We recently organized the convocation ceremony for our very first
C-CAP batch from Pune. The students were looking forward to this event for a
long time – so much that some of them travelled from Mumbai and Noida just to
resurrect some of the great moments of their student lives. The event was also attended by our existing
students who were thrilled with the opportunity to hear the experiences of
their seniors as they stepped into the corporate world.
The guest of honor for the ceremony was Mr. Ajay Sathe (CEO, Cytel
India) who happily agreed to grace the occasion and share his valuable thoughts
for a successful career with the young graduates.
The young graduates have undergone a rigorous training program
in SAS® 9.4 followed by hands on
experience and on-the-job training at Cytel Statistical Software & Services
Pvt Ltd. The C-CAP program has groomed them on various facets of a successful
career in Clinical Programming – Domain Knowledge, Statistics Awareness,
Therapeutic Areas, Industry Standards, Practical Assignments and Soft skills.
The comprehensive structure of the program has ensured that students from
diverse educational background are able to emerge as versatile professionals.
As shared by Kaveri, our mentor, the diversity in the batch has actually
fostered peer-learning and taken the experience to next level.
In our earlier blog,
we had announced that our C-CAP batches were ready to be hired by the market.
Thanks to the capability shown by our students, we have been able to clock 100%
placement record for the first two batches – one from Pune and the other from
our Hyderabad facility. The students from Pune batch have been placed
with reputed CROs such as TCS, Accenture and Inventive. This has once again
established the viability of our systematic approach towards talent
development.
Previously there was a myth that one must be statistics background
to have a successful career in this industry; but with the grand success of our
students it has been proved that the statistical knowledge provided in C-CAP is
helpful in cracking the rigorous recruitment processes of MNCs irrespective of
the student’s background.
Watch some of our participants share their experiences with C-CAP.
The graduates were quite enthusiastic to share their experiences
from their stint with the corporate world. Here are some of the useful insights
from the interaction:
1. An appreciation of statistics helps a lot
in cracking the rigorous recruitment process followed by MNCs for clinical
programmers
2. A sound knowledge of the domain is
inevitable to navigate confidently through your job responsibilities in
Clinical Trial Services Industry
3. The exhaustive sessions on the safety
domains – a unique offering as part of C-CAP, gives you an edge over your peers
– both during recruitment process as well as on the job
The
graduates were quite satisfied with the training provided on various classes
under Safety domains - such as general observational class, special purpose
class etc. One of our students shared that in his new project he is working on
the assignments pretty similar to what he had worked on as part of practical
training in C-CAP. Naturally this gave him an added advantage in terms of
understanding of data and analysis of the same. As part of the operations team,
it was very gratifying for us all to hear the kind words from the batch. The
batch remains special in our heart, since they put their faith in us and gave
100% commitment as we walked along the journey.
Congratulations to all our gems that are
ready to adorn the teams of these reputed organizations! We have no doubt that
you will keep up the learning spirit and build an exemplary professional
reputation. All the best!!
About the author – Nikhita Pemgirikar-Pasalkar, a post graduate in
healthcare management , is working with CliPLab as a program coordinator in
Clinical SAS Programming. She has been a key contributor in design and
execution of C-CAP program.
