Career Prospects in Biotechnology after Graduation

After a B.Tech or a B.Sc. in Biotechnology there are various opportunities for students in India. You can either go for higher studies like M.tech, M.Sc. or Ph.D degrees for improving your skills and up gradation of your degree or you can go for jobs in the Biotech companies, Research institutes, Pharma companies, even universities and colleges.     Source: http://biotechspectrum.blogspot.com/

There is a big scope in sales dept of biotech companies making tools and machines for research, these companies’ hire graduates for their marketing and sales. Here salary ranges from 5-15 thousand.

In research institutes Bachelors can go for Lab technicians, who have to keep an inventory of products and supplies, making observation, analyzing data and result interpretation.

Media technician performs experiments as required and outlined, and develops and maintains record keeping for procedures and experiments performed.

Green house assistant helps in determining optimal cultural requirements and perform tasks related to disease and pest prevention; they often are required to collect, record, and analyze data, as well as interpret result.        Source: http://biotechspectrum.blogspot.com/

Plant breeders: work in labs performing mating mechanisms in plants and helps in developing new varieties.

Quality control analyst at pharma companies are used to test the diagnostic kits for their functioning checking expiry dates and quality of results of a lot of supplies test can be immunological where handling of blood serum samples is done, ELISA etc are also used

Environmental Health and Safety Specialist has to develop plan and implement industrial safety procedures within a company.

Clinical data specialist is required to design implement and test clinical data studies, making records and statistical reports etc

Clinical coordinator, one who supervises all the lab activities, and arrange meeting and prepare other schedules needed for functioning of labs. The clinical coordinator is responsible for project staffing requirements and tracking drug supply to outside vendors, as well as providing ongoing, objective updates on progress and problems with projects, tracking and following up on action items.

Various veterinary research institutes employ animal handler. Technicians and laboratory assistants for their work Eg. at India veterinary research institute, Izzatnagar UP.
Source: http://biotechspectrum.blogspot.com/