WHAT ’s INSIDE?...Global HR Heads of 4 of the largest Pharma companies in India—Sun, Cipla, Lupin and Zydus— were inducted into the Governing Body of the Council. With Dr Reddy’s

A QUARTERLY Editorial published by Life Sciences Sector Skill Development Council

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SKILL NEWSLETTER Issue 19 | July 2020 – September 2020

Issue 19 | July 2020 – September 2020

WHAT’s INSIDE?


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EDITORIAL- FROM CEO’S DESK

Dear Partners, Colleagues and Readers,

The second Quarter was a major inflection point in Council’s journey. Global HR Heads of 4 of the largest Pharma companies in India—Sun, Cipla, Lupin and Zydus— were inducted into the Governing Body of the Council. With Dr Reddy’s Lab already well represented through our Chairman, Mr Satish Reddy, the biggest employers are now on our GB. This is a reflection of the trust reposed by top employers in the activities of LSSSDC and will serve to further deepen our already strong connect with these employers, and other ‘majors’. The Council wishes to thank the top management of the ‘majors’, and will do all possible to meet their expectations.

The Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) formally announced introduction of LSSSDC skilling modules in B. Pharma. curriculum, through a circular issued to all Pharmacy institutions in the country. This is another step forward in bringing the worlds of Industry and Academia in Life Sciences closer together, and expected to be a major game changer in ‘skill advancement’. Our sincere thanks to Dr B. Suresh, President PCI, for his continued support.

LSSSDC made further in-roads in leveraging ‘on line’ and virtual space—with new launches of E modules, on line TTT/TOA training, and RPL—through introduction of “Parakh se Pehchan” initiative, and virtual placement drives.

Government launched the ‘Skills Strengthening for Industrial Value Enhancement (STRIVE)’ project, funded by World Bank, and aimed at skill enhancement in MSMEs in major clusters, and with Industry Associations as key players. This received strong support from Associations partnering LSSSDC—IDMA, BDMA, FOPE, ABLE, ACRO, KDPMA. As many as 7 applications were submitted across as many major clusters. Award is awaited. Alongside, DBT launched a drive to induct further colleges across India under its ‘Skill Vigyan’ program, which aided by webinars conducted by LSSSDC, received strong support with well over 150 institutions submitting applications.

In order to meet requests from Academia and Industry to guide them and provide support with skilling, the Council successfully launched Academia and Industry support initiatives, as also a specific Apprenticeship support program. Organisations and institutions can avail of these by reaching out to the Council which will provide end-to-end support and solutions.

Sincerely,

Ranjit Madan


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SPECIAL COVERAGE

LSSSDC’S GOVERNING BOARD INCLUDES HR LEADERS FROM TOP 4 COMPANIES IN LIFE SCIENCES SECTOR

LSSSDCs strong Industry connect and deep Industry engagement has been a major strength.

Top 4 HR leaders joins Governing Board of LSSSDC

To further strengthen its Industry linkage, Global HR heads from top four (4) companies in the sector joined the Governing Body of LSSSDC in mid-August. These are Mr. Rishikesh Rawal from Cadila Healthcare Ltd. (Zydus Cadila group), Ms. Raju Mistry from Cipla Limited, Dr. Sapna Purohit from Sun Pharma and Mr. Yashwant Mahadik from Lupin Limited.

With their induction in GB, LSSSDC is further strengthening its bonds with Industry. Their participation and inputs will add great value to Council’s Skilling, Re-skilling and Up-skilling initiatives.

LSSSDC ORGANIZES A WEBINAR ON THEME OF “TOP EMPLOYERS AS ENGINES OF SKILLED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT”

LSSSDC has recognized the value derived from deep engagement with top employers in India since inception. Top employers have been involved in each element of skilling chain. In the current Covid19 situation and envisaging the skilling ecosystem post Pandemic, LSSSDC views these top employers as “Engines of skilled workforce development”. Accordingly, LSSSDC organized a virtual workshop focused on leadership and HR teams of major players in the sector.


