Biotechnology
Biotechnology integrates multiple disciplines with strong interdisciplinary research in genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry, embryology, microbiology and cell biology, which are in turn linked to practical disciplines like Genetic Engineering, Bioinformatics, Vaccine technology, Industrial microbiology and plant tissue / animal cell culture technology.
It refers to making changes in the genes of an organism ( bacteria, animals and plants ) to improve their characteristics, like production of useful protein in bacteria, curing genetic diseases caused by various virus, bacteria and insects in plants.
Career Prospects:
An increasing popularity and explosive growth, with plenty of opportunities in Biotechnology field as
1. Research Scientist
2. Microbiologist
3. Biochemist
4. Agricultural Bio technologist
5. Horticulturist
6. Bio-entrepreneur
7. Pharmaceuticals Research and development
8. Cosmetic Researchers
9. Marketing Manager
10. Bioinformatics
11. Quality Analyst & Quality Control Officer
12. Safety specialist
13. Environmental analyst
14. Bio
Processing Analyst
15. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industrialist and Professionals, etc