : Electronic structure of atoms, periodic table and periodic properties. General
characteristics, structure and reactions of non – transition elements and transition elements. Coordination
compounds, structure, crystal field and ligand field theories, spectral and magnetic properties.


Organic Chemistry : Synthesis, reactions and mechanisms of alkenes, alkynes, arenes, alcohols,
phenols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives, halides, nitro compounds and amines.
Structure and properties of boimolecules, carbohydrates, amino acids an proteins.



Physical Chemistry : Chemical equilibrium, first law, thermochemistry, second law and entropy, free
energy, properties of dilute solutions. Chemical kinetics, rates of reactions and factors affecting rates of
reactions. Spectroscopy, principles of UV-visible and IR spectroscopy.
Section II : Science Stream :

Part C : (Mathematics, Computer and Information Sciences)
Mathematics : Vectors- Trignometry- Differentiation & Integration- Matrices
Information Sciences : Introduction to www. Networking: Basics-modem-hub-switch-commands to
transfer files- remote login. Elements of languages used on the Internet JAVA- Perl. Elements of
databases- Relational database.
Computer Application : Basics of computers – hardware – components of a computer. Operating systems
– windows – linux – simple commands. Elementary Boolean arithmetic – subtraction – addition –
multiplication. Applications – word processing – spread sheets. Elementary basic programming commands
and syntax.






Contact Details:
Jawaharlal Nehru University
JNU New Campus,
JNU Ring Road,
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi,
Delhi 110067 ‎
011 2670 4090
India

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