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LSSSDC Workshop on “Top Employers as Engine of Skill Development

The workshop was graced by NSDC and Mr. Satish Reddy, Chairman, LSSSDC and President IPA, Mr. Sudarshan Jain, Secretary General, IPA, Dr. B. Suresh, President, Pharmacy Council of India and NSDC top management.

The webinar included sessions from Industry panellists like Mr. Dayakar Reddy from Dr. Reddy’s Lab, Mr. Sameer Tamhane from IPCA Labs, Mr. Rishikesh Rawal from Cadila Healthcare and Mr. S Varadharajan from Micro Labs. Sessions were moderated by Mr. Ranjit Madan, CEO LSSSDC.

The webinar was well attended by over 160 members from major member companies.

PHARMACY COUNCIL OF INDIA INCLUDES LSSSDC VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AS ELECTIVE IN B. PHARMA. CURRICULUM

Notification snapshot of Pharmacy Council of India dated 30 Sep 2020


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Pharmacy Council of India has joined hands with LSSSDC, recognising the ‘skill advancement’ benefits to Pharmacy students of India. As a result, in the month of September 2020, with expected start of academic year 20-21, Pharmacy Council of India has formally revised the curriculum guidelines of Bachelor of Pharmacy in India. These now include LSSSDC’s vocational qualifications as electives with due credits for students of B. Pharma in eighth semester.

LSSSDC LAUNCHES ITS OWN ASSESSMENT PLATFORM “PARAKH” AND “PARAKH SE PEHCHAAN” PROGRAM

Since inception LSSSDC has been focusing in adopting the best practices and strengthening the in house capabilities for Quality Assessments. In August 2020, LSSSDC launched its own assessment platform “PARAKH”— capable of delivering a variety of online assessments with adoption of AI driven assessment proctoring capabilities.

Going forward, LSSSDC intends to use “PARAKH” in all of its assessments. Alongside, LSSSDC has launched its Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) based program “Parakh Se Pehchaan”.

LSSSDC IN NEWS IN QUARTER 2 FY 20-21

LSSSDC’s efforts for value addition to the industry and strengthening the Skill Ecosystem for Life Sciences Sector has been noted and acknowledged by many segments in the fraternity.

In September, Mr. Ranjit Madan, CEO, LSSSDC was interviewed by Nisarg National Network for its web broadcast program ‘Good Morning Bharat’. The following link could be used to access the interview session.

http://nisargnationalnetwork.com/lsssdc-ceo-mr-ranjit-madan-on-skill-development-special-interview-series-good-morning-bhaarat/




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IN FOCUS: JULY 2020

LSSSDC LAUNCHED 2ND BATCH OF E-CERTIFICATION PROGRAM IN PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTION

In continuation of the launch of LSSSDC’s 1st E-Certification Program in Quarter 1 of FY 20-21, LSSSDC has launched its 2nd batch of E-Certification Program in Pharmaceutical Production.

LSSSDC launched its 2nd batch of E-Certification Program in Pharmaceutical Production

The Program is delivered through LSSSDC’s Daksh platform. The participants are given self-paced modules in addition to 5 virtual classes every week by industrial trainers, and weekend assignments to evaluate their learning during the week.

LSSSDC CELEBRATES WORLD YOUTH SKILLS DAY, 15TH JULY AND 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF SKILL INDIA MISSION WITH ITS VIRTUAL INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT IN SIKKIM

Covid19 might have impacted the world, but LSSSDC team continues to deliver in its mission with innovative practices.

On 15th July 2020, on the occasion of World Youth Skills Day and 5th Anniversary of Skill India Mission, LSSSDC decided to celebrate this through catalysing Industry Engagement in Sikkim Cluster. A virtual


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engagement workshop was organized for Industry players in Sikkim— with prominent partnership of Sikkim Government. The theme of workshop was participation of Industry in ‘National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme’ (NAPS) in the time of Covid19 where Life Sciences Sector which is acting a frontend warrior in fight against Pandemic and has continued its operations to ensure essential medicine supplies in India and across the world.

