Courses with Gaps

Introduction to basic programming techniques of artificial intelligence (AI); Domain analysis; representation of Knowledge and strategies; control on inference and search; development of interactive intelligence CAI programs; the role of analogical reasoning; The main contents are symbol manipulations and AI problem solving techniques; Topics include LISP primitives; LISP objects and evaluation; recursion and iteration and data abstraction (association lists; properties and DESTRUCT); macros; object-centred programming; symbolic pattern matching and basic solving methods

OLS; Gauss-Markov Theorem; MLE; Specification and misspecification test; Predictive and non-predictive tests; Tests of hypothesis for linear model; The likelihood ratio; wald and language multiplier Tests; Multi-collinearity; Specification bias; GLS; Dummy variables and seasonal variations; Inferences based on asymptotic Distribution Theory

Dynamics of microbial populations in air; water and soil; Distribution and survival of aerial and aquatic microorganisms; Biogeochemical cycling of nutrients and chemical elements; Application of microbial systems in water purification; waste management and pollution control; Recent advances in biotransformation and bioremediation

Non-starch polysaccharides; Natural processes involved in synthesis and degradation of foods; Photosynthesis; respiration; maturation; senescence; Chemical changes that occur in foods during and after processing; Food pigments and other colourants; Food flavor compounds; Effects of maturation and processing on pigments and flavor compounds

Workshop - safety precautions; Basic hand tools and bench work practice; Plain and cylindrical generation of smooth surface using power operated machines; Selection and properties of materials used for construction - metallic and non-metallic; Metal joining devices and adhesives in common use; Soldering techniques and wrap joints; Multi-meters and oscilloscopes; Auto-ranging in measuring instruments; A survey of the use of electronics circuit devices e.g.; diodes; transistors including FET; integrated circuits; photocells; Selection; use and care of test instruments; Survey of pick-ups and transducer devices; Basic circuit synthesis and analysis; Pulse circuits; Instrumentation and measuring techniques: impedance matching; Probes - active and input and output impedance using the scope

Review of data structures; linear data structures; hashing; trees; graphs; recursion; Complexity classes; empirical measurements of performance; time and space tradeoffs analysis; Algorithmic strategies: Brute-force algorithms; greedy algorithms; divide-and-conquer; backtracking; branch-and-bound; minimum spanning tree; heuristics; pattern matching and string/text algorithms; numerical approximation algorithms; Tractable and intractable problems

Reflection models; Texture and models; texture and environment mapping; advanced ray tracing; radiosity method; volume rendering; advanced modelling techniques; simulation and animation

Classification and nomenclature of enzymes; Isolation and purification of enzymes; Specificity of enzymes action; Kinetics of single substrate enzyme catalyzed reaction; Enzyme inhibitions; Kinetics of multi-substrate enzyme-catalyzed reaction; Investigations of the structures of active site of enzymes; Applications of enzyme technology; immobilized enzymes; Use of enzymes in industries; medicine; agriculture etc; Ligand binding; Kinetics of multi-binding sites; Adair's equation; Sigmoidal kinetics and allosteric enzymes; MWC and KNF models of allosteric regulation; Sigmoidal kinetics in the absence of cooperative binding; Kinetics of fast reactions; Structure and mechanism of catalysis; Recent Advances in enzyme Technology

The herbarium; and economic botany; Conservation and Taxonomy; Types of herbaria; the Herbarium building; purpose of a herbarium and the Herbarium labels; Herbarium materials; Preservation techniques; Introduction to Herbarium techniques and management; Storage methods; Seed banks and their management; Photography in Herbarium practice; Herbarium legislation

Sylow theorems; direct products; fundamental theorem of finite Abelean groups; field of quotients; Euclidean rings; Polynomial rings over commutative rings; inner product spaces; theory modules; sub-modules; quotient modules; modules over principal ideal domains; Applications finitely generated Abelean group fields extension fields elements of Galois theory; solvability radicals