Dr. Nirav Jamnapara
(Scientist,
Institute of Plasma Research, Gandhinagar)
Dr. Nirav is a
metallurgist with over 15 years of experience. He is a
doctorate from IIT Bombay and presently working at the
Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar. He is
taking care of the technology transfer portfolio of
the Institute for Plasma Research. He works
exhaustively on expanding novel applications of plasma
technology for diversified applications such as space,
environment, defense, power sector etc. Though his
core expertise is in high temperature materials and
coatings for extreme environments such as fusion
reactors, one of his key areas of interest is the
development of plasma technologies specific to
biomedical applications and water. He has over 11
publications and 1 patent to his credit. He is the
secretary of Gujarat Chapter and board member of India
National Council of ASM International, USA - the
globally renowned materials information society. He is
the corporate member of Institution of Engineers
(India) and a certified Chartered Engineer.
Dr.
J. L. Meena
(State Quality Assurance Medical Officer,
Department of Health & Family welfare,
Govt of Gujarat, India)
Dr.
Jitu Lal Meena is the State Quality Assurance Medical
Officer, Department of Health and Family Welfare,
Government of Gujarat and monitors the whole Quality
Improvement Programme (NABH / NABL / 5 S / Kaizen /
IPHS/ Family friendly / BMW / Radiation safety / Fire
safety / Mahatma Gandhi Swachhta Mission / National
Quality Standards etc.) in the Department of Health &
Family Welfare, Government of Gujarat.
Dr.
Meena has wide-ranging exposure (e.g. from bottom
level Primary Health Centre, India to world Top level
Johns Hopkins University, USA). He is working in
Quality Healthcare service science 2002 in the public
healthcare sector, Government of Gujarat.
Dr.
Meena led to prepare the Quality Standards in
Reproductive and Child Health programme (RCH) and
National Accreditation Standards (NABH) for Primary
Healthcare Centre / Community Health Care Centre. He
is also led to awareness of the Quality Healthcare
service (NABH / NABL) in the public health sector in
India.
Dr.
Meena is winner of several prestigious awards and
recognitions. During his leadershipnumbers of the
Government facilities are accredited as per NABH /
NABL and make a history in India. Under his leadership
Government of Gujarat is also the winner of several
prestigious awards for Provide Quality Healthcare
Service.
He is
an MBBS, PGQM & AHO, NABH Assessor, Member of NABH
Accreditation Committee - Quality Council of India &
Member of the Quality Assurance Expert Group, Ministry
of Health & Family Welfare - Government of India.
Dr.
Mahesh Patel
(Quality Manager,
Apollo Hospitals, Ahmedabad India)
Dr.
Mahesh is Quality & Patient Safety Officer at Apollo
Hospitals International Limited, Ahmedabad, a pioneer
and one of the largest healthcare groups in Asia. He
is associated with Apollo Hospitals Group for more
than 7 years, where he is playing a leadership role in
designing and instituting systems that promotes
patient safety. He is a key member of various
Operational & Quality Steering committees and is
actively involved in implementing Quality Improvement
& Patient Safety Initiatives. He has worked
extensively on setup quality management system
including indicator monitoring.
Dr.
Mahesh Patel has a medical background and management
credentials from Apollo Institute of Hospitals
Administration, Hyderabad. He is also serving as a
Visiting Faculty & External Examiner at Dept. of
Hospital Management, Hemchandracharya North Gujarat
University (HNGU), Patan since year 2009.
Dr.
Mahesh has presented many papers pertaining to his
field, delivered talks on Quality Improvement and
Patient Safety and has many publications too.
His
special interest includes Lean Management, Process &
System Innovations through IT, Hospital Operations,
Accreditation, Quality Management Systems, and
Healthcare Quality Training.
Dr.
Ashok Thakkar
(Head – Clinical Research,
Meril Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., Vapi)
-
Education: M.Pharm, MBA,
PhD
-
Experience: 9 years in
Drugs/Devices trials plus 2 years in Sales and
Marketing
-
Working experience with
CDSCO, New Delhi as a Medical Device Consultant
-
Experience in Projects
Handled: More than 100
-
Publications: More than
100
Core
Competences in
-
Clinical Research
-
Medical Writing
-
Preparation of Clinical
Evaluation Report
-
Preparation of
Literature Search Report
-
Medical Device
-
Interventional
Cardiology
Dr.
S. S. Murugan
(Managing Director,
GLR Laboratories Pvt. Ltd.,
UK and EU Registered Toxicologist, Chennai)
Dr.
Murugan is a UK and EU Registered Toxicologist with
more than 20 years experience in industry. Dr. Murugan
obtained his Bachelors, Masters as well as Doctoral
degree in Toxicology from University of Madras and MGR
Medical University. He has worked with major contract
research organizations (CRO) in India - Head of
Genetic Toxicology at IIBAT, Toxicology and Quality
Assurance Manager at SGS and Scientific Director at
RCC India. He has extensive operational and quality
assurance experiences. He has been instrumental in
obtained GLP certification and has turned around the
business at 2 Indian CROs. He has successfully faced
several GLP, ISO17025 and FDA audits. Additionally, he
has faced several national and international client
audits. He was also a member of CPCSEA guidelines
committee, which over sees the animal experimentation
in India.
Mr.
