Mr. Ravi
Shrivastava
(CEO, Omni Lens Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad)
Mr. 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.
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Mr. V. K. Sharma
DIRECTOR (GLOBAL TRADE)
Sharma Pharmaceutical Pvt. Ltd., Vadodara
Mr. Vivekanand Sharma is a Director of Sharma
Pharmaceutical Pvt. Ltd. He got an Engineering
(Mechanical) degree from Parul University, Vadodara.
Mr. V. K. Sharma has started his career in 2006 as a
Design Engineer and through his vision and keen
interest in product design; he was also much
interested in Production as well as Strategic
Planning. Within 2 years of time, he has started to
build a business relation in International Market. Due
to his extensive knowledge and experience in
Restructuring Operations, International Marketing,
International Business Relations, Collaborations and
Joint Ventures, he has been appointed as Director
(Global Trade) in 2011.
He traveled across the globe in search of business and
learned dynamics of international business. His
visionary approach to serving his clients has enabled
him to anticipate and meet the changing imperatives of
the marketplace.
He has played a very active role in acquiring “SHARMA
ORTHOPEDIC” the reputation of a leading brand in
orthopedic implants and making the strong presence
across India and emerging as a fast growing brand
across the Globe.
He has prepared “SHARMA ORTHOPEDIC” for continual
growth by developing its distinctive business model,
client relationships and depth of staffing expertise.
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Dr. G D Agrawal
Chairman & Managing Director
G. Surgiwear Limited, Shahjahanpur
Dr. Agrawal is a science graduate and has done MBBS
and Masters in general surgery from King George
Medical College, Lucknow.
His Interest and Specialization lies in Creating New
Medical Devices.
His Developments & creations include Hydrocephalous
Shunt System; Penile Prosthesis, Peritoneo-venous
shunt, Combined disposable drape, Hydroxyapatite bone
substitute; First aid products for Army: Rakshika,
Universal emergency splint and many more; Glaucoma
Shunt and Glaucoma device; Cranial Flap closing
systems of many types; Buzywoman one boil food
products & Many Many more.
He has published research articals in international
journals. He has received 20 National awards and has
to his credit 3 International Patents and has applied
for 50-60 Patents.
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Dr. Kiran Kalia
Director - National Institute of Pharmaceutical
Education and Research (NIPER), Ahmedabad
Dr. Kiran Kalia is presently serving as the Director
of National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and
Research (NIPER), Ahmedabad at Gandhinagar. She
graduated in Biochemistry and received her PhD degree
in 1984 from Industrial Toxicology Research Centre (ITRC),
Lucknow. She was an awardee of prestigious DBT
overseas research associateship and was the visiting
Professor at School of Health Sciences, Purdue
University, USA in 2006-07.Her current areas of
interest/ expertise include several aspects of
diabetic nephropathy, metal toxicity and presently
interested in proteomic and genomic biomarkers. She is
the task force member of many national level
committees of decision making under Govt. of India.
She is also one of the core members of policy making
in Department of Pharmaceutics, Govt. of India. She is
a INSA visiting fellow and the Fellow of Gujarat
Science Academy.
She is reviewer of various National and International
Journals and recipient of numerous Awards and
scholarships including 8th “International Prestigious
Sardar Patel Award” for Excellence in Women
Empowerment. She was awarded with the “President Guide
award” by His Excellence The President of India Shri
V.V. Giri. She is member of many professional
societies 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.
