Biotechnology As A Career

The country is evolving and so is its needs in termsthe urge of innovation has grabbed the attention of
of food, employment, space, education, etc aremany technology freaks and is coming up as a
increasing. Today, we can not rely on the sameplatform for students to prove their talents. A
number of resources, as we used to earlier, with thestudent can opt for a biotechnology courses, right
globalization of the world, import and export of newfrom his graduation level. Various courses for
technologies, food, people, education categories,obtaining degree in Biotechnology are B. Sc., B.E., B.
facilities is always going on. Lifestyle, employment andTech, etc. in Biotechnology, or one can also opt for
survival are all related to the type of education onepost graduation courses in Biotechnology after
gets. There is always a stability point for everything,completing their graduation in Microbiology, Physics,
so does education and career fields have. The urge inBiology and chemistry.
students to opt for something new and innovativeThe colleges providing graduation and post graduation
has lead to many experiments and expansions arecourses in biotechnology are:v     School of Life
done to satisfy the growing needs of the educationSciences, Hyderabadv     Institute of Chemical
industry. Few examples of such courses are massTechnology, Mumbaiv     School of Biotechnology,
communication, Film making, IT Networking,JNU, New Delhiv     National Dairy Research
Naturopathy, Biotechnology, etc.Institute, Karnalv     University School of
Biology is a field which has been for years relatedBiotechnology, Indraprastha University, New
only to doctors, if a person has opted for medicalDelhiv     Rajiv Gandhi Center for Biotechnology,
subjects in his senior secondary education; it meansKerelav     School of Biotechnology, Banaras Hindu
he will become a doctor. Though there are manyUniversity, Varanasiv     GB Panth University of
types of doctor, but it had become too monotonous.Agriculture and Technology, Uttrakhandv    
So, with the changing times, many new courses haveDepartment of Microbiology and Biotechnology, MS
evolved from the term medicine, now the studentsUniversity of Baroda, Gujaratv     Department of
are not only restricted to MBBS degrees, there areBiotechnology, University of Kashmir, Srinagar
many other options they can take as their career.The main subjects which a Biotechnology student has
Some of the professional fields open for medicalto undertake as a part of his curriculum are
students after completing their 12th are: Allopathy,Chemistry, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Immunology,
naturopathy, Homeopathy, Physiotherapy, Neurology,Engineering, Virology, Genetics, and other few
Radiology, Pharmacy selling, Pharmacists,specialization related subjects are like Plant
Biotechnology, etc.Physiology, Crop management, Agriculture, Animal
Biotechnology is one of the recent developments inHusbandry, Cell Biology, Soil Science, Ecology, etc.
the field of medicine, as its name suggests, it’s aThe career prospects for students pursuing
combination of Biology and Technology. It is alsoBiotechnology is great as it involves development of
termed as Genetic engineering, all based onvaccines, medications and is also for the invention of
researches. Biotechnology as defined by the Unitedvarious technologies for the diagnosis of improvisation
Nations Convention on Biological Diversity is “Anyin energy production, conservation and to increase
technological application that uses biological systems,the productivity level of various cells and seeds.
living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make orBiotechnologists can practice their skills in various
modify products or processes for specific use”.research centers, marketing departments of pharma
Biotechnology is purely based on all the biologicalcompanies, chemical industries, etc. Some of such
forms such as microbiology, molecular biology,companies providing opportunities for biotechnologists
genetics, biochemistry, animal cell culture, embryology,are Tata Engineering Research Institute, Hindustan
and also on other forms of technology likeLiver Ltd., Indo- American Hybrid Seeds, Bivcol,
information technology, chemical engineering,Thapar Group, Biocon India Ltd, Hindustan Antibiotics,
biorobotics, etc, to have an analytical and betterIndia Vaccines Cooperation, etc. Thus we can say,
result.Biotechnology is an upcoming field which is ready to
Looking at the increasing demand of researchers inconquer the market and India for sure has a great
the field of medicine, many students are opting forscope for Biotechnology students.
biotechnology as their career. Also, its newness and