IIT Kanpur - Indian Institute of Technology Answered Questions

Biological Sciences and Bioengineering program (BIO) aims to educate students about developing new bioinformatics tools. They also learn about biomaterials, biomechanics and cell and tissue engineering, biomedical devices, computational bioengineering, biomedical imaging, premed and synthetic biology. Students acquire knowledge about applying engineering principles to the re-conceptualisation of biological phenomena. Training is imparted to them to develop new materials and processes, which would include genetic modification of agriculturally important plants and human cells. The students would be given intensive knowledge about molecular biology.

I will advice you to first sort your branch preference. For example you want to take civil branch , next question arises which IIT, so then you can visit website and check your their respective placement statistics. This way u will get clear insight.

If you consider long-term career opportunities, IITs provide wonderful opportunities for PhD.Also, some research schools in Europe and certain universities abroad hire IIT M.Sc students for a Ph.D position based on interviews and GPA(sometimes, research experience plays a more important role).