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Majority of students
hopeful of a good career
in biotech!
While the latest changes brought into the system are well appreciated
but there is a huge need for increased student industry interactions
besides a thrust on translational research
BY RAHUL KOUL (With inputs from Sayoni)
T
he education system in
the modern world has
to be in sync with the
new trends and needs
of masses. It can no
longer afford to create
individuals who are only well versed
in theory with no practical know
how to create value for the society.
In that context, the bioscience is
an area where there are immense
opportunities to create new
products in health, environment,
agriculture and much more.
If we begin by taking into
consideration the situation in
early 90’s, the number of institutes
offering the education in this field
were less and the biotechnology
industry was slowly taking off.
The biotechnology education
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was limited mostly to the DBT
controlled departments in the
prominent universities. The later
part of the century saw the private
institutes taking the plunge. Most
of these lacked infrastructure and
the basic amenities required for
even the simple lab experiments.
But the hype about a bright career
in biotechnology made the students
to opt for the field. The biology
students had to face a lot of peer
pressure for moving into this field
all owing to the wrong notions
created about the biotech while
comparing it with IT industry.
However having said this, at the
same time it can’t be denied that
there certainly is the great career
prospect in the biotechnology and
the allied areas of life sciences. The