Information about Career in Biotechnology, job prospects and remuneration in india
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Biotechnology
Industry overview:

Bio-Technology is a combination of Biology and Technology and related to research science. It is basically an interdisciplinary science including not only biology, but also subjects like , Genetics, Microbiology, Virology, Immunology, Engineering and Chemistry mathematics, physics, chemistry and engineering Animal Husbandry and Agriculture, Medicine and Health, Crop Management and Cropping system, Ecology, Cell Biology, Bio-statistics, Soil science and Soil Conservation, Seed Technology , Plant Physiology, etc.. The scope of this is growing in India and in abroad. Biotechnologist does many applications such as developing medicine, diagnostics and a vaccine, increasing the productivity, improves conservation and production of energy.

Eligibility:

Eligibility for most of the bachelor degree course in animation is 12th standard in any discipline with a minimum of 50 percent marks. For postgraduate program one should have a bachelor's degree in any discipline preferably arts. One should have a basic knowledge of handling computers.

Job Prospects & Remuneration:

In recent times, biotechnology as a subject has grown rapidly. And as far as employment is concerned, it has become the second fastest growing sector after multi-media. Candidates with postgraduate degree in biotechnology get absorbed in corporate and government sector, both. Qualified biotechnologists are employed in leading indian business houses and MNCs including pharmaceutical companies, chemical industries, bio-processing industries, agriculture related industries and pollution control activities of the major industries etc. They can even join government and corporate run research and development organizations. On the whole making it a good career opportunity for the bright young people.

Remuneration very much depends upon academic qualification, institute or university  from which the degree is attained and the level of work experience. In the corporate sector, fresh IIT pass outs may get anything in the range of Rs. 70,000 p.a. to Rs. 85,000 p.a. and fresh B.Sc./B. Tech. graduates from other universities may get anything in the range of Rs. 50,000 p.a. to Rs. 70,000 p.a. Those workimg in the research institutes can expect something around Rs. 60,000 p.a.
Institutes & Universities:

Some of the Colleges/Institutions/Universities offering Graduate/Post-Graduate courses in Biotechnology are mentioned below :---

1. Lovely Professional University, Punjab, (Punjab)

2.Microtek College of Paramedical Science, Varanasi, (Uttar Pradesh)

3.Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, (Andhra Pradesh)

4.Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, (Punjab)

5.Patna University, Patna, (Bihar)

6.Sai College Of Medical Science & Technology, (Uttar Pradesh)

7.Sindhu Mahvidyalaya, (Maharashtra)

8.University of Madras, Chennai, (Tamil Nadu)

9.Lovely Professional University, Punjab, (Punjab)

10.Microtek College of Paramedical Science, Varanasi, (Uttar Pradesh)

11.A.P.S. University, Rewa, (Madhya Pradesh)

12.Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, (Uttar Pradesh)

13.All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, (Delhi)

14.Amravati University, Amravati, (Maharashtra)

15.Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, (Andhra Pradesh)

16.Aquinas- Avila-Siena (Cluster Colleges), Edacochin, (Kerala)

17.Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, (Uttar Pradesh)

18.Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, (Tamil Nadu)

19.Cochin University Of Science & Technology, Kochi, (Kerala)



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