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A Bi-Annual Editorial published by

Life Sciences Sector Skill Development Council

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SKILL NEWSLETTER Issue 13 | October 2018 – March 2019

Issue 13 | October 2018 – March 2019



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FROM CHAIRMAN’S DESK

The second half of the current year 2018-19 was a period of significant

consolidation for the Council, as we strove to meet key targets in

Curriculum, Content Development (CCD) & Train the trainer (TTT),

Skilling, Placement, Apprenticeship and RPL. As a consequence, I am

pleased to state that in four of these metrics (CCD, Skilling, Placement

and Apprenticeship), the Council was able to achieve or exceed the

targets for the year. Over 15,000 freshly skilled candidates were

assessed across 12 major job roles, across India, with focus on all the

major centres of Life Sciences activity. The Council also facilitated placement of those certified and

by the end of the current year over 7,500 candidates found placement in various organisations,

representing an effective placement rate of about 70%. In the process, LSSSDC exceeded its

Placement Target for the year. The job role of Drug Regulatory Affairs fetched a salary of over Rs.

24,000 pm— perhaps the highest in the entire skilling ecosystem. It is also worth noting that the

15,000 assessed were a balanced blend of job roles funded by Central Govt (PMKVY) and non- funded.

Though falling short of target in assessment and certification of existing workforce (RPL), it is

significant that our assessments at over 16,000 numbers were 50% over previous year, with numbers

registered for this initiative being over 22,000.

Special mention needs to be made regarding Apprenticeship, well recognised as perhaps the best way

to skill the fresh entrants. To further boost our efforts in this field - our CEO took on an additional

mantle of ‘Joint Apprenticeship Advisor’ earlier in the year. The Council worked ceaselessly in Q3 to

create awareness of the revamped Apprenticeship scheme (NAPS), hand in hand with the NSDC, and

duly supported by Industry Associations such as the IDMA, BDMA, and FOPE etc. This was achieved

through participation in NSDC sponsored events, setting up sector specific workshops, and face- to-

face meetings with major companies. Despite the numerous challenges that the sector faces in this

regard, including stringent USFDA and EU regulations, and reduced hiring due to headwinds being

faced by the Pharma industry, the efforts produced good results in Q4. I am pleased to share that

the Council met its target of 2000 apprenticeship contracts—with companies such as Sun Pharma,

Dr.Reddy’s, Zydus, Lupin, Mankind, Cadila Pharma, Strides, Macleods, USV, Hetero and others

participating enthusiastically.

The second half of the current year also witnessed significant activity and in- roads being made in

skilling of youth for Bio Pharma. This was done through a two pronged approach. One was through a

partnership forged with KBITS, Karnataka, where as many as 18 colleges under KBITS have started to

offer modules in 7 major job roles of Bio Pharma. The second was through close bonds established

with DBT, with 10 colleges selected by DBT offering modules, aligned to NSQF, focused on Bio Pharma.

The Council was delighted to hear that Shri Sudhansh Pant, Joint Secretary, MHFW, had been

nominated to be part of the Governing Body. We welcome Shri Pant to the Council and we look

forward to his valued guidance and advice to give further impetus to our activities.

Concluding, on a more sombre note, it was with deep regret that we heard of the sad and untimely

demise of Shri Dilip Shah, DG, IPA. He had been involved closely with the Council from the very

beginning and his presence will be greatly missed.

Satish Reddy

Chairman, LSSSDC



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WELCOMING MR. SUDHANSH PANT, JOINT SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND

FAMILY WELFARE AS LSSSDC’S GOVERNING COUNCIL MEMBER

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has nominated Sri Sudhansh Pant, Joint Secretary,

MoHFW as the Governing Council Member of LSSSDC, effective Jan 1, 2019.

Shri Sudhansh Pant holds a B. Tech (Hons.) degree

from IIT Kharagpur. He joined the Indian

Administrative Service (IAS) in the year 1991 in the

Rajasthan Cadre.

Currently, Mr. Sudhansh Pant is Joint Secretary,

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Before this, he

was working as Joint Secretary in the Department of

Pharmaceuticals looking after Pharmaceuticals Policy,

Planning, Development of Pharma Industry, Research

and Development in Pharma sector, Pricing and

International Cooperation issues.

