Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College, affiliated to B.A.M University conducts own entrance test for the selection of candidates to M.E courses. M.E (Biotechnology) entrance exam comprises of questions from topics like Biochemical Engineering, Molecular biology and Computer Application. Books such as Biochemistry by Lubert Stryer , General Microbiology by Schiegel, Molecular Biology by Stansfield, Fundamentals of Real Analysis by V.K Krishnan and Operating systems by William Stallings can be used for reference.

Main Topics in JNEC M.E (Biotechnology) Entrance Exam

• Biochemical Engineering
• Biochemistry
• Molecular biology
• Mathematics
• Computer Application/ Information Technology

Books for Biochemistry

• Analytical Biochemistry by Holmes
• Biochemistry by Lubert Stryer
• Biochemistry:  The chemical reactions of living cells by David  Meltzear
• Enzymes by Dixon and Web
• Outline of Biochemistry by Cohn and Stump
• Principles of Biochemistry by A. L Lehninger, D.L. Nelson and M.M. Cox
• Principles of Biochemistry by Horton
• Protein structure and molecular properties by Cregnton
• Review of Biochemistry by Harpers
• The Tools of Biochemistry by Cooper

Books for Microbiology

• Biology of Microorganisms by Madigam M.T
• Foundations in Microbiology by Talaro
• General Microbiology by Schiegel
• General Microbiology by Stenier
• Microbial Biotechnology and Fundamentals of Applied Microbiology by Glazer A. N Experiments in Microbiology by Singer
• Microbiology – Essentials and Application by Maenne
• Microbiology – Fundamentals and Applications by Purohit
• Principles of Microbiology by Atlas
• Text Book of Microbiology by Ananthanarayan

Books for Molecular Biology

• Molecular Biology by Weaver
• Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology by J.Kendrew
• Molecular Biology of the Gene by J. D. Watson, N. H. Hopkins, J. W. Roberts, Molecular Biology of the Cell by J.Darnell
• Molecular Biology and Biotechnology by Meyers
• Molecular Biology of the Cell by Alberts B
• Recombinant DNA by Watson J D
• Essentials of Molecular Biology by Malacimski
• Molecular Biology by Stansfield
• Molecular Biology and Biotechnology by Walker
• Essentials of Molecular Biology by Brown T A
• Molecular Genetics Of Bacteria by Dale

Books for Biochemical Engineering

• Principles of Reaction Engineering by S.D. Dawande
• Biochemical Engineering Fundamentals by J. F. Bailey and D. F. Ollis
• Biochemical Engineering by Shuichi Aiba, E.H.Arthur & F.M.Nancy
• Principles of Fermentation Technology by P.F.Stnbury, A. Whitakar & S. J Hall

Books for Mathematics

• Abstract Algebra by Bhattacharya, Jain & Nagpal
• A text –Book of Vector Calculus by Shanti Narayan
• Introduction to Probability Models by Ross, S. M
• Fundamentals of Real Analysis by V.K Krishnan
• Principles of Mathematical Analysis by Rudin .W
• Partial differential equations – methods and applications by Mcowan, R.C
• Complex variable – Theory and application by Kasana H.S
• Statistics by Murray & Spiegel

Books for Computer Application

• Fundamental of Computers by P. K. Sinha
• Pointers in C by Yashwant Kanetkar
• Let us C by Yashwant Kanetkar
• Programming in C by Balguruswamy
• Operating systems by William Stallings

Other than reference books previous year’s question papers can also be used for preparing. Practicing model questions will be quite useful to clear the exam.