Founder and Strategic Business Consultant Biopharma, CRO, CDMO, IVD, Biologics, Invitro inVivo
Concerned about the trend I'm seeing in India where many labs are offering internships without adequate industrial knowledge. While making LB agar plates in microbiology is valuable, it's essential for aspiring professionals to understand the broader industrial landscape. Knowledge in DMPK, discovery biology, and user development is crucial for success in today's competitive field. We are witnessing most foreign giant tech companies like Google, Amazon, and Capgemini operating in India, but in life sciences, very few foreign MNCs are setting up in India like Diacel Chiral, Eurofins, and Genesys. The prominent reason here is we are not building that talent pool in India in life sciences. In India, I personally observed colleges that charge 8 lakh fees for life sciences degrees yet can't provide simple technical exposure, not even in plasmid DNA isolation. Then, after completion of the degree, students opt for private lab training courses. In that case, most of these lab owners are business-oriented. A few days ago, one student came to my lab; she had done three internships in Hyderabad in private labs, yet she couldn't answer simple questions like how to make a one molar solution; her demand was, "I need a job in R & D." Now, in India, Contract Research Organizations are emerging. To get a job in these companies, we need more exposure like assay development knowledge, advanced chromatographic knowledge like NI-NTA Affinity, Ion exchange, cloning ligation, vector designing, ELISA, Alphalisa, Alphascreen, stem cell culture, and organoid handling, hybridoma practical knowledge, and flow cytometry. I suggest all students whenever you meet any private training lab, don't believe in their introductory video they show, don't believe what data they show on the website. You ask them for a list of experiments they are conducting; are those experiments industry viable? Then you confirm admission. We are at Rapture Biotech Hyderabad offering the latest industrial technical training like Alphalisa, Alphascreen, vector designing, cloning, HTRF, FRET Assay, mammalian cell culture, and chromatographic techniques. Contact our admin at 6301696054. #biotech #lifesciences #career #student #internship #hyderabad
Genuine concerns Khushal wangdale. It takes guts to expose these ridiculous happenings that victimize the student community. Every student tries to get into internships to identify his passion but the same has become business. Govt should take action on the colleges who lack competent faculty, infrastructure and facilities. It's better for students to be aware and choose wisely.
Agreed, stock solution se required concentration ka solution banana bhi nhi aata kai PhD aspiring candidates ko…. Sad but truth.
Aman Nanavaty
9mo
Many foreign MNCs such as Novonesis, Cipla, GSK, Bayer Crop Science, Merck, Thermo Fisher, Alltech, Bio-Rad, IQVIA, GSK, and Sartorius have set up offices in India. Please do not state that 'very few foreign MNCs are setting up in India'.
Keren Patricia
8mo
What are the basic knowlege anyone must know before starting an internship in the field of biotech?
TAUQEER AHMED M
9mo
I'll keep this in mind
Kedar Vaidya
8mo
Thanks for sharing
Founder and Strategic Business Consultant Biopharma, CRO, CDMO, IVD, Biologics, Invitro inVivo
9moI know more list than you, but they dont have core R n D set up in India like like biorad have only marketing set up, Novartis have manufacturing and Clinical not a core R n D there are many things, We indian have to overcome. Moral of sharing is we have to push up our further boundaries.