Biotechnology is a research oriented field with applications in various areas such as medicine, pharmaceuticals, agriculture and environment. Biotechnology is interdisciplinary, covering biomedical research, microbiology , physics, chemistry,mathematics and engineering. It is the application of biology and genetics to produce substances useful to man. Biotechnologists are involved in gene therapy, fertility control, improving food nutritional value, reducing pollution, increasing livestock productivity etc. Branches in biotechnology such as microbiology and biochemistry have contributed to the development of new drugs.

• Various research organizations in the area of biosciences and biotechnology under CSIR ( council for scientific and industrial research), ICAR ( Indian council for agricultural research) and other such research organizations.
• Nuclear and atomic research centres, space research centres and other research organizations like BARC,ISRO, SPIC
• Research opportunities in pharmaceutical companies , food processing companies and other companies involved in bioprocess technology
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• Companies involved in bioprocess technology, agriculture industry and other related fields.
• Quality control and analytical laboratories of the bio process technology companuies and other companies involved in related ndustries.
• Sales & marketing in any of the companies involved in the fields of pharmaceuticals, bioprocess technology, agriculture, foo processing and other related fields.
• Production process control operations in companies involved in bioprocess technology, agriculture industry and other related fields.

• Drug Discovery- These scientists emply expertise in molecular biology , cell bology , pharmacology and today's hot biotechnology like gene therapy or antigens to discover new drug molecules.
• Bioinformatics- Bioinformatics specialists are combining knowledgeof structural biology, computational chemistry, mathematics and information technology to manage the huge information database.
• Bioprocess Engineering- Various products like alcohol, processed foods, vegetables, meat products, enzymes required in pharmaceutical formulations etc are manufactured by biological processes. There are scientists working in this area of bioprocessing to solve manufacturing problems, developing new processes and so on.
• Genetics- In this field scientist conduct research into the biochemical and physiological aspects of heredity specializing in the examination of DNA. They often conentrate on human genetics, which involves studying the biologialbasis for human variation and the causes of human genetic conditions. They are also directly involved in patient care, including prenatal diagnosis for genetic diseases and genetic counselling.
• Receptor Biology- Scientists here employ knowledge of multiple disciplines like biology, biochemistry, biophysics, bio engineering , molecular biology etc to research various exciting fields like protein engineering, drug delievery system etc.
• Cell Biology- Cell biologist carry on research in various fields like cell therapy and tissue engineering. Cells are the genes and brains of many processes and the biologist who undersatnds these new frontiers is acell biologist.
• Biochemistry-Biochemist study the chemical make up of living matters as well as the molecular basis for the processes that occur in cells. They develop medical, agricultural, food sience pharmacological, environmental and other practical applications using their scientific expertise.
• Microbiology- Microbiologists study the growth and characterstics of micro organisms , such as viruses, bacteria, fungi as well as their interactions with the environment. They develop industrial, medical and other practical applications.