Biotechnology presents opportunities to greatly enhance the efficiency and productivity of biological pathways. Thus this new technology has great potential for transforming the genetic performance of specific qualities in plants, animals and humans including the alteration of growth or detection of diseases and unfavorable genetic traits. This is of tremendous value to agriculture, health, industry as well as conservation of biodiversity, and it is also important for translational commerce and trade

Objective:

• Biotechnology has a wide scope ranging from diagnoses to treatment, agriculture to medicine, and from bioremediation to gene manipulation.
• Biotechnological industries are appearing as big share holders in local and global economy.
• As, this industry has flourished nation wide so, the employment opportunities in this industry has been increased a lot, which range from sales and marketing, to research and development, to manufacturing quality control and assurance.
• Biotechnology has devised such techniques and procedures which can provide the mankind with the safest, germ free and highly nutritious food, which is also resistant to pathogens, along with providing the shelter against the fetal diseases.

Careers In Biotechnology:

• Biotechnologists are the counter part of all the research institutes ranging from simple medical research centers to highly sophisticated laboratories involved in research on human genome.
• Medical diagnostic laboratories are in great need of competent biotechnologists to carry out the modern diagnostic tests ranging form DNA fingerprinting to antigen profile detection.
• Police and other forensic departments need the biotechnologists to identify the culprits by using genome profiles and other biotechnology techniques of identification.
• Agricultural industry needs the biotechnologists to improve quality, quantity and even developing disease resistance in crops.
• Universities and educational institutes are in search of good biotechnologists who can be engaged as teachers as well as institutional research personals.