chem.sastra.eduM.Tech. Medical Nanotechnology (5yr INT)
Programme Educational Objectives
The M.Tech. programme in Medical Nanotechnology envisions to create a unique interdisciplinary knowledge centre that integrates the principles of science, mathematics and engineering to develop technology-enabled solutions towards personalized healthcare and human welfare. The programme aims to:
- Impart fundamental concepts and principles of sciences, technology, component and systems design to the learner with special emphasis on nanotechnology
- Equip learners with techniques to explore the interface of biology, nano-materials and engineering
- Provide a broad base of basic medical sciences, biomaterials to tissue engineering, and applications of nanotechnology
- Give hands-on training in laboratories for reinforcing theoretical concepts
- Train learners to design, develop and implement unique engineering strategies that will help to solve challenges across biology and medicine
- Transform the learners into confident and responsible individuals capable of working as a team, possess soft skills and social responsibility
Programme Learning Outcomes
The M.Tech. Medical Nanotechnology programme at SASTRA Deemed-to-be-University is designed to impart a fundamental knowledge of the life sciences, mathematics, engineering and nanotechnology to the students. Upon completion of this programme, graduates will be able to:
- Enumerate the working principles of various biological and physiological systems
- Apply the principles of science and engineering to identify, evaluate and design experiments towards providing innovative healthcare solutions
- Employ modern techniques and tools to develop innovative solutions
- Design application-oriented systems and devices using bioengineering principles
- Evaluate, analyze and interpret data from biological systems and devices
- Question, innovate and experiment with out-of-the-box strategies to monitor, restore or replace biological systems
- Communicate effectively and function on multidisciplinary teams
- Contribute effectively to society with a strong ethical and environment consciousness to improve the quality of life
M. Tech. - Medical Nanotechnology
(5-yrs Integrated)
(Students admitted from 2018–19)
Scheme of Study
I Semester (25/23 Credits)
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Course Code |
Course Name |
No of Contact Hours / Week |
Credits |
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L |
T |
P |
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ENG101/ BIT101 |
Technical Communication Biology for Engineers |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
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2 |
0 |
0 |
|||
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MAT101 |
Engineering Mathematics – I |
3 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
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CSE101 |
Problem Solving & Programming in C |
3 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
|
PHY101/ CHE101 |
Engineering Physics / Engineering Chemistry |
3 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
|
3 |
0 |
2 |
|||
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EEE101/ EIE101 |
Basic Electrical Engineering / Basic Electronics Engineering |
2 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
|
2 |
0 |
2 |
|||
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CIV101/ MEC101 |
Basic Civil Engineering / Basic Mechanical Engineering |
2 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
|
2 |
0 |
2 |
|||
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CIV102/ CIV103 |
Engineering Mechanics / Engineering Graphics |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
1 |
0 |
4 |
|||
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MEC102 |
Introduction to Engineering Design |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
TOTAL |
Group I (Technical Communication, Physics, Electrical, Civil, Mechanics & Design) |
18 |
2 |
10 |
25 |
|
Group II (Biology, Chemistry, Electronics, Mechanical & Graphics) |
15 |
1 |
14 |
23 |
|
II Semester (23/25 Credits)
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Course Code |
Course Name |
No of Contact Hours / Week |
Credits |
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L |
T |
P |
|||
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ENG101/ BIT101 |
Technical Communication Biology for Engineers |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
2 |
0 |
0 |
|||
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MAT102 |
Engineering Mathematics – II |
3 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
|
CSE201 |
Object Oriented Programming in C++ |
3 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
|
PHY101/ CHE101 |
Engineering Physics / Engineering Chemistry |
3 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
|
3 |
0 |
2 |
|||
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EEE101/ EIE101 |
Basic Electrical Engineering / Basic Electronics Engineering |
2 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
|
2 |
0 |
2 |
|||
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CIV101/ MEC101 |
Basic Civil Engineering / Basic Mechanical Engineering |
2 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
|
2 |
0 |
2 |
|||
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CIV102/ CIV103 |
Engineering Mechanics / Engineering Graphics |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
1 |
0 |
4 |
|||
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MEC102 |
Introduction to Engineering Design |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
TOTAL |
Group II (Biology, Chemistry, Electronics, Mechanical & Graphics) |
15 |
1 |
14 |
23 |
|
Group I (Technical Communication, Physics, Electrical, Civil, Mechanics & Design) |
18 |
2 |
10 |
25 |
|
III Semester (20 Credits)
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Course Code |
Course Name |
No of Contact Hours / Week |
Credits |
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L |
T |
P |
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MAT201 |
Engineering Mathematics III |
3 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
|
BIT104R01 |
Biochemistry |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
BIT103 |
Cell Biology |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
BIE201 |
Medical Electronics & Instrumentation |
3 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
|
CHY206 |
Analytical Techniques for Biotechnology |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
BIT105R01 |
Biochemistry Laboratory |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
BIE204 |
Medical Electronics & Instrumentation Laboratory |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
TOTAL |
16 |
2 |
4 |
20 |
|
IV Semester (21 Credits)
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Course Code |
Course Name |
No of Contact Hours / Week |
Credits |
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L |
T |
P |
|||
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MAT301R01 |
Engineering Mathematics – IV |
3 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
|
BIE101 |
Medical Sciences |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
BIT204 |
Molecular Genetics |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
BIE206 |
