Dr. S. Eswara Reddy is the Deputy Drugs Controller Of India, Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India. He holds a Masters Degree in Pharmacy and Ph.D. and has rich experience in manufacturing of pharmaceuticals, academic and in Regulations.

He started his career as a Drugs Inspector in CDSCO, West Zone, Mumbai in 1998 and has good experience in GMP, GCP and GLP audits and promoted as an Assistant Drugs Controller of India in 2009.

He participated in many national and international seminars / workshops / meetings on various areas of Drugs regulations and undergone training from USFDA, KFDA, South Korea and WHO, Geneva. He is regularly invited to make presentations at various seminars and workshops. He also published articles in various journals.

Shri H.G. Koshia
(Commissioner,
Food & Drugs Control Administration, Gujarat)

Dr. H.G. Koshia is currently Commissioner, Food & Drugs Control Administration, Gujarat and his key Responsibilities are Enforcement of “Drugs & Cosmetic Act, 1940 and Rules” & Enforcement of “Food Safety & Standard Act, 2006” and rules, in Gujarat State.

He is actively representing nine national and state level committees. He is Chairman of the very important committee “Track & Trace”, for preparation of guidelines to prevent of menace of spurious drugs.

He has played a pivotal role in transformation of pharma and medical devices sectors in Gujarat to emerge as a favorable investment destination with proactive & pragmatic approaches. He was instrumental in the implementation of e-governance in FDCA and is winner of one state level and three national level awards.

Mr. Rajiv Nath
(Jt. Managing Director, Hindustan Syringes & Medical Devices Ltd.
Forum Coordinator - Association of Indian Medical Device Industry (AIMED)

Mr. Rajiv Nath is Jt. Managing Director of Hindustan Syringes & Medical Devices Ltd. which is having a turnover of over 500 Crores & Trustee - Safe Point India - a CSR Initiative of HMD (Hindustan Syringes & Medical Devices Ltd.). He is President of All India Syringes & Needles Mfg. Association. (AISNMA) & as well as the Founder and Forum Coordinator - Association of Indian Medical Device Industry (AIMED) with over 350 Members nationwide whereby Medical Device Manufacturers all types of technologies have been attracted nationwide on one Platform.

As Forum Coordinator of AIMED, Mr. Nath has taken many initiatives of establishing a Collaborative Framework with various Dept. of the Govt. and Media to bring to their attention issues troubling the industry and attract investments into India in his quest to make India as the Preferred Manufacturing Destination and the leading Supplier of Medical Device Worldwide.

Position held :

• Jt.Managing Director of Hindustan Syringes & Medical Devices Ltd. (HMD)

• President of All India Syringes & Needles Mfg. Association. (AISNMA)

• Forum Coordinator of Association of Indian Medical Device Industry (AIMED)

• Jt. Coordinator of Indian Medical Device Regulatory Review Group (IMDRRG)

• Jt. Coordinator of UDAIMED

• A Member of International Association of Safe Injection Technology (IASIT) and served on the Board.

• Member of “International Safe Healthcare and HIV /AIDS Working Group”.

• Member of “India Coalition on Injection Safety”

• Member of Think Tank Pharma Forum

An active Member of expert committee and Task Force for Medical Devices Regulation in India.

Dr. Jitendar Kumar Sharma
(Head- Healthcare Technology Division &
Director- WHO CC for Priority Medical Devices & Health
Technology Policy,
National Health Systems Resource Centre,
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India
New Delhi.)

Dr. Jitendar Kumar Sharma is Head of Healthcare Technology Division and Director of WHO Collaborating Centre for Priority Medical Devices & Health Technology Policy, at National Health Systems Resource Center, the technical support institution under Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India. He is also Adviser (Health & Medical Technology) to the Hon’ble Chief Minister, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. He earlier served at Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, later as consultant to World Bank and then as Consultant to the World Health Organization, Geneva. He is Clinical Faculty at University of Adelaide, Australia and program director for Health Technology Assessment (HTA) fellowships in India. He has been an adviser at Health Technology Innovation Centre, IIT Madras and serves as faculty for National Accreditation Board for Hospitals (NABH) in India for Medical Devices. He has contributed through several research papers, seven books on health technologies & assessments, six compendiums on technical specifications for medical technologies and has been contributor to several reports on health technologies by International agencies including WHO. He is a key coordinator of several health technology programs in India and a faculty for courses on health technology policy & assessment in several countries.

Prof. Kiran Kalia
(Director, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Professor in Biochemistry, Sardar Patel University, VallabhVidyanagar, Gujarat, India)

• Ph.D. degree from Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, Lucknow, India’s most prestigious CSIR Research Institute in 1986

• 34 years of research and 29 years of teaching experience

• 67 publications in various national and international peer review journals

• 75 presentations at various national and international symposiums and conferences and 3 chapters in book published by International Publishers.

