Bio-Technology
--> Posted on 2009-08-06 12:13:04 ByBio-Technology is a research oriented science, a combination of Biology and Technology. It is the industrial use of living organisms to manufacture food, drugs or other products. It covers a wide variety of subjects like Genetics, Biochemistry, it involves the use of plant and animal cells and microbes in the manufacture of goods usceful to mankind. But mainly the biotechnology boom is due to genetic engineering, in which simple life forms are created to make entirely new products. Microbiology, Immunology, Virology, Chemistry and Engineering and is also concerned with many other subjects like Health and Medicine, Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Cropping system and Crop Management, Ecology, Cell Biology, Soil science and Soil Conservation, Bio-statistics, Plant Physiology, Seed Technology etc. Bio-Technology is the use of living things, especially cells and bacteria in industrial process. There is a great scope in this field as the demand for biotechnologist is growing in India as well as abroad.
Applications
There are many application of biotechnology such as developing various medicines, vaccines and diagnostics, increasing productivity, improving energy production and conservation. Come of the spectacular applications are in medicine where antibodies can be made to diagnose and treated disease, human insulin made widely available, and new vaccines found off hitherto. Biotechnology’s intervention in the area of animal husbandry has improved animal breeding. It also helps to improve the quality of seeds, insecticides and fertilizers. Environmental biotechnology helps for pollution control and waste management.
Other applications are in:
· Food industry from inducing cattle to grow faster
· Production of new enzymes
· Eradication crop diseases
· Plastic, paints and artificial fibers can be made by using enzymes and not chemicals.
Career options
As there is increasing popularity and explosive growth, there are plenty of opportunities available in Biotechnology field. A basic foundation for entry into this field would be science in plus two leading on to choose from various fields. You can be a Research Scientist, Teacher, Marketing manager, Science Writer, Bioinformists, Quality Control Officer or Production in-charge in the Food, Chemical and Pharmaceutical industry. Analyst (Venture-Capitalist) Environmental / Safety Specialist .Biotechnology companies require Corporate Executives with business/management Degrees. A graduate in Biotechnology can get job in government sectors such as Universities and Colleges, Research institutes or at Private Centres as Research scientists/assistants. In biotechnology marketing, you would manage and devise campaigns aimed at particular customer areas, through such methods as working with advertising agencies and maintaining a visible presence at medical conventions and trade shows. The boom in outsourcing has created a large number of jobs for biotechnologists.
Fields
Agriculture
Veterinary Sciences and animal Husbandry
Medicine
Life sciences
Genetics
Pharmacy
Microbiology
Botany
Zoology
Chemistry
Chemical Engineering
Agriculture Engineering
Food sciences and technology
Allied Sciences
Eligibility & Course Areas
Joining a course in biotechnology requires background in science, which is Physics or agriculture; chemistry and biology at the intermediate level can join for B.Tech. In India, some universities offer the B.Sc biotechnology which one can join after class 12 or equivalent examination, with physics, chemistry and mathematics. Graduates in all sciences/engineering technology/medicine are eligible for the postgraduate (M.Sc.) course in biotechnology. Programme in Biotechnology. P.G. courses available are M.Sc. Biotechnology, M.Sc. (Agriculture) Biotechnology, M.V.Sc. (Animal) Biotechnology, M.Tech. Biotechnology,M.Sc./M.V.Sc.in Veterinary Biotechnology, M.Sc.(Marine) Biotechnology,Medical Biotechnology, M.Tech.in Biomedical Engineering/ Biotechnology.Depending upon the aptitude and necessity, more advanced courses such PH.D.and Post-Doctoral Research in Biotechnology can also be pursued.
Institutes In India
The Institute of Life Sciences, Nalco Square, Bhubaneswar
National Institute of Immunology Aruna Asaf Ali Marg New Delhi
National Centre For Cell Sciences, University of Pune Campus, Pune
National Brain Research Centre, Manesar, Gurgaon
National Centre For Plant Genome Research (NCPGR), JNU, New Delhi
IIT Kharagpur
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
BHU, Varanasi
Panjab University, Chandigarh
B.S. University Baroda, Vadodara
Madurai Kamaaj Universit, Madurai
Pondichery university, pondicherry
Punjabi University, Patiala
Amaravati University, Amravati
Punjab Technical University, Jallandhar
Tamilnady Agriculture University, Coimbatore
Remuneration
The amount of remuneration depends upon academic qualification, institute or university from which the degree is attained and the level of work experience. In the corporate sector, fresh IIT pass outs may get anything in the range of Rs. 70,000 to Rs. 85,000 as annual income and fresh B.Sc./B. Tech. graduates from other universities may get anything in the range of Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 70,000 as annual income. Those working in the research institutes can expect something around Rs. 60,000 as annual income
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