Biotechnology in India

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A biotechnologist may find jobs in various quarters. Biotechnology jobs in India can be found in the following fields:
Drug and pharmaceutical research
Public funded laboratories
Chemicals
Environment control
Waste management
Energy
Food processing
Bio-processing industries
While government institutes and organisations, such as Department of Biotechnology (DBT), several agriculture dairies and horticulture institutes may offer job opportunities to biotechnology professionals. One can expect the best salary in private sector.
Drug companies in biotechnology like Dabur, Ranbaxy, Hindustan Lever and Dr Reddy's labs that have their R & D units offer biotechnology professional with handsome pay-packages. There are also ample opportunities available to biotechnologists in the food processing industry, chemical industry and the textile industry.
Some industries employ biotechnologists in their marketing divisions to develop business in sector where their products would be required.
The major companies, hiring biotechnologists include Hindustan Lever, Thapar Group, Indo American Hybrid Seeds, Bincon India Ltd., IDPL and Hindustan Antibiotics.
Check the link below for colleges:
https://www.shiksha.com/science/colleges/biotechnology-colleges-india

Biotechnology is a rapidly developing field. Many private businesses are exploring this field and heavily investing in it. It is safe to say that there are ample job opportunities for BE/B.Tech in biotechnology graduates in private sector. And, government sector too offers them job opportunities, but not in the scale in which private sector does. Average starting salary is generally between 2.4 to 5 Lacs per year.
Some prominent industries where biotechnology professionals may find jobs are- Pharmaceuticals Industry, Healthcare sector, Chemical Industry, Agriculture sector, Food Processing, and Technology as well as Research sector. Graduates may also take up teaching job (as a lecturer) after completing ME/M.Tech programme.