• Delivered plenary lectures / Lead lectures at various international conferences in last ten years at Malaysia, Singapore, Czech Republic, France, China and USA.

• Visiting professor at School of Health Sciences, Purdue University, USA in 2006-07

• Awarded 8th “International Prestigious Sardar Patel Award” for Excellence in Women Empowerment.

• Awarded the “President Guide award” by His Excellence President of India Shri V.V. Giri

• Received grants for 16 major research projects from University Grants Commission (UGC), Department of Biotechnology of Ministry of Science and Technology (DBT), Govt. of India, Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission (GSBTM) Gandhi Nagar, Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), New Delhi and Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), New Delhi.

Life member of various academic and professional bodies like Indian Science Congress; Society of Biological Chemists, India; Society of Toxicology - India; Indian Association of Micronutrients, New Delhi; and Organization of Women Scientists in Developing World (OWSD), Italy.

Mr. B. Sarkar
(Executive Director, EEPC India)

Shri B. Sarkar had joined EEPC India in 2001, as Joint Director (Finance & Accounts) in the Head Office of EEPC India in Kolkata. Being a professionally qualified Chartered Accountant and having prior audit experience in various audit firms, Shri sarkar’s advent to EEPC India as above was quite justifiable.

In his professional journey, in EEPC India, Shri Sarkar was first elevated to the post of Director (Budget & Finance) in 2004 and posted to one of the premier offices of EEPC India in Mumbai for solving various administrative problems as well as looking after the large section of members of EEPC India in Western Region. He has wide experience in handling various policy issues and important high level administrative tasks. He proved himself to be very capable and, subsequently, he was elevated to the position of Addl. Executive Director & Secretary of EEPC India in 2007. With the passage of time, it was an important milestone in his career, as it marked the beginning of 13 years of professional excellence that eventually led him to crown the highest Executive Post as the Executive Director of EEPC w.e.f. 1st December, 2012. He is also concurrently holding the post of the Secretary of the Council. Shri Sarkar has been instrumental in organising various promotional events in India and abroad. He has widely traveled to countries like Brazil, Venezuela, Turkey, Germany, South Africa, Egypt, Thailand, Bangladesh, Thailand, Czech Republic etc. EEPC India still has the highest membership and is a highest foreign exchange earner of the country that possibly a Council can boast of.

Shri Sarkar is a true music lover and is fond of reading various books. He also loves traveling. All these habits perhaps keep him going in spite of all the constraints and rigors that his present position demands.

Mr. Narasinh K. Balgi
(Director, Ferromatik Milacron India Limited, Mumbai)

N.K. Balgi is Director on Board of Ferromatik Milacron India Pvt. Ltd (FMIPL). He holds Bachelor degree in Engineering.

He has been serving the Plastics Industry for the last 42 years and has wide-spread experience in Quality Assurance, Manufacturing Systems, Technology Management and has exposure to Sales & Marketing, Finance, Human Resource Development & Organizational Development.

Klockner Windsor India and Larsen & Toubro - Plastics Machinery Division, before taking over leadership position at Ferromatik Milacron India. Under his leadership the company has attained leadership position in the Indian market and has spread its presence over 46 countries. He is recipient of “The James A.D.Geier Leadership Award” - an award instituted by Milacron in the name of their outstanding leader - in the year 2008.

Industry Representations:

• Fellow Member of Indian Plastics Institute [IPI]

• Member of Society of Plastics Engineers.

• Member of Regional Advisory Committee of IGTR.

• Member of Regional Advisory Committee of C.I.P.E.T.

• Immediate Past Chairman of Governing Council, Indian Plastics Institute

• Convener and Founding Director of Plastics Machinery Manufacturers Assn.

• Member of Governing Council of Capital Goods Skill Council (CGSC)

Dr. Prashant Jha
(Fellowship Director,
School of International BioDesign
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi)

Dr. Prashant Jha is a physician-engineer with over a decade of trans-disciplinary experience in patient care, training physicians, innovating medical technologies, training med-tech leaders and creating an ecosystem for innovating medical devices and  technologies in Australia, India, Japan and USA.

He serves as the Fellowship Director of Medical Technology Innovation Program at AIIMS Delhi, where he trains physicians, engineers, designers & entrepreneurs in the art & science of innovating & commercializing healthcare innovations. He also serves a visiting faculty in several Medical, Engineering & Business Schools in India as well as in Japan, UK, Australia & USA.

Dr. Jha is the co-founder and editor of BMJ Innovations, world’s first general medical journal on innovations in healthcare. He also serves as an advisor to various NGOs, Medical Device Corporations and MedTech StartUps.