Mr. Satish Reddy, Chairman, LSSSDC and all the Governing Council members welcomed Mr. Sudhansh

Pant and expressed full confidence that his presence in Governing Council as nominee from MoHFW

will act as a strong catalyst in LSSSDC’s growth

“With his extensive knowledge of Life Sciences and Healthcare sector, by virtue of

his current assignment as JS, MoHFW and previous assignment as JS- DoP, Mr. Pant

will bring huge value to the aims and activities of the Council. We extend him a

warm welcome and look forward to his guidance” – Ranjit Madan, GC Member & CEO,

LSSSDC



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EVENTS UPDATE

70TH INDIAN PHARMACEUTICAL CONGRESS, NOIDA, 21-23 DEC 2018

70th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress event was

held at Amity University, Noida from 21st-23rd Dec

'2018.

LSSSDC participated in Panel discussion (alongside

NSDC), exhibition and the Mega Pharma Job fair.

Event was inaugurated by Honourable Vice

President of India, Shri. Venkaiah Naidu.

Main focus was to create awareness of the

revamped Apprenticeship program (NAPS) and

encourage students to enrol for apprenticeship.

More than 200 candidates from PAN India visited our stall and experienced use of Virtual Reality

Technology by LSSSDC for skilling in pharmaceutical manufacturing job roles Candidates were very

enthusiastic to get trained in the job roles offered. Many faculty members of different colleges also

praised the initiative

2ND BIOSIMILAR WORKSHOP 2018, MUMBAI 29 NOV – 1 DEC 2018

During the 2nd Biosimilar Workshop held by ICT, Mumbai, an Industry leadership conclave was

organized by ICT to discuss skill development, entrepreneurship and infrastructure development for

biopharmaceutical industry.

Mr. Manish Kumar, MD, NSDC and Mr Ranjit Madan,

CEO, LSSSDC, participated in the leadership conclave

along with Industry leaders, to name a few— Mr

Shreehas Tambe, COO, Biocon Bioloigcs, Dr Mahesh

Balghat, COO, Shatha Biotechnics, Dr Dhananjay

Patankar, Vice President Syngene, Dr Cyrus Karkaria,

President, Biotechnology, Lupin, Dr Maharaj Sahib,

Director, Wockhardt and Dr. Surinder Kher, Consultant

and Sr. Advisor, BioQuest.

ICT Mumbai is expected to launch a few skill development programs aligned to LSSSDC qualifications,

based on demand expressed by Industry during this conclave.

8TH CII GLOBAL SUMMIT ON SKILL DEVELOPMENT, LUCKNOW 23 NOV 2018

LSSSDC participated in the event and had a designated booth, showcasing VR/ Simulation based

skilling module for manufacturing job roles. The event provided an opportunity to showcase

significant progress made by LSSSDC on various fronts— fresh skilling, existing workforce certification

via RPL and Apprenticeship in Life Sciences sector.



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In the exclusive Pharma Job fair attended by Mr.

Dilip Shanghvi, MD, Sun Pharma as chief guest, and

over 25 other employers more than 100 students

were offered jobs in roles like Medical Sales

Representative, QC Chemist, QA Chemist etc.

15TH CII NATIONAL PHARMACEUTICAL CONCLAVE 2018, NEW DELHI 19 NOV 2018

Mr. Satish Reddy, Chairman, LSSSDC and Chairman Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, was Keynote speaker in

15th CII National Pharmaceutical Conclave 2018, and shared his views about emphasis that needs to

be given to Skilling and Apprenticeship, in order to meet the ever growing need for skilled workforce

in the sector and further raise quality and productivity in the sector.

In the same event Mr Ranjit Madan, CEO, LSSSDC participated as moderator in a Panel discussion on

“capacity building in pharmaceutical sector”, which served to showcase aims, activities and

achievements of LSSSDC.

SKILL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING WORKSHOP FOR KARNATAKA

To formulate a suitable path to set skill ecosystem

in Karnataka as per National Standard and Industry

demand, LSSSDC and NSDC PMKVY PMU team,

organized a Planning workshop with Potential

Skilling Institutions and Industrial training

consultants in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Many leading

academic institutions like M S Ramahia college of

Arts science and commerce, Acharya Group, Oxford

Group, Pharma Training Institute, Green Miles

Consultancy and Apollo Med Skills Limited

participated in workshop.

