Bioinformatics is an academic discipline that bridges biology and information sciences. The dramatic growth in the area of biosciences has provided new opportunities and challenges for researchers to meet industrial needs. There is an urgent need to build a new kind of professionals who can tackle the scientific challenges by forging a strong alliance between biological and computer sciences. New career avenues have opened up for computer-proficient science graduates for acquiring, managing or utilizing chemical information with the help of computer software or hardware.