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Career Options

Below listed are the major careers one could pursue in the field of Media & Journalism followed by required qualifications, career path to adopt, expected salaries, local and global demand and list of Institutions that are offering relevant courses.

Material Scientist
Theoretical Physicist
Chemical Technologist
Meteorologist
Astrophysicist

What You Need To Know

This career field is mostly associated with research and development, explaining the unknown or identifying new principles for betterment of our lives. Many great names contributed to this field who has transformed the way we look at the universe. Maximum winners of Nobel prizes were from this field, which signifies the importance of this career. Mostly dominated by government establishments, however lately there was huge interest from private and corporate world, raise the bar of the R&D.

If you choose to pursue your dreams in this career field, be ready to dedicate best of our time. It needs lot of reading, analytical and mathematical skills to understand the subject. A Master’s degree with specialization would be ideal to start with, however if you want to contribute to the field or start at a higher career level, you should aim for PhD. Considering the depth of knowledge and diversity available in this field, it would be tough for those to excel in this field if they set lower targets. Currently Indian government and institutions are investing considerable resources in development of indigenous research, space technology to give as an example.

There are other jobs in this career which work on developmental, observational or experimental roles which are not directly linked to research on new subjects however irrespective of the role, it involves lot of data crunching, analyzing, reading. Hence you should be ready to work extended hours collaborated with other experts in this field. One should have patience and focus to achieve the desired goals.

Qualification

Bachelor’s degree is fine but highly recommend to have Master’s degree to start with. If interested to stand apart or focus in a specific field, a PhD would look good on the CV. However please note that it is highly competitive as you aim for higher degrees as they are only few Indian universities that could offer world class programs.

Skills

Patience, Ethical, Analytical skills, Critical thinking, Interpersonal skills, Research oriented, Mathematical skills.

Expected Salary

The package depends on whether you are going with private or government institution. However, one could expect around Rs. 3 – 6L per annum to start with, after completing Master’s degree. This could increase with PhD and relevant experience.

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