Biotechnology Scope

Hello,
Greetings from Shiksha!
I'm a student doing my B.Tech biotechnology from NIT, Warangal. I would say that if you are truly interested in biotechnology then select this course but if you want to choose one in terms of placement then go for chemical engineering. That will help you. Good luck!

Biotechnology is a newer field. Biotechnology will take time to establish in India. Microbiology is an evergreen field though old. people from microbiology can migrate to biotechnology jobs.

The Government of India provides large-scale employment to most bio-technologists in its research laboratories. Those employed as researchers in government sector can have a starting salary of Rs. 9000 per month along with government perks/allowances.
Private sector pharmaceutical companies generally offer salary between Rs. 12,000- Rs. 20,000 per month to an entry-level postgraduate. A skilled and experienced bio-technologist can get salaries far beyond his expectations.

Scope for biotechnology as a career option is immense as we live in exciting times where there are amazing discoveries, new applications and innovative products on the market every day. There are various organisations that serve as great resources for those who are just entering the field of biotechnology.

You have many options:
1. B.Sc zoology, B.Sc botany, B.Sc Physiology, B.Sc anthropology - all these subjects are in colleges, and biology is taught in schools aswell. So, you have a huge career option open for you, as a teacher or lecturer.
2. You can opt for B.Sc Microbiology, which is an upcoming field and also has lots of scope in research.

Yes, you can take admission in M.Sc biotech and it also depends on the eligibility criteria of a particular college. And dear, if you are interested in researches more then it could be a nice field for you. Gudluck!

In SRM, CSE has more scope than biotechnology. In SRM, placements are not good for biotechnology it's like passion course in SRM. But CSE is very good here, in fact, they have increased the no. of seats in SRM this year, it has a very good placement record. So if you want to sit for placement after graduation then take up CSE.

At first, you decide what do you want. you want to do PH.D or M.Sc or B.Sc. At what level you want to study? At under graduation level, biotech is not enough for job. You need to do M.Sc Biotech or M tech. These days, competition is very tough.
One thing is for sure, you can do it. After BE biotech, you should to do M.Tech Bio-informatics or PhD with bio-informatics.