Biotech : science or business?

Sorry for the long post! Hi, I'm in India. I completed my bachelors in biotechnology and am in the first month of masters in genetic engineering. Initially I had no plan to join masters in India, instead I thought of pursuing MS abroad. As I could only apply for programs for September 2024, I thought a gap year would decrease my chances of getting into any program and would not look nice on my resume. As time went by, I panicked and got into genetic engineering masters. This is where I came to know it is a research-oriented program unlike biotechnology and must do a PhD afterwards. I don't even know what the career scope for genetic engineering might be. Now, I'm in a dilemma that I should continue my masters for two years and do a PhD abroad or do any internship for a year and get into masters in biotechnology abroad (specifically US) for September 2024 and directly go for an industry?! Any suggestions are welcome!

I have commented my background under the post for better context. I have three main choices to choose from: Choice 1: Get in an institute like VIT and Jamia Hamdard for MSc in Biotechnology. And improve my profile further for PhD abroad. This will take me around 5-6 years to earn good money. And will cost less compared to other options. Choice 2: I'm in contact with a professor from a reputed university and he's suggesting that I find some funding opportunities for my studies and he can help me with documentation of funds and recommend me to the university for my masters. Choice 3: As I am currently working, I can gain experience and alongside my job prepare for the CAT 2025 exam wholeheartedly and do an MBA from a reputed institute (hopefully). Uncertain choices: Waiting for my JMI result or as I'm learning more about computer science I can switch my job after a substantial amount of time to the IT field of my interest.

Hi, I want to know options or scope or opportunities for Biomedical Engineering in India, industry wise. I have done an Integrated MTech degree in Bioengineering with Biomedical as specialization. I am currently interning at a company in Magarpatta, Pune; in the Regulatory Affairs domain. Should I go ahead and get one more masters in Biomedical from a good college? Or should I wait for better opportunities in the Biomedical domain in India? Is there scope for Biomedical domain in India? Open to honest and diverse opinions. Thanks.

To give a brief background, I did BTech in biotechnology from a tier 2 college which I soon realised didn’t have any interest in. Currently 24YOE I took up a job as an operations analyst at a series b funded startup. Worked on internal tools + gsheets + SQL(basic select queries). Became expert of this internal tool but realised the skill and knowledge isn’t transferable. Got promoted to project analyst within a year and started handling internal teams + client comm. gave 1 year to this position. Currently at 8LPA Now I am looking to switch and unable to understand which way should I go. Have interest in business strategy + data related work.

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Hi, I am currently 22, graduated recently from a tier 2 institute and currently working at a US based startup earning 18lpa ( almost all base ) + rsu's, lately my family have been nagging me to do a postgrad, I am confused weather I should do an MBA, MS or not do a postgrad at all considering the years I will miss in workex. What should be my best course of action considering ROI in the next 10-15 years ?? P.S. Currently I am not sure what my interest lies in, but just try to excel at whatever comes my way.

Always had a fascination for flying objects as a kid. If this held true, I would really love to work in the aerospace domain. Building insane drones or UAVs would be awesome, especially after a decent stint in software. Was reading about this company called Zipline which works in autonomous aerial delivery. Quite insane how they supply medical supplies in Rwanda using gliding drones that are launched across the country. Stories like these inspire an entire generation to take up engineering and change the world. What about you all?