what are the ug courses in biotechnology field and its jobs and salary

Hello aspirant,

In Biotechnology, there are many courses that you can specialize such as- virology, genetics, biophysics, ecology, biostatistics, biochemistry, fisheries, microbiology, molecular biology, animal husbandry and pharmacology.

Opportunities are ample in the field of biotechnology. Since it's in a demand, you can be recruited in government as well as private sectors. You can join in various pharmaceutical companies, private and government research labs, agricultural and clinical research labs and many prominent organizations are hiring the engineers and researchers. You can be a lab technician, quality control officer, science writer, research scientist, teacher, research associate, biotechnologist, sales representative and so on. Companies like NCL, TATA engineering research institute, Hindustan Lever Ltd., Thapar Group, Biocon India, IDPL etc.

Coming to salary, fresh graduates can earn the starting package of 2.5 lakhs per annum. Over the experience, salary will be increased. If you want to pursue your career in abroad, you can earn the average salary of per annum Rs.74,16,265.00

Hope, it helps you.

Hello,

You can go for BSC. Biotechnology or BTech Biotechnology if you are a PCB or PCM student respectively. this field covers research related to:

• vaccines,
• therapeutic hormones and enzymes,
• immuno-diagnostics,
• gene therapy

The Government of India provides large-scale employment to most bio-technologists in its research laboratories. Those employed as researchers in government sector can have a starting salary of Rs. 9000 per month along with government perks/allowances.

Private sector pharmaceutical companies generally offer salary between Rs. 12,000 to Rs. 20,000 per month to an entry-level postgraduate. A skilled and experienced bio-technologist can get salaries far beyond his expectations.

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