Lecture By Mr Ashish Soparker (MD - Meghmani Chemicals)

Mr. Ashish Soparkar from Meghmani Chemicals addressed the MTM students on 23-08-08 to share his perspective about Chemical Industry in India This was part of an effort in understanding current status and future trends with regard to human resource development in the state.

Essential focus of his lecture was on the current and future manpower requirement of Gujarat in this important sector and whether the State is geared up for it or not, both for quantity and quality of students for researchers, operations, management of domestic and global operations and other critical areas of technology management, maintenance etc., in this changed environment.

His interaction rotated around the following specific topics:

1. Current status, future outlook of sector as a whole, competitiveness.
2. Trends, facts, issues, quality in sourcing manpower from within Gujarat for the sector at all levels. Is attrition, availibity an important issue?
3. Investment profile in Gujarat, some broad estimates of future human resources and their quality requirements for the future- 3, 5 years.

Shubham - MTM 0108