Biotechnology

In India, successful postgraduates of the course are hired in fields of Medical Biotechnology and Agricultural Biotechnology. Medical Biotechnology is an emerging sector in India, and accounts for nearly 70% of the total revenue of the biotech sectors. The companies that populate this sector could be divided into three broad categories- small startup companies that have indigenously developed biotech products, e. g. , Shantha Biotech and Bharat Biotech, large pharmaceutical firms such as Dr. Reddy Laboratory (DRL), Ranbaxy Laboratories and Wockhardt Ltd. , and start-ups, which are all set to emerge as Contract Research Organizations (Cross), mainly working for transnational corporations. The average annual starting salary offered to such postgraduates ranges between INR 10,000 and INR 20,000 varying based on the candidate's skillset and experience.

You have loads of options as a biotechnologist, both in India and abroad. You can explore your options in these fields: Bio-Processing, Food Processing, Pharmaceutical Research, Drug Research, Chemical laboratories, Waste management and a lot more. Some of the well known Bio-Tech companies include Amgen (USA), UCB (Belgium), Genzyme (USA), Biocon (India), MedImmune (USA), ImClone Systems (USA), Abraxis BioScience (USA), Dr Reddy's Laboratories (India), GlaxoSmithKline (India), Wockhadrt Limited (India), Krebs Biochemicals and Industries Limited (India), Nicholas Piramal India Limited (India), Wipro Healthsciences (India), IDPL (India) etc. Coming back to your question on skill improvement; post Graduation is already an added skill-set to your acedmic profile. However, adding more to it is always a bonus. So If you are looking forward to taking up any skill improvement, try to do so in the field of Biotechnology itself.
Good luck.