Biotechnology is a blend of both Biology and Technology. It is applied for developing various medicines, vaccines and diagnostics, increasing productivity, improving energy production and conservation.
Biotechnology uses living cells and materials produced by cells to create pharmaceutical, diagnostic, agricultural, environmental, and other products to benefit society.

The nature of work of biotechnologists, being interdisciplinary, requires working together of people from different fields such as biology, chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, molecular biology, immunology, genetics, engineering, food science, agriculture etc.

Career in Biotechnology offers various employment opportunities in research, marketing and production in the fields like medicine and healthcare, animal husbandry, agriculture and environment industry.

Candidates having background in science at the intermediate level can take up various courses in biotechnology like B.Tech in Biotechnology, M.Sc. Biotechnology,
M.Sc. (Marine) Biotechnology, Medical Biotechnology
etc.