MSU’s science faculty to offer industry-focused courses

Vadodara: M S University’s Faculty of Science will be industry focused and value-added certificate courses.
The faculty has decided to offer post-graduate diploma in industrial chemistry and sustainable technologies from next month with intake of around 30 students. The one year course will be offered with Heubach Colour Private Limited, India as lead industry partner.
The objective of the course is to provide chemical industry specific knowledge, exposure and training to fresh post-graduates of any branch of chemistry and graduates from chemical engineering or material science and pharmaceutical chemistry focused streams.
“The course will help students get placed in appropriate chemistry industry,” said faculty dean professor Hari Kataria.
For the first time, all the departments of the faculty have decided to offer value-added certificate courses. For instance, the Department of Geology will offer a certificate course in disaster management while the Department of Mathematics will offer a certificate course on technical writing using latex.
“Similarly, the Department of Computer Applications will offer computer networking and interfacing course while Dr Vikram Sarabhai Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology will offer a certificate course in recombinant DNA technology,” he said.
Department of Environmental Studies has decided to offer a course in remote sensing and geographical information system while the Department of Zoology will be offering a course on beekeeping.
The Department of Physics has decided to offer a course on computational physics and material testing while the Department of Biochemistry will offer a course on protein engineering technologies and applications. The Department of Microbiology will offer a course on competency development for biotechnology industry and bio enterprises and biotechnology start-ups. While the Department of Geography will offer a course on climate change, the Department of Statistics will offer courses on data analysis using SAS, clinical biostatistics and lean six sigma.
Interestingly, for the first time the botanical garden too will offer courses on horticulture techniques, herbal and cosmetic products and organic food.