Thursday, July 2, 2009

Biotechnology Leadership Camp (BioCamp) at Hyderabad

Novartis India is organising its Biotechnology Leadership Camp (BioCamp) on August 11 and 12, 2009 in Hyderabad to bring in young students from diverse fields and different universities to form a talent pool for pharma and biotech industries.

BioCamp is open to postgraduate students and young researchers in science, pharmacology, medicine, biotechnology, business management (preference to students with a science background) or law (specialization in Intellectual Property Rights) interested in pursuing a career in the pharma and biotech industry.

Selected students will have the opportunity to learn from and network with leaders in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and business sector as well as increase their team building skills. The top two students from the India BioCamp will represent India at the International BioCamp being held at the Novartis Institute of BioMedical Research, Cambridge, USA from October 27 to 31, 2009, informed a Novartis press release. Last date for receiving applications is July 10, 2009and more information would be available through biocamp.india@novartis.com.