Botany

Hi Sudheer, Ye, it is. Research opportunities are immense. You can also check universities in Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Netherlands, etc. For this area.

Best central universities in India to study M.Sc. Botany are mentioned below:
1) Miranda House, Delhi University
2) Fergusson College, [FC] Pune
3) Hindu College, Delhi University
4) Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi University, New Delhi
5) Hans Raj College, Delhi University
6) Ramjas College, Delhi University
7) Ramnarain Ruia College, [RRC] Mumbai
8) St Wilfred's PG College, [SWPGC] Jaipur
9) St. Teresa's College, [STC] Cochin
10) Sacred Heart College, [SH] Kochi
Regards.

All three are equally good and once you are done with you M.Sc. In any of this three steams you can go for M Tech too mainly in chemical, biomedical or biotechnology engineering.

You can go for chemistry Diploma.

Yes, you can appear for NET. The candidate must have completed his post graduation in any stream with an aggregate of 55% without rounding off.

You will have to opt for Life sciences as your subject in the NET exam. Some of the popular books you can refer to are mentioned below:
1) UGC-CSIR NET (JRF & LS) Life Scienceby Ashish Nagesh and Quaisher J. Hossain
2) Joint CSIR UGC NET Life Sciences - Previous Years' Papers (Solved) CSIR UGC NET JRF & LS Exam)by RPH Editorial Board
3) CSIR NET/JRF Life Sciences MCQ Practice bookby Rupendra Singh and Dr Madhu Gupta
4) Life Sciences: Fundamentals and Practice - Iby Pranav Kumar and Usha Mina
5) CSIR-NET General Aptitude - A New Outlookby Christ Varghese.

You can refer to the following books:-
1. UGC NET/JRF/SLET General Paper-1 Teaching & Research Aptitude.
2. Truemans UGC NET/SET General Paper I.
3. CBSE UGC NET/SET/JRF Paper 1: Teaching and Research Aptitude.

Please apply directly to the college for admission to M.Sc. Botany by filling the registration/application form for 2018. Eligibility criteria to apply for admission is mentioned below:
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:
Candidate should have passed Bachelor's Degree in the relavant field obtained through the (10+2)+3 system or an equivalent qualification from the recognised University or equivalent to it. He/She should obtained a minimum aggregate of 55% marks. All SC/ST candidates are eligible for the relaxation of 5%. Regards.

National Eligibility Test, which is conducted by the University Grants Commission for the lectureship jobs in central government colleges, does not have Botany or Zoology as one of the subjects. This, I believe has lead to confusion for you regarding the subject. The answer to your questions is pretty simple. You will have to choose 'Life Science' as the subject for the CSIR UGC NET entrance exam. Regards.