How suitable you are for different jobs in biotechnology, bioinformatics etc?
Biotech-industry in India is very diverse and hence the types of jobs vary. Your domain knowledge, skills and personalities may suite certain types of jobs more than others. It is a good idea to know your strengths and weaknesses. We have a test system that can help you to understand your suitability for different types of jobs. The tests will be conducted once in 2-3 months. The test (1-3 hours) can be taken from anywhere with a good computer and internet connection. The date of the test will be emailed to you at least 15 days in advance.

Some examples of types of companies and job-responsibilities are listed below:

• Molecular biology experiments (e.g., handling DNA, RNA, proteins)
  [Many service providing companies, Mol. Bio. R & D divisions in agri or pharma companies]
• Programming for bioinformatics needs (e.g., PERL, C++, HTML)
  [pure bioinformatics companies, service providing companies]
• Handling industrial scale equipment (e.g., fermentors, HPLC)
  [biotech companies with enzyme production and purification goals]
• Down-stream processing for industrial scale
  [biotech companies with enzyme or other production and purification goals]
• Biocuration [database developing companies and a few service providers]
• Computational structural biology and Cheminformatics
  [hardcore bioinformatics companies and pharma R & D divisions]
• Clinical research [CROs]
• Sales and technical support [biosuppliers]
• Research/related tasks in specific domains: microbiology, biochemistry, biostatistics, organic chemistry, cell culture, plant culture, plant pathology, IPR, GMPs, etc.
  [any R & D division, service providing units and specialized companies]