Biotech is a word of hype in the country. There are no real jobs for this sector. Mostly due to very minimal, highly qualified people required in R&D and also coz compnies wont risk their QC by admitting a fresher to it. The best a fresher in biotech (B.Sc, B.tech, M.Sc or even Ph.D) who is genuinely interstd in the subject can do is to apply for scholarships outside the country and immigrate or start your on VENTURE. Latter seems to be a "wishful thinking" for many, but the fact remains that it is not an impossible task. As a personal experience am passing out as a B.tech Biotech student from Delhi. Iam 101% sure that I wont fetch a reasonable paying, satisfiable job in biotech for next few years. So I decided to join a business incubator in my final project time. Now my aspirations of becoming a biopreneur is gradually materializing. Starting fully from scratch, we a team of 2 (unexperienced me & another experienced person from diverse background) were able to develop a prototype which is attracting VC investments now. We are now confident of starting our enterprise by early 2008. So my humble suggestion is that to try your risk at entrepreneurship or join a startup and please dont beat the bush about all this hype. Else go ahead do an MBA or join the mundane jobs of infy, tcs & other software firms..
