IMPACT OF TRENDS IN INDIAN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY ON TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES AND BIRTH OF INNOVATIVE APPROACHES

Indian Pharmaceutical industry is in a very dynamic situation in the last one decade. The change it has witnessed is so incredible that organisations in this industry are making all attempts to survey & thrive in this complex environment. In such a scenario in many organisations Training & Development (T&D) too has raised to occasion to be a true business partner. In this endeavour, T&D in many pharma companies h ave initiated programs which have helped the organisation immensely. This paper attempts to bring out the key trends in this industry which impacted the way traditional training & development was done and tries to identify the emerging innovative