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I am interested in biology and I wanna become a great research scientist. how can I achieve it? I also wanna know about salary?

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RE: I am interested in biology and I wanna become a great research scientist. how can I achieve it? I also wanna know about salary?

Dr Aparna
Dr Aparna
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Thank you for choosing Mera career guide and writing to us. You have a great career ambition as becoming a scientist is the ultimate destination of an academic professional career. May I know in what level are you currently studying? School/ college? I shall give you a detailed picture on how to go to the scientist level in Biology.

Becoming a Scientist is only possible with a Doctorate degree. This is an intense research degree known as the PhD level that is run for a minimum of three years in India and most countries wherein in the USA a PhD is mostly run for five years. Only with this PhD degree a person is regarded as a researcher or a Scientist. A scientist is a person who works either at educational universities or private labs/companies at the research centres and to be eligible to work in such positions a PhD is a must.

To study a PhD degree in Biology, one must have cleared 10th standard with Science including Biology as one of the mandatory subject; and then pass 12th standard with a compulsory Biology subject and therefore your ideal choice should be the PCB group studying Physics, chemistry and Biology at 12th level. Maths is not really necessary at 12th level and you can treat it as an exemption. After 12th standard, you can enrol in a college degree and most often students are likely to only choose BSc Biology degree. Otherwise you can also choose BSc Cell biology/ molecular biology/ botany/ micro biology/ biotechnology/ medical biotechnology and nano biotechnology. Completing the BSc degree you can progress to do a two year masters degree like the MSc in biology or similar subjects. After an MSc students are finally deemed to go into the intense research degree phase, PhD Biology.

To study a PhD degree in Biology, completion of school with Biology as one of the subjects, a three year biology or related discipline and also a Masters degree is mandatory. A minimum first class or above throughout the education years is highly desirable. Along with these academic qualifications, a student is required to sit down for some competitive exams like the UGC NET, CSIR. And a UGC JRF will also qualify you for monthly salary or stipends all three years of your study. You can also write GATE exam as this is most often accepted by many reputable universities like the IIT's.

If you are a fresher with a PhD degree, you are most often directly recruited for the Assistant professor role and the pay usually starts in a range of 37000 per month and above. If you are a part of some major government approved or private universities then you may expect a even better pay. Hope this helps. Good luck.
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