CAREER
GUIDANCE & TRAINING SESSION
For
PHARMACYStudents (2022-23)
“CURRENT
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN PHARMA SECTOR”
Metro College of Health Sciences & Research (Pharmacy)
organized aCareer Guidance and Training Session on “Current Career Opportunities in Pharma Sector” on 21st
December 2022 for the students. The objective of the session was to address
various career opportunities in Pharma Sector, challenges & opportunities
for pharmacy professionals and planning for their career in the pharmaceutical
industry.
The
program was organizedwith the support and encouragement of honorable Dr.
Sonia Lal Gupta, MD - MCHSR, Metro Group of Hospitals andDr. Kanak Lata,
Director-Education in the presence of the dignitaries,Dr. Praveen Kumar Gaur,
Principal, MCHSR, Dr. Krishna Kumar Verma, Vice-Principal MCHSR, Mr.
Gaurav Sethi, Head HR-Admin MCHSR, faculty members and students.
The Guest Speaker (Dr. Puneet Gupta) is a CEC member to
Indian Pharmaceutical Association (UP State branch) and Indian Hospital
Pharmacists' Association. He has an experience of about 13 years in
Pharmaceutical Education and has organized various National/International
Conferences/Seminar/FDPs across India. His research scholars are working in
reputed top notch Govt. organizations like ICMR, CSIR-CIMAP (Lucknow), CSIR-NIO
(Goa), Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (Ghaziabad) as SRF & project members.
He has been
also awarded with Research Project from Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India for
development of Anticancer Formulation.
The program commenced at 11:00 am with the guest introduction by Ms.
SakshiMinocha(Assistant Professor), MCHSR. The webinar was conducted in the
gracious presence of Honorable Principal Dr. Praveen Gaur.
In his talk, the speaker emphasized on Artificial Intelligence, Drug
discovery, Pharma Industry (4 Industries Revolution), Career opportunities in
Pharmacy, Importance of industrial training for students, Third party
manufacturing and many more things. The speaker also emphasized that the
students must have a strong knowledge in technical skills, communication skills
and keen practice on the job for continuous grasp of knowledge and
comprehension. He explained different opportunities in Pharmaceutical
Industries i.e. number of departments to work in, their respective roles in the
industry and the skills required for the students. He also explained that pharmacy
graduates can cater to the needs of various departments in the industry such as
production, quality control etc however in the new age pharmaceutical industry,
they need to acquire management skills in addition to core technical knowledge.
It was a very informative and interactive session where all the
students participated enthusiastically.This webinar was followed by a Q&A
session which was organized in an interactive and open discussion manner.
Vote of thanks was given by Ms. Harsha Sagar, Assistant Professor,
MCHSR to all especially to the Honorable Dr. Sonia Lal Gupta, MD, MCHSR and Dr.
Kanak Lata, Director of Education for their support in organizing the
program. Vote of thanks was also conveyed to Dr. Praveen Kumar Gaur
(Principal) and Dr. Krishan Kumar Verma (Vice-principal), Placement
Committee members and all teaching and non-teaching staff members of MCHSR for
organizing the session and for making this event successful.
Event was successfully closed with presenting a token of appreciation, a memento
to our guest of honorDr. Puneet Gupta by Dr. Praveen Kumar Gaur, Principal,
MCHSR.