Monday, January 30, 2012

Career Prospects in Biotechnology after Post-Graduation

After Post Graduation in Biotechnology students generally go for PhD through NET, GATE, JRFs or MBA for establishing themselves in business industry.
After M.Sc. in Biotechnology students are hired to work as project assistants at research institute or research fellows, they are generally paid from 8000-15,000 in govt. Institutes. Here they are required to assist and work on a particular project this makes them gain experience and move ahead in research field.
In corporate sector student with higher capabilities are selected for deserving positions e.g. Biocon .These companies also do campus recruitment where students get a better chance to demonstrate their skills.
Various positions for postgraduates are
Research assistants is responsible for carrying out the research projects ,it involves working out the plan of project carrying out experiments ,ordering research materials ,results interpretation etc .
Quality control engineer has to develop, apply, revise, and maintain quality standards for processing materials into partially finished or finished products. Helps in designing and implementing methods and procedures for inspecting, testing, and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and prepares documentation for inspection testing procedures.
Clinical programmer: is required to coordinate and monitor the tasks in the laboratories ,implementing data management plans designed to meet project and protocol deadlines, and consults in the design and development of clinical trials, protocols, and case report forms, analyzes and evaluation of clinical data, recognizes inconsistencies, and initiates the resolution of data problems.
Biochemical Development Engineer has to carry out design and scale-up of processes, manage instruments and equipment from the laboratory through the pilot plant and manufacturing process.

Assists the manufacturing operations in problem solving with regards to equipment and systems and participates in the design and start-up of new manufacturing facilities and equipment. Develops and recommends new process formulas and technologies to achieve cost effectiveness and product quality.
Lectureships and assistant professorship ,these position grant a easy life and simple teaching job which is clean and respectful job, these position can be seen in all the major universities ,colleges and even private tuition centres ,these pay more and require less work input.

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/