Director - Plasti Surge Industries Pvt. Ltd., Amravati. A well reputed and fast growing company engaged in manufacturing of Disposable Medical & Surgical Products and Healthcare Kits. In 1989, the company took over the operations of a sick unit in the same line of business. Thereafter it has never looked back and today Plasti Surge Industries Pvt. Ltd. is known for its innovative products in the Medical and Healthcare sector.

Partner - Rajesh Gas Service, Amravati. Renowned distributers for Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. domestic LP Gas having a large quantum of not less than 30000 customers across the district.

Director - Plasti Surge Industries Pvt. Ltd., Unit-2, Amravati. (Formerly named as Dimple Silk Mills Ltd.) A sick unit taken over in the recent past and now taking up a new shape to cater to the plastic film industry.

CEO - Bathgate Laboratories Ltd., Nagpur. This company is the newest addition to the PSI family very recently taken over. It is a sick pharmaceutical unit where new developments are thought about and will take shape soon.

Managing two own Wind Turbines, one in the state of Rajasthan and the other in Tamilnadu, of 1.85 MW generation capacity.

Mr. N.K. Balgi
Director
Milacron India Private Limited, Ahmedabad

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

He has been serving the Plastics Industry for the last 47 years.

“NK” has worked with :

Klockner Windsor India and Larsen & Toubro - Plastics Machinery Division, before taking over leadership position at Milacron India. Under his leadership the company has attained leadership position in the Indian market and has spread it’s 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] since 2009.

• Member of Society of Plastics Engineers.

• Member of Governing Council of Indo- German Tool-room.

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

• Past Chairman of Governing Council, Indian Plastics Institute

• Convener and Founding Director of Plastics Machinery Manufacturers Assn.

Mr. Anupam Gupta
Senior Advisor
Quality Council of India

30 years of diverse and progressive functional & managerial experience in public administration, Quality assurance, e- Governance domain, Programme /project Management and system audits/assessments He has retired from Standardisation, Testing & Quality Certification Directorate (STQC), Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Govt. of India as Scientist 'F' and is currently associated with QCI as a Senior Advisor. He is Empanelled Lead Auditor for QMS, ISMS, ITSMS Management System and Process assessment of organizations under STQC ITSMS (ISO 20000-1), ISMS (ISO 27001) and QMS (ISO 9001) certification schemes.

Mr. Maulik Patel
Executive Director
Sahajanand Laser Technology Ltd., Gandhinagar

Mr. Maulik Patel attained his B.tech Mechatronics in 2008. As he inherited the passion for technology he began to actively participate in the SLTL group's Production and Development departments. In 2009, Mr. Maulik Patel played an instrumental role for the resolution of SLT Gmbh which is a German Subsidiary. He then channelized his skills to uplift the sales and marketing across the Indian subcontinents. Till date, Mr. Maulik Pate is responsible for the international business adding lists of achievements and enhancing company’s portfolio. Executive Director at Sahajanand Laser Technology Limited, he has established SLTL Group on global landscape and is contributing to even great expansion.

Dr. S S Murugan
Managing Director
GLR Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., 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.

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.

Dr. L Ramanan
Chief Technology Officer
Sahajanand Medical Technologies, Surat

Dr. Ramanan Lakshminarayanan, Chief Technology Officer of Sahajanand Medical Technologies Surat, the leading Coronary Stent Manufacturers of India with Global Imprints, is an aluminous of IIT Madras, BITS Pilani. Dr. Ramanan is a mechanical engineer, with specialisation in Design, Technology Operations and Six Sigma Product & Process Quality.

Dr. Ramanan is studded with 36+ years of professional expertise spanned across multiple products namely automotive, defence, locomotive and medical devices.

His accomplishments are studded with good number of Patents & Publications. He has earned many global awards to his credit, the most prestigious ones are the titles he earned - “PILLARS OF PRIDE” from GE, featuring into GE’s Hall of fame & “DESIGN CHALLENGE CHAMPION” in the global contest from HP & JAGUAR. During the course of his carrier he served leaders like GE Corporation, Lucas TVS, Indian Railways & Thiagarajar College of Engineering as his proud employers.

Dr. Ramanan is also a successful entrepreneur - he was a founding partner and Director of Skanray Medical Technologies and is founder of RAISE Consultancy services. Thorough RAISE he has served leaders of repute like Covidien, Medtronic and Philips in Medical Device Industry, Volovo, Toyota, Kalyani in Automotive and many other leaders in other industrial segments.

Mr. Padmin Buch
BoA Chairman
Accuprec Research Labs Pvt. Ltd.

Shri Padmin Buch is currently working as a Project Management and IPR domain expert. Before this he was working as Managing Director, GITCO, Ahmedabad. Earlier he worked with Sarabhai Group, Baroda in the area of Production & Production planning. He possesses more than 25 years of combined experience in Industry and Consultancy & Development work in Project Management and IPR fields. His special initiative includes establishment of Patent Assistance Cell (PAC) at GITCO. GITCO Patent Cell has filed 60 patents so far as well as Knowledge partner to several national & international seminars on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). He serves as a National expert for Cluster Development Programs at Indore, Hyderabad & Dehradun by SIDBI & Foundation for MSME Clusters, New Delhi. He has been invited as a speaker in many National & International Conferences on IPR and serves as a visiting faculty at EDII, AMA, FICCI, CII, GTU, NIRMA UNI., CEPT University and other Institutions in Gujarat & outside. He is involved in many Government committees like – Technology Up gradation Fund Committee; Government of Gujarat - Steering Committee on IPR, GUJCOST, Gandhinagar - Chairman, Extension Services Committee and Member Governing Council, Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA), - Member, Executive Committee, Indian Pharmaceutical Association(IPA), Gujarat branch - On the Board of M/s. Bhagwati Autocast Ltd., Ahmedabad - Honorary Director, Troikaa Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Ahmedabad - Advisory member, GTU Intellectual Property Facilitation Center (IPFC) - Co- Chairman, Foreign Trade Committee, GCCI. - Chairman, USIIC council of Pharmaceuticals & IPR. He received The Pedagogical Innovation Award-2013 from The Gujarat Technological University (GTU) for innovative contribution in the field of IPR & Patents.

Dr. Manish Rachchh
Director (R & D) & CEO
Accuprec Research Labs Pvt Ltd.

Dr. Manish A. Rachchh is currently working as a Director (R & D) & CEO of Accuprec Research Labs Pvt. Ltd at Ahmedabad. Before this he was working as Head of Center of Pharmaceutical Studies, Gujarat Technological University (GTU), Ahmedabad. He has completed his M.Pharm and Ph. D with specialization in Pharmacology. He is also a Registered Patent Agent with Patent Office of India. He has total 14.5 years of teaching as well as research experience. His research work has been accepted by various reputed national and international publications. He has presented 22 research papers in National and International conferences. He has filed 11 patents for his own research work and licensed out 3 patented technology to one of the Ahmedabad based Pharmaceutical company. So far he has guided 13 M. Pharm students and 2 PhD students in their research work.