I selected BT as a career, due the passion…and also due to the much predicted Biotech boom in India. Unfortunately nothing happened, like what happened in IT !!. But still the media continues with those 10 year old statements-"BT booming in India". At present conditions, BT is not a lucrative career as IT. After spending lot of money on education most of the biotech aspirants fail to find a job and alter their career to marketing or other fields. The main problem is that most of the companies won't take freshers and if so they follow reference system.
The condition of BT in India.
In India, cities like Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and pune have significant number of Biotech companies. But the fact is that, they altogether are not enough to employ even quarter of the biotech graduates passed out, each year.
Fact about Biotechnology...
During studies most of the biotech aspirant dream of becoming a scientist...playing with DNA…but the reality is that.most of the applications of this technology can be done only in a lab having huge funding and equipped with costly instruments…In a country like India the number of well equipped labs and institutes are nominal..
About the educational system...
In India most of the students choose biology probably due to their interest or due to their hate towards mathematics...Actually most of the teachers forget the importance of computing and mathematics in biological studies...So biotech graduates are produced with out any knowledge in computing...statistics...or physics. Even though these topics are included in the syllabus, no one study all these with much interest and we become less competent to the students abroad...
Let's hope that a revolution happen in biotech sector in the coming years, as what happened in IT. And my advice is that "Never take biotechnology as a career unless if you have a great interest".!!!!.... Still..let me also quote -
"Biotechnology-The Science of 21st century"
1 comment:
Hello Sir,
I am Miss. Pallavi from Mumbai. I read your Blog and must say the content you included is a fact that cannot be denied.
Though it is said Biotechnology has tremendous scope it provide with narrow job opportunity.
I wish all Biotechnologist come together and change the very old statement that " Biotechnology is a blooming field in India".
Its very good to kown that you are willing to extent your support to budding biotechnologist.
Efforts are Appreciated.
Regards,
Pallavi
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