Hello aspirant

The major difference between the two courses is that B tech is degree course while BSC is graduation.Hence after completing the course there will be difference of your pay package.

Biotechnology is one of the emerging career fields in India. Food Technology, nutrition, medicine , health care, forensic are some fields of biotechnology which have immense scope in future.

B tech biotechnologists can be research analyst, you can apply for jobs to n many government research institutes such as centre for cellular  and molecular biology, national brain research centre and national institute of Oceanography in these institutes.

On other hand BSC Agriculture is the field which is always in demand . Whenever there is considered while having a talk on career young Indian include software engineer, banking manager, event manager, doctor , lawyer and teacher  etc but they never say that they want to become a farmer . It is thought about Agriculture field that it is a field with an archaic lifestyle and future with limited opportunities.

Agriculture matters to future of development. Economists conclude that Agriculture is four times effective than other sectors in removing poverty. For young Entrepreneurs gold mining  can be the good opportunity.

WE MAY OR MAY NOT NEED A DOCTOR IN A DAY BUT WE NEED A FARMER THREE TIMES IN A DAY.

Dear Aspirant,

Recruitment-wise Ag is better. Agricultural scientist recruitments, state govt etc. UPPSC advertises for BSc Ag passouts throughout the year, though vacancies are low in number. Btech Biotech will bring you no govt job, very less employability in private sector too.


Like IT and pharma, Ag R&D has its niche market which is well established isolated and broad. Biotechs niche market is emerging, negligible Indian R&D and non-isolated market (highly overlaps with pharma, chemical engineering and even IT). So sales opportunity in Ag sector is better. For biotech, sales sector is not developed and mostly goes to pharma field.

Biotech is ever emerging field, a lot to discover, several opportunities for young minds to be the next great scientist. Though Ag has some good research scope too but surely not as broad and diverse as biotech. But for achieving the greatness time, patience and post-MSc/MTech research is required.

To sum up, if you wants to do research to discover something new then biotech is better but for that BTech/MTech wont suffice, PhD is the way. For employability, Ag is better. BSc, MSc and PhD in Ag can provide jobs in both public and private sectors.

Hope this information helps you,

Feel free to ask,

Thank you .