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Numerous opportunities exist for students pursuing a course in biomedical sciences in India. It is a vast, happening subject with great opportunities for laboratory work, management, research, education, and consultancy. Once you become qualified in the subject, you can work in the private sector or in the various national healthcare laboratories. Those who don't find themselves suitable for standard hospital careers may opt for health protection agencies, or work in forensic science departments and help catch a suspect perhaps! Attach yourself to international healthcare projects, go for voluntary work, get involved with product manufacturers, pharmaceutical industries, or veterinary services, your choices are immense.
The main work of biomedical scientists lies within the laboratory. They handle different biological samples, such as tissues, cells, blood with the help of pipettes, beakers, and test tubes, along with high-tech equipment and computers. Common responsibilities and the job profile of biomedical scientists are the following:
Screening and testing of lifestyle diseases, such as cardiovascular issues, cancer, and diabetes, along with screening for Ebola, rubella, hepatitis, and other infectious diseases
Development, discovery of treatments like medicines or drugs as therapeutic agents and vaccines as preventive measures
Understanding, investigating disease progression, profile, and mechanisms
Finding innovative, new, and effective means of disease detection, such as new biomarker discovery
Once you complete the related courses successfully, you can land various job roles, based upon your qualification. Absorption is possible in bioinstrumentation, pharmaceuticals, medical imaging, drug design, delivery, scientific R&D, health care, hospitals, medical equipment supply, and manufacture. With a good medical science degree, you may even gain a fast track entry into a medical college and start studying to be a doctor, in spite of having failed at the medical entrance examination before.
Pay package
Biomedical research institutes and biotech companies in India will offer you a Rs. 1.2 lakh to Rs. 2.2 lakhs per annum salary at the beginning. However, a fresher may also claim a Rs. 3 lakh per annum salary in some cases. If you have a master's degree, you can expect anything between Rs. 1.8 lakhs to Rs. 3.2 lakhs per annum.

Some of the best colleges for pursuing MA in Economics in India are1.Delhi School of Economics -Delhi (DSE)2.Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata and Delhi (ISI) 3.Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Mumbai (IGIDR) 4.Gokhlae Institute of Politics and Economics Pune (GIPE) 5.Jawaharlal Nehru University Delhi (JNU) 6.Madras School of Economics MadrasThe above listed institutes are some of the best institutes in India that offer courses in economics to master and generally provide degree of MA or M.S.C. Apart from the above listed colleges there are some private as well as government institutes that provide courses in MA/M.S.C in economics but the above listed are the top 6 in the nation and are very difficult to crack as they have very limited seats and their entrance require very thorough command on basics in economics, mathematics and statistics . Still if you are wondering what are the different universities you can apply in apart from these then some of them are listed below, 1.Jamia Millia Islamia - Delhi2.Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies Mumbai (NMIMS)3.Shri Ram College of Commerce Delhi (SRCC)and many other colleges from Delhi University.
So, how are these 2 lists different from each other?
Basically, if we research about the programs offered by each college we will quickly come to the knowledge that institutes like ISI (Delhi and Kolkata), Gokhlae Institute of Politics and Economics (Pune), IGIDR (Mumbai) and Madras School of Economics (Madras) have very exclusive courses that are only offered by specific colleges in India. For example; ISI offers MS in Quantative Economics (MSQE) or GIPE offers courses like M.S.C in Financial Economics, Agricultural Economics and also a normal M.S.C in Economics with large options in elective courses.
Looking at Madras School of Economics, it offers courses like Actuarial Economics which is very different from what is provided by the other institutes in Economics in India
Also, the colleges like the DSE (Delhi) and IGIDR (Mumbai) provide normal MA/M.S.C Degrees in Economics but their faculty and placement records are defining and really stand out.
IGIDR (Mumbai) is governed by its parent body I.e. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and students are actively placed in RBI through this premier institute.

Career Options:
There are many options to venture into to be a part of the tourism sector; public and private. The following are some of the profiles one can look into:
Tourism Department: There are jobs as Reservation and counter staff, Sales and marketing staff, Tour Planners and Tour guides. There is also the requirement of Information assistants at the office of the Tourism departments who are selected through competitive examinations held by the Staff Selection Commission. The option of working as a Guide is also listed under the tourism department as the Ministry of Tourism recognizes three types of guides; regional, state and local.
Airlines: One can opt between being the ground staff or in flight staff. Apart from working as Airhostess/ Stewards, you can look into the option of Traffic Assistance, Reservation and Counter Staff, etc.
Hotels: The Hotel Industry being a service industry, serves the basic requirement of food and accommodation. One can choose from Operations, Front office, House keeping, Food and Beverages, Accounting, Engineering/ Maintenance, Sales, Public relations and Security, etc as one of the many departments to work with.
Tour operators: They are the ones who help organise conducted tours to the various tourist spots and manage the travel and stay of the tourists.
Travel Agents: Travel agents evaluate the requirements of tourists and businessmen and help them make the best possible travel arrangements from the many available. Many resorts, travel groups use travel agents to promote their tour packages to travellers.
Transport: Apart from airlines, travellers require rail services, coach operators, car hire companies to go from one place to another - by air, road, railway, sea etc. All this is take care by the ones handling transport.