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RAMAIAH
College of Arts, Science
& Commerce
INDUSTRY-ACADEMIA COLLABORATIONS
Division of Life Sciences & Department of Chemistry-Biochemistry
2018-2019
Background
Biocon Academy
RCASC-Biocon Academy MoU signing
Biocon-Ramaiah Certificate Program on Quality Control Analytical (QCA)
Resource Persons & Industry Orientation
Zoom Videoconferencing and Learning Management System-Moodle
Students Screening, Recruitment, and Placements
Course Fee
News in print and digital media
Future perspectives
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PROGRAM REPORT
Background:
To promote innovation and industry readiness among life sciences graduates, it is
imperative to expose them to the ecosystem in Biopharma industry. This process is
achieved through skill development mediated by efforts from Industry and
Academia collaborations. In USA, strong tie-ups with Industry-Academia has
already been implemented and showed excellent progress. Although, India is
lagging in this perspective, recent efforts by National Skill Development Council
(NSDC) and few Biotech organisations a promising future is awaiting.
Biocon Academy:
Biocon Ltd is one of the premier biopharmaceutical company in Asia. As a part of
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairman & Managing
Director- Biocon has established ‘Biocon Academy’ in Bangalore;
https://www.bioconacademy.com/. The main aim of the academy is to prepare students
for industry readiness in a global competitive BioPharma sector.
Biocon Academy conducts several flagship certificate programs in Biosciences and
allied disciplines. The program and academic Deans of Biocon Academy work in
conjunction with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) from Biocon to develop and design
curricular aspects for the certificate programs. In parallel, Biocon Academy will
work with renowned educational institutes in USA and India to deliver the courses.
For example, Keck Graduate Institute (California, USA) and BITS Pilani, India are
the two premier institutes working with Biocon Academy. Few of the programs
running under the umbrella of Biocon Academy are;
Biocon-KGI Certificate Program in Biosciences
BITS Biocon Certificate Program in Applied Industrial Microbiology
Biocon-KGI Certificate Program in Clinical Development
Biocon Founder & Chairman, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw with Students of Biocon Academy
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RCASC-Biocon Academy Collaboration and MoU signing:
With a perspective to start a new certificate program on Quality Control Analytical
aspects in BioPharma Industry, Biocon Academy opened bidding process for
education partners in Bangalore such as, National Centre for Biological Sciences
(NCBS), RCASC, etc. Enthusiastically, RCASC submitted detailed proposal and later
given a presentation at Biocon Academy. In February 2019, it was finally confirmed
that RCASC has been chosen as an ‘education partner’ and a MoU has been
established.
RCASC ventured into this initiative with the following objectives;
To bring strong interaction between Industry and Academia through special
certificate programs (NAAC Criteria – 3.5)
To train students for entry to mid-level jobs in Quality Control and Quality
Assurance areas in Pharma Industry through experiential learning and
enhancing their soft skills (NAAC Criteria – 5.2.1)
To train faculty of RCASC to transition their academic expertise to industry
relevance through Faculty Development Programs and Special training
programs (NAAC Criteria – 6.3.4)
To bring student awareness on Industry standards and work ethics through
Industrial Visits and help in their placements (NAAC Criteria – 5.2.1)
To enable ICT tools in teaching methodology through delivering lectures by
Zoom Video Conferencing and establishing a Learning Management System,
Moodle (NAAC Criteria – 2.3.2)
MoU Signing-Feb 2019
Dr.A. Nagarathna, Principal-RCASC & Mr. Amithava Saha (President – HR, Biocon LTD)
Front Row, from left : Mr. Chennarayappa (former HoD, Chem-Biochem, RCASC), Dr. A. Nagarathana, Principal RCASC, Mrs. Bindu Ajit (Program Dean, Biocon Academy),
Mr. Amithava Saha (President, Human Resoruces, Biocon LTD), Mr. Ramgopal Rao S (Academic manager, Biocon Academy)
Back Row, from left: Dr. Rajdurai M (former faculty, RCASC), Dr. Nagagireesh Bojanala, Dean of
Sciences –RCASC, and Dr. SS Easwaran( Academic Dean – Biocon Academy)
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Biocon-Ramaiah Certificate Program on Quality Control Analytical
(QCA): After MoU signing, RCASC and Biocon Academy finalized the program for a
duration of 8-weeks entitled ‘Biocon-Ramaiah Certificate program on Quality
Control Analyical (QCA)’.
