Opportunities for Biotech graduates

Asked by: Guest - 08 Jun 16

What are the available career options for Biotechnology graduates?

Our expert said - 08 Jun 16

Biotechnology is a fast growing field and has a wide scope in coming years. Though this field has immense opportunities abroad; still we have our Biotechnology sector expanding at a much faster rate in India as well. Students need to have keen interest in the field of Biotechnology to pursue the same as career. For those students who want to pursue higher education in the same field can go for a Masters degree with M Sc. or M Tech. Biotechnology or in any other life science stream. Students can also go for a Ph. D and still ahead can go in for a post-doctorate study as an Independent Researcher.

With respect to the career prospects, Biotechnology opens up a wide range of fields to work on. Some of them are:

- Pharma Companies
- Research Associate
- R & D jobs in Biotech Companies
- Scientific Publishing
- Intellectual Property Research and Patenting in KPOs dealing with Biotech and Life Science
- Lecturer (For this one need to clear the NET-LS i.e. National Eligibility Test – Lecturership)
- Last but not the least is Entrepreneurship, opening and setting up own company.