I'm back after two years to talk about Biotechnology Career

I have seen most of the Biotechnology students changing their field to Management after their degree. Many give the reason of ‘Job opportunities’, many say ‘It’s hard to pursue higher studies in this field ,since it’s very expensive’. There are lots of wrong assumptions about the field of Biotechnology in the young minds today. So here is a set of articles which tells about the ‘Careers’ in the field of Biotechnology and information about the higher studies as well. I dedicate this to all my students, especially them who have plans of changing the field.

For me Biotechnology is one of the most exciting new sciences of this century. Bio-Technology is a research oriented science. Biotechnology may be as old as human civilization but modern biotechnology is less than three decades old. Biotechnology is that branch of science with amalgamates biology and technology in order to derive productive results from biological organisms through technological applications. It covers a wide variety of subjects like Genetics, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Immunology, Virology, Chemistry and Engineering and is also concerned with many other subjects like Health and Medicine, Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Cropping system and Crop Management, Ecology, Cell Biology, Soil science and Soil Conservation, Bio-statistics, Plant Physiology, Seed Technology etc.

Though it has many faces, Biotechnology is not a field which helps you starts minting money soon after your graduation. It is necessary to have a good basic knowledge and also pursue research to make an identity in the field. The upcoming articles will tell you about the best colleges, Universities and Educational institutions who offer good courses followed with few articles about Job opportunities.

It’s very good if a student clears TOEFL, IELTS or GRE during their graduation itself. Other than that we have an exclusive Biotechnology paper in GATE which is easier to clear compared to GRE. Along with that there are certain other entrance exams which a student can take up and join for M.Sc or Integrated Ph.D in different Institutions. This blog will give the syllabus of most of these entrance exams and tips to easily solve them.

Go ahead and try your luck!!! All the Best…..

SYLLABUS FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY (BT)

Linear Algebra:

Matrices and determinants, Systems of linear equations, Eigen values and Eigen vectors.

Calculus:

Limit, continuity and differentiability, Partial derivatives, Maxima and minima, Sequences and series, Test for convergence, Fourier series.

Differential Equations:

Linear and nonlinear first order ODEs, higher order ODEs with constant coefficients, Cauchy’s and Euler’s equations, Laplace transforms, PDE- Laplace, heat and wave equations.

Probability and Statistics:

Mean, median, mode and standard deviation, Random variables, Poisson, normal and binomial distributions, Correlation and regression analysis.

Numerical Methods:

Solution of linear and nonlinear algebraic equations, Integration of trapezoidal and Simpson’s rule, Single and multistep methods for differential equations.

Microbiology:

Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell structure; Microbial nutrition, growth and control; Microbial metabolism (aerobic and anaerobic respiration, photosynthesis); Nitrogen fixation; Chemical basis of mutations and mutagens; Microbial genetics (plasmids, transformation, transduction, conjugation); Microbial diversity and characteristic features; Viruses.

Biochemistry:

Biomolecules and their conformation; Ramachandran map; Weak inter-molecular interactions in biomacromolecules; Chemical and functional nature of enzymes; Kinetics of single substrate and bi-substrate enzyme catalyzed reactions; Bioenergetics;