Biotechnology - Where Is It Heading?

On one hand, the biotechnology industry is starved of skilled talent pool. On the other hand, there are several universities and colleges, producing number of unemployable graduates. While some of them are struggling due to lack of students. So serious thinking needs to be done urgently to overcome this problem.

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Since the inception of biotechnology courses in the late 90s, the situation is still the same stating that the number of job openings and pay packages are both very low when compared with IT and other fields.

There are a number of colleges and universities across India that offer Biotechnology courses either in the form of undergraduate courses such as B.Sc., B.Tech, or post graduate courses such as M.Sc., M.Tech, MBA.

B.Tech degree in Biotechnology covers subjects such as Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cell Biology and engineering subjects like Bioprocess Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Thermodynamics, Mass Transfer etc. On the other hand, a B.Sc degree focuses on subjects like Biochemistry, Plant and Animal Biotechnology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Microbial Genetics etc.