What is BTech Biotechnology
BTech Biotechnology is the only multidisciplinary branch of Engineering. It has applications in other fields of Engineering like Electronics, Computer Science , Mechanical Engineering , Chemical Engineering, Metallurgy, Environmental Engineering and so on. It is a robustic and an excellent filed of Engineering with creativity, innovation and design. Engineering biotechnologists are eligible in almost all companies of various fields of Engineering Industry. As Biotechnology subject is itself a multidisciplinary course having wide prospects in many areas like Medical, Pharma, Agriculture , Horticulture, Diagnostics, Biological Computation, Information Technology, Nanotechnology, Industrial Biotechnology, Chemicals, Molecular Electronics.Btech Biotech graduates will study Microbiology, Biochemistry, Genetic Engineering, Molecular Biology, Immunology, Genetics, Cell Biology, Chemical Engineering subjects like Mass Transfer,Heat transfer, Bioprocess Engineering, Thermodynamics, Process Control,Instrumentation, Process Engineering and most advanced subjects like Animal Cell Science,Bioinformatics ,Nanobiotechnology, Herbal biotechnology, Food Science &Technology,Drug Design, Biopharmaceuticals ,Molecular Pathogenesis, bioelectronics, Biosensors and nearly 42 different subjects with 12 laboratories in the entire Course curriculum of 4 years.
Why Biotechnology
The Indian biotech and lifesciences industry recorded the fastest pace of growth in the last five years in 2010-11 to touch revenues of USD 4 billion (Rs 18,399.34 crore), according to a survey.
Of this, the biotech industry contributed Rs 17,249.34 crore, while the life science education market made up the remaining Rs 1,150 crore, according to the 9th annual BioSpectrum-Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises (ABLE) survey.
The biotech industry, without the life sciences education component, recorded revenue growth of 21.5 per cent vis-a-vis 2009-10 revenues of Rs 14,199 crore.
The top 10 South-based companies, led by Biocon, accounted for USD 1 billion (Rs 4816 crore) in revenues. The contribution of the 'BioPharma', 'BioServices', 'BioAgri', 'Bioindustrials' and 'Bioinformatics' verticals was Rs 10,645 crore, Rs 3,245.97 crore, Rs 2,480 crore, Rs 626 crore and Rs 252 crore, respectively.
The BioPharma vertical contributed almost two-fifths of industry revenues, followed by BioServices with 18.82 per cent and BioAgri with a 14.38 per cent contribution. Bioindustrials and BioInformatics made up the rest of the industry revenue.
The fastest growing sector, BioAgri, has increased its market share in the last five years from less than 5 per cent to over 14 per cent of 2011 industry revenue.
BioInformatics companies saw exports increase in 2010-11 and accounted for 42 per cent of total revenues, with more focus on customers in the US and Europe.
Growth of biologics in the domestic market gave an 8 per cent boost to the BioPharma segment, which clocked about 21 per cent growth in 2010-11, the survey revealed
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Careers in Biotechnology---innumerable
BTech Biotech Students/graduates have plenty of Job opportunities in India
- As a Biotech Engineer in 1200 biotech companies in India
- As a Quality Control Analyst in 30,000 Pharma companies in India
- As R&D Research Associate in both Biotech & Pharma companies in India
- As a Manager in a Biotech & Pharma firm
- As an Enterpreneur, there are many viable Products only in Biotech sector.
- As a Scientist in almost all R&D labs of Science and Engineering’
- As a Software Engineer in a IT industry.
- In Higher education MTech and PhD , DBT under MST is providing stipends.
- MS in abroad in Biotech and its allied fields have millions of opportunities.
- In all 40 CSIR (MHRD,Govt of india) Labs eligibility to join as JRF and SRF.
- As a CRA/Project Coordinator/investigator in Clinical research and SAS Programmer.
- MBA Biotech graduates have plenty of opportunities as CEO to any Biotech and Pharma Company.
- As a Bioinformatician in Bioinformatics companies in India .