Career in Genetic Engineering

Genetic engineering is a cutting-edge branch of science. In which the genetic code present in the DNA code of living beings is converted through cutting-edge technology. This area comes under biotechnology itself. The wonders of genetic engineering have already seen the world a few years ago when Ian Wilmut and his colleague Roslyn prepared the lamb, which was dolly, genetically. This was a genetic copy of the exact sheep. These days the demand for the genetic engineer is growing rapidly in India as well as abroad.

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What is genetic engineering

With the help of genes through genetic techniques, good qualities are developed in plants, animals, and humans. Disease resistant crops and crops that can grow in drought are produced by genetic techniques only. Through this, such qualities are developed in trees and plants, with the help of which they develop resistance to fight against diseases. Such trees are known as GM genetically modified food.

In the field of biotechnology, genetic engineering is used on a large scale, as it relies to a certain extent on genetic for industry pharmaceutical products such as insulin and other medicines.

Qualification and course

Qualified genetic engineers can be considered as those who have graduate and postgraduate degrees in genetic and related fields, such as biotechnology, molecular biology, microbiology, and biochemistry. For entry in this course, it is necessary to pass 12th Biology, Chemistry and Math. Currently, a separate course is not offered for genetic engineering in most universities and institutes, but studies in biotechnology, microbiology, and biochemistry as an adjunct. Biotechnology undergraduate and genetic in postgraduate

One can specialize in engineering. The course is based on the entrance examination in BE / B.Tech. Jawaharlal Nehru University conducts joint examination for 120 seats every year for admission in MSc in genetic engineering. About 20 thousand students appear in this examination. On the basis of UG marks, 20 students are given admission in JNU campus, New Delhi. There are certain seats here for genetic degree courses as well. For this, it is also necessary to sit in the entrance test.

Job opportunities

Well-known career expert Parveen Malhotra says that the job opportunities for genetic engineers in India as well as abroad are increasing rapidly. The main employment opportunities for these are in medical and pharmaceutical companies, the agriculture sector, private and government research, and development centers. Teaching can also be tried as a career option.

Apart from this, there are many other employment avenues for them. There is also a lot of employment opportunities in Biotech Laboratory related to Research, Energy and Environment related industries, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Farming, Medicine etc. There are also some institutes that hire genetic engineers, such as the National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, Center for DNA Fingerprint and Diagnostic, Hyderabad, Biochemical Engineering Research and Process Development Center, Chandigarh, The Institute of Genomic and Integrative Biology, Delhi etc.

Salary package: Students with a post-graduate degree in genetic engineering start getting a salary of eight to 20 thousand rupees per month in the initial stages. If you have a doctoral degree, then the salary can be 20-35 thousand rupees in the initial months.

Institute To Watch

• Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Kharagpur
• IIT Guwahati
• IIT, Delhi
• Delhi University, New Delhi
• Osmania University, Hyderabad
• Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
• Rajendra Agricultural University, Samastipur, Bihar
• Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
• Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
• All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi

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