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Genetics or genetics engineering as it is popularly known, explores the use of a wide range of technologies and techniques to modify and/or change genetic material in the DNA (or mRNA)) codes of living organisms. Genes or genetic material from the DNA of one species is taken and mixed with those of another. Genetics engineers also study how traits and characteristics are transmitted through generations, and the causes and effects of genetic disorders. By deciphering genetic codes they attempt to discover cures for these disorders.
Specialized undergraduate degree programmes in genetics engineering are offered by Kakatiya University, Warrangal and Osmania University, Hyderabad. Among the reputed universities offering this programme at the postgraduate level are: Bio-Informatics Centre of Jawaharlal University, Delhi; Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur, Delhi and Mumbai; Jadavpur University, Kolkata; Universities of Delhi, Pune, Kerala , Mumbai; Vellore Institute of Technology; National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore.
Against this backdrop, it’s hardly surprising that employment opportunities for qualified genetics engineers (GEs), especially postgraduates and PhDs, are aplenty. In particular genetics engineers are required as research scholars and those with postgrad qualifications as collegiate and varsity faculty the world over.