I'm a biotech graduate who fell into this boom, thinking my future would be boomed, finally I have landed in a PhD programme in korea and now I'm a research zombie. Coming back to india getting a job in govt-research lab is difficult, reason is simple, jobs are favoured based on caste system category and employment seniority, just for a salary of 10.000/month, a medical rep earns more than that..... So guys as the author has said, think before you jump to biotech, else no other go better study biochemistry or micro or biology etc.....
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by on May 18, 2007 04:28 PM Permalink
I hav jus given my exams for b.sc biotech, n hav a will to do PG in biotech bec of my love n devotion for the subject....but reading at these articles my mind is getting confused as to... what is the right thing for me...idont want to land-up jobless...as u hav seen this field closely i hope u may suggest something for many who aspire to do masters in our field...
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by dharmananand ravirajan on Jun 19, 2007 07:12 PM Permalink
go with any other courses dear and not this life sciences.....i beg u for ur betterment in the future...u need to understand that life is practical ..and luv and passion wont serve the true purpose....dnt loose ur career.
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by Mehul Meisheri on Jul 30, 2007 05:21 PM Permalink
ya man go in for IT or some think else this field will screw u up ,else do ure PG from JNU ,VSIR and get papers published during ure master's level , but u gotta slog , in IT u ll earn much more with much less effort
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by on May 18, 2007 04:39 PM Permalink
N for me it was my passion for this field from the period when i first read about biotech n its applications about 5 yrs back....due to no scope in future my friends dropped the idea of doing PG in biotech...instead they r thinkin abt MBA but i don wan to drop my interest for the biotech....these r the thoughts which haunt my mind whole day....but one thing i know is tht im passionate abt it but i don know wht will happen in future if the scenario remains the same.....i don wan to end jobless...can u give ur advice on doing computational biology after my PG. N some even say tht after ur PG go for drug designing u can get jobs but reading these articles i wan to be sure n wan to hav full info abt as to wht im doing will help me to fetch a job or not....
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by anshul nigam on May 21, 2007 12:43 AM Permalink
look if u can design software that involved in designing molecules then u can progress but my dear frd for this u need very good IT skills with all my experience i can give u suggestion just mail me anshuln@rediffmail.com