Biocon Academy has now collaborated with BITS Pilani to introduce a new programme in quality control microbiology (QCMB). The exclusive programme is designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of aspiring microbiologists, pharmacy and biotech graduates. The admissions are open now till February 15, 2016, and the course will commence from next month at Bengaluru.

There a 15 seats only and duration of the programme is for 8 weeks. The programme is designed to offer experiential learning by combining the real world insights with class room learning on various aspects of microbiology through an intensive curriculum delivered by a renowned faculty of BITS Pilani and Biocon Academy. The partnership envisions to accelerate learning in the fast-growing field of microbiology and enhance the employability prospects of students in biosciences.

Commenting on the programme, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, chief mentor, Biocon Academy said, “We are glad to partner with BITS Pilani in the journey of enabling the right skill-sets, competencies and efficiency of bioscience professionals in the field of microbiology. We hope this collaboration and the QCMB programme benefits the biotech ecosystem.”

The 8-week intensive quality control microbiology programme consists of live experiments at the state-of-the-art quality control labs of Biocon to further accentuate the learning of the students.

The module covers various aspects like fundamentals of microbiology, quality control, environmental monitoring, microbial enumeration, sterility testing, bacterial endotoxin testing, isolator systems and rapid methods in quality control microbiology, stated the Academy press note.

The course is ideally meant for science and pharmacy graduates specialized in microbiology and experienced professionals too. The faculty will be from BITS Pilani and subject matter experts from Biocon.

The 8-week intensive quality control microbiology programme consists of classroom learning, mentorship by experts and live experiments at the state-of-the-art research and quality control labs of Biocon.

The programme is also open for experienced professionals in the world of biosciences who are passionate and eager to enhance their skill sets & knowledge in the field of quality control in microbiology.

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