Pfizer partners with GITAM to train rural women for pharmaceutical careers
Pfizer Healthcare India has partnered with GITAM University to provide pharmaceutical manufacturing training to rural women in Andhra Pradesh. The program, now in its fifth batch, combines academic coursework with practical skill development to improve employment opportunities.
Why it matters
This initiative demonstrates corporate social responsibility in bridging the gap between rural education and industrial workforce requirements.
Pfizer Healthcare India Private Limited has partnered with GITAM Deemed to be University to train rural women under the fifth batch of its Pfizer Autonomous Teams (PAT) programme, which was inaugurated on Wednesday.
According to the university, more than 50 female students have joined a three-year B.Sc. Chemistry programme alongside training in pharmaceutical manufacturing. Pfizer screened around 500 candidates from 15 rural villages in north Andhra for the programme.
The current batch has an average age of 19, with 77% of participants from the local area. The university said around 350 women had joined Pfizer’s workforce through the programme over the past four years.
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