https://www.bioconacademy.com/program_overview_qca.aspx
The program objectives, outcomes, and schedule is as below:
SCHEDULE MODULE
Week 1 Basic toolkit
Week 2 Quality Management System
Week 3 Analytical Methods: Part I; Spectral Methods
Week 4 Analytical Methods: Part II; Chromatography (A)
Week 5 Analytical Methods: Part III; Chromatography (A)
Week 6 Quality analysis
Week 7 Stability testing
Week 8 Hand On Training – Thermo fisher –IIT Mumbai
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Resource Persons & Industry Orientation:
From RCASC, The program is mentored by the Principal and co-ordinated by Dean
of Sciences, Department of Life Sciences in collaboration with Department of
Chemistry-Biochemistry. Further, Biocon Academy reviewed qualified and
motivated faculty profiles from Life Sciences and selected few faculty as resource
persons. Later a rigorous ‘Industry Orientation’ at Biocon facility, Bangalore was
conducted. This orientation helped faculty to gain expertise in terms of Industry
relevance and to orient themselves to the QCA program. In addition, RCASC
recruited few Industry experts as resource person based on the need of expertise.
The list of approved resource persons is as below:
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Industry Orientation:
Industry Orientation was conducted during April 15 to 17, 2019 at Biocon Ltd, Bangalore.
During the program, several experts from Biocon delivered comprehensive lectures on
Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Stability Testing, and Shelf Life Determination etc. In
addition, Academic Dean of Biocon Academy gave training on team building activities.
Furthermore, faculty also visited Biocon Plants to check on the daily routine of employees
and Infrastructure.
Biocon Ramaiah Certificate Program in Quality Control Analytical (QCA)
Staff orientation
Day 1: 15th April, 2019- Monday
Theory:
09 30 Introduction to Quality Unit and Basic concepts in Quality Control
Sridhar
11 00 Tea break
11 30 Quality Management System Unnikrishnan
Lab visit:
14 30 Personal protective equipment and Good Laboratory Practices Site 1-Q2: Harish & Unnikrishnan
15 30 QMS overview- Lab tour
Day 2: 16th April, 2019- Tuesday
Theory:
09 30 Analytical Instrumentation: Spectral and Electrometric methods
Zacharia
11 00 Tea break
11 30 Analytical Instrumentation: Chromatographic Methods
Parthasarathy
Lab visit:
14 30 Spectral and Electrometric methods Site 2-Q8: Zacharia
15 30 Chromatographic Methods Site 2-Q8: Parthasarathy
Day 3: 17th April, 2019- Wednesday
Theory:
09 30 Quality analysis Harish
11 00 Tea break
11 30 Stability testing Jackson
Lab visit:
14 30 Stability Testing Jackson
Biocon Academy Biocon AcademyBiocon HouseSemicon Park, Electronic CityPhase II, Hosur Road,Bangalore - 560100, India
www.bioconacademy.com
Certificate
This is to certify that the following faculty have participated in the three days industry orientation program conducted at B iocon Academy between 15th and 17th April, 2019. The program comprised of the interaction with Subject Matter Experts and visits to the Quality Control laboratories of Biocon Limited
S. No Name Affiliation1 Dr. Nagagireesh Bojanala Ramaiah College of Arts, Science and
Commerce2 Dr. Basavaraj BV Ramaiah University of Applied
Sciences3 Dr. Santosh Anand Ramaiah College of Arts, Science and
Commerce4 Dr. Vasanth K Bhaskara Ramaiah College of Arts, Science and
Commerce5 Dr. Dr. Krishna Rao Jagarlamudi Ramaiah College of Arts, Science and
Commerce6 Dr. Vemula Vani Ramaiah College of Arts, Science and
Commerce7 Dr. Snehalatha V Ramaiah College of Arts, Science and
Commerce8 Dr. Prasanna Srinivas Ramaiah College of Arts, Science and
Commerce9 Dr. Priyanka Banerjee Ramaiah College of Arts, Science and
Commerce10 Dr. Rajadurai Murugan Ramaiah College of Arts, Science and
Commerce
SS.EaswaranAcademic Dean, Biocon Academy
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Photos from Industry Orientation – Apr 15-17, 2019
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Zoom Videoconferencing and Learning Management System-Moodle:
RCASC instituted advanced ICT tools to successfully run the QCA program through
Zoom Videoconferencing (for online classes) and Learning Management System
(LMS)- Moodle, which allows uploading of lectures, study materials,
quizzes/exams. Moodle also helps to monitor individual student progression
through-out the course.
