He is practising since 10 years as Infection preventionist, Clinical Microbiologist, academician and guide for MBBS and MD students in medical college.

He has published 6 international and national level research papers and has 7 international and national level papers under acceptance.

He has completed 9 Research projects and is currently working on 8 other projects.

His Primary areas of interest are: Indwelling medical device associated infections, Multi-drug resistant organism in healthcare associated infections, Microbial diversity in Blood stream infection and Respiratory tract infections.

Mr. Pratik Banker
Director
Hem Techsys Pvt Ltd, Vadodara

We are a company who are know for good Quality Innovative Testing Instruments.

We manufacture near imported quality Instruments as well as we also represent renowned foreign companies for their product as their Authorised Agent.

We mainly deal in Instruments for Polymer, Films, Packing, Medical Devices, Pharma Packaging, Pipes Testing.

IN our product range main Instruments are UTM, MFI, IMPACT, LEAK TESTERS, PERMEABILITY (WVTR+OTR) TESTERS, PRESSURE TESTERS.

Achievement : Receipents of National Award for Innovation in Technology from ministry of Chemical sand Fertilisers in 2011 & 2012.

Ms.Preeti Vani
Head Medical Device Division with SLTL (Sahajanand
Laser Technology Ltd.).

Ms.Preeti Vani attained her Masters in Biochemistry and professional Diploma in Clinical Research having total 18 Years of experience in industry. Currently Working as Head Medical Device Division with SLTL (Sahajanand Laser Technology Ltd.). More than 10 years of experience as Medical device professional with high risk implantable medical device

Broad technical competencies in Design Development of devices, Regulatory affair, Quality Manufacturing, Project Management, QMS & Product Certification.

Few publication

• In vivo evaluation of sirolimus eluting and bare metal stents in a balloon injured external iliac artery model of rabbits Anila Mathew , MD; Suhas Lele , MD; Atul Patel MVSc; Pinesh Parikh3, PhD; Deepak Patil3, PhD; Mohan Rajapurkar1*,MD; Pradip Patil1, MVSc; Akhilesh Kumar1, MVSc; Preeti Vani4, MSc

• Article published in inaugural edition of Insight of RESOMER Application of PLGA in Drug Eluting Coronary stents

• Article published in Medical Plastic Data services : Supplier Chain Management.

Mr. Vipul Sheth
Managing Director
Matrix Meditec Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad

Mr. 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.

Dr. D.D. Kale
Vice President, Society of Plastic Engineers

Professor D. D. Kale is a Chemical Engineer. He is born on November 16, 1945. He obtained his Ph. D. from University of Salford, UK.

He has a teaching experience over last 40 years. He retired from University of Mumbai’s Department of Chemical Technology, UDCT, Mumbai in 2005 as a Professor of Polymer Technology and as a Head of the Department of Polymer Engineering.

At present, he is technical advisor, Giriraj Group, Mumbai.

He has been consultant to many plastics industries.

He is a member of high power expert committee to Government of Maharashtra on environmental issues.

He has been a Visiting Professor in South Korea.

After superannuation in 2005, he has worked with Reliance Industries Ltd. for three years.

His research interests are in polymer processing, rheology, product design and recycling. He has guided 28 Ph. D. and 65 Masters Students. He has published more than 100 papers in peer reviewed journals. He has one patent to his credit. He has presented papers in many International conferences such as IUPAC and travelled widely.

He is Vice President, SPE India. He is associated with many professional bodies such as PLASTINDIA, All India Plastics Manufacturers Association, (AIPMA) IPI and SPE etc.He was a Director of Shroff Rotary Institute of Chemical Technology in Ankaleshwar for a year where he helped to set up the college of engineering.

Dr. M.L. Aggarwal is having 35 years of experience and presently working as Dy. Director & Head Bio Division at Shriram Institute for Industrial Research, 19-University Road, Delhi-110007.

• Trained GLP Trainer by WHO

• Certified auditor for NABL and ISO and have experience of conducting audits for several clinical and toxicological Laboratories.

• Experience of conducting of Bioavailability and Bioequivalence studies.

• 35 years of experience in Toxicology/ Bioscience Laboratories of Shriram Institute for Industrial Research, 19- University Road, Delhi 110 007. Overall responsible for Bio Science Division comprises of following departments:

1. Toxicology and Pharmacology
2. Microbiology
3. Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
4. Food & Farm Products
5. Pesticides & Agrochemicals
6. Residue
7. Centralized Instrumentation Facility

• Successful implementation and certification of GLP in Toxicology laboratory and Animal House.

• Overall responsibility of Bio Science Division; Allocation of work, planning of the projects, designing, execution, supervision & interpretation of the projects along with the necessary training to the staff.

• Safety evaluation of Pharmaceuticals, cosmetics & Industrial chemicals.

• Toxicological data generation / Efficacy of new drug molecule under the new drug discovery programme viz; anti-diabetic, anti-cholesterolemic, wound healing studies, anti-inflammatory etc.

• Biocompatibility studies of medical products as per US FDA for 5 10 K registration.

• Interpretation of Short/ long term toxicological studies findings

• Writing of project study reports on clinical / non-clinical advanced studies.

• Technical discussion with National and international sponsors for business promotion & regulatory bodies such as C.I.B., Drug Controller of India, B.I.S., and NABL etc.

• Conducting field trials toxicity studies / occupational health monitoring studies on spray operators and industrial workers.

• Framing protocols & standardization of new studies

Dr. