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BIOMOLECULES AND CELL BIOLOGY

(NEP Syllabus 2024 June onwards - 2026-27 batch)

Course learning facilitator: Dr. V.S. Saravanan Ph.D.

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Indira Gandhi College of Arts and Science

Pondicherry

[Accredited B+ (2016-21) by NAAC, India]

NIRF ranking within 201-300 rank band (2025) 150 -200 rank band (2024, 2020 & 2021) & within 100-150 rank (2018 & 2019)

DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY

WELCOME TO LEARN ABOUT BIOMOLECULES, CELL AND THEIR IMPORTANCE IN LIFE

Course InformationCourse Title - Biomolecules and Cell BiologyCourse Code - MID I No. of Credits - 3+1 (P) Class location - Room No. 31, III floor, Main BuildingTime: (Theory) Mon - 2 & 6 h; Thu - 4 h; Fri -1 h (Practicals) - Tue - 1 & 2nd and 5 & 6 hour

Web link to join the Whatsapp group for the Biomolecules & Cell Biology course

Join the dedicated Whatsapp group ONLY after filling out the FIRST FORM (FF) to fill it, click HERE for a different facilitated-learning experience in Biomol & Cell Biol

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(Note: For Whatsapp joining try a couple of times,, doubts need to be sent ONLY through typed messages (i) direct calling and voice messages will NOT BE ANSWERED; for any queries you can expect replies within 12 h; NOTE: Joining is NOT compulsory and join only with a single number that is the number primarily you use)

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS

This announcement box is meant for priority announcements pertaining to the course, kindly check once a week here

FIRST FORM (FF) - Your e mail & Ph. No & teaching learning preference need to be filled (This form need to be filled COMPULSORILY by every student who have registered for the course, to fill this form you dont need a personal mobile number or email, you can use your parents phone number also, this form filling is not related to joining in whatsapp learning group)

(Last date on or Before - 24-09-2025)
PERMISSIONS FOR ANY LATE CJ / RECORD SUBMISSION TO BE TAKEN BEFORE 10 PM OF THE PREVIOUS DAY OF SUBMISSION BY FILLING THE LATER SUBMISSION - PERMISSION FORM

COURSE JOURNAL (CJ) To know what is course journal click HERE; Why it reqd?; to see a model of course journal Click HERE. Your CJ is usually a record notebook of 120 pages, your CJ starts with writting/xeroxing /taking printout and pasting in both sides the following (i) Syllabus with list of & reference books & Model Q paper (ii) Previous year Q papers (p.1-2 upto Jan 2025) and submit the same in my table by your representatives on 29-09-2025 by 4 pm.

REMEMBER: For submitting the CJ, you can seek two (2) numbers of permission, for permission click HERE, if it exceeds, penality in internal marks need to be faced.

Complete the course journal for the Unit-1 (Notes and Screencast videos) and submit on 14-10-2025 by 4.00 pm in my table through your representatives.
Complete the course journal for the Unit-2 (Notes and Screencast videos) and submit on 30-10-2025 by 4.00 pm in my table through your representatives.

The internal assessment (IA) test may need to take on 28-10-2025 Tuesday 2.30 to 4 pm with test portion of Unit -1; Pattern - 5 Ques x 5 marks = 25 marks; Time - 1.5 h. To see its model Q paper click HERE

Note: (i) Two or more different Q papers will be used during test (ii) One batch will consist of max.30 students (iii) those who have any personal issues or any other activities due to which you are unable to attend, get prior permission in whatsapp to write re-test.

Complete the course journal for the Unit-3 (Notes and Screencast videos) and submit on 10-11-2025 by 4.00 pm in my table through your representatives.
Complete the course journal for the Unit-4 (Notes and Screencast videos) and submit on 24-11-2025 by 4.00 pm in my table through your representatives.
Complete the course journal for the Unit-5 (Notes and Screencast videos) and submit on 09-12-2024 by 4.00 pm in my table through your representatives.

COMPLETED TASKS

This announcement box is meant for the tasks that were already completed in the course

Complete writing the the Expt 1. (Plant and Animal cell structure) and submit your record on 29-11-2022 during the class hours.
Complete writing the the Expt 2. (Observation of Stomata) and Expt 3 (Studying the different cell organelles of eukaryotes with animation and micrograph) submit your record on 05-01-2024 by 9.30 am through your representatives.
Submit your Cell Biology records with all the four experiments and submit on 06-02-2024 morning before 9.30 am.
For newly joined students (after 12-12-2022) Unit 1 learning & writing in CJ should be completed by 05-01-2024 and Unit 2 learning & writing CJ should be completed by 13-01-2024 Click HERE to see a model of course journal.

Download BIODATA form by clicking HERE, take a printout, fill it and submit before taking up your continuous internal assessment test.
Possible questions related to Unit I & II for your understanding
Possible questions related to Unit -III & IV for your understanding.
While attending extra class copy the following messg and send to vssaravanan@dhtepdy.edu.in

(email title) Cell Biol 2021 - Extra Class work

Due to non availability of space we have worked in extra college hours under the supervision of Prof. Saravanan V.S. on .date ........ from time .......... The following are list of students attended.

7. For better understanding of the cell biology concepts refer Ahmad Coaching site

8. For understanding cell biology concepts in Tamil search for the videos (Courtesy: Raju's Biology) by clicking HERE

I. Practical examination -

II. Semester examination -

REGULAR ANNOUNCEMENTS

This announcement box is meant for all regular common announcements pertaining to the course.

Dear Students,

On behalf of Dept. of Microbiology I welcome you all for the B.Sc. Hons. Microbiology programme. This site contains all essentials of the cell biology course for self learning and blended mode, this course is offered in the first semester of your I year B.Sc. Hons. Microbiology programme, if you feel anything missing or lacking or suggestions to improve this OER page, kindly let me know at vigsaran@gmail.com

For fiist year (2024-25) batch the classes starts from Dec 2024, classes will be mainly OER based and blended learning, with dedicated support from the course teacher.
I hope your classes are starting on 07-11-2022, kindly adhere to the following schedule:

By Oct 1st week - Unit- I
By Oct 2nd week - Unit -II

The internal assessment test (IA) - 28-10-2025 (pattern 5 x 5 = 25 marks; portion I unit; time - 1 h & 30 min ; click HERE to download a model Q paper)

By Nov 1st week - Unit - III
By Nov 3rd week - Unit - IV
By Dec 2nd week - Unit -V

To know about how to prepare, meaning and importance of course journal click HERE

DOWNLOADS

Syllabus & Model term end Q paper & Previous year Questions
Click HERE to download the CERTIFICATE page for the practical record

✅ Course Objectives:

Biomolecules and Cell biology is a basic lifescience paper deals with studying about biomacromolecules, the structure and function of the cell in an organism. Every living organism is made up of cell, so cell is the one that makes up the entire organism. Thus understanding about the cell components, their function could pave way for understanding about the whole organism.

Studies on Biomolecules and cell biology has helped to solve the various issues faced by the human society