Sciences

A job aspirant from Hyderabad asked ‘I have done Masters in Biotechnology. My friends are asking me to go for MBA, so I want to know how MBA will help me in my career? What will be my job prospects?’ Answer to this question is: This Support of your friend’s suggestion shows you that they are not aware of things in the real world. Advice to focus on getting a job immediately as you has spent enough time in masters. Focus on biotechnology field, which is quite good at this point of time in recruitments. Based on your experience for 2 years in the chosen field then do your MBA which would help. Even if you pursue your MBA you would be doing this same search after 2 year also…Do not invest your life span in unproductive ventures.

Dot Net after MBA: Here is another question. This goes like ‘I am going to finish MBA marketing from a private college affiliated to JNTU. Being an MBA marketing person, how it will be if I do .net course to shift to software. Are there any problems if I do .net course in getting a job. I request you to give details as it is most important career step.’

Here is the answer: You are heading towards wasting time further. You should not be even thinking to do .net course in your wildest dreams. You can learn .net as hobby but not seriously which can feed you further. Immediately you focus on your current course and getting on to a job which gives you exposure to work environment. You can try any of the Insurance, Retail and Services Industries for your marketing job. Typically most of the jobs that comes up in the Sales Side of the business, try and get a job and keep moving in the organisation with a focus of self development. Thinking of Programming etc., would be a sin at this point of time.

Bioinformatics is becoming as a frontier application science presently. The present surveys suggest that it is an inseparable practice in any experimental biology lab irrespective of the specialized subject. Core life sciences subjects like zoology, botany, physiology, biochemistry
or advanced subjects like microbiology, biotechnology all need extensive support of in silico biology for large scale data analysis, deposition and interactive exercises. Several complex aspects of life science cannot be solved or assumed by experimental methodologies, in such cases bioinformatics is the one and only option to get some clue regarding the specific topic with a greater accuracy and precision. Almost all the life science is having one specialized
bioinformatics unit now along with core experimental setup. Thus it can be stated that this discipline of life science is having a greater future and its importance and contribution in terms of quality research and publications is up surging in a regular basis.

To understand the growing importance of this subject in India 2 examples are enough to state the fact. Department of Biotechnology of Govt. of India has launched ‘Biotechnology Information System (BTIS) -A National Bioinformatics Network’ especially for bioinformatics applications and its use in all labs throughout India. This network was set up in 1986 and today it is covering around 147 institutions from all over the country. The other initiative is biomedical informatics centers of Indian Council of Medical Research. Again it is a country wide network of I.C.M.R institutes where special division of Bioinformatics will be established with required facilities of data analyses, extensive advanced research and data deposition.

In abroad, U.S.A and almost all European countries are having specific specialized bioinformatics units for advanced research. Several private companies are coming to the arena of bioinformatics noticing the lucrative output and profit. MNC companies like IBM, TCS and others are having separate unit for related work.

Pursuing M.S., M.Tech, doctoral and post doctoral degree in the field is possible based upon the prior qualification of the candidate. Major numbers of students are leaving abroad for further studies. Students have also got opportunities in companies like Persistent technologies, Jubilant Biosis, V Life science, Infosys, HCL, CDAC and other companies. Absorbance occurred in premier research institutes like IICT, CCMB, CDFD, MS Swaminathan Foundation, PUNE University etc.

The courses are targeted for the following persons having background in B.Tech / B.E. in Computer Science / Chemical Technology / Biotechnology / Pharmacy M.B.B.S / B.D.S / B.V.Sc / M.V.Sc , Post Graduation (M.Sc.,) in Computer Science / Biological Science (Any
branch of Life Science) / Environmental Science / Biotechnology /Chemistry / Agricultural Science / Maths /Statistics / Physics with a motivation to work and pursue further in an interdisciplinary area.