About the Course:

This programme provides Master’s level degree and training to equip students from biological and/ or medical related backgrounds with specialist knowledge and the research skills to pursue a career in the field of regenerative medicine. The course is focused on strategies to repair, replace and ultimately regenerate various tissues and organs to solve major clinical problems. Regenerative medicine as a discipline shows enormous potential economically and there is a national and International demand for specific multidisciplinary training in this area.

The programme is conducted over 4 semesters, with the first semester broadly covering the realm of stem cells and a refresher course to fundamental biology. Over the next 3 semesters the students would gain an in depth knowledge of the biology of stem cells and their differentiation potentials. This course would also emphasize on the clinical applications done world over and the strategies that are being formulated. The 3rd semester not only has the therapeutic applications of stem cells but also has an in depth analysis of clinical trials and the nuances associated with trials with respect to the Indian regulatory requirements and international GCP norms. The course has an extensive practical base, in which the students would be made to derive, maintain, characterize and differentiate stem cell lines. This course is first of its kind in the country, in fact very few Universities Internationally offer such an extensive programme.

After obtaining a Master’s degree, students can register for a Ph.D. However, the programme is also of value to students wishing to progress in the pharmaceutical industry, biotechnology companies or clinical applications.

Scope of the Programme

To provide a programme that delivers cutting edge research, academics and therapeutic applications in a rapidly growing science of stem cell biology and tissue engineering. This programme is aimed at enhancing and broadening the overall knowledge of scientific research, its management, implications and exploitation in regenerative medicine. This programme provides a platform for high level research, and our endeavour would be to provide research publications to our students at this early stage of their careers.

Duration : 2 years