ChemCareers India 2014

Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad, a constituent of CSIR is a leading research Institute in the area of chemical sciences. The core strength of IICT lies in Organic Chemistry, and it continues to excel in this field for over six decades. The research efforts during these years have resulted in the development of several innovative processes for a variety of products necessary for human welfare such as drugs, agrochemicals, food, organic intermediates, adhesives etc. More than 150 technologies developed by IICT are now in commercial production. IICT has active collaborations with several countries including France, Germany, UK, Switzerland, Italy, USA, Australia, Japan, Korea etc., and several students have benefitted from various exchange visit and post-doctoral opportunities. IICT has an outstanding record in research publications, patents, technology packages in the CSIR system C-DRIVE is a specialist ‘Science Talent Services’ firm, founded with the vision of establishing India as the Global Talent hub for organizations driven by Science. Over the last eight years of pure focus on Science, C-DRIVE has grown significantly and currently supports nearly 100 Science driven organizations across Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology, Food – Flavours & Ingredients, Personal Care, Specialty Chemicals, Agricultural Sciences, Medical Devices and Bio IT. C-Drive’s host of services include Talent Acquisition, Talent Pool Mapping, Talent Development , Compensation and Benefits Benchmarking, and People Insights driven Business Consulting. In essence, we understand two things very well, Science and ‘People in Science’ and these form the basis for all our service offerings RSC-DS has been devoting considerable time and effort on upgrading practical skills for UG and PG students by conducting workshops and seminar in diverse areas.. RSC DS also concentrates on working with school children by organizing science fairs and demos in chemistry and Quiz competition to inculcate scientific temper in young minds. In addition to this RSC DS does organize special programs for ladies on empowering women on education and health. RSC-DS fully supports the ChemCareers event as it believes in the event potential to guide students towards a prosperous career in the chemical sciences

Dr. Abhiram Prabhu Royal Society of Chemistry Bangalore prabhua@rsc.org 09663458278 Dr Rajeev Menon IICT Hyderabad rajeevmenon@iict.res.in 09550902345 Dr A K Srivastava IICT Hyderabad aksrivastava@iict.res.in