Institute Industry Initiative

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1 Peelamedu, Coimbatore Institute Industry Initiative PSG College of Pharmacy established in the year 2001, is one of the several Institutions nurtured by PSG & Sons Charities engaged in nation building through education for the past 87 years. The college offers B.Pharm, M.Pharm, Pharm. D programs with an intake of over 150 students per year. The College is a DSIR recognised Centre for Ph.D programs and is actively involved in many research programs funded by DST, DBT, AICTE, DRDO and ICMR with a project funding around Rs. 2 crores. We have been arranging placements for our students through the placement cell under the guidance of Dr. M. Ramanathan and Dr. C. Vijayaraghavan with Mr. S. Subramanian as co-ordinator. Our students are placed in marketing, production, QA & QC, packaging, regulations and R & D in pharmaceutical and industries. In order to further increase the percentage of student placements and also in diverse fields, the Principal suggested to strengthen the cell under Institute Industry Initiative program. The feedback from reveals HR and technical personnel from Industry that the students need to focus on certain key areas to secure employment in industry. Further, the students also expressed their opinion that they would like to know the possible career opportunities for them. The goal was set to prepare a list of Industry experts spreading across various disciplines, such as pharmaceutical, clinical trial organisations, Intellectual property management, data mining, medical coding, medical writing, medical transcription, clinical pharmacy, pharmacy practice, marketing and business development, biotechnology, nutraceuticals, food and beverage and others. Dr. M. Ramanathan, Principal, suggested to conduct monthly interaction with industrial experts for the entire year wherein we have decided to invite 12 to 14 industry experts for interactive session with the students. The goal was set to bring awareness to the undergraduate, post-graduate and Pharm D students about the requirements to enter into that particular industry and also to know the expectation of the industry from the students. It is proposed to conduct interactive session with students and industry experts on 3 rd Saturday of every month so that regular classes of the students will not get affected. Further it was proposed to arrange for a short training program or impart some additional knowledge on a particular topic to enable the students ready to face the job market with confidence.

2 Contact details Chairman Dr. M. Ramanathan, Principal Co-ordinators Dr. A. Nagarajan Mr. S. Subramanian Dr. T. Tamilselvan Interactive Sessions held S.No Date Speaker Title Dr. Saravanan Career Opportunities and Vice-President Training for Xertz Solutions, Chennai Mr. Appaswamy GM-Marketing-Asia-Pacific (Heart Valve Division) TTK Healthcare Limited, Chennai Mrs. Vinita Radhakrishnan Manager-Intellectual Property Management CONNEXIOS Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd Bangalore vinita.r@connexios.com; Pharmacovigilance Career Opportunities in Healthcare Sector for Paramedics Career Opportunities in Intellectual Property Management for Pharmacy Graduates

3 Mr. Appaswamy 29 th January 2014 GM-Marketing- Asia Pacific Heart Valve Division TTK Healthcare Limited Chennai Dear Mr. Appaswamy: PSG College of Pharmacy is one of the several Institutions nurtured by PSG and Sons Charities engaged in nation building through education for the past 87 years. We have embarked a program to bring awareness to the pharmacy graduates/post-graduates on the job opportunities and the current job trends. This is aimed at showing the multiple fields in which aspirants with a pharmacy background can initiate their career and grow. In this program, we invite experts from Industry across different sectors like, pharmaceuticals, clinical trial organisations, Intellectual property management, data mining, medical coding, medical writing, medical transcription, clinical pharmacy, pharmacy practice, marketing and business development, biotechnology, Nutraceuticals, food and beverage and others. Through monthly awareness meeting spread over the entire year, we invite Industry experts and arrange for an interactive session with the students. This is aimed at educating the students on the requirements to enter into Industry and also know what the Industry expects from the job seeker. Depending on the student s interest, he/she may take a short training program or initiate acquiring additional knowledge on a topic of his/her interest. In this regard it is our pleasure to invite you to interact and to have plenary lecture with our students. Your expertise in this field will help to motivate the students. We are glad to say that we take care of your travel and local hospitalities. Kindly accept our invitation and give your consent. The talk is scheduled on 3 rd Saturday, 15 th Feb at AM. Thanking you, Looking forward to have a positive reply, Yours Sincerely,

4 Dr. M. RAMANATHAN PRINCIPAL List of Experts from Industry for interaction with Pharmacy students 1. Mr. Appaswamy GM-Marketing Asia Pacific TTK Healthcare Limited Mrs. Vinita Radhakrishnan Manager-Intellectual Property Connexios Life Sciences P Ltd Bangalore vinita.r@connexios.com; Accenture Services Pvt Ltd. Amarasri, 8th floor, No. 455, Anna Salai Teynampet, Chennai P. Sundaralingam Senior H R Manager Syngene International P Ltd Biocon Park, Plot 2&3, Bommasandra Industrial Estate - Phase-IV Bommasandra-Jigani Link Road, Bangalore Sundaralingam.pasupathy@syngeneintl.com; Biocon 20th KM, Hosur Road, Electronics City, Bangalore, India Phone: / contact.us@biocon.com 5. Y. Yuvaraj Executive Director Delvin Formulations New No. 25, 12th Cross Street Shastri Nagar, Adyar Chennai yuvaraj@delvin.in; Dr. K. Raghupathy Senior General Manager- R & D Medreich Limited Medreich House, 12/8, S.A.Street M.S.Nagar, Bangalore Raghupathi.k@medreich.com

5 7. Dr. Hari Krishna Maram Chief Executive Officer Imperial College of Business Studies #6, 100 Ft. Main Road BTM Layout, 2nd Stage Bangalore C. Arther Paul Deputy manager-regulatory Affairs Arvind Remedies 190, Poonamali High Road Chennai V. Sridhar Associate Director- DMPK Incozen Therapeutics Pvt Ltd SPECTRUM "DISCOVERY ZONE" Alexandria Knowledge Park, Phase I Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal Shameerpet, Hyderabad Tel: , Ext: Mr. Hariharan Department of Regulatory Affairs Novartis Healthcare Building No. 6, Mind Space, Hitech City Hyderabad Mr. Ruthrakumar Scientist-Analytical Method Development Kemwell Biopharma Pvt. Ltd. 34th KM, Tumkur Road, Teppada Begur, Nelamangala Taluk Bangalore Saravanan Xertz Solutions # 107 B, LDG Road, Little Mount, Saidapet, Chennai Manager-Regulatory Affairs Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd. R&D, Plot No. 476/14, Old Mahabalipuram Road Shozhanganallur, Chennai