Biotechnology

Lots of Government as well as Private job opportunities are present in front of Graduates. Talking about Government jobs, State Agriculture Departments recruits Graduates to fill up Officer level posts. Government Colleges also hires M.Sc. folks to work as Lecturers. Government Banks also hires them to fill up Officer level posts (that primarily deals with Agriculture related loans).
Talking about Private Sector jobs, graduates may find jobs as Managers at Plantations, as Officers at Fertilizer Manufacturing firms, Agriculture Machinery Industries, Agricultural Products Marketing firms, Food Processing firms etc. One may also work as a Lecturer in Private Colleges. Starting salary is generally between 2.5- 5 Lakh Rupees per year.

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 (CROs), mainly working for transnational corporations.
The average annual starting salary offered to such postgraduates ranges between INR 10,000 and, 20,000 varying based on the candidates skill set and experience.

Eligibility Of the Bachelor of Technology [B.Tech] (Biotechnology)
The minimum eligibility for this course is a pass in 10+2 in science stream with either Mathematics or Biology or both as compulsory subject. For institutes like India Institute of Technology, it is compulsory to pass in Joint Entrance Examination J.E.E. while other universities also hold their own entrance tests.
Candidates can also pursue this course without mathematics as their subject I.e. PCB. University like Jawaharlal Nehru University offers admissions for the students who did not have mathematics in 12th standard. Some universities consider Biology as a compulsory subject.

You can look out for following government colleges:
1.Adesh Institute of Engineering and Technology, Punjab
2.Ambala College of Engineering and Applied Research, Haryana
3.Anand Engineering College, Uttar Pradesh
4.Ansal Institute of Technology, Haryana
5.Apeejay Stya University, Haryana
6.Ashoka Institute of Technology and Management, Uttar Pradesh
7.B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology - NIT Jalandhar, Punjab
8.Beant College of Engineering and Technology, Punjab
9.Bundelkhand University, Uttar Pradesh
10.College of Engineering Technology, Uttar Pradesh
11.Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Haryana
12.Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology for Handicapped, Uttar Pradesh
13.Faculty of Engineering and Technology / Raja Balwant Singh College, Uttar Pradesh
14.Gautam Buddh Technical University, Uttar Pradesh
15.Hindustan College of Science and Technology, Uttar Pradesh
16.I.I.L.M. Academy of Higher Learning, Uttar Pradesh
17.IIT Roorkee - Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
18.IITT College of Engineering, Punjab
19.Indian Institute of Technology - IIT Delhi
20. Institute of BioMedical Education and Research, Uttar Pradesh
21. Institute of Engineering and Technology, Uttar Pradesh
22. Integral University, Uttar Pradesh
23. Invertis University, Uttar Pradesh
24. Jaypee Institute of Information Technology University, Uttar Pradesh
25. Kurukshetra University, Haryana