Biotechnology scope and career opportunities

1. BIOTECHNOLOGY AND ITS
SCOPE

2. BIOTECHNOLOGY ??
THE TERM BIOTECHNOLOGY WAS COINED IN 1917, BY HUNGARIAN ENGINEER,
KARL ERKY TO DESCRIBE A PROCESS OF LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION OF PIGS.
• BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPRISES OF TWO WORDS :
BIO +TECHNOLOGY
• BIOLOGY- THE SCIENCE OF LIVING MATTER IN ALL ITS FORM AND
PHENOMENON.
• TECHNOLOGY-THE DISCIPLINE DEALING WITH THE SCIENCES OF APPLYING
SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE TO PRACTICAL PROBLEMS.

3. DEFINITION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY:
BIOTECHNOLOGY CAN BE DEFINED AS THE TECHNIQUE THAT USES LIVING ORGANISMS OR
SUBSTANCES TO MAKE OR MODIFY A PRODUCT, TO IMPROVE PLANTS OR ANIMALS OR TO
DEVELOP MICROORGANISMS FOR SPECIFIC USES.
IT INCLUDES SCIENTIFIC PROCESSES TO GET NEW ORGANISMS OR NEW PRODUCTS FROM
ORGANISMS.
AREAS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY:
MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLOGY.
MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY.
AGRICULTURE BIOTECHNOLOGY.
MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY.
FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY.
ANIMAL BIOTECHNOLOGY.
FORENSIC BIOTECHNOLOGY.
AQUATIC BIOTECHNOLOGY.
FUEL BIOTECHNOLOGY.
BIOWEAPONS TECHNOLOGY.

4. IS BIOTECHNOLOGY DIFFERENT FROM
BIOLOGY??
BIOLOGY
• BIOLOGY IS SCIENCE
• BIOLOGY IS THE BRANCH OF
SCIENCE CONCERNED WITH THE
LIVING THINGS
• EX: PRINCIPLES OF ANATOMY,
PHYSIOLOGY, ZOOLOGY ETC.
BIOTECHNOLOGY
• BIOTECHNOLOGY IS INDUSTRY
• BIOTECHNOLOGY IS AN INDUSTRY
WHICH APPLIES BIOLOGY TO THE
SOLUTION OF REAL WORLD
PROBLEMS
• EX: GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS:
GOLDEN RICE ,INSECT RESISTANCE
PLANT ,LONGITIVITY OF PLANT
FRUITS.

5. BIOTECHNOLOGY AS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY
SCIENCE:
BIOTECHNOLOGY IS MULTIDISCIPLINARY IN NATURE, INVOLVING
INPUT FROM:
ENGINEERING.
COMPUTER SCIENCE (BIO-INFORMATICS).
BIOCHEMISTRY.
BIOPHYSICS.
BIOSTATISTICS.
ELECTRONICS (BIO-ELECTRONICS).
MICROBIOLOGY.
GENETICS.
RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY.

6. APPLICATION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY:

7. GOALS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
WELFARE OF HUMAN SOCIETIES.
• FINDING CURES FOR CHRONIC DISEASES.
• DEVELOPING AND SENSING OF BIO- WEAPONS FOR SAFETY PURPOSE.
• TO CURE GENETIC DISORDER.
• TO PROMOTE GENETIC MODIFIED CROPS.

8. ACHIEVEMENTS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
• TRANSGENIC CROPS .
• VACCINATION (SABINE POLIO VACCINE).
• KITS FOR DETECTION OF SEVERAL DISEASES.
• FOOD PRESERVATION.
• COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY.

9. Quality control
technician
Bioprocessin
g technician
Biofuel
technician
Purification
technician
Water quality
technician
Food Sample
Inspector
Agriculture and
food science
technician
Environmental
health and
safety
technician
Bioinformatics
programmer
Clinical
research
associative
Scope of
biotechnology
Research and
development

10. COMPANIES AND CENTERS OF
BIOTECHNOLOGY:
CENTERS
• IISC BANGLORE
• IISER KOLKATA
• ICAR
• CSIR
• DRDO
• IIT’S
INDUSTRIES
• BIOCON BANGALORE
• PATANJALI
• BRITANIA
• NESTLE
• BAIDYANATH
• DABUR

11. HIGHER EDUCATION
Want to go
for higher
education
GATE
Graduate aptitude test in
engineering
GRE
Graduate record exam
CAT,GMAT
Combined aptitude test,
Graduate management
admission test

12. OTHER JOBS & SERVICES
JOBS AFTER
GRADUATION
BANKING
SECTOR
CIVIL
SERVICES
ACADEMIC
DEFENCE

13. THANK YOU….