38 Recruiting the best talent Our ability to recruit and develop the best talent directly impacts our stakeholders and promotes the long-term success of our business. Our recruitment strategy is key to attracting high-potential individuals from a wide range of backgrounds and to develop and retain them. During the reporting year, we expanded our workforce significantly. We moved quickly to implement new virtual e-learning platforms and streamlined procedures to accelerate onboarding amid pandemic restrictions. Sustainability momentum in people practices Number of new hires by age group 21-29 334 30-50 314 Over 50 7 21- 29 51% 30-50 48% Over 50 1% Rate of new hires by age group Number of new hires by gender Men 569 Women 86 Men 87% Rate of new hires by gender Number of new hires by region Telangana 377 Karnataka 208 Maharashtra 45 Manchester 25 Rate of new hires by region Telangana 57% Karnataka 32% Maharashtra 7% Manchester 4% Women 13% New Hire Highlights 86 women added to the workforce, higher proportion versus previous reporting year 13.5% New women hires Improving regional representation with 278+ hires from Karnataka, Maharashtra and Manchester 42% New hires from ex HQ locations Maintaining the talent ecosystem by employing a healthy mix of new hires under 30 as well as experienced talent Creating a balanced workforce Establishing roots in Manchester Sai Life Sciences Manchester was set up at Alderley Park in July 2020 with a Process Research and Development Center of Excellence to assist our customers in developing routes and processes to their small molecule drug substances. We have a growing team of 25 highly experienced scientists focusing on Route Design and Process Development and plan to recruit talent from the top UK Chemistry universities. The center of excellence provides high quality and efficient development, scale-up and technology transfer to the Indian sites and expands our diversity in talent and capabilities.
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