Biotechnology is an interdisciplinary branch of science and here technology is specifically directed towards creating a comfortable, convenient and sustainable environment for all living beings. Biotechnology is an emerging field and has tremendous scope in it. The field of biotechnology offers lot many career opportunities for candidates who are interested in innovative and contemporary scientific working environment. The career opportunities are not specific to any industry or job profile as Biotechnology applies to many industrial sectors such as Food & beverages, textiles, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, flora and fauna husbandry and many more. Due to the involvement of technicality and engineering applications, Biotechnology field gives rise to enormous job opportunities. In today’s time new applications, new products and amazing innovations are happening in the market each day. Thus the inference is that scope for biotechnology as a career option in immense.
Biotechnology not only offers opportunities at the entry level where candidate can join after completing their undergraduate course in biotechnology (like B.Tech in Biotechnology). However candidates can opt for post graduate program in Biotechnology (M.Tech in Biotechnology) and can expect more advanced job roles in this particular field. Candidates with a bachelor's degree in biotechnology can get a job of research technicians where they work under the supervision of senior research scientists to conduct and monitor experiments. They are also supposed to record data and prepare reports. However candidates with master's degree in Biotechnology can get an opportunity to work as a lead to a team of research projects, lab in-charge or as a teacher/lecturer in any reputed university/ college.
A trained biotechnologist can work in variety of domain as there are several disciplines involved in biotechnology. Biotechnological applications are used widely in multiple industries and there are jobs in both private and government undertakings with specializations in different sub-disciplines. Biotechnologists can work for various organizations/industries as Medical scientists, Biological technicians, Medical and Clinical Lab Technologists & Technicians, Biochemists and Biophysicists, Biomedical Engineers, Microbiologists, Epidemiologists, R&D and Process Development Scientists, Bio-manufacturing Specialists, Bio-production Operators and such positions.
Considering the existing trend and industry needs, some institutes are offering masters degree in Biotechnology. Although there are many technical universities in India but there are only some of the top universities that offer M.Tech and Ph.D. program in this emerging area. One of the eminent university offering courses in this stream is Jaypee Institute of Information Technology (JIIT), Noida.
Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida established in the year 2001, has been continuously ranked amongst the top engineering Institutes in Delhi NCR. JIIT is preferred by students for its excellent academic system, state-of-the-art infrastructure, amazing facilities and incredible record of placements. JIIT is advantageously located, as it has very good connectivity with metro station and other public transports. JIIT is one of the best educational institute offering programs in the area of Biotechnology. The Department of Biotechnology established in year 2002 in JIIT. This department focuses on providing research based teaching and learning and provide vibrant R&D environment to their students. The laboratories of Department of Biotechnology are well equipped with instruments and the laboratories are in compliant with bio-safety norms. Faculty of Department of Biotechnology is highly educated from premium institutes and they have vast research experience. Faculty members have long list of publications in reputed international and national journals and also they have rich experience of working on sponsored projects.
M. Tech program has been designed to offer diverse and extensive aspects of biotechnology and life sciences. The curriculum of the M.Tech program offered by JIIT has been designed very carefully considering the contemporary needs of industry and research. The M.Tech program enriches knowledge of students in various areas like Medical Biotechnology, Metagenomics, Microbial Technology, Molecular Modelling, Gene and Omics Technologies, Bioprocess and Industrial Biotechnology etc. Students are encouraged to choose electives based on their interest area. Several JIIT students have been placed in core biotechnology companies like Panacea Biotech, Cadilla Biotech, Ranbaxy, and Premas Biotech Ltd and many government organizations as well.
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