Career in Biotechnology in Pakistan...Biotech Jobs in Pakistan
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Scope
of Biotechnology career in Pakistan
Unlike layman’s
perception, biotechnology is not just about working
in the
laboratory wearing white lab coats and preparing medicines to improve
the quality of life.
The field is so
broad that it has a variety of career options from sales and marketing
to research and development, to manufacturing and quality management of
drugs and medical devices.
The field of
biotechnology combines technology with biological sciences such a
agriculture, food sciences, waste management, medicine and in mining
industry, although, biotechnology has been around since ancient times,
the first advancement was in the field of food sciences, which took
place around 5000 BC. A large number of diverse strains of plants and
animals were hybridized to produce greater variety in the species.
Biotechnology has
been applied to create new biodegradable material, transfer of
particular gene from one organism to another, preservation and growth of
genetically uniform plant-animal cell cultures and also to fuse
dissimilar kinds of cells to produce new medical products like
monoclonal antibodies.
Keeping in view the
importance of biotechnology in Pakistan,, a
separate entity called the National Commission on Biotechnology has been
established, which has initiated several projects for various fields of
biotechnology, mainly in the health and agriculture sectors.
Universities offered degree programme in Biotechnology
Some of the many
educational institutes in Pakistan offering
degree courses in biotechnology are
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Department of
biotechnology, University of
Karachi
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National
institute for biotechnology and genetic engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad
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Department of
Biochemistry, University of Arid Agriculture Rawalpindi
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School of
Biological Sciences, Punjab University
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Department of
Biotechnology, University of
Peshawar
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Institute of
Biotechnology and Genetic engineering NWFP Agricultural
University, Peshawar
The complete list
of biotechnology institutes in Pakistan alongwith
their contact information can be obtained form
www.pakissan.com/biotech/institutes.biotech.engineering.shtml
the recent boom in
the IT sector has paved way for biotechnology as well and now there is a
huge scope for biotechnologists in Pakistan.
Eligibly for admission in degree programme
Students who want
to get a seat in the biotechnology degree programme after their
intermediate must have completed their HSC in pre-medical,
pre-engineering or computer science.
Biotechnology Jobs
Pakistan
The combination of
computer science and biology, termed as bioinformatics has created
various opportunities for the people in biotechnology. Now many of our
degree holders are working either in private companies or are employed
by research organisations.
Some of the many
sectors where there is a wide scope for biotechnologists are health
care, environment, agriculture and food technology.
Biotechnology jobs Pakistan can be seen regularly in
Pakistan national dailies. For those who want
to pursuer a career in a biotechnology must be aware of the difference
between biotechnology and bio-medical engineering.
Biomedical
engineering deals with the application of engineering principles fin
biology while biotechnology deals with biochemistry, genetics, molecular
biology and biophysics.
There are separate
institutes for biomedical engineering. Among them
There is a huge
scope for our biotechnologists in private companies and they are paid
reasonable salaries.
For more
information on biotechnology, you can log onto the website of National
commission on biotechnology
www.ncb.gov.pk
