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Invited Speakers & Panel Experts : Profiles

Dr. Alok Ray
Head, Center for Biomedical Eng., IIT & All India
Institute Of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

 

Dr. Alok R. Ray is Professor at Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He is concurrently Professor at All Indian Institute of
Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. Dr. Ray is also Director of Stanford-Indian Biodesign program.

 

He has received his Ph.D. from University of Delhi on Biopolymers. He was a Fogarty Fellow of National Institute of Health, USA at Centre for Polymeric implants, University of Utah, USA during 1982 to 1984. He was a fellow at University of Liverpool, UK. He was a visiting professor at All Union Cardiology Institute, Moscow, University of Leiden, Netherlands and Max Planck Institute for Polymer sciences, Mainz.

 

Prof. Ray has made notable contributions in the area of biocompatible materials. Unique feature of his research is that starting from synthesis/modification,
characterization, he has gone up to the stage of engineering and designing of such materials for use in human medicine and surgery viz.: medical devices and implants, drug delivery systems, catheters used for blood vessels.

 

Prof. Ray has acquired the reputation of being a leader in the area of compatibility of materials with living tissues. His work in this area has been highly cited and
the work reported has been further extended by other authors worldwide. He has developed nine biomedical products and published over 150 articles in professional journals and is a consultant to several industries.

 

Prof. Ray has been awarded TATA INNOVATION FELLOWSHIP for the year 2007-2008 in recognition of his research contribution in the area of material used in Human Medicine and Surgery.

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Prof. Himanshu A Patel
Head, Biomedical Dept.
U. V. Patel College of Engineering, Mehsana

 

He has done B.Tech (IC), M.Tech (BME), IIT-BHU, Varanasi, and he is pursuing his Ph.D studies.

 

He is Head, BME Dept., U.V.Patel College of Engineering, Ganpat University, Kherva, Mehsana.

 

His Area of Interests are:

 

• Medical Image Processing.
• Bio-mechanics.
• Medical Instrumentation
• Control system engineering.

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Dr. Arvind Kukrety
Deputy Drugs Controller, Central Drugs Standard
Control Organization, Zonal Office, Ahmedabad

 

Arvind Kukrety is working as Deputy Drugs Controller India in Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation, Ahmedabad Zone since 2015. He has done M.Pharm from Jamia Hamdard University, Delhi.

 

He has got 24 years of working experience in the field of manufacturing of drugs, Quality Assurance and drug regulation. He started his carrier from M/s Winthrop (now known as Win-Medicare) as production supervisor and left the organization as Assistant Manager technical before joining CDSCO in 1998. During his stint in Industry, he worked in various capacities in the manufacturing of oral, external and parenteral dosage forms.

 

In 2003, during WHO GMP workshop he was assessed as the best among the participants and was selected thereafter for various WHO assignments. As short term consultant for WHO he was part of NRA assessment teams for Indonesia & Thailand. As facilitator, he participated in WHO GMP workshops for inspectors of Indonesia and China. In 2005, Ministry identified him as GMP expert for assessment of vaccine manufacturing PSU. He was trained as trainer in GMP and GCP and was associated in various workshops for training of inspectors in India. He also represented in Govt. of India missions in South Korea and Suriname.

 

In CDSCO HQ he worked in new drugs, Biological, import and export, Global clinical trial divisions. He was exposed to dossier assessment procedures of biological in 2008 in Canada. He has played a major role in preparation of Guidance documents for Biological and similar biologic guidelines. In 2011, he led the first team from CDSCO for inspection of foreign manufacturing sites in China. He is actively involved in framing of risk based inspection policy and their evaluation.

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K. R. Navaneethakrishnan, M.Sc (PhD)
Assistant Director
GLR Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., Chennai

 

Toxicologist with more than 19 years’ experience in toxicology and biocompatibility studies. Has worked in GLP certified Contract Research Organizations-Assistant Director, GLR Laboratories Pvt. Ltd; Toxicology Study Director, IIBAT and Quality Assurance Executive-SGS LSS. Good experience in toxicology/ biocompatibility testing of medical devices, agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals especially in vivo toxicology tests. Successful background in setting up of Quality Systems in Test Facility according to the OECD Principles of GLP and ISO 17025. Has faced several GLP and ISO 17025 audits. Additionally, has faced several national and international client audits. Done Master’s in Regulatory Affairs and pursuing PhD in Nanotoxicology. He has attended many international and national conferences. Has organized national and international workshops/ training programs related to medical devices. Adding to credits, also published scientific papers in peer reviewed international journals related to nanoparticles.

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