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MOLECULAR 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 THE MOLECULAR LEVEL OF LIFE FORMS

Course Information
Cours Teacher: Dr. V.S. SARAVANANCourse Title - Molecular BiologyCourse Code - MJD3 No. of Credits - 3+1 Class location - Room No. S3, first floor, Time: (Theory) Mon - 3rd h; Tues -3rd h ; Wed - 3rd h & Fri -2nd h (Practicals) - Wed 5th & 6th h and Thu - 1st & 2nd h

Web link to join the Whatsapp group for the Molecular 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

Molecular Biology,

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(Note:: AFTER FILLING FIRST FORM (FF) (if already filled DONT REFILL) JOIN THE WHATSAPP; If any issue in joining Whatsapp try a couple of times, doubts need to be sent ONLY through typed messages (i) direct calling (ii) voice messages will NOT BE ANSWERED; for any queries you can expect replies within 12 h;
NOTE: Joining is not compulsory, Join only with a single number that is the number you primarily use)

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS

This announcement box is meant for priority announcements pertaining to the course.

FIRST FORM (FF) - STUDENTS BASIC DETAILS TO BE FILLED (This form need to be filled compulsorily by every student who have registered for the course, this form filling is not related to joining in whatsapp learning group)

(On or Before - 22-07-2025)

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 200 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.1-4) and submit the same on 22-07-2025 by 3.30 pm ONLY through your representatives.

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

Complete the CJ for the Unit-1 (Notes and Screencast videos & Key points) and submit on 29-07-2025 by 3.30 pm through your representatives.
Complete the CJ for the Unit-2 (Notes and Screencast videos & Key points) and submit on 19-08-2025 in Microbiology laboratory by 3.30 p.m. through your representatives.

The internal assessment (IA) test is scheduled on 26-08-2025 @ 2.30 to 4 pm with test portion of Unit -1 & Unit-2 ; Pattern - (Out of 6) 5 quest x 5 marks = 25 marks. Time - 1 h.30 min; differnt Q papers will be used. To download a model CIA Q paper click HERE

Complete the CJ for the Unit-3 (Notes and Screencast videos & Key points) and submit on 02-09-2025 by Microbiology laboratory by 4.00 pm through your representatives.
Complete the CJ for the Unit-4 (Notes and Screencast videos & Key points) and submit on 16-09-2025 Microbiology laboratory by 4.00 pm through your representatives.
Complete the CJ for the Unit-5 (Notes and Screencast videos & Key points) and submit on 30-09-2025 Microbiology laboratory by 4.00 pm through your representatives.

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Get your Practical record note book signed by the course teacher on 30-09-2025 by 4.00 pm; on total three experiments and their details were available HERE

All the I year (2022-23) joined B.Sc. Microbiology students are instructed to register for the following Swayam course

Completed Tasks

REGULAR ANNOUNCEMENTS

This announcement box is meant for all regular announcements pertaining to the course. So kindly check ATLEAST ONCE IN A WEEK for recent announcements.

Dear Students,

On behalf of Dept. of Microbiology I welcome you all for learning Molecular Biology course, this course is offered in the third semester of your II 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

Classes for II nd year started from 15-07-2025 (15- July) classes will be mainly OER based learning, with dedicated support from the course teacher.
Adhere to the following study plan for this semester; Prepare the Course Journal (CJ), to know about CJ how to prepare, its meaning and importance click HERE, to see a model of course journal Click HERE. Strictly adhere to the following dates of submission

July 4th week (29-07-2026 before 4.00 pm) Unit I
August 2nd week (19-08-2026 before 4.00 pm) - Unit-II
August - 4th week end internal assessment test (IA) on 26-08-2026 for 1 h and 30 min.
August 4th week (02-09-2026 before 4.00 pm) Unit-III
September 2nd week (16-09-2026 before 4.00 pm) Unit -IV
September 4th week (30-09-2026 before 4.00 pm) Unit-V

DOWNLOADS

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

✔️Course Objectives:

Molecular biology is a branch of microbiology that deals with the molecular-level organization in an organism. Mainly it concerns with two kinds of semantic molecules of life including the proteins and DNA involved in the molecular organization (genes). Thus molecular biology mainly helps us to understand the prime molecules of the living world including DNA, RNA, Proteins - their structure, organization, functions, their synthesis and regulation.