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Biotechnology is one of the fastest emerging fields and has a very bright future for students. Biotechnology is a field of applied biology that involves the use of living
organisms and bioprocesses in engineering, technology, medicine and other fields requiring bioproducts. The modern use of similar terms includes genetic engineering as well as cell and tissue culture technologies. Biotechnology stream has a distinguished research related topics in diverse
fields like agriculture, animal husbandry, pharmaceuticals, textiles, chemicals, genetics and environmental sciences. Also, if you have an interest in higher studies, biotechnology has a vast scope in foreign universities too. You can appear for GRE exam and go abroad for further studies in the same field.

This a great career interest for people who are fascinated with nature and would not mind spending time understanding it. There are several specializations that the students pursuing the field can venture into. There are physiologists that study the metabolic processes of animals, then there are taxonomists who deal with the naming and the classification of the animal species, one can think of becoming embryologist whose only job is to study and focus on the early stages of the animal life. So similarly there are many such options that one can venture into depending on his / her capabilities and interests. On choosing this career, the person specializing in the field will be referred to as a zoologist. On being a part of this field, one will be carefully have to study the behavior, characteristics, evolutionary trends of the different species of animals and those factors having a direct impact on them. Regards.