Pesticide Industry is an industry which deals with manufacturing and marketing of pesticides which helps in development of agriculture of the country to a large extend. The graduates who have completed their graduation in chemical engineering can look for a good career in pesticide industry. Those specialized in agriculture or biotechnology or pharmacy horticulture or agronomy or agricultural entomology or plant pathology or microbiology or chemistry or agricultural chemicals or agrochemicals or organic/analytical chemistry can also look for a job in Pesticide industry.

The aspirants on the basis of their educational qualifications can work as fertilizer clerk / junior research fellow /senior research fellow / field assistant / research associate / lab attendant / chief analyst / analytical specialist in any of the governmental or private or corporative pesticide companies.

Government Companies in Pesticide industry

There are many pesticides companies in government sector. Some of them are mentioned below.

• Punjab Agro Industries Corporation Limited
• Institute of Pesticide Formulation Technology
• Krishak Bharati Cooperative Limited
• Private Companies in Pesticide industry

Some of the pesticide companies in the private sector are listed below.

• Forbes Pharmaceutical, Mumbai
• Triveni Interchem Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Gujarat
• Khushi Group of Industries, Gandhinagar
• Suboneyo Chemicals Pharmaceuticals (P) Limited, Jalgaon
• Sukun Agencies, Mumbai
• Matrix Exports, Bengaluru
• Quality Chemical Industries, Navi Mumbai
• Killicks Pharma, Mumbai
• Indeneed Corporation, Coimbatore
• Penta Bioscience Products, Mumbai
• Yash Chemicals, Pune
• Chemtex Speciality Limited, Kolkata
• Asean Agritechnologies Private Limited, Nashik
• Vin Corporation, New Delhi
• Vinod And Company, Ludhiana
• AshChemie India, Thane
• Maax Engineering, Chennai
• Imperial Oilfield Chemicals Pvt. Ltd, Vadodara
• Scientific International, New Delhi
• Ignition Products (India) Private Limited, Chennai
• Vimsons Aerosal, Gujarat
• Eureka Enterprises, Kolkata
• Sushil Corporation, Indore
• Qualikems Fine Chem Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi
• Ashapura China Clay Private Limited, Mumbai
• Kalinka Pest Control, Pune
• Advance Pesticides, Nashik
• A.B. Enterprises, Mumbai
• Sharp Tech Chemicals, Coimbatore
• Jai Biotech Industries, Nashik
• Go Organic, Noida
• Growtech Agri Science Private Limited, Indore
• Eagle Plant Protect Private Limited, Ahmedabad
• Suchem Industries, Ahmedabad
• Eastern Dye Chem Private Limited, Kolkata
• Ecosense Lab India Private Limited, Mumbai
• Creative Enterprises, Pune
• Prime Laboratories, Hyderabad
• Advance Pesticides, Nashik
• Giant Bio Care Agro Private Limited, Vadodara
• Yogi Crop Sciences Private Limited, New Delhi

Pay Scale in Pesticide industry

The pay scale in the pesticide industries vary with the qualification of the aspirants, experience and their skill. In the starting stage of career, the graduates may earn a monthly salary in the range of Rs. 9000/- to Rs. 12000/- per month in a governmental organization and in private firm one may get salary in the range of Rs.11000/- to 15000/- per month. With experience and skill, the aspirants can get a salary in the range of Rs.25000/- per month within 4 to 5 years. In public sector firms, by writing various departmental tests, the candidates can get promotion to higher post and hence get a hike in the salary. The graduates can also grab a career in the pesticide companies abroad which will pay them more than the companies in the home land.