Mumbai: The Indian Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR) yesterday organized a National Conclave on “Human Resource Management in Pharmaceutical Industry: Challenges and Future Directions” to emphasize the need for selecting the right people to man the innovation-led pharma industry.
Talking to mediapersons, S D Gupta, Director, IIHMR, said by introducing courses such as hospital and pharmaceutical management, IIHMR was striving to resolve the issue of talent crunch by producing well-qualified students capable of making a real difference in the field of pharma, by preparing them for the corporate roles.
By the year 2015, the Indian Pharmaceutical industry would be the 3rd largest all over the world with an output of 20 billion US dollars.
Research & Development is the core function of pharmaceutical companies and requires high-skilled employees to deliver, he said.
Talking about his vision for India for the year 2020, Dr. Gupta said only 35 per cent of India's population can avail of the benefits of healthcare.
Our goal for year 2020 is making good quality medicines available to the Indian public at low cost. And this is only possible for when there is highly talented manpower capable of drug R&D. And providing an education capable of producing such students is the 1st step in doing so and the goal of IIHMR too.
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