Diagnostic & Therapeutic equipment |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
BIE202 |
Electrophysiology (or) |
|
|
|
|
|
BIE203
|
Developmental Biology (or) |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
CHY207R01 |
Materials Science Technology (Choose any one elective) |
|
|
|
|
|
BIT205 |
Molecular Genetics Laboratory |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
BIE219 |
Diagnostic & Therapeutic equipment Laboratory |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
TOTAL |
18 |
1 |
4 |
21 |
|
V Semester (21 Credits)
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Course Code |
Course Name |
No of Contact Hours / Week |
Credits |
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|
L |
T |
P |
|||
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MAT306 |
Numerical methods & Biostatistics |
3 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
|
ECE201 |
Microprocessors & Microcontrollers |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
BIE205 |
Immunology |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
BIE220 |
Signals & Systems for Bioengineers (Semi-Theory & Semi-Lab) |
2 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
|
CHY208
|
Medicinal Chemistry & Drug design |
|
|
|
|
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BIE207
BIE221 |
Cancer Biology
Fundamentals of Stem Cell Biology (Choose any one elective) |
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
|
BIE209 |
Immunology Laboratory |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
ECE203 |
Microprocessors & Microcontrollers Laboratory |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
TNP101 |
Soft Skills-I |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
TOTAL |
16 |
1 |
8 |
21 |
|
VI Semester (25 Credits)
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Course Code |
Course Name |
No of Contact Hours / Week |
Credits |
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|
L |
T |
P |
|||
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BIE301 |
Signals & Image Processing in Medicine (Semi-Theory & Semi-Lab) |
2 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
BIE312 |
Physiological control system (Semi-Theory & Semi-Lab) |
2 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
|
BIE102 |
Clinical Engineering & Ethics in Medical Technology |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
BIE311 |
Biomaterials |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
BIE210 |
Biomechanics |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
BIE211
BIE212
BIT313 |
Science & Application stream Cell signaling
Biosensors
Biopharmaceutical Technology (Choose any one elective) |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
BIE213
BIE214 |
Engineering stream Medical Imaging Techniques (or) Biomedical Photonics |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
BIE215 |
Biomechanics Lab |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
BIE397 |
Design Project |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
|
TNP102 |
Soft Skills-II |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
TOTAL |
17 |
2 |
12 |
25 |
|
* Learners may opt for an additional course DRC610 “Research Credits” in lieu of one of the department electives.
VII Semester (26 Credits)
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Course Code |
Course Name |
No of Contact Hours / Week |
Credits |
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|
L |
T |
P |
|||
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BIE302 |
Tissue Engineering |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
BIE303 |
Drug Delivery Systems |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
CHY301 |
Chemistry of Nanomaterials |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
CHY302 |
Characterization techniques |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
BIE216 |
Science & Application stream Neurobiology & Cognitive Sciences |
|
|
|
|
|
BIE217 |
Vascular Biology |
|
|
|
|
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BIT317 |
Free Radicals & Antioxidant Biology |
|
|
|
|
|
BIT206 |
Fundamentals of Virology |
|
|
|
|
|
BIE305 |
Experimental Nanobioscience |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
BIE306 |
BioMEMS |
|
|
|
|
|
BIE307 |
Recombinant DNA technology in medicine |
|
|
|
|
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BIE304 |
Transport Phenomena in Biomedical Engineering |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
BIN303 |
Protein Engineering |
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|
BIE308 |
Engineering Stream Medical prosthetics & Rehabilitation Engineering |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
BIN320 |
Systems Biology |
3 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
|
|
Machine Learning in Bioengineering |
3 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
BIN304 |
Python Programming for Biologist (Semi-Theory & Semi-Lab) |
3 |
0 |
2 |
|
|
BIN102 |
Basic Bioinformatics (Semi-Theory & Semi-Lab) |
|
|
|
|
|
MAN105 |
Professional Ethics |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
BIE309 |
Tissue Scaffold Fabrication Laboratory |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
CHY303 |
Nanomaterials Synthesis & Characterization Laboratory |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
TOTAL |
24/22 |
1/2 |
2/4 |
26 |
|
VIII Semester (27 Credits)
|
Course Code |
Course Name |
No of Contact Hours / Week |
Credits |
||
|
L |
T |
P |
|||
|
BIE402 |
Nanofabrication techniques |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
BIE403 |
Biomedical Nanotechnology |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
MAN106 |
Research Methodology & IPR |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
BIE404 |
Nanotoxicology |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
BIE405 |
Nanocomposites |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
BIN206 |
Fundamentals of Genomics & Proteomics |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
OEXXXX |
Open Elective-1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
BIN211 |
Genomics & Proteomics Laboratory |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
BIE597 |
Mini Project |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
|
TOTAL |
24 |
0 |
6 |
27 |
|
IX Semester (22 Credits)
|
Course Code |
Course Name |
No of Contact Hours / Week |
Credits |
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|
L |
T |
P |
|||
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BIE501 |
Smart Nanoparticles |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
BIE502 |
Medical Nanorobotics |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
BIE407 |
Animal Models in Biomedical Research |
2 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
|
BIE408 |
Nanosensors |
3 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
|
OEXXXX |
Open Elective-2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
BIE313 |
Scientific writing |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
BIE599 |
Project Phase – I |
0 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
|
TOTAL |
16 |
1 |
10 |
22 |
|
X Semester (15 Credits)
|
Course Code |
Course Name |
No of Contact Hours / Week |
Credits |
||
|
L |
T |
P |
|||
|
BIE600 |
Project Work & Viva-Voce |
0 |
0 |
30 |
15 |
|
TOTAL |
0 |
0 |
30 |
15 |
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