It was the impact of such facts that I got motivated to write an article for you all, which could amass most (if not all) of the information on revered Competitive Exams in India, that could help you obtain a standard Masters/PhD degree from an institute of repute in India, thus adding to the hopes of having a safe/secured future. Following is the compilation of the important Biotechnology Competitive Exams in India:

One of the oldest examination system by Department of Science & Technology, Govt of India, CSIR UGC NET is the ticket to being a certified Lecturer/Research Scholar in any institute of repute/CSIR Lab in India. Even IITs/NITs/BITS/IISc accept their score for PhD admissions. Most CSIR Labs in the country prefer CSIR JRFs for the Research Associate posts/PhD admissions.

Junior Research Fellowship Exam, for admission in PhD in "any" government insititute/university in India, organized by Department of Biotechnolgy, Govt of India by the name of Biotechnology Entrance Test (BET) is one of the high class Biotech Competitive Exams in India (but sadly most students are unaware of it's value!). It shortlists 275 students, first 100 among whom are allowed to pursue PhD in any Insititute/University in India, while rest 175 are allowed the option of PhD from a list of DBT funded insitutes (which covers top 7 IITs!).  

Combined Entrance Examination for Biotechnology (CEEB), is another Nationwide Biotech. Exam organized by JNU every year for admission to M.Sc and M.Tech Biotechnology programme in various participating Universities:
Participating Universities for MSc:
University of Allahabad, Allahabad; Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu (M.Sc in Marine Biotechnology); Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University, Rajouri (J&K) (M.Sc in Bioresources Biotechnology); Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi; University of Burdwan, Burdwan; University of Calicut, Kerala; Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore; Goa University, Goa (M.Sc in Marine Biotechnology); Gulbarga University, Gulbarga; Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar; Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar; Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla; HNB Garhwal University, Garhwal; University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad; University of Jammu, Jammu; Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; Kumaun University, Nainital; University of Lucknow, Lucknow; Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai; Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak (M.Sc in Medical Biotechnology); MS University of Baroda, Vadodara; University of Mysore, Mysore; University of North Bengal, Siliguri; North Eastern Hill University, Shillong; Pondicherry University, Pondicherry; University of Pune, Pune; RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur; Sardar Patel University, Gujarat (M.Sc in Industrial Biotechnology); Shivaji University, Kolhapur (M.Sc in Environmental Biotechnology); Tezpur University, Tezpur (Assam) (M.Sc in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology); TM Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur; Utkal University, Bhubaneswar; Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, Jaunpur; Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan.

Participating Universities for M.Tech:
Anna University Chennai, Cochin University of Science & Technology, Kochi, Kerala, West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata.

Indian Council For Medical Research (ICMR) holds ICMR JRF exam every year to select 150 candidates, out of which 120 students are offered PhD admission in the field of biomedical sciences with emphasis on Life Sciences (like microbiology, physiology, molecular biology, genetics, human biology, bioinformatics, biotechnology, biochemistry, biophysics, immunology, Pharmacology, zoology, Environment Science, botany, veterinary sciences, bio-informatics etc.) and 30 are offered PhD in field related to Social sciences like psychology, sociology, home science, statistics, anthropology, social work and Health Economics,  from a medical college / hospital / university / national laboratory / institution of higher learning and research that comes under ICMR support, amongst which AIIMS is the most popular name!