Biotechnology Colleges
Biotechnology is a blend of Biology and Technology, the amalgamation of which is carefully and keenly witnessed and applied all throughout the length and breadth of the globe. Biotechnology covers a variety of subjects which include Biochemistry, Immunology, Genetics, Virology, Microbiology, and is concerned with the subjects like Animal Husbandry and Agriculture, Medicine and Health, Crop Management and Cropping System, Bio-Statistics, Ecology, Seed Technology etc., clearly indicating the reach of this particular genre.
We have seen a tremendous growth in Biotechnology in the last five decades, and without any hint of hesitation we would witness a similar kind of or far better growth trend in the years to come. India also felt the need of developing in this field and so in the year 1986 a separate Department of Biotechnology (DBT) was set up under the Science and Technology Ministry. According to the report of Human Resource Development Ministry, India requires more than 6000 highly skilled biotechnologists and to meet this demand DBT has tinted the need of setting up of a regulatory body, which would go by the name of ‘All- India Board of Biotechnology Education and Training’; so that a standard education can be maintained.
Seemingly, due to this skyrocketing popularity and rapid growth, plenty of career and job options are available, and being created, in the field of Biotechnology like Research Scientist, Bioinformists, Teacher, Science writer, in the Pharmaceutical and Chemical industry etc. Some of the major recruiters of Biotechnologists in India include Tata Engineering Research Institute, Hindustan Lever Ltd, Indo-American Hybrid seeds, IDPL, Hindustan Antibiotics, Thapar Group, Biocon etc.
List of Colleges offering Biotechnology Courses
B.Tech
1. Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T.), Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
2. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar (Punjab)
3. Indian Institute of Technology: Department of Biotechnology, Roorkee (Uttarakhand)
4. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
5. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
B.Sc
1. Dolphin (P.G.) Institute of Bio-Medical and Natural Sciences, Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
2. S.R.M. University, Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
M.Sc
1. Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
2. Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
3. Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
4. Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai
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