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Pawani
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What are the career options available after Biotechnology B.tech?
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Aishanya Srivastava
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In my graduation years, I was not aware of this filed . But lucky enough that my college offers this course and I got chance to make friends in this field ( and having myself done some work in this), I now see the immense scope of this field. Listing down the career paths my friends have chosen after graduating from B.Tech Biotech:
1. M.Tech/MS : Computational Biology, Food Tech, Bioinformatics, Genetic Engineering etc., there are so many interesting fields Biotech offers, you can choose to specialize based on your interest. There are many good colleges in India and abroad offering M.Tech/Ms programs in these.
2. Job in Private Sector: Companies like Ranbaxy, Cipla, Biocon, Serum and many others offer opportunities to Biotech engineers across many positions like Biomedical Engineers, Microbiologist,Laboratory scientist, R&D scientist, Genetic Engineer, Data Analyst etc. You may apply in biomedical, pharmaceutical, healthcare, food , agriculture related companies.
3. Research Assistant: You can apply to work as a Research Assistant under a Professor and enrich your research career.
4. Job in Public Sector: Department of Biotechnology which is under the control of the Ministry of Science and Technology offers various vacancies in different research institutions or public health care centres.
5. Professor: Complete your PHD and apply as a Professor in college to enlighten young minds while continuing your research contribution in this field.
6. MBA: If you are inclined towards enriching your management skills, you can always choose MBA after B.Tech.
7. Entrepreneur: This unprecedented time of pandemic has shown us the importance of health care and biomedical industry and the need we all have to escalate this industry. Mark your contribution to this field by setting up a start-up. You just need a solution to resolve to one of the problems your field has and an willingness to make a difference.
These are some options I know. If you are really interested in any field, just continue learning and enhancing your skills in it, you will be able to find your way if you are really passionate and dedicated towards it :).
1. M.Tech/MS : Computational Biology, Food Tech, Bioinformatics, Genetic Engineering etc., there are so many interesting fields Biotech offers, you can choose to specialize based on your interest. There are many good colleges in India and abroad offering M.Tech/Ms programs in these.
2. Job in Private Sector: Companies like Ranbaxy, Cipla, Biocon, Serum and many others offer opportunities to Biotech engineers across many positions like Biomedical Engineers, Microbiologist,Laboratory scientist, R&D scientist, Genetic Engineer, Data Analyst etc. You may apply in biomedical, pharmaceutical, healthcare, food , agriculture related companies.
3. Research Assistant: You can apply to work as a Research Assistant under a Professor and enrich your research career.
4. Job in Public Sector: Department of Biotechnology which is under the control of the Ministry of Science and Technology offers various vacancies in different research institutions or public health care centres.
5. Professor: Complete your PHD and apply as a Professor in college to enlighten young minds while continuing your research contribution in this field.
6. MBA: If you are inclined towards enriching your management skills, you can always choose MBA after B.Tech.
7. Entrepreneur: This unprecedented time of pandemic has shown us the importance of health care and biomedical industry and the need we all have to escalate this industry. Mark your contribution to this field by setting up a start-up. You just need a solution to resolve to one of the problems your field has and an willingness to make a difference.
These are some options I know. If you are really interested in any field, just continue learning and enhancing your skills in it, you will be able to find your way if you are really passionate and dedicated towards it :).
Ram Palagani
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If you'd asked me this two years ago, I would've sobbed and said, "There are none." But now I can honestly say that there's a LOT you can do. My cousin doing his B.E in Biotechnology, and these are a few things I've come across regarding what you can do,
Further studies: When you're doing Biotech, you definitely NEED to do your further studies.
Research Associate: Comfortable job because it's a faculty position, but lots of competition for it.
Scientific Publishing: It's an editorial job which entails converting research paper language into layman language.
Pharmaceutical Company: You can either work with R&D or with the analysis team.
Analyst: Here you need to use your analyzing skills to solve problems that aren't necessarily biotech related.
Administration: Here you get to make decisions about others' projects, stuff like funding, which portion of the project requires how much money. That sort of thing.
If you're doing something like him, B.E Biotechnology, then you can get an IT job.
Teaching: This requires at least an M.Tech degree. You can either only teach or else combine research with teaching.
Entrepreneurship: You can come up with your own company, just like Kiran Mazumdar Shaw.
You can also do your M.Sc and work in a research lab for a period of time to see if research suits you. You will have to e-mail a LOT of professors for this and be mentally ready for a rejection or no replies at all. Also, make sure you mail a proposal related to their work or a kind of summary of their work along with your resume and cover letter.
Take up MBA
Do your LLB and become a patent lawyer, biotech lawyer, etc. There are many biology associated law degrees.
Further studies: When you're doing Biotech, you definitely NEED to do your further studies.
Research Associate: Comfortable job because it's a faculty position, but lots of competition for it.
Scientific Publishing: It's an editorial job which entails converting research paper language into layman language.
Pharmaceutical Company: You can either work with R&D or with the analysis team.
Analyst: Here you need to use your analyzing skills to solve problems that aren't necessarily biotech related.
Administration: Here you get to make decisions about others' projects, stuff like funding, which portion of the project requires how much money. That sort of thing.
If you're doing something like him, B.E Biotechnology, then you can get an IT job.
Teaching: This requires at least an M.Tech degree. You can either only teach or else combine research with teaching.
Entrepreneurship: You can come up with your own company, just like Kiran Mazumdar Shaw.
You can also do your M.Sc and work in a research lab for a period of time to see if research suits you. You will have to e-mail a LOT of professors for this and be mentally ready for a rejection or no replies at all. Also, make sure you mail a proposal related to their work or a kind of summary of their work along with your resume and cover letter.
Take up MBA
Do your LLB and become a patent lawyer, biotech lawyer, etc. There are many biology associated law degrees.