On this occasion, NISARG National Network also published the Success story of LSSSDC in its editorial section “Skill Darpan- Reflection of Skilling in India”. The story can be accessed on Page no. 17 by clicking the link below:

https://fliphtml5.com/uiewe/aivn/basic

LSSSDC FACILITATES DBT DRIVEN “SKILL VIGYAN” APPLICANTS THROUGH VIRTUAL FOCUSED GROUP DISCUSSIONS

LSSSDC is a lead partner awarding body with Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India in its flagship scheme “Skill Vigyan”. In the phase 2 of Skill Vigyan program also, LSSSDC continues to be a lead awarding body where Academic / Industrial Institutions and research centres have shown interest to run the vocational training and upskilling programs.

Skill Vigyan Facilitation workshop for applicants from PAN India

To support and facilitate the applicants of Skill Vigyan Program, LSSSDC organized two Virtual sessions on 22nd and 25th July 2020 and supported approximately 150 applicants across India in submission of their Skill Vigyan Proposals to State Councils for Science and Technology.

LSSSDC ORGANIZED VIRTUAL WORKSHOP FOR STRIVE APPLICANTS FACILITATION

“Skills Strengthening for Industrial Value Enhancement” (STRIVE) is a new World Bank funded project that has been approved by Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) in November 2016 for a total cost of Rs. 2200 crore (US $ 318 million). The project falls under the Programme for Results (P4R) based category of World Bank that ensures outcome based funding.

The project aims at creating awareness through industry clusters/ geographical chambers that would address the challenge of involvement of Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs).

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Strive Project Proposal Facilitation workshop for applicants from PAN India

Under this, all State Government invited applications from Industry bodies/ cluster associations. LSSSDC acted as key facilitator to Associations in application submission. To achieve a smoother and effective facilitation across Industry clusters of Life Sciences Sector, LSSSDC also organized a facilitation workshop with all applicants on 24th July 2020.

As many as 9 successful applications in 7 states were submitted—through IDMA, BDMA, FOPE, ABLE, ACRO, and KDPMA. Our thanks to all these Associations. Award is awaited from respective states.


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IN FOCUS: AUGUST 2020

LSSSDC UPSKILLED IT’S CERTIFIED ASSESSORS

LSSSDC has always been working towards strengthening its skilling ecosystem. To catalyse this, LSSSDC has commenced a 5 day Upskilling workshop for LSSSDC certified assessors.

Upskilling Workshop for LSSSDC’s Certified Assessors

The objective was to equip certified assessors with knowledge and skills required for vocational assessments, as also operational guidelines under Covid19 situation— sharing global best practices of assessments.

This workshop was also an outcome of preparedness of LSSSDC for upcoming assessment in phased unlock of Skilling Ecosystem.

LSSSDC LAUNCHES APPRENTICESHIP FACILITATION PROGRAM

LSSSDC continues to be the lead Awarding and Monitoring body for National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) for optional trades in Life Sciences Sector. Since the mandate given to LSSSDC by Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) in Mid-2018, LSSSDC has been in the lead among all manufacturing focused councils in apprentice engagement.

In the month of August 2020 LSSSDC achieved its milestone of 12,000 apprentices in total 15 optional trades across sales, manufacturing, quality and R&D. Well over 200 employers have been on- boarded. A recently added optional trade is “Drug Regulatory Affair Chemist”

To further support Industries in Life Sciences Sector, LSSSDC has launched an ‘Apprenticeship Facilitation Program’ for Industry under which it will provide end-to-end support and solution for apprenticeship, including support in mobilization of apprentices, helping firms in filing claims and reimbursement, and supporting them till they get reimbursed— quarter wise.


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LSSSDC AND AURIGA RESEARCH LAUNCHED E-CERTIFICATION PROGRAM IN QUALITY ANALYTICS

As part of its E-certification program offering through Daksh platform, LSSSDC launched its 1st batch of ‘Quality Analytics’ in partnership with Auriga Research.

LSSSDC launched E-Certification Program in Quality Analytics

The Program is delivered through LSSSDC’s Daksh platform. The participants are given self-paced modules in addition to weekend virtual classes by industrial trainers from Auriga Research.