Discussion was held on forging closer bonds between Industry and Academia in formulating skill and

training plan for Karnataka, and implementation of NOS based curriculum. Train the Trainer's



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programs for academics, PMKVY components of state and process and PMKK schemes of Government

of India and Government of Karnataka were discussed. Academics participated during the meeting

proposed to align NOS and NSQF based qualification in their academic sessions as soon as possible to

enhance employability of candidates.

19TH AND 20TH GOVERNING COUNCIL MEETINGS- LSSSDC, MUMBAI & NEW DELHI

LSSSDC’s 19th Governing Council meeting was held

on Nov 4, 2019 in Mumbai and was hosted by IDMA,

with key Industry members of IDMA invited and

participating.

The 20th Governing Council meeting was held on 14th

Feb 2019.Meeting was attended by most of

governing council members who reviewed progress

of projects and provided useful suggestions to bring

further scale and speed to Council’s operations.



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COVER STORY: CHAPTER 1

LSSSDC & MICRO LABS INAUGURATES LIFE SCIENCES SECTOR’S FIRST CENTRE OF

EXCELLENCE IN BANGALORE UNDER SKILL INDIA PROGRAM

Micro Labs (Mr Dilip Surana, CMD) and LSSSDC (Anshul Saxena, Director- Standards and Training

Advisory) inaugurated a skilling centre in Bengaluru, in presence of leadership team of Micro Labs

and Mr. Alok Kumar Jha, State Coordinator- Karnataka, LSSSDC. Designated a ‘Centre of Excellence’,

Mr. Dilip Surana shared that this centre may be opened soon for colleges in the cluster to impart

skilling to support Industry as a whole in and around Bengaluru. Skilling will begin with Sales based

job roles, and manufacturing job roles are expected to be added in the near future.



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APPRENTICESHIP IN LIFE SCIENCES SECTOR

Since mid- 18-19, with CEO, Mr. Ranjit Madan, CEO, LSSSDC being appointed Joint Apprenticeship

Advisor by Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship for Optional Trades of Life Sciences

Sector, LSSSDC has been working ceaselessly to catalyse Apprenticeship. Series of Apprenticeship

workshops were held in major Pharma clusters such as Hyderabad, Uttrakhand, and Ahmedabad—

enlisting support from Life Sciences Associations such as IDMA, FOPE, BDMA, and NSDC. LSSSDC Team

and Industry members, also attended workshops organised by NSDC, focused on Apprenticeship. Many

targeted meetings were also held with Pharma and Bio Pharma majors.

Through these industry workshops, followed by one-on-one clarifications provided to Industry experts

and HR team by LSSSDC state team members, industry has sensed a value addition and feasible

proposition in the Apprenticeship program offered by Govt. of India under LSSSDC’s optional trade.

Industry seems to have started making modifications in their policy, processes and hiring plans to

provide opportunities for more apprentices.

Industry has, since, enrolled over 2000 apprentices under 9 optional trades aligned to the NSQC

approved National Occupational Standards published by LSSSDC for occupations in Sales & Marketing,

Manufacturing, Engineering/ Maintenance and Quality.

Major organisations currently participating in the initiative are Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Mankind

Pharmaceuticals Limited, Zydus Healthcare Limited, Cadila Healthcare Limited, Cadila

Pharmaceuticals Limited, Macleods Pharmaceuticals Limited, Sun Pharmaceuticals Limited, Lupin

Limited, Hetero Labs Limited, Granules India Limited, Micro Labs Limited, Strides Emerging Markets

Limited.



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RPL PMKVY BEST IN CLASS EMPLOYER

Earlier this year, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship had approved the funding support

for a set of employers who qualify as ‘Best in Class’ for Life Sciences Sector. Fund was approved

under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY).

Project was well received by Industry. Over 27 employers participated in the initiative resulting in

22000 employee registrations and over 16000 assessments done by end of March 2019— in 26 job

roles.