http://www.moodle-rcasc.org/
Zoom Room – For Online lectures through Video Conference
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Student’s Screening, Recruitment, and Placements:
Biocon-Ramaiah certificate program on Quality Control Analytical (QCA) for 2019
was scheduled from August 16th to October 15th (8 weeks). Students from all over
India who possess M.Sc degree in Chemistry or Biochemistry with minimum 6.8 GPA
are eligible to apply through the admission portal of Biocon Academy. Later
students will go through 2 rounds of interviews, HR & Technical and selected
candidates will be enrolled into the program. By this process, Biocon Academy
enrolled 18 students for the Batch I of the QCA program. Of the 18, five students
are selected from Department of Chemistry-Biochemistry, RCASC.
After successful completion of the 8-week program, Biocon Academy conducted
campus placement and placed all the 18 students in BioPharma Industry. The
following students from RCASC also got placed and the details are below:
Student(s) Program Recruiter Remuneration (in lakhs)
Anushree S M.Sc Biochemistry Biocon, Bangalore 3.5-4.0
Anusha D M.Sc Organic Chemistry Biocon, Bangalore 3.5-4.0
Nisha R M.Sc Biochemistry Ramaiah Medical College
4.0-5.0
Rameen Taj M.Sc Biochemistry Intas, Ahmedabad 3.5-4.0
Vinay Kumar M.Sc Organic Chemistry Biocon, Bangalore 3.5-4.0
Left: Principal of RCASC, Dr.A. Nagarathna addressing graduating students Right: Mementos and Medals for students
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Batch I students with Founding Director of Biocon, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Certificate of Completion of QCA program
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Finances – Consultancy Payments:
The QCA program costs 30,000 plus tax (40% cost of the program) for the complete
duration of the program that includes fully covered 1 week stay at Thermofisher
IIT Mumbai Incubation center during the hands-on training sessions. Remaining 60%
cost of the program is covered by Biocon Scholarship which is provided to all the
selected students.
News in print and digital media:
The launch of the QCA program was mentioned in several pharma magazines and
blogs. In addition, Biocon Academy provides updates of the program in monthly
magazine ‘BioZesta’ and also on their office Facebook page.
Few of the links to the media files are;
https://www.biospectrumindia.com/news/68/13739/biocon-academy-organises-program-in-
quality-control-analytical.html
http://www.uniindia.com/biocon-academy-launches-quality-control-analytical-certificate-
course/south/news/1615763.html
http://www.pharmabiz.com/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=116106&sid=1
https://www.expresspharma.in/latest-updates/biocon-academy-introduces-experiential-learning-
program-in-quality-control-analytical/
https://www.facebook.com/BioconAcademy/posts/biocon-ramaiah-certificate-program-in-quality-
control-analytical-is-8-weeks-full/2418521988253371/
https://bioconacademy.blog/home/
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Principal, Dr. A. Nagarathna
Dean of Sciences, Dr. Nagagireesh Bojanala
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RCASC Student, Anushree S
Future Perspectives:
Biocon Academy thanked Honourable Directors, Shri. MR Janakiram & Shri. MR.
Kodandaram, Chief Executive Shri. B.S. Ramaprasad, Chief of Finance Mr.G.
Ramachandra, Principal Dr.A. Nagarathna, and Dean of Sciences, Dr. Nagagireesh
Bojanala for their support and smooth completion of the program for 2019.
Furthermore, all resource persons received high accolades for their teamwork and
diligence. Biocon Academy agreed to do one program annually with RCASC and the
next batch will commence from August 2020. Finally, renewal of contract terms
between the two institutions are in progress.
https://www.bioconacademy.com/program_EligibilityQCA.aspx
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