LSSSDC LAUNCHES MEMBERSHIP FOR ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS AND INDUSTRY

Since inception LSSSDC has been engaging both academia and industry to bridge their gap, and strengthening the skilling ecosystem. With further mandates for initiatives like Apprenticeship, Centre of Excellence (COEs) and project implementation of various line ministry and state govt. projects, LSSSDC has launched Academia and Industry Membership programs.

The Council will provide a range of benefits to members, leveraging its Cluster Heads team, Standards & Training Advisory, and Assessment, Accreditation & Certification verticals.

LSSSDC launched its Membership for Academic and Research Institutions and Industry

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IN FOCUS: SEPTEMBER 2020

LSSSDC’S EFFLUENT TRATMENT PLANT OPERATOR QUALIFICATION GOT APPROVAL BY NCVET

NCVET approved LSSSDC’s new vocational qualification “Effluent Treatment Plant Operator – Life Sciences (NSQF Level 4)” as NSQF aligned National Vocational Qualifications during NSQC Meeting held on 22nd September 2020.

Notification snapshot of Pharmacy Council of India dated 30 Sep 2020

This qualification have also been cleared by Ministry of Environment and Forest, Govt. of India and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt of India.

LSSSDC CONDUCTS VIRTUAL PLACEMENT DRIVE WITH INDUSTRY

As Covid19 situation continues to prolong and unlock will be gradual, LSSSDC has decided to use technology tools in conducting the placement drive for providing gainful employment to its students in E-certification Program.

Two such successful drives were conducted in the month of September 2020— with Macleods Pharma on 1st September 2020 and with Sun Pharma on 23rd September 2020. Both placement drives were conducted virtually. LSSSDC facilitated the virtual interviews of the e-certified students with the companies above. This resulted in successful selection of graduate apprentices. Through collaborative efforts, total placements completed in first half 20-21have exceeded 4000.

New Approved

Qualification

Effluent Treatment Plant Operator – Life Sciences

(LFS/Q0220 Ver 1.0)


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LSSSDC COMMENCED “ONLINE TRAIN THE TRAINER PROGRAM”

LSSSDC commenced the first batch of its technology driven “Train the Trainer” Programs, through online mode, on 28th Sep 2020.

LSSSDC’s Senior Director, Dr. Nivedita, said, “With the launch of 1st batch for Trainer the Trainer Program through digital means, we have made the best use of available technology platforms. The Program structure and delivery methodology also have been modified and upgraded to equip the trainers with all the knowledge and skills required to deliver high quality effective vocational trainings”.

LSSSDC HELD ITS 26TH GOVERNING BOARD MEETING VIA VIDEO CONFERENCE

Amidst COVID19 lockdown situation, LSSSDC’s held its 26th Governing Board meeting on 29th September 2020 via a video conference. The newly inducted HR Heads of 4 top Pharma companies were welcomed on board. Board also agreed on working with top three Industry players in AYUSH sector in focused initiatives in AYUSH manufacturing.

In a subsequent meeting, the newly inducted board members were introduced to LSSSDC’s initiatives and updates. The meeting also included agenda items like Apprenticeship facilitation programs, E-certification programs and fast tracking upskilling program. LSSSDC’s preparedness was discussed in light of alignment of LSSSDC’s qualifications with B. Pharma curriculum of Pharmacy Council of India.

LSSSDC CONDUCTED A VIRTUAL WORKSHOP ON PATENTS AND ITS VALUE

As digital platform of LSSSDC are getting stronger, LSSSDC has decided to launch capacity building workshops for Life Sciences Sector.


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First of such workshop was conducted by LSSSDC on topic of “Patents and its value” a well-recognized and important area for sector. The speaker for the session was Dr. Akshay Kant Chaturvedi who is Executive Director of Shivalik Rasayan Limited. The workshop was attended by 200+ participants from Industry and academia.

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WHAT ’s INSIDE?...Global HR Heads of 4 of the largest Pharma companies in India—Sun, Cipla, Lupin and Zydus— were inducted into the Governing Body of the Council. With Dr Reddy’s