M.Tech. in Biotechnology with International Credit Transfer Option 

at LPU Admission Office, Connaught Place

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After you have completed your BTech Food Technology course at a decent college in India, you can get some amazing earning opportunities in the business world. The average starting salary for fresh graduates like you is usually around INR 4 LPA.
As you move forward in the work sector and gain some years of experience, you will start to earn more as recruiters will be ready to offer you a higher salary package because of your technical expertise. For mid-senior level positions, the salary package is mostly between INR 5 LPA and INR 8 LPA. For senior level positions, the salary package is above INR 8 LPA.

According to the latest report, the highest package offered during LPU BDes placements 2024 stood at INR 18 LPA. Further, the LPU average package offered to BSc Fashion Technology and BDes in 2024 stood at INR 4.44 LPA. The key highlights of Fashion Designing placements at Lovely Professional University in 2023 and 2024 are tabulated below:

Hi,

Yes, a Biotechnology Engineer can definitely get a job in the IT sector!

Albeit, having no technical education and lacking the generic IT experience, which is now essential in modern technologies field. Here's how:

• As for IT jobs, biotech engineers successfully cope with complicated data and systems, so they are relevant for multiple positions.
• It prepares them well in term of math and programming skills that serves as an added advantage especially when it comes to developing software and analyzing data.

Specific IT areas for biotech engineers:
Bioinformatics
Healthcare IT
Medical imaging
Biomedical engineering

Hope you find the answer helpful!

The BTech Biotechnology syllabus has some core subjects in every semester and some elective subject choices that are provided from 2^nd year onwards. Some of the important subjects included in the BTech Biotechnology course syllabus are given below:

• Biotechnology for Beginners
• Biosafety and Bioethics
• Cell and Molecular Biology
• Engineering Physics and Chemistry
• Genetics
• Microbiology
• Bioprocess Engineering
• Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
• Animal and Plant Biotechnology

Apart from the core subjects that give a fundamental understanding of the BTech Biotechnology course, there are a lot of interesting electives that you can take up according to your interests. Some of the popular elective choices offered across various colleges are as follows:

• Food Biotechnology
• Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
• Crop Production, Processing and Consumption
• Plant Biotechnology
• Animal Biotechnology
• Microbial & Environmental Biotechnology

Some of the universities provide specializations within the field of Biotechnology Engineering, such as Chemical Engineering Biotechnology, Food Biotechnology, Environmental Biotechnology, Medical Biotechnology, Plant Biotechnology, Animal Biotechnology, and Industrial Biotechnology.