I am a Ph.D graduate in Biotechnology. I totally accept the opinion of author. Dear politicians and policy makers dont play with the lifes of students and their parents by creating such hype in the area of biotechnology. In practice there is no need for a biotech graduate either in industry or in R&D. Encourage the youth for opting basic scicences subjects like Microbiology, Biochemistry.
RE:Dear plicy makers.......
by Jai Richard on May 17, 2007 07:42 PM Permalink
Hi Anupama, I agrre with whatever you said regarding Biotechnology and Biochemistry. But it is not the case of Microbiology. After doing a Bachelor's in Microbiology I opted for a master's in medical microbiology in Manipal (one of the top 5 medical colleges in India). Unfortunately, I did not get any job even after one year. Thn I got through in a pharma R&D as genetic toxicologist. And now doing a PHD in Cell Biology in France as I found out that in India for sure there is no scope for microbiology. They take PG students as techicians in hospital laboratory and most of my bachelor degree friends are either working in BPOs or as medical/sales representatives. It is just the hype of the institutions tht microbiology fetches one gud jobs. But truly speaking there is not tht great research or job opportunities for microbiology in India.
