NAGPUR: A huge number of pharmacy students graduate each year in India but a large majority of them remains unemployed due to lack awareness about possible job opportunities. Now, experts from the industry have formed an organization for alliance between academia and the industry to bridge this gap.
Speaking to reporters here on Friday, president of the Pharma HR Society of India (PHRSI) Akhilesh Mishra from Mumbai said that ideally the pharmacy syllabus should be job oriented and should include aspects of industry, research, regulation etc. "Unfortunately, the syllabus doesn't incorporate all these. Hence PHRSI, formed two years back, has taken up the task of connecting the academics with the industry. Pharmacy graduates and post-graduates produced at present are not employable," he said.
Mishra was in the city for a seminar on 'Pharmaceutical industrial expectations: today and tomorrow' organised by the Smt Kishoritai Bhoyar College of Pharmacy (SKBCP) in Kamptee.
Since sales and marketing has good scope for absorbing pharmacists with relatively fair salaries, the graduates do not bother to look at other options. The pharma industry also has scope in fields like research and development, production, regulatory affairs, quality assurance, quality control and Intellectual Property Rights. The association, which is mainly working for the human resource (HR) development of pharmacists, is trying to create awareness among students through seminars, workshops and conferences and field visits about these areas too. Pharmaceutical industry has enough scope in research and can even absorb doctorates at high posts, Mishra said.
Principal of SKBCP and vice-president of PHRSI Milind Umekar said the association had 13 HR managers who worked exclusively for creating awareness among the students. "International market too has enough opportunities for pharmacy graduates. It also needs skilled manpower. We are trying to convert our educated students into skilled ones," he said. Salil Pendse, vice-president (HR wing) of the association, and Ruturaj Tanak, senior HR manager, explained that at present the industry spent at least six months to two and half years in training fresh graduates for their jobs in industry. The association was trying to take up this work to reduce industry's burden.
Sumit Salunkhe, plant head, and Vijay Kumar, HR head of Lupin in city, SKBCP director G S Bhoyar and associate professor Ravi Kalsait were also present.
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Speaking to reporters here on Friday, president of the Pharma HR Society of India (PHRSI) Akhilesh Mishra from Mumbai said that ideally the pharmacy syllabus should be job oriented and should include aspects of industry, research, regulation etc. "Unfortunately, the syllabus doesn't incorporate all these. Hence PHRSI, formed two years back, has taken up the task of connecting the academics with the industry. Pharmacy graduates and post-graduates produced at present are not employable," he said.
Mishra was in the city for a seminar on 'Pharmaceutical industrial expectations: today and tomorrow' organised by the Smt Kishoritai Bhoyar College of Pharmacy (SKBCP) in Kamptee.
Since sales and marketing has good scope for absorbing pharmacists with relatively fair salaries, the graduates do not bother to look at other options. The pharma industry also has scope in fields like research and development, production, regulatory affairs, quality assurance, quality control and Intellectual Property Rights. The association, which is mainly working for the human resource (HR) development of pharmacists, is trying to create awareness among students through seminars, workshops and conferences and field visits about these areas too. Pharmaceutical industry has enough scope in research and can even absorb doctorates at high posts, Mishra said.
Principal of SKBCP and vice-president of PHRSI Milind Umekar said the association had 13 HR managers who worked exclusively for creating awareness among the students. "International market too has enough opportunities for pharmacy graduates. It also needs skilled manpower. We are trying to convert our educated students into skilled ones," he said. Salil Pendse, vice-president (HR wing) of the association, and Ruturaj Tanak, senior HR manager, explained that at present the industry spent at least six months to two and half years in training fresh graduates for their jobs in industry. The association was trying to take up this work to reduce industry's burden.
Sumit Salunkhe, plant head, and Vijay Kumar, HR head of Lupin in city, SKBCP director G S Bhoyar and associate professor Ravi Kalsait were also present.
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