Biology Colleges in India

The 21th century is basically the age of Science and there are multiple applications of science in every walk of life. So Science as a subject is getting the popular choice of subject amongst students of today’s generation. Apart from studying traditional engineering and medical science, nowadays more new disciplines and branches being added with the advancement of science and technology. Science today is as such a multi-disciplinary field.

 There are lots of career options in science stream after completion of the 12th examination with biology in medical science. The most preferred choice is MBBS. For getting admission into medical, students have to appear entrance tests either at All India level or state level. The duration of the course is 4 years with the 1-year internship. The packages start from 2-3 lakhs per annum.  

Besides MBBS, BDS (Bachelor of Dental Surgery) and BAMS (Bachelor of Ayurveda medicine and Surgery) are other career options in medical science.

Similarly for getting admission into the engineering course students have to complete 12th examination with Physics, chemistry and Mathematics with minimum 50%. The admission into these engineering colleges are done through different entrance examinations at All India level and Regional level like- All India Engineering Entrance Exam (AIEEE) as Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main), Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE), Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), Birla Institute of Technology (BIT) and every state’s own entrance examinations to list a few.

There are 4298 engineering colleges and institutes are run by central Government, State Government and Private Trusts and Societies in India*. The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, the Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) and the National Institutes of Technology (NITs) are the renowned institutes in the country. 

The main branches in the field of engineering are Civil, Mechanical, Chemical, Computer Science and Information Technology etc. After completion of the BE (Bachelor of Engineering), students can earn Rs 3 lakh to 4 lakhs per annum. A post-graduation degree in engineering is another advantage for higher packages and further research studies.

There is a diverse application of Biotechnology in the field of biological science in medicine, agriculture, bioinformatics, food products and livestock etc. Students can opt B.Sc. in Biotechnology or Bioinformatics, B. Tech in Industrial Biotechnology and, of course, different diploma courses for a lucrative job.

Forensic science is another branch of science that involves investigation of the crimes through scientific methods. A diploma or degree in Forensic Science, Criminology, Ballistics, Cyber Crimes and Computer Forensic is good enough to make one eligible for job in these lines.

Microbiology is still another option that has application in many fields like Medicines, Healthcare, Industries, Food, and Agriculture etc. and one can work into these fields after completion of their degree and post-graduation studies.

Degree in genetic engineering has wide scopes to be eligible different jobs. B. Sc Nursing is another correlated branch of medical science. There are also wide scopes for the students for a respectable career into this line.

Students can opt different science streams in St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore, Amity University, Noida, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi, University of Mysore, Mysore Osmania University, Hyderabad, Shardha University and Lovely Professional University etc.

Some other science related streams with lucrative job avenues include - Aqua Science, Astronomy, Biostatistics, Earth Sciences, Environmental Science,  Forestry, Geology, Home Science,  Horticulture, Meteorology, Plant Pathology, Physical Sciences etc.

*Wikipedia.