Bioinformatics and the list of bioinformatics colleges.

Bioinformatics is the application of statistics and computer science to the field of molecular biology.

The term bioinformatics was coined by Paulien Hogeweg in 1979 for the study of informatic processes in biotic systems. Its primary use since at least the late 1980s has been in genomics and genetics, particularly in those areas of genomics involving large-scale DNA sequencing.

Over the past few decades rapid developments in genomic and other molecular research technologies and developments in information technologies have combined to produce a tremendous amount of information related to molecular biology

The primary goal of bioinformatics is to increase the understanding of biological processes. What sets it apart from other approaches, however, is its focus on developing and applying computationally intensive techniques (e.g., pattern recognition, data mining, machine learning algorithms, and visualization) to achieve this goal. Major research efforts in the field include sequence alignment, gene finding, genome assembly, drug design, drug discovery, protein structure alignment, protein structure prediction, prediction of gene expression and protein-protein interactions, genome-wide association studies and the modeling of evolution.

List of bioinformatics colleges in india:


Uttar pradesh

Indian Institute of Information Technology : Bioinformatics Division, Allahabad( Uttar Pradesh )

Tamil nadu
 Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai( Tamil Nadu )
SRM University, Chennai( Tamil Nadu )
Bioinformatics Bharatisadan University, Palkalaiperur, Tiruchchirappalli - 620024 Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu GD Naidu Agricultural University, Coimbatore
Bioinformatics Bharthiyar University, Muruthamalai Road, Coimbatore Tamil Nadu  Bioinformatics Periyar University, Government College of Engineering Campus, Salem - 636011 Tamil Nadu
 Bioinformatics Tamil Nadu GD Naidu Agricultural University, Coimbatore Tamil Nadu
 BioinformaticsBharthiyar University, Muruthamalai Road, CoimbatoreTamil Nadu
BioinformaticsPeriyar University, Government College of Engineering Campus, Salem - 636011Tamil Nadu


Karnataka
Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology, Bangalore( Karnataka )
Satyam Sri Services, Bangalore( Karnataka )
Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology (IBAB) in Bangalore

Pune
University of Pune : Bioinformatics Centre, Pune( Maharashtra )

Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology Pune
 Bioinformatics University of Pune, Ganeshkhind, Pune Maharashtra
The University of Pune, Maharashtra offers an Advanced Diploma in Bioinformatics at the BioinformaticsCentre.



Pondicherry
Pondicherry University : Bioinformatics Centre, Puducherry( Puducherry )

West bengal
University of Calcutta, Kolkata( West Bengal )

Delhi
Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University), New Delhi( Delhi )
Amity Institute of Biotechnology, RBEF, E-27, Defence Colony, New Delhi
MSc. Bioinformatics Amity Institute of Biotechnology, RBEF, E-27, Defence Colony, New Delhi - 110024 Delhi
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi provides courses in Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology.
There is an Advanced (Graduate) Diploma in Bioinformatics offered by the Bioinformatics Centre at the Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Andhra university
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad( Andhra Pradesh )

Kerala
Mar Athanasios College for Advanced Studies (MACFAST), Thiruvalla, Kerala-689 101; ph:0464-2733534, 2603332, 2703874;

Please be free to add any more bioinformatics colleges you know or come across.