You can find tons of articles for career in biotechnology and biology and we donot want to repeat them. There is no doubt that enormous growth can be achieve by a dedicated researcher or student. The thing is that what should be the plan by a indian student to excel in this field. You can not find much information on the internet about how to frame your career or "what next".
Here we are going to explain the career planning in life sciences or biotechnology. First we describing the Indain life science education after then we go further.
On the level of high school we all know that we can choose biology as a major. In b.sc. you can do B.Sc. in life sciences (Biotech, Biology, Biochem etc). On m.sc. level there is range of course are available (Botany, zoology, biochem, bioinfo etc.). After m.sc. you can do Ph.D. on a paricualr aspect of biology. After Ph.D. you can do some job or can go for PostDoc Research as an independent researchers. After psot doc you can get good job in private sector or in public sector. There is huge amount of money is available for a good and experienced researchers and leaders. So this is a typical pipeline for career in Life sciences. If you are a B.tech students then you can go for M.Tech and then phd or you can go directly to phd rest is same.
This things are not easy as written here, there are lots of competitions on each level. Competition exams, Interviews, Research proposals, Publications, Recommendtaions good institues etc are the main thing which will decide your career growth.
If you are a high school or b.sc. student then these words could scared you but you have to face on every level of your progress. So what should be the planning. We discussed these things many time in our group and we proposed a framework.
After a good phd with some good publication you can go for Postdoc reaerch in india or abroad. The thing is that, if you go abroad on this stage probalbly you wont be able to come back to work in india. Because on international level the phd students from these top indian institutes are getting good responce and values. you can understand the things.
Best of luck
Here we are going to explain the career planning in life sciences or biotechnology. First we describing the Indain life science education after then we go further.
On the level of high school we all know that we can choose biology as a major. In b.sc. you can do B.Sc. in life sciences (Biotech, Biology, Biochem etc). On m.sc. level there is range of course are available (Botany, zoology, biochem, bioinfo etc.). After m.sc. you can do Ph.D. on a paricualr aspect of biology. After Ph.D. you can do some job or can go for PostDoc Research as an independent researchers. After psot doc you can get good job in private sector or in public sector. There is huge amount of money is available for a good and experienced researchers and leaders. So this is a typical pipeline for career in Life sciences. If you are a B.tech students then you can go for M.Tech and then phd or you can go directly to phd rest is same.
This things are not easy as written here, there are lots of competitions on each level. Competition exams, Interviews, Research proposals, Publications, Recommendtaions good institues etc are the main thing which will decide your career growth.
If you are a high school or b.sc. student then these words could scared you but you have to face on every level of your progress. So what should be the planning. We discussed these things many time in our group and we proposed a framework.
Advice for for 12 students or High School Kids.
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| Strong your English :- Vocabulary, Grammer Comprehention etc. Communicate in English. |
Super Strong your mathematics, Computer, biology and chemistry.
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Prepare for getiing admission in a B.Sc. or B.tech course. We would recommend to go for Five year integreted program like Center for Converging Technologies, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur.
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IIT-Jee. For B.Tech in Biotech or IISER Five year Integrated.
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Can apply directly to abroad for B.Sc. (Chance of financail aid is rare on UG level).
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Apply for Sciecne olympiads, KVPY and summer research by CSIR or DBT
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Advise for B.Sc. Students (Young and Eager Mind of India)
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Start wrting in English. Try to write your own concepts. Present yourself in english in front of hundreds students.
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Get command of Biology, Chemistry and Mathamatics, advanced statistics softwares.
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Learn JAVA,C, My SQL, MATLAB, MS Excel :- Get command
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Be prepare for M.Sc. admissions.
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If want to go abroad for master then prepare for GRE Toefl and other requirements,
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Try to learn some molecular biology and biochemistry techniques. Learn Design of Experiment and how to get statically significant results.
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Apply for summer resarch fellowship by NCBS, IISC, IAS, JNCASR, NBRC, NCCS etc.
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Major Enteracne exams:- JNU-Biotech, IISC Int PHd. NBRC int phd,IIT JAM, JNCASR int phd
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Consult your whole syllabus with the note of international course. Use wikipedia.org to solve initial understanding.
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| Advice For Master of Science Students (Next Genration of Science Leaders) |
| Everything in English |
| Get in depth knowledge of Biology, |
| Read reviews and reaserch articles, solve quesitons paper from top universities. |
| Get extra command on Programming and advanced statistics. |
| If you want to go abroad for your Ph.D. then start making good resaerch proposal. Take some idea from ongoing research in top universities or institutes. Be prepare for GRE toefl and subject GRE (Many schools requires it) |
| If you want to do Ph.D. in india then be ready to crack CSIR, DBT, ICMR JRF, and GATE |
| IISC entrance, NCBC Enterance, NII enterence etc |
| Prepared to Face the interviews by top scientist of the india. |
| Dont think about any job just after you M.Sc. it is not the right time for earning somethings. just compelete you phd then think about it. |
| Get a six month training during your m.sc. in any research insitute and try to get a small publication. If you have a publication on your master level it will greatly influence your growth. |
Start the interaction with professors so they can give you recommendation in near future.
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| Advice for Ph.D. Students (Next Generation Lamplighter) |
| In india there are many good insitutes which offer good phd. You can find it here. For admission to this institute you have to face the typical admission procedure of these institutes. |
| Select a good institue based on the facility, faculty and publications (in high impact factor journals). You must have access to Good Laboratory Equipment, Your project must be relevant to current day science, Adequate fudning for your project, High Speed Internet Connection, All the desired softwares, Online and Offline access to scientific literature, Your guide must have good publication relalted to your project. |
| If you have a JRF then you will get a mount of (12000+hra) per month during your phd. Buy a IBM laptop (2 GB RAM) and laser printer. Create a collection of article, reviews and books. |
| Try to concentrate on publish some work in a high impact factor journal which can be highly cited in future year. If you are in a lab which already have highly cited papers then it will good for you progress. |
| You can apply for various fellowship lik DAAD, Commonwealth, Royal Society, UKIERI,Erasmus Mundas etc |
Learn techniques which you can use in your postdoc project. Try to write your postdoctoral project before two year.
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Best of luck
