Bio Technology

If you have interest in both, Biology and Technology then Biotechnology stream is ideal for you. It combines biological sciences with engineering technologies to manipulate living organisms and biological systems to produce products that advance healthcare, medicine, agriculture, food, pharmaceuticals and environment control.

Biotechnology can be classified into two broad categories: R&D in Biological Sciences and Industrial Processes. The biological sciences aspect deals with research and development in areas such as Microbiology, Cell biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology etc. The industrial processes aspect deals with the production of drugs, vaccines, biofuels and pharmaceuticals on an industrial scale using biochemical processes and techniques.

Some of the best innovations and developments that have come out of Biotechnology and allied fields are: genomic sequencing technology, natural alternatives to pesticides, production of biofuels and developments in stem cells technology.

Listed below UG & PG Courses

Bio-Technology UG Courses (It takes three or four years to complete an UG degree.)

BSc Biotechnology (Hons) | BSc Biotechnology

Bio-Technology PG Courses (It takes two or three years to complete a PG degree.)

Master of Biotechnology | MSc Biotechnology | MSc Medical Biotechnology

Some Employment Options in Bio-technology are

Biochemist | Epidemiologist | Microbiologist | Laboratory | Biophysicist | Botany Specialist | Biomedical Engineer | Pharmaceutical Drugs | Quality Assurance/Regulatory Affairs | Research and Development | Clinical Research | Soil Scientist | Manufacturing | Animal Science | Government | Food Science | Business Management | Environmental Science | Project Management | Sales and Technical Support | Agricultural Engineer | Teaching | Forensic Science | Validation Technician

Biotechnology Companies – India

Biocon | Panacea Biotec Ltd | Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd | Wockhardt | GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd | Bharat Serums and Vaccines Ltd | Novozymes | Indian Immunologicals Ltd | Shantha Biotechnics Ltd | Serum Institute of India | Rasi Seeds (P) Ltd | Piramal Group | Transasia Bio-Medicals | BrainWave Biotechnology Ltd | Krebs Biochemicals and Industries Ltd | Jubilant Life Sciences | Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd | Eli Lilly and Company | Cipla Ltd | Pfizer Ltd | Abbott India Ltd | Lupin Ltd | Glenmark Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology Companies – Abroad

Pfizer – USA | Roche – Switzerland | Novartis – Switzerland | Merck & Co. – USA | Novo Nordisk – Denmark | Sanofi – France | AstraZeneca – UK | Bayer – Germany