FORESIGHT(2020): Summer Internship Dr Reddy’s laboratories| Anmol Joshi

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Listen Share I am Anmol Joshi, a final year student of Chemical Engineering department and a boarder of MS Hall. I interned at Dr. Reddy’s laboratories at the end of my third year and got a pre-placement offer. The selection process of Dr. Reddy’s consists of 4 rounds. First off, there is a CV shortlisting, which is followed by a test. Almost all the students go-ahead for the GD round next, and finally, an interview consisting of a mix of technical and HR questions takes place. In general, almost everyone applying for the internship is shortlisted for the GD round irrespective of CV and how well they fared in the test. The test consists of questions from chemistry and core chemical engineering questions (for CH students), along with sections of psychometric and reasoning based questions. The third round, which is the GD round, is where the major elimination begins and that is where your core chemical engineering knowledge comes into play. It is important to have your basic concepts involving heat, mass and momentum transfer sound, along with the ability to explain where a particular concept fits right. The final interview is where you are mostly grilled on your CV, so it is important to be prepared on whatever you include in it. Projects at Dr. Reddy’s can be allotted in R&D, manufacturing or any other department based on the company’s requirements. I was allotted a project on the analysis of scale-up for the production of a pharmaceutical drug intermediate. A remote internship does have its own shortcomings, in terms of the fact that you feel isolated at times and might not be able to touch base with your project mentor for as long as a week. It is therefore imperative upon you to connect with your mentor and let him be known of the developments at regular intervals. My project seemed a bit boring at times as I could not get the direct exposure of what goes on at the manufacturing facility during drug production at a large scale. An online GD is certainly not the best option for shortlisting students for the final interview process, so it is possible that a company like Dr. Reddy’s might just put out a case for the applicants involving a technical issue that the company faces or one that could help increase the efficiency of a processor device. However, tests and interviews could just remain as they are. Anyone who is interested in core, and has followed whatever has been taught in the second and third year as a part of the chemical engineering curriculum. First of all, be absolutely sure that you have a genuine interest in core, irrespective of your CGPA. If you get your concepts clear and more importantly be able to explain them, securing a core chemical engineering internship should be a cakewalk. Also, be thorough on whatever you have mentioned on your CV, because a lot of companies ask you to go through it.