Professional with more than 4 decades of strong, decisive senior leadership in the areas of Research & Development, Production process operations, Resource & capacity optimisation, Productivity & operational efficiency management across pharmaceutical industry.
He is also visiting faculty for MBA programmes to reputed management institutes in India.
He is MBA from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai University, India & Master in Pharmacy from Nagpur University, India
Currently he is Chief Executive Officer in Pharma tech Consulting LLP, leading Consulting in the areas of Business development, New product sourcing, Lean Manufacturing & excellence, Manufacturing facility design Engineering & Good manufacturing practices. Cost optimisation for existing manufacturing processes for Pharmaceutical formulations & API’s.
In his previous role he was associated with,
Sanofi India in various roles in Industrial operations for 28 years. In the last assignment as Senior Director – Global External Manufacturing operations – Asia Pacific & Japan Region He has been instrumental in Projects, Strategy Planning, Vendor Development, Quality Management, Sourcing and devising appropriate strategy for identifying new business opportunities. He has diverse experience in managing Outsourcing in the area of Pharma, Consumer health care & Neutraceutical products.
GSK & Abbott in Pharma Research & Development function. (From 1985 to 1994)

Contributed significantly in setting up Pharma manufacturing plants as Green Field projects & implementation of new business development & Outsourcing opportunities in OTC & Consumer health care segment, Pharma & Animal health in India, South east Asia, Japan &Korea.