Objective - To increase awareness about genetic diseases in the scientific community by disseminating basic knowledge regarding the causation, pathophysiology, diagnosis and prevention of genetic diseases.

Course Structure - Printed theory study material mailed to the particaipants supported by web based learning (accessible on our website) consisting of animations, videos of practical procedures and case studies wherever relevant. All questions can be e-mailed by the participants and will be answered by experts in the respective domain.

Contact Session - Each contact session will comprise lecutres on important topics, video demonstrations of the laboratory procedures, question and answer sessions and discussions.

Contact Sessions will be held at Mumbai, Pune, Nashik, Aurangabad, Nagpur and Kolhapur.

Duration - 3 months with three contact sessions, one at the end of each month.

Eligibility - Minimum eligibility criterion is a bachelor's degree in any field of science.