Reliance Institute of Life Sciences
Reliance Institute of Life Sciences (RILS), established by Dhirubhai Ambani Foundation, is an institution of higher education in various fields of life sciences and related technologies. About. The Reliance Institute of Life Sciences (RILS) is an educational institution offering higher learning in various domains of life sciences and related technologies. Established by the Dhirubhai Ambani Foundation, it is said to be India’s pioneer institute in offering graduate, post-graduate, doctoral, research and continuing education programs in several emerging areas of science and technology. Courses. The institute offers training in specific areas of fundamental and  applied research, including basic and applied sciences, agriculture and environment sciences, process development and manufacturing sciences, clinical research and science and engineering courses in the computer, biomedical and pharmaceutical fields. Faculty. The institute is headed by its Chairman, business magnate, Mukesh Ambani. Vice-chairman K. V. Subramaniam, Director Dr. Arnab Kapat and executive members Prof. Arvind Kudchadker, Dilip Kumar Ghosh and Vinay Ranade make up the rest of the power-packed team. The permanent teaching faculty comprises a pool of eminent scientists working for Reliance Life Sciences. Visiting faculty includes professors from other reputed academic institutions and veterans from the  life sciences industry. Infrastructure. RILS has state-of-the-art lecture halls and a fully equipped library complete with a reference section, a regular text section and a computing facility with Internet access. Special programs. As the name suggests, RILS’s 'Competency Development Program' focuses on training aspirants in the domain of life sciences by developing their competencies in life sciences and allied areas. A three-month classroom training stint is followed by nine months of on-field training in which candidates are thoroughly assessed for their learning and performance abilities. The Young Professionals’ Program consists of a range of  courses, each especially designed to hone its students’ skills in a highly specialized area. Some of these courses are listed below: Other programs include Young Manufacturing Professionals' Program (YMPP), Young Medico-Marketing Professionals' Program (YMMPP), Young Agri-Professionals Program (YAPP) and Young Laboratory Technicians Program (YLTP). Advanced Diploma Programs. RILS offers advanced diploma programs in bio-therapeutics and clinical research. Biotherapeutics. Under this program, students are trained on modules covering topics like: The program stretches across three months of classroom training followed by a nine-month project studying areas like: Clinical research. It focuses on conducting clinical trials for bioavailability /bio-equivalence studies of drug molecules and is designed to meet the needs of Contract Research Organizations. A few of the modules offered by the program are: Symposia. In collaboration with Reliance Life Sciences, RILS conducts regular international symposia with the aim of creating a knowledge-sharing platform for the entire scientific fraternity of the world. It has conducted three international symposia till date. The symposium conducted in 2006 focused on Preventive and Predictive Molecular Diagnostics and Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine and, in 2007, on Evidence-Based Practices in Reproductive and Fetal Medicine. Workshops. RILS also conducts specialized workshops  to impart training on the various aspects of genetically inherited diseases, testing and methodology and the psychological and social aspects of counseling.