Career as Biotechnologist

• Research and development departments of institutions and industries involved in biotechnological work.
• Research establishments working in genetics, biochemistry and biochemical engineering and all areas where these processes are implied.
• In the production departments of these industries as biotech engineers.
• In marketing departments to develop business for biotech products
• In industries producing food, chemicals, bio-processed products etc. 
• Government labs employ research scientists.
• In the private sector in technical and managerial positions.
• In academic departments of marine bio tech, bio medicine, earth sciences, biomedical engineering, agricultural and environmental biotechnology etc.

• Bincon India Limited
• Bivcol
• Cadila
• Hindustan Antibiotics
• Hindustan Lever
• IDPL
• Indian Vaccines Corporation
• Indo American Hybrid Seeds
• Sun Pharma
• Thapar Group

• Bayer
• Cadila
• DuPont
• Glaxowellcome
• Monsanto
• Novartis
• Pfizer
• Piramal
• Ranbaxy
• RPG Life Sciences
• Torrent
• Uniliver
• Workhardt

• Dupont
• EID Parry
• Hindustan Lever
• Hoechst Schering
• Indo-American Hybrid
• ITC Zeneca
• Mahyco
• National Laboratories and Institutes employ Bio technologists
• National Organic Chemical Industries Ltd.
• Pioneer Hibred
• ProAgro
• SPIC

An interdisciplinary subject, biotechnology encompasses a wide variety of spheres, hence students from a wide range of academic backgrounds can do postgraduate studies in this specialized field.

*Entrance Exams:

JNU Combined Entrance Examination for Biotechnology (CEEB) is conducted for MSc Biotech(2 yrs) in the following universities

• Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; University of Allahabad; Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu (M.Sc in Marine Biotechnology);Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University, Rajouri (M.Sc in Bioresources Biotechnology);  Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi; University of Calicut, Kerala; Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore; Goa University (M.Sc in Marine Biotechnology);  Gulbarga University, Gulbarga;  Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar;  Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar; Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla;HNB Garhwal University, Garhwal; University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad; University of Jammu; (16) Kumaun University, Nainital; (17) University of Lucknow; (18) Madurai Kamaraj University; (19) Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak (M.Sc in Medical Biotechnology); (20) M.S University of Baroda, Vadodara; (21) University of Mysore, Mysore; (22) University of North Bengal, Siliguri; (23) North Eastern Hill University, Shillong; (24) Pondicherry University, Pondicherry; (25) Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune; (26) R.T.M. Nagpur University, Nagpur; (27) Sardar Patel University, Anand (M.Sc in Industrial Biotechnology); (28) Shivaji University, Kolhapur (M.Sc in Environmental Biotechnology); (29) Tezpur University, Tezpur (M.Sc in Molecular Biology & Biotechnology); (30) T.M. Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur; (31) Utkal University, Bhubaneswar (32) Sri Padmavathi Mahila Vishvavidyalayam, Tirupati (M.Sc. Biotechnology)
• Eligibility: Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3 pattern of education in Physical, Biological, Agricultural, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering/Technology, 4-years B.Sc (Physician Assistant Course); or Medicine (MBBS) or BDS with at least 55% marks

IARI :M.Sc./M.Tech.Biotech degree courses: Entrance examination for admission to M.Sc./M.Tech. degree courses at IARI is undertaken by the Education Division of ICAR and on the basis of the merit, the ICAR finalizes the admission for M.Sc./M.Tech. degree courses in 26 disciplines at IARI.

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) For admission to postgraduate and Doctoral  programmes  in Institutions under MHRD such as IITs IISc, Science research institutions a National Level Entrance Test GATE is conducted. Selected candidates get a scholarship/Assistantship in Engineering/Technology/ Science/ Architecture.

Eligibility is a 3 or 4 year degree, technical diploma, architecture 5yr, Integrated 5 year degree courses, Postgrduates in Maths/ Sc/ Stats./ Computer Applications.  

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