She has delivered 75 presentations and guest lectures
at various national and international platforms that
includes plenary / lead lectures. She has 3 chapters
in book published by international publishers. She is
actively involved in teaching masters, doctoral
students and specializes in exploring biochemical
aspect of diabetes. She has 35 years of research and
31 years of teaching experience with 71 publications
in various national and international peer-reviewed
journals. She has guided 22 Ph.Ds, over 50 M.Sc.
dissertation students.Currently,7 students are working
under her for their doctoral degree. She has received
several extramural research grants from different
funding agencies and has completed 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
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Dr. A.S. Rao
President-Indian Innovators Association, Hyderabad
Dr. Aynampudi Subbarao (Dr. A.S.Rao) is an innovation
consultant with a rich perspective gained from working
in industry, government and academia. He was in
industry during license raj period marketing products
which are imitations, made with foreign collaboration
and with CSIR technology. Worked for two decades in
DSIR, Government of India, went thru the technology
absorption phase with TAAS, new product development
with PATSER and creativity with TePP. As a part time
academic, regularly contributed articles and authored
books -Management of Technology Change published in
1994 was the first book on MOT in India. Full time
mentor to innovators, his current passion is
connecting innovators to the market. Formally
associated with IIT Hyderabad and devotes maximum time
to the NGO – Indian Innovators Association. Organised
India’s first International Innovation Fair in 2016 in
Bangalore and now working on 2017 fair coming up at
Visakhapatnam.
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Mr. Anand
Srinivasan
Head of Polycarbonates ISC (Indian sub-continent)
Covestro (India) Private Limited, Mumbai
Mr. Anand Srinivasan is the Head of Polycarbonates ISC
(Indian sub-continent). A Chemical engineer by
training, he 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.
He recently took over the position of heading the
Polycarbonates business for the Indian sub-continent.
Apart from being technically skilled, he is a
musician, artist, and a fitness fan.
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Dr. Prashant
Jha
Fellowship Director, School Of BioDesign,
All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Dr. Prashant Jha is a physician, engineer,
entrepreneur and a medical editor. He teaches at AIIMS
& IIT Delhi where he directs a post-graduate
Fellowship program in medical device innovations and
entrepreneurship. He also serves as an adjunct
professor of Healthcare Innovations at various
medical, engineering and business universities in
Japan, Australia and Europe. Dr. Jha has invented over
a dozen medical devices in domains of
gastroenterology, women’s health, ENT, paediatrics and
Intensive care medicine. He is a serial entrepreneur
and has set up enterprises in healthcare, education
and internet technologies over last 15 years. He is
the founder & editor of BMJ Innovations, world’s first
general medical innovations journal and also serves as
the Senior Editor for The BMJ in South Asia.
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Mr. Dhiren
Mehta
Managing Director
Surgimedik Healthcare India Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai
He has completed his Graduation in Chemical
Engineering from UDCT, Mumbai and has done Marketing
Management & Management Studies from JBIMS, Mumbai.
He has extensive professional experience in developing
products and business in the areas of Medical Devices.
He is Managing Director of Surgimedik Healthcare India
Pvt Ltd, Mumbai.
He has Professional Experience as Managing Director,
CEO, President & Product Manager in various national
and international companies like Medi Surg GmbH,
Germany; Allwin Medical Devices, USA; DVM
International, India; Bard, USA.
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Mr. Manoj
Bhardwaj
Managing Director
SMC Medical Manufacturing Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore
Mr. Manoj Bhardwaj is the Managing Director of SMC
Medical Manufacturing headquartered at Bangalore,
India.
SMC Medical Manufacturing is a fully owned subsidiary
of SMC Ltd headquartered in Somerset, Wisconsin US.
The core competencies of SMC Ltd spans across medical
device
design, tool design and build, molding, manufacture
and assembly of medical devices as well as industrial
automation and robotics.
He is a polymer engineer with over three decades
experience in Manufacturing, Consulting and IT
sectors.
He has hands on experience in compounding of polymers,
alloys and blends as well as downstream polymer
processing operations like extrusion, injection
molding, welding, machining, printing, decoration,
etc. He also has experience in manufacture of
extrusion and injection molding machines, product
design, mold design and mold making.
Besides polymer science, his background includes
business strategy consulting, business process
consulting, supply chain and logistics, new product
introduction, lean manufacturing, program management
as well as IT/ ITeS consulting, infrastructure and
services. |