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Biotechnology is a bright career to opt for

Biotechnology is a bright career to opt for

Do you want to join the league of scientists who are doing their best in finding a cure for AIDS? Are you interested in developing or knowing the new and different varieties of flowers and plants? Or do you want to do something to rid the world of all the waste and pollution? If yes, then a career in biotechnology is for you.

Biotechnology is a field in which if you want, you can go about developing new varieties of vegetables by crossing different breeds with each other. If you want to do something to help mankind, then by developing new vaccines you can save thousands of lives. You can help a agriculturist by developing a antidote for diseases, which may cause harm to their crops. The biotechnology sector in India is growing at the rate of 25%-30% and about 170 biotech companies have already employed around
50,000 people, who are continuously trying to find a new cure, or an antidote for the betterment of humankind.

In the field of biotechnology, India has its own place in the world. According to the Confederation of Indian Industries, CII, there are about 25 lakh students who annually graduate in IT, engineering and lifesciences and out of them around 6.5 lakh do a postgraduate or a PhD in Engineering. Thus, India is a major manpower provider in the world. Right now there are around 4,500 biotech experts in India, whereas the country requires around 20,000 of them.

According to the experts till 2012, the industry would require at least around ten lakh qualified people and the experts feel that, if the situation doesnt change, then obviously the industry would be in need of experts.

After completion of your studies in biotechnology, then you can get a job in sectors like the food industry, pharmaceuticals, chemical, animal sciences and textile industry. After the completion of Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) or Masters in Technology, you can easily get a job, which will pay you in the bracket of Rs 12,000 to Rs 20,000.

Taking into account about the fact that biotech would be an important sector in the future, the Andhra Pradesh government has developed the Genome Valley and BioTech Park in the state. Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh are also giving a lot of preference to biotechnology.

In the field of human healthcare, after the completion of your course, you can associate yourself with diagnostic companies or go into vaccine manufacturing. In the field of agriculture biotechnology, you can get into fields of plant tissue culture, hybrid seeds, floriculture, bio pesticides and bio fertilizers. In the environmental sector, you can work in managing industrial waste or control pollution.

You can also do further studies in this field abroad but IIT Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru University, JNU, and Anna University send around 20%-25 % researchers to foreign countries, to complete their further research.

After IT, biotechnology is the next big thing for the job sector in India. Every year sees a rise of around 16% in the number of jobs available.

In biotechnology, you are informed about topics like plant tissue culture, animal tissue culture, molecular biology, genetic engineering, bioprocess engineering, fermentation technology and genetic engineering. Though the minimum requirement in the industry is just graduation, but firms give preference to anyone, who had done a PG or PhD in biotech, pharmacology and medicine.

Jawaharlal Nehru University conducts a combined biotechnology entrance exam in the various centres. To do a B.Sc or B.Tech in biotechnology, one has to pass his/her 10+2 in science stream, and if you want to pursue postgraduation in it, then you can do M.Sc. or M Tech.

The work profile of a bio-technologist is very scientific and research oriented. These days there is a huge boom in the field of drug discovery.

Source : http://news.moneycontrol.com/

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