Biotechnology is a research-oriented field and covers areas like medicine, pharma, agriculture and the environment. It finds applications in most of the industries like chemical, pharmaceutical, textiles, genetics and agriculture. Some of the important tasks include -the production of bio-processed, material-like food, pharmaceuticals, tissue culture and chemicals as well as the execution of pollution controlled measures, developmental studies in regions like waste management. Studies in areas such as biochemical engineering, microchemistry, genetics and biochemistry is conducted by institutes and major pharmaceutical and chemical industries.

Career prospects
Bio-technologists can find careers with pharmaceutical companies, chemical, agriculture and allied industries. They can be employed in the areas of planning, production and management of bio-processing industries. There is large scale employment in research laboratories run by the government as well as the corporate sector.