Anand Srinivasan
(Head-Polycarbonates ISC (Indian sub-continent),
Covestro (India) Pvt. Ltd., Maharashtra)
Anand
Srinivasan is the Head of Polycarbonates ISC (Indian
sub-continent). A Chemical engineer by training, Anand
joined Bayer Corporation at Pittsburgh post his
Master’s Degree from Penn State University, USA in
1998. He started off as a process engineer, and moved
on to project engineering. |
The
next opportunity was at the Baytown Texas (Covestro)
site, where he was the Air Compliance lead. In 2009 he
decided to move back to India and took up the
commission of a new molecule, as plant manager at the
Agro plant in Ankleshwar, Bayer CropScience.
After
production, Anand headed the Supply Chain Center for
Covestro India (formerly Bayer MaterialScience). He
was instrumental in establishing the nicer globe
initiative, where chemical companies have come
together for a common vision, to address
transportation distribution safety in India.
He has
actively lead initiatives at the Texas Chemical
Council and now participates at the Indian Chemical
Council.
Anand
recently took over the position of heading the
Polycarbonates business for the Indian sub-continent.
He lives in Thane with his wife and 2 little kids, and
is a musician, artist, and a fitness fan.
Mr. Ganesh Sabat
(CEO, Sahajanand Medical Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Surat)
Mr.
Sabat has got more than 15 years of global experience
of working in USA and India. He has got more than 5
years of experience in medical device industry.
Currently Mr. Sabat is working as the CEO of SMT Pvt.
Ltd. He has successfully expanded SMT presence in
India as well as in 40 countries across the world.
Under his leadership, SMT is developing as a global
leader in cardiovascular market.
Mr.
Sabat has completed his MBA from Washington University
in Saint Louis. He also holds a degree from ICSI,
India and has completed his graduation in science with
Physics (Hons). As a young and dynamic professional,
he wants to strongly position Indian medical device
industry in the global field.
Mr.
Ravi Shrivastava
(CEO, Omni Lens Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad)
Ravi
Srivastava has about 27 years in handling sales and
marketing functions in domestic and international
business. He has worked with well-established global
western multinational companies and start up companies
of repute from India.
He is
currently designated as CEO with major
responsibilities of Global Business development in
Omni Lens (P) Ltd., manufacturing wide range of CE
certified ophthalmic medical devices and other
pharmaceutical products meeting International
standard. His Key responsibilities include strategic
planning, identification of emerging market areas, new
product development besides strengthening the present
business in International markets like U.S., Latin
America, Europe, Japan, China, Korea etc. besides
strengthening existing business.
He has
travelled widely in about 90 countries across U.S.,
Latin America, Europe, Africa, Middle East, UAE,
Korea, China and many other Asian countries.
Mr.
Vipul Sheth
(Managing Director, Matrix Med Tec Pvt. Ltd.,
Ahmedabad)
Vipul
Sheth is Managing Director of Matrix Meditec (P) Ltd –
the company engaged in manufacturing and exporting of
orthopaedic implants and instruments. He is also
heading company named Life Sight Surgicals (P) Ltd - a
company engaged in manufacturing and trading of
Ophthalmic Instruments and intra ocular lenses. He has
significant contribution in bringing and educating
phaco emulsification technique in India.
He is a
distinguished personality in the field of medical
devices & instrumentation having experience of more
than 20 years. He has been representing CARL ZEISS,
Germany for more than a decade. He has also attended
numerous workshops / seminars organized by SYNTHS,
ZEISS in Davos, Switzerland, USA Germany. Mr Sheth is
a science graduate and his company Matrix Meditec is
actively involved in bringing new / unique
technologies in the field of orthopaedic implants and
instruments.
Mr.
Sanjeev Rajput
(Founder, Balaji Concepts, Vadodara)
Mr.
Sanjeev Rajput is Founder of Balaji Concepts, Vadodara,
and Partner in Excel Balaji Sterilization Concepts,
Manufacturer of Industrial & Hospital size ETO
Sterilizers, ETO Scrubbers and ETO Sterilization
services Provider, Ahmedabad.
Mr.
Sanjeev Rajput is having experience of more than 10
years in the field of ETO Sterilization. He is an
expert in ETO Sterilization process and technology. He
also has experience in design and manufacture of
modern sophisticated fully automatic ETO Sterilizers.
He is a solution provider and consultant in ETO
sterilization systems and process. His interests in
modern engineering, continuous research and consumer
feedback helped him to develop and upgrade various new
and innovative tech additions to his products.
Mr.
Partha Mohapatra
(Lead Healthcare (India) & Technical Support,
Styrolution ABS (India) Ltd, India)
Mr.
Partha Mohapatra is working as Lead Healthcare (India)
& Technical Support with Styrolution ABS (India) Ltd ,
India.
In his
present role, he is actively involved in Application &
Product Development along with Technical support, with
major key focus on new business opportunities for
styrene’s in medical device industry.
Mr.
Partha Mohapatra is Post graduate in Plastic
technology from CIPET, Hyderabad & M.B.A (Marketing)
from I.G.N.O.U (New Delhi) with 18 years’ of
experience in plastics processing & raw material
industry . He has expertise in processing of
engineering plastic & actively engages in business
development/ marketing of styrene’s products for
healthcare industry, also involve in new projects
developments with other OEMs/ Industry along with T1 &
T2 supplier. Provides technical support to customer
from initial stage to project commercialization stage
& also diverse technical sales marketing experience in
the field of MEDICAL GRADES STYRENCIS POLYMERS. |