Lupin to train over 1000 graduates for the pharma industry by 2020

Pharmaceutical giant, Lupin Limited expects to train more than 1000 undergraduates to become pharma professionals by the year 2020 under its Learn and Earn initiative. Lupin has launched this initiative in which candidates who has passed Standard 12 in the science stream with a minimum of 50 percent marks but are facing financial constraints are taken for a three-year-long course during which they are paid stipend and provided all the facilities. Since 2011 Lupin has helped to create a total of 560 graduates with 181 students passing out this year (2018).

The company has initiated the Learn and Earn initiative at its facilities in Goa, Tarapur (Maharashtra), Indore (MP), Aurangabad (Maharashtra), and Sikkim. During the course period, the candidate undergoes five days on-the-job training with one day of classroom session. Further, the students have to compulsorily work with Lupin for two years after completing their course before they join any other pharmaceutical firm. Mumbai-headquartered Lupin has estimated that by the year 2020 they would be spending almost `20 crore on this program that will bridge the manpower requirement of the pharmaceutical sector in a big way.