NIET Greater Noida offers a well-designed 3 year BTech degree program in Biotechnology which is affiliated to AKTU- Dr. Abdul Kalam Technical University (UPTU). The undergraduate course has a total student intake of 60 annually and observes a high amount of competition every year for admissions.

Course Fees and Structure:

• The total fees for the full-time four-year program are 4.65 lakh and students are also offered multiple scholarships in order to help with funding.
• The course is spread across 6 semesters with the first three semesters focusing on core foundation subjects like Fluid Mechanics and Bioprocess Engineering. The last two semesters offer industrial training through internships, an open elective specialization, and a compulsory live project based on which students are scored in their final results.
• The University also organizes multiple seminars, conferences, and workshops in order to help enhance student’s soft skills by conducting personality development and interview technique related informative sessions with leading personalities from the industry. It also offers multiple opportunities to attend workshops related to clinical research, SAS, Bioinformatics, and Virtual labs.

Admissions:

• Students can apply for admissions based on their ranked obtained in UPSEE entrance exams conducted in January every year.
• Students are also required to have a minimum 60% aggregate score and at least a 45% score in mathematics.

Faculty:The faculty employed for the biotechnology program is all academic experts in the field and have years of experience within the field of research and biotechnology. They are mostly IIT or NIT graduates.

Placements:

• It observes a placement rate of 75% while offering an average salary package of 5 to 6 LPA.
• Some of the top recruiting companies are Capgemini, HCL, Cognizant, IBM, Nestle, and TCS.
• Since biotechnology has been newly introduced as a specialization, NIET sees only a handful of core companies as part of their placement drive. Therefore, it is highly unlikely to receive a job offer through placement within a core biotech company.
• The Biotechnology department organizes multiple industrial visits throughout the year to companies like Mother Dairy, Yakult, and IIRT Ghaziabad in order to help students understand core concepts and make them industry-ready.

The points given above will help students to make a well-informed decision in terms of their choice of college.

Bannari Institute of Technology is NBA accredited and AICTE approved. The institute falls under Anna University, it also received an “A” grade from NAAC. It offers a decent B.Tech in Biotechnology program in terms of academics and placements.

Ranking-

• NIRF has ranked BIT in the 151-200 band.

• It was also ranked in the 46th position among the top 165 private engineering colleges by India Today.

Admission and Course fee-

• It offers a 4-year long B.Tech in the field of Biotechnology. The course fee for a year is INR 2 LPA.

• The admission criteria for the course is the same as others, minimum requirements being 10+2.

• Qualified students need to appear for TNEA counseling. After that colleges are allotted on the basis of the ranks.

Placements-

• Students from Biotech have received placements at Zifo, TNS which are the core companies for the subject. Apart from these companies TCS, Bitcoin has also recruited students from this stream.

• BIT’s average salary package goes up to 7 LPA whereas the highest is 25 LPA.

Course Curriculum-

• The curriculum is updated and there are many choices of electives that students can pick.

• Special teaching methods like mind maps, SLS are employed for teaching.

• Biotech Department also calls a lot of industry experts and guest lecturers around the academic year to keep the students updated with the recent industry trends.

Apart from academics students can take part in sports, NCC, and NSS training. BIT also offers many clubs and organizations that students can register to.

B.Tech in Biotechnology from Amity University is really good as it is a NAAC Grade ‘A’ University and approved by AICTE and UGC. Amity University is a fair option if you want to pursue your B.Tech in Biotechnology and the two main reasons are – Course and Faculty.

If you do not get into IITs or NITs then Amity can be considered as a good option. Almost all the colleges have the same curriculum and course, the difference lies in the type of placements and opportunities offered by the University.

Campus Life:

• A strict No Ragging policy is followed by the College. The College has a huge library.
• The University maintains a healthy gender ratio where the number of girls outweighs the number of boys.
• Various debates and quizzes are organized the whole year round for students to participate in. The famous annual fest – Amicroma is also organized by Amity.

Placements:

• Various internships are offered by the University but they are not paid internships. A student only gets a Recommendation letter.
• The highest package is around 15 lakhs per annum while the average package falls around 3 lakhs to 4 lakhs per annum.
• The placement rate for Amity is 97%.

Course Curriculum:

• The faculty is highly knowledgeable as everybody has completed their Ph.D. in the specialized subject.
• Various course-related activities are also conducted by the University.

Scholarship:

• The Scholarship Policy of Amity is very convenient. If you score between 75% to 88% in class 12, you can get a Scholarship of 25%.
• If you score between 89% to 94% in class 12, you can get a Scholarship of 50%.
• If you score above 94%, then you can be awarded a 100% scholarship.
• This Scholarship is named after the Amity’s founder, Dr Aseem Chouhan Scholarship.

Therefore, there were enough reasons to state that Amity is a good choice for B. Tech and the type of personality development offered by it, is very unique too.

Yes, this is possible. Amity University has a centralized placement committee, the Amity Technical Placement Center (ATPC) along placement committees at every campus. 

The Noida campus of the university hosts many top companies during its placement process and students across campuses participate in the process provided they have the invitation letters. There is no fixed seat.

As far as a Biotechnology course is concerned, then it has a very limited appeal among recruiters. However, you can still apply to various IT companies that visit the campus. 

Being a student at Amity University Gwalior, you can definitely get a seat at Amity University Noida for placements, especially in the initial phase of placements. But it is always better to check with the relevant authorities to get a better picture and clarity about the various processes about the same.

As one of my friends studied B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from Karunya University, I might not be able to tell you much about biotechnology, but can provide a general overview of the institute.

• The university is located in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, and is surrounded by a lush green environment. 
• The university gives an option of Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) which is a very good system to bring out individual talents. 
• Also, you will get lots of free time which you can use for pursuing your interests and hobbies. 
• The infrastructure is also quite good and there are a few good professors who are highly experienced.
• Placements are also good. CSE students received good job roles. But the Biotechnology placements may differ. 
• If you choose to become a residential student, you will get even more time. 

If you have the determination and the motivation with a clear goal, then you can succeed at any university and not just at Karunya University.

It depends on where you want to live and study. If you are comfortable staying in Pondicherry and are interested in ECE, go with PEC, which is one of India's oldest institutes.

On the other hand, SASTRA University is a more recent private prestigious university and it has great infrastructure facilities and placement record. BioTech in Sastra has IT placements with a lot of companies whereas ECE in PEC has good placement but is not that great.

The table shows a brief overview of the institution:

You can opt for PEC as its fee is lower than SASTRA. However, go for it only if you are getting a seat in ECE. If not, SASTRA can be considered as a final option.