CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi

CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), is a premier research Institute and was established in year 2003 at New Delhi, India. IGIB, as an affiliated college, is a leader in genomics and integrative biology science, and provides professional doctorate programmes through innovative discipline.

Located in South Campus commercial zone of New Delhi, the institute has a faculty of 24 members with an individual attention and highly intensified research practice for scientific tendencies’ enthusiasts. IGIB claims to possess the best infrastructure as it carries out its research activities.

The institute has its laboratories containing optimum facilities where students get practical exposure to superior scientific tools and methods. A well-stocked library is also essential as it contains as vast number of books journals and reports in sciences. As an academic environment the institute’s auditorium is apparent by the seminars, conferences, and scientific discussions which take place in the facility.

It also understands the need for an academic life, making available sporting facilities for the students to use in order to keep body fit. For researchers there is availability of excellent IT facilities to connect with the scientific community and computational tools necessary for genomics and bioinformatics research is available.

IGIB currently offers two full-time doctoral programmes : Doctor of Biotechnology and Doctor of Bioinformatics. These Ph. D programmes planned for six years aim at growing the next generation of scientists in the fields that are dynamically developing in the processes of genomics and integrative biology.

However, plans for the establishment of the institute and the doctoral education orientation of the institute point out a careful, competitive admission process, that seeks to identify best talent and potential. From the candidates’ enrolment to IGIB, selection is done in a way that will capture more persons who have the abilities in research in genomics and integrative biology.