Dr. Reddy’s employees awarded PG certificates from BITS Pilani

Vishakhapatnam, April 24, 2007: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories today organized the convocation ceremony for its employees receiving Masters Degrees in Science - Pharmaceutical chemistry from BITS Pilani (The country’s leading & reputed institute offering best technology and science courses in the country). Thirty –one employees were conferred the Masters degree at the ceremony which was presided by over Dr Maheswari, Vice-Chancellor, BITS and Dr Anji Reddy, Chairman, Dr Reddy’s Labs and other dignitaries at Vishakhapatnam.

Dr Reddy’s and BITS signed an agreement in the year 2000 with an objective of fostering collaboration between the two institutions to promote educational and learning climate in the area of Chemistry and Pharmacy. The three year MSc in Pharmaceutical Chemistry was the first programme flagged off in August 2000 followed by a two year MS programme in Pharmaceutical Operations & Management, which was initiated in February 2001. BITS operates an off-campus center at Dr Reddy’s premises and conducts educational programmes designed to meet the development needs of the Company’s employees. These programmes are equivalent to the corresponding degrees offered on-campus.

Dr Anji Reddy, Chairman, Dr Reddy’s added “These programmes are aimed at providing employees an opportunity to enhance their academic qualifications, synergize theory and practice on a sustained basis, become multi-skilled by learning new technologies and also gain appreciation of key management concepts”.

Dr Reddy’s started its Learning & Development center called ‘Ankur’ in 1998 with the objective of building a learning culture in the organization and helping employees achieve a balance between work and personal life. It offers both technical and managerial development programmes. Apart from the above-mentioned courses with BITS Pilani, Clinical Research through ICRI -New Delhi, courses in Intellectual Property Management are available for employees to excel in. Dr. Reddy’s has also partnered up with Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Mumbai, and a premier B-school in India to offer a unique MBA (Pharma Management) program to its employees.

About Dr. Reddy's:
Established in 1984, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (NYSE: RDY) is an emerging global pharmaceutical company with proven research capabilities. The Company is vertically integrated with a presence across the pharmaceutical value chain. It produces finished dosage forms, active pharmaceutical ingredients and biotechnology products and markets them globally, with focus on India, US, Europe and Russia. The Company conducts research in the areas of diabetes, cardiovascular, anti-infectives, inflammation and cancer.

About BITS:
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, is a deemed University running educational programs both on-campus as well as off-campus degree at all levels, namely Integrated First Degree, Higher Degree and Ph.D.

Contact Information:

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