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Reliance Institute of Life Sciences is offering a full-time advanced Diploma program in Medico-Marketing for the academic year of 2010 and 2011. The program aims to impart training in various areas of sales and marketing pertaining to biopharmaceuticals industry. The details of the program are given below.

1. Program (12 months - full time)
1.1 Class room training: 2 months [5 days a week (Monday to Friday) 6 hours per day]

  • Introduction
  • Biology and medicine
  • Sales
  • Marketing
  • Customer services
  • Personality development

1.2 Field training: 10 months [6 days a week (Monday to Saturday)] in any of the following areas

1. Sales
2. Marketing
3. Brand management

Well defined and time bound deliverables will be given to each student

Eligibility

Candidates who have graduated in 2009/2010 with the following degrees:

  • B. Sc (Life Sciences/Chemistry/Physics)
  • M.Sc. (Life Sciences/Chemistry/Physics)
  • B.Pharm

Final year students who are writing their examinations this year are also eligible to apply. The applicants must hold a first class in his/her academics at the time of application. The maximum age limit for the admission to this program is 25 years.

Application Fee

The application form must be downloaded from the web site (http://www.rils.ac.in) and filled up legibly. A nonrefundable application fee of INR 500/- (Rupees five hundred only) has to be paid through demand draft in favor of 'Reliance Institute of Life Sciences' payable at Mumbai along with the application.

Completed application form along with the application fee needs to be sent via courier to the following address:

Directorate,
Reliance Institute of Life Sciences, Dhirubhai Ambani Life Sciences Center
Thane Belapur Road, Rabale, Navi Mumbai 400 701, India
Tel: +91-22-6767-8304 Fax: +91-22-6767-8099 E-mail: director@rils.ac.in

Selection Procedure

The selection will be done through a national level on-line test comprising questions from biotechnology, quantitative analysis and English comprehension. There will be 60 multiple choice questions which will have to be answered via internet portal within 45 minutes. The address of the internet portal and the time of the examination will be notified to the eligible candidates via E-mail at appropriate time.

The on line test will be followed by a personal interview which will be conducted in Navi Mumbai.

Intake Capacity

The intake capacity of this program is limited to 20 persons. The admission will be done strictly on the basis of merit.

Course Fee

The course tuition fee is INR 100,000/- (Rupees one lakh only) which has to be paid at the time of admission through demand draft in favor of' Reliance Institute of Life Sciences' payable at Mumbai.