| Answer: Microbiologist can get jobs in popular industries include biotechnology, pharmaceutical manufacture, food, drinks and brewing and the water industry. Many of our graduates work in medically related posts, medical research establishments, as clinical trials managers or in forensics. Teaching is an increasingly popular career choice. In recent years the have started getting jobs in fields like industrial management, consultancy, sales, banking, law, accountancy, computing, advertising, marketing etc.
So we can see that microbiologists are employed in all sectors of the economy: government, non-profit, and private business.They work in colleges and universities, government research institutions, hospitals, and industrial laboratories in food, dairy, chemical, pharmaceutical, and genetic engineering companies.
Medical microbiologists work in:
- Independent or clinical pathology laboratories
- R&D labs
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Dairy industry
- Manufacturers of medical disposable goods,
- Cosmetics and Antiseptics
- Industrial microbiologists work in
- Food technology industry (especially in the processed food sector)
- Beverage industry
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Manufacturers of medical disposable goods, cosmetics and antiseptics
- Marine microbiologists work in
Marine research units
- Marine pollution control bodies
- Industrial microbiologists work in
- Agricultural microbiologists
- Agricultural research bodies
The starting salary is around Rs. 5,000 – 8,000 (for lab technicians). This increases to Rs. 12,000 - 18,000 with experience and postgraduate qualifications along with other allowances. For those in teaching with PhD degrees and working in an education institution can earn a salary of around Rs.20,000 or even more depending on the institution and work. Those working with private organizations can earn more then Rs 30,000 a month.
Institutes offering M.Sc microbiology are:
- Jiwaji University, Faculty of Sciences & Faculty of Life Sciences, Vidya Vihar, Gwalior 474011
- Kakatiya University, Vidyaranyapuri, Warangal 506009
- Kurukshetra University, Faculty of Science, Kurukshetra 136119
- Maharshi Dayanand University, Faculty of Science, Rohtak 124001
- Mahatma Gandhi University, Faculty of Applied Science, Priyadarshini Hills PO, Kottayam 686560
- Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, University Campus, Abishekapatti, Tirunelveli 627018
- North Maharashtra University, Faculty of Science, Post Box No. 80, Umavinagar, Jalgaon 425002
- Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar 751003
- Osmania University, Faculty of Science, Administrative Bldg, Hyderabad 500007
- Panjab University, Sector-14, Chandigarh 160014
- Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Faculty of Life Science, Raipur 492010
- Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya, Faculty of Science & Life Sciences, Saraswati Vihar, Pachpedi, Jabalpur 482001
- Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar 388120
- Shivaji University, Vidyanagar, Kolhapur 416004
- University of Mumbai, M G Road, Fort, Mumbai 400032
- The Maharaja Sayajirao University Of Baroda, Opp Drug Laboratory, Shatri Bridge Road, Fatehgani, Vadodara 390002
- University of Pune, Faculty of Science, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411007
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