Top 7 Job Opportunities for Biotechnology Freshers

Coming to the career opportunities many Pharmaceutical sectors, Health care and Food processing Industries offer opportunities for handling positions of quality control analyst, production engineers. B.Sc graduate get opportunities mainly in research or they can go for technical writing or many other fields.

Let’s have a discussion on some of the top notch job opportunities for biotech students.

1. Private Sector Jobs
   

   The recent advancement in biotechnology has created a lot of best careers in science and pharmacology. This has led many people to get attracted to the private sector due to high pay structure offered by them. As a biotech fresh graduate, you can opt to work as an intern in clinical research or you can partner with a good researcher for developing new product. Many high technical positions are available for those who have Master degree and Ph.D.

2. Becoming an Entrepreneur
   

   After completing graduation in Biotechnology, you can become an entrepreneur and it is one of the highly praised career option for biotech students. You can solve the problems of the society by using your skills and knowledge. Your business will grow by helping people and contributing society.

3. Working as a Laboratory Technician or Laboratory Assistant
   

   This is one of the jobs you can select as a biotech fresher in private and government universities/colleges and research organizations. Work involves doing some lab chores, assisting in collecting data, some minor investigations and working with lab equipment.

4. Genetic Counselors
   

   It has more than 100 vacancies per month and is expected to grow more than 60% till 2025. Average salary varies Rs. 15, 500 per month to Rs. 40, 200. In this job the professionals are mostly in charge of assessing various gene strands or DNAs for knowing the risk level a individual has in getting a particular kind of disease. The minimum eligibility required to be an genetic counselor is B.Sc/ M.Sc Life science, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Chemistry and B. Pharma. At present AIIMS is one of the leading recruiter for genetic counselor in addition to Ministry of Health & family welfare.

5. Epidemiologists
   

   This position is creating more than 150 vacancies per month and is expected to grow by 70% till 2025. The approximate salary is about Rs. 22, 350 to Rs. 80, 034 per month. Epidemiologists are mostly in charge of studying several patterns of human diseases and injuries. They are also responsible for finding out the source of diseases at the time of outbreaks and find out a solution to stop them. The minimum eligibility required for it is M.Sc or Ph.D with a degree in Epidemiology.

6. Biochemical Engineer
   

   This sector is creating more than 269 vacancies per month. It is expected that the number of jobs to grow by 70%. The approximate salary is about Rs. 27, 234 – Rs. 100, 000 per month. The biochemical engineers are responsible for combining the engineering principles and biological sciences to make innovations like laboratory equipments, software etc. There are several companies like Biocon, Syngene, Bharat Biotech and many other companies offering job as a biochemical engineer with handsome salary.

7. Research fellow
   

   A biotechnology fresher can choose to be a research fellow in various institutes present all over India. Some of the good institute who are actively involved in biotechnology research in India are,

• The Government of India National Biotechnology Board (NBTB)
• The Department of Science and Technology (DST)
• Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
• Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR)
• Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)

  Thus, there are vast opportunities for biotech fresher and how biotechnology is booming year by year. All you need is strong understanding of the subject and required skill sets. If you are highly passionate about enhancing people life by doing active research, then this field is perfect for you.