GENETICS DECODE
Usha Albuquerque
Genetic engineering is essentially a research-oriented field, with applications in areas such as medicine, pharmaceuticals, agriculture and environment
If you look at a freckle on your face, there are about 3,000 cells in it. And each one of those cells is a 5-feet-long molecule of DNA if you unfurl it. Incredible, isnt it ? This is the story of genetics. An ever widening and stimulating science opening doors to our knowledge of living things. It is taking us to the ultimate frontier, “where no man has gone before”. Like the Star Trek heroes, seeking new worlds in the celestial world, genetics and biotechnology are exploring new horizons in the biological world.

CAREER COCKTAIL
Mixing business with books
Looking for long-term career success? Mixing work life with higher studies is the answer, say experts, as it leads to professional betterment for the employee as well as strategic business development for the employer.

CAREER CHAT
Counselling, the route to subject choice
Harsimrat Kaur
This is that time of the year when students are at a crossroads, having to choose their career path. More often than not, they follow the herd mentality, opting for a career that their kith and kin or peer group are going in for.

BITS & BYTES
Career workshop for Class X held
The Centre for Career Development, headed by Jitin Chalwa, a career counsellor, recently organised Confluence, a career meet at Blue Bell's School in New Delhi. The career fair was organised along with a workshop for Class X students and their parents.

CAREER HOTLINE
Pervin Malhotra

• Academic interest

• Scientific query

• Now, docs jump on to BPO bandwagon

• Corporates focus on engaging employees

• Govt woos India Inc for skill development

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