There have been some interesting successes. One such case is of Micro Labs for assessment of its

salesforce, spread PAN India, as per the skill criteria set by ‘National Occupational Standards’ for

Medical Sales Representative. The assessment of around 4000 salesforce was completed in a record

time of 7 days under PMKVY RPL “Best in Class Employer” project. Following such assessments,

offered through multiple modes (including mobile app based), LSSSDC is providing a detailed Skill

Gap Report for each employee assessed by LSSSDC for Micro Labs, which then will be used to re- Skill

/ Up Skill their salesforce.

Another case relates to Sun Pharmaceuticals where PMKVY- RPL Best in Class Employer program and

Sun Pharma’s reward and recognition initiative for its approx. 6000 salesforce have been successfully

merged. The qualified workforce have been awarded with the LSSSDC qualification co-branded with

Sun Pharmaceuticals during the annual Business meetings, in addition to the Sun Pharmaceuticals

rewards.

In yet another instance involving Asia’s largest contract manufacturer Akums Drugs and

Pharmaceuticals, LSSSDC team has assessed the manufacturing and quality workforce in 24 hours

cycle without any consequential loss of productive time in its manufacturing operations. This has

given Industry confidence that working with LSSSDC in this initiative will provide value addition,

without bottle necks or loss of productive hours.



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JOBS CREATION IN LIFE SCIENCES SECTOR

LSSSDC is constantly working towards enabling fresh students with appropriate skills required by Life

Sciences Sector via its Skill Development Program PAN India, aimed at youth from schools and

colleges. It becomes imperative to facilitate placement of those freshly Skilled and Certified, for

which LSSSDC had launched its job portal WWW.SKILLStoJOBS.IN in the month of April 2018.

In the Year 2018-19, LSSSDC conducted and participated in several Job Fairs (ROZGAR MELA) across

India for bridging gap between job aspirants and employers. Employers from Life Sciences Sector

came forward to participate in the Job Fairs in their respective locations and surrounding areas and

have provided employment opportunities to the ‘Right Fit’ candidates. LSSSDC has been commended

by Industry for adding real value to the job aspirants through its short term skill development

programs.

LSSSDC assessed over 15,693 candidates across

almost 15 major job roles in current year. With

support of Associations and Industry partners,

LSSSDC has been able to raise its fresh skilled and

certified candidate’s placement percentage to

almost 70% of those certified.

Further, LSSSDC is working with various

universities and colleges for mobilizing passing out

graduates and post graduates as Apprentices in the

Industry for Job roles like Production Chemist,

Quality Control Chemist, Quality Assurance

Chemist, Medical Sales Representative, and

Research Associate.

http://www.skillstojobs.in/

http://www.skillstojobs.in/



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PARTNERSHIPS

SKILLING OF BACKWARD CLASS UNEMPLOYED YOUTH: MOU SIGNOFF WITH NATIONAL

BACKWARD CLASSES FINANCE & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (NBCFDC)

LSSSDC has been taking every step forward for

enabling Skill Development of youth from every

segment of society.

To support inclusion and enhance employability

among students and unemployed youth coming from

‘Backward Class’ section of society, a MoU was

signed with signoff with ‘National Backward Classes

Finance & Development Corporation (NBCFDC)’.

Under the agreement NBCFDC will support LSSSDC

training centres for training fee as per common

norms laid down by MSDE— focused on youth from

Backward Classes. Target will be agreed between LSSSDC and NBCFDC, based on Industry employment

demand.

MOU SIGNOFF WITH APOLLO MEDSKILLS FOR ENHANCING THE PRESENCE OF SKILL

CENTRES FOR LIFE SCIENCES SECTOR

LSSSDC is committed to provide skilled and certified human

resources to the Life Sciences industry. It is therefore important to

increase coverage of LSSSDC Skill Centres PAN India for salesforce,

and establishing cluster focused Skill Centres for technical job

roles.

Towards this LSSSDC has joined hands with Apollo MedSkills,

through a MoU. Apollo MedSkills will get its PAN India based Skill

Centres equipped with required Skilling infrastructure for Life

Sciences Sector based job roles, and will have them accredited by

LSSSDC.

This partnership is targeted to generate appx. 10,000 skilled and

certified workforce, aligned to Industry demand.



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VISIT US ON WWW.LSSSDC.IN

LIFE SCIENCES SECTOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

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