Valedictory Ceremony of 2 skill pilots in Pharma, Life-sciences and Healthcare by TASK

Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge (TASK) moves beyond IT/ITES into Pharma, Lifesciences and Healthcare skilling domains.

The valedictory ceremony for the two skill pilots, in collaboration with industry, were concluded at the Haritha Plaza today in the presence of Minister - Sri KT Rama Rao, Advisor to Government - Sri BV Papa Rao, Principal Secretary - Sri Jayesh Ranjan, Chairman - Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Mr. Satish Reddy, CEO - Life Sciences Sector Skill Corporation, Mr. Ranjit Madan, CEO - Call Health – Mr. Hari T, CEO – Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge, Mr. Sujiv Nair and other dignitaries.

1. Recognition for Prior Learning Pilot delivered through collaboration between TASK – LSSSDC- CII Telangana & 5 Pharma/ Lifesciences Companies – Dr Reddy’s, Granules India, Covalent Lab, Optimus Pharma and Unique Biotech.

96 QC Chemists from the above 5 Pharma/Bio manufacturing companies were a part of the RPL Pilot Batch that started in Dec 2016. These Chemists were oriented and appeared for the RPL Assessment. 76 of them cleared it and were handed over certificates confirming to National Skill Qualifications Framework Level 5.

2. Health Care Skilling Pilot delivered through collaboration between TASK and CallHealth Services Pvt Ltd. 44 unemployed youth from a batch of 50 majorly from secured jobs offers with  CallHealth as Home Health Officers and Phlebotomy Officers. These youth underwent training on medical domain, soft skills, communication skills and computers. Trainees were also put through yoga and meditation classes to build their overall personality.

About LSSSDC - Life Sciences Sector Skill Development Council is a not-for-profit, non-statutory skill certification organization which is working towards attaining the Skilled India vision for Life Sciences sector which includes Pharmaceutical, Bio-pharmaceuticals and Contract Research Sector. As a National Level organization, in partnership with various stakeholders groups, its objective is to serve to address the skill shortfalls in the Life Sciences Sector in India.

About CallHealth Services Pvt Ltd - CallHealth is providing end-to-end healthcare services such as Teleconsultation, Diagnostics@Home, Care@Home, Hospital Facilitation, Drugs@ Home, Wellness, Counselling and Family Doctor. CallHealth provides these services using a proprietary eHealth Platform, highly trained Medical Health Officers and leveraging the ecosystem of healthcare providers such as Hospitals, Diagnostic Centers, Physician Consultants, Physiotherapists and others in the arena of Medical and Health Care. For more details visit, www.callhealth.com.

About TASK - Telangana Academy for Skill and Know

ledge (TASK) was established by the Government of Telangana, to enhance skilling for youth in the state and in enrich the synergy among institutions of Government, Industry & Academia. Over 500 colleges in the Telangana state are registered with TASK and it offers skilling programs for students and faculty in line with industry requirement. For more information, visit www.task.telangana.gov.in. 

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