Sir: I have been in this field of `Biotechnology' for more than two decades now and working for a pharmaceutical company. I fully agree with Dr.Radhakrishna Pillai that the Biotechnology course in the under-graduate level should not be encouraged by the government. The field is such that students from Microbiology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Botany, Zoology, chemistry, Pharmacy, chemical engineering graduates etc. are also eligible to get into the filed of Biotechnology. But, in India (even elsewhere also) the industry has not grown so much like IT industry where after completeing the Under-graduate course in `Biotechnology' getting a job is just NOT POSSIBLE. Because, in the industry normally preference is given to pure science students because their fundamentals and practical skills are strong unlike Biotech graduates and the HYPE has already been created that Biotechnology is more sought after course after IT and the HYPE is NOT true. Becuase the Biotech industry has not grown to that extent to absorb the young talents available. I request the concerned authorities not to creat unnecessary `HYPE'
