India

A bio-technologist may find jobs in various quarters. Biotechnology jobs in India can be found in the following fields:
1. Drug and pharmaceutical research
2. Public funded laboratories
3. Chemicals
4. Environment control
5. Waste management
6. Energy
7. Food processing
8. Bio-processing industries
While government organization like Department of Biotechnology (DBT), several agriculture, dairy and horticulture institutes may offer job opportunities to Biotechnology professionals, one can expect the best salary in private sector. Drug companies in biotechnology like Dabur, Ranbaxy, Hindustan Lever and Dr Reddy's Labs that have their R & D units offer Biotechnology professionals with handsome pay-packages. There are also good opportunities available to bio-technologists in the food processing industry, chemical industry and the textile industry. Some industries employ bio-technologists in their marketing divisions to develop business in sectors where their products would be required. The major recruiting companies, hiring bio-technologists are Hindustan Lever, Thapar Group, Indo American Hybrid Seeds, Bincon India Ltd. , IDPL and Hindustan Antibiotics. The salary package may varies according to companies and can be in between 15000-20000 PM in private sectors, While in government sectors this could be about Rs 30000 PM. The top colleges in Karnataka offers B.Tech Biotechnology are as under.
1. R. V. College of Engineering, Bangalore
2. RIT Bangalore
3. MIT, Udupi
4. Manipal University, Manipal
5. BVBCET, Hubli
6. SJCE, Mysore.