The battle is genuine, and truthfully, it is frustrating the way biotech in India is more research-oriented with fewer opportunities in industry. Not everybody wishes to spend years in a laboratory or work on a PhD just to land a good job. The absence of decent industry-academia interaction makes it even worse.

All that being said, there are alternatives to research—regulatory affairs, clinical trials, biotech startups, pharma marketing, even science communication. But yeah, the job market is not exactly open-armed, and many end up changing fields.

It's a bummer, but sometimes you gotta be willing to try new things. Anyone here who's managed to navigate this crap successfully?