In any developing economy, the educational system and prospects for career development should complement each other. Essentially, careers are built around the economic growth indicators of the country. Global pharmaceutical industry has gained an unmatched momentum the world over and India’s pharmaceutical market is the second largest in Asia.
The challenges of 21st century are many. The prime drivers of these emerging challenges are an unprecedented rapid transformation in the external environment in which business organizations operate. The most important aspect of managerial decision making process in an organization has been to innovate new ways and means to remain globally competitive. Despite having many centres of excellence in clinical research, the resources are limited and are inadequate in meeting the current challenging and escalating demands. Clinical Research calls for specialization, team work and time bound operations in a multi-tasking environment. Thus there is a demand for executives and managers, to bring in professionalism and expertise in Clinical Research.