Course title Biology For Engineers

Concept and definition of Biology; Characteristic features of living organisms; Cell theory, Structure of Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cell.
Distinguish between animal and plant cell.

Mendel’s laws of inheritance, Concept of allele. Concepts of recessiveness and dominance . Gene interaction.
Cell division-Mitosis and Meiosis. Evidence of nucleic acids as a genetic material. Central Dogma.

Biomolecules, carbohydrates (glucose, fructose, disaccharides, starch and cellulose), lipids (phospholipid, cholesterol), Amino acids
Proteins- structure and function. Primary secondary, tertiary and quaternary structure.
Nucleic acid- Structure of DNA and RNA, types of RNA, Watson and Crick model of DNA

Concept of genetic engineering. Tools used in recombinant DNA Technology. Restriction enzymes and DNA modifying enzymes, ligases. Gene
cloning; plasmid vector. Transgenic plants and animals

Applications of biotechnology in Agriculture,Medicine, Environment (sewage treatment

Course title Thermodynamics of Bioprocesses

Introduction and basic concepts of thermodynamics. Scope and limitations of thermodynamics, Force, pressure and energy, Equilibrium state and the phase
rule, Temperature and Zeroth law of thermodynamics, Heat reservoirs and heat engines, reversible and irreversible processes.

First and second law of Thermodynamics, non-equilibrium systems

Third law of thermodynamics, Concept of entropy production , Gibbs free energy-theory, Effect of solutes on boiling points and freezing points, Equilibrium
constant

Thermodynamics of coupled Biochemical reactions , cells as non equilibrium, Thermodynamics of passive and active transport , Thermo analysis of
oxidative phosphorylation, Gibbs free energy- application, Biological clocks.
 Course title Biochemistry

Physical properties of water and their role in biology. Concepts of pH, ionic strength and buffers .Structure of atoms, molecules and chemical
bonds.
Van der Waals, electrostatic, hydrogen bonding, hydrophobic interaction, HasselbachHendersson equation and its implications.

Amino acids, proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, lipids and vitamins.

Structural characteristics of alpha-helix, beta-sheet and -turn. Ramachandran plot. Principles of catalysis, Michaelis-Menten kinetics.
Competitive, Non-competitive and Un-competitive inhibition.
Bioenergetics, glycolysis, oxidative phosphorylation, coupled reaction, group transfer, and biological energy transducers.
Metabolism of lipids, biosynthesis of fatty acids, Amino acids Metabolism, amino acid synthesis, biological nitrogen fixation.

Course title Cell Biology

An introduction, Cell Theory, cell fractionation.

Structure and functions of microtubules, microfilaments, intermediate filaments.

Structure, cell-cycle.
Composition, molecules that mediate cell adhesion, membrane receptors for extracellular matrix, macromolecules, cell signaling.

Different muscle types in the body, Structure of muscle, Regulation of muscle contraction.
Resting potential, action potential, synaptic transmission, neurotransmitters, and the generation of action potential by sensory stimuli and
mechanism of nerve-impulses.
 Course title Genetics

Mendel’s Laws of inheritance and its applications, Monohybrid and Dihybrid Crosses, Types of dominance, Test cross and back cross, common
gene interactions: Complementary genes, Supplementary genes, Cumulative genes, Duplicate genes, Inhibiting genes, Lethal genes, Plieotropy,
Atavism, Modifiers.

General Features of chromosomes: Morphology, Chemical composition, Structure and functions, Chromosomal aberrations: Structural and
Numerical changes, The chromosomal theory of inheritance, Sex determination, Sex influenced characters, sex limited inheritance.

Chromosome organization and molecular structure, The structure of bacterial chromosomes, the structure of Eukaryotic Chromosome Special
chromosomes: Lampbrush Chromosomes, Polytene Chromosomes, and Accessory Chromosomes, euchromatin, heterochromatin, Repetitive
and non repetitive DNA.

Linkage, Crossing Over, Recombination in Chromosomes, Chromosome mapping

Cytoplasmic inheritance in Eukaryotes, Cytoplasmic Inheritance by Cell Organelles, Cytoplasmic Inheritance by Endosymbionts, Cytoplasmic
inheritance in haploids, cytoplasmic inheritance in Prokaryotes, Maternal Inheritance.

Genetic Mutation, Physical Mutagens and Chemical Mutagens, Detections of Mutation, Directed Mutagenesis, Application of Mutation,
Mechanism of DNA repair.

Gene frequency, Genotype Frequency, Gene pool, Hardy- Weinberg law. Random Drift and Founder’s Principle, Inbreeding and Outbreeding.

Quantitative and Qualitative Character, Inheritance of Quantitative Characters, Cause of Variations.

Introduction to human Genome, Genetic Diseases, Blood Groups, Disputed Parentage, Histocompatibility, Immune response, Antibodies and
Antigens Variability, Cytogenetics, Evolutionary Genetics.

Course title ENGLISH III

UNIT I

Communication ProcessTypes and Levels, Scopes and significance, Technical and Tools of Effective communication

UNIT II
Speaking files and Personality Development Oral Presentation, Body Language, Voice Modulation, Negotiation, Group Discussion, Interview techniques

UNIT III

Advanced Technical Writing Job Application, CV writing, Business Letters, Memos, Minutes, Notices, Report Writing and structure, Blog writing.

UNITIV

Communication and Media Recent Developments in Media, Context of Communication