Medical Biotechnology

Medical Biotech is field that deals with the health care and pharmacy sectors. Any discovery in this field pertaining to drugs, vaccines, diagnostics etc can take the entire industry on another platform altogether. The significant features of this field of Biotechnology are:

• This discipline of Bio tech has the tremendous humanitarian implications, because a small discovery can save millions of lives on the earth.
• The opening up of global economy and the growth of pharmaceutical industry has led to the surprising improvement in the job market. It is estimated that more than 50,000 jobs will be created by 2010 and 10,000 candidates will be required per year.
• In addition to the masters programs and PhD, there is a tremendous scope for the post-doctoral research in this discipline of Bio Technology.
• With global players focusing much on this Medical biotechnology, the requirement of skilled medical researchers will be high in the years to come.
• On the Engineering field, aspirants can opt for degree in Bio-medical Engineering in the Institutes like IIT-Kharaghpur etc. Bio medical Engineering graduates can find employment with pharmacy companies, hospitals and hi-tech diagnostic centers that require technological knowledge and expertise in handling the equipments.
• The areas such as Gene therapy and gene intervention, cell and tissue engineering, the use of stem cells for curative purposes, use of Bio-sensors for diagnosis purposes, development of non-invasive imaging are the thrust areas in the future and the main opportunities in Medical Biotechnology will lie in these areas only.

Institutes offering Medical Biotechnology

1. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
   Program offered: Master's degree in Biotechnology (MBiotech)
   Website:www.aiims.edu
   
   
2. University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
   Program offered: Mtech in Medical Biotechnology
   Website:www.uohyd.ernet.in
   
   
3. Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGI), Chandigarh
   Programs offered: MSc in Medical Technology-specialization in Microbiology
   MSc in Medical Technology-specialization in Biochemistry
   Website:www.pgimer.nic.in
   
   
4. Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Lucknow
   Program offered: DM in Clinical Immunology
   Website:www.sgpgi.ac.in
   
   
5. Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry.
   Program offered: MSc in Medical Biochemistry
   Website:www.jipmer.edu