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Can manpower shortage slowdown Indian biotech industry, targeting $5 billion revenue by 2010?
Biotech industry is clearly starved of talent. Over 70% of the two lakh Masters degree holders in the country are jobless and frustrated. With media and industry continuously building hype around the nascent biotech industry, several new courses in the subject have sprung up.
Various universities, All India Council for technical education (AICTE) and University Grants Commission (UGC) are giving approvals to several colleges to start courses in biotechnology. This has built a lot of hype and a huge rush among students to opt for biotechnology courses. However, these colleges do not have proper infrastructure or the wherewithal to groom the students. Many colleges don’t even have the basic physical infrastructure or trained teachers. ....More
Can manpower shortage slowdown Indian biotech industry, targeting $5 billion revenue by 2010?
Biotech industry is clearly starved of talent. Over 70% of the two lakh Masters degree holders in the country are jobless and frustrated. With media and industry continuously building hype around the nascent biotech industry, several new courses in the subject have sprung up.
Various universities, All India Council for technical education (AICTE) and University Grants Commission (UGC) are giving approvals to several colleges to start courses in biotechnology. This has built a lot of hype and a huge rush among students to opt for biotechnology courses. However, these colleges do not have proper infrastructure or the wherewithal to groom the students. Many colleges don’t even have the basic physical infrastructure or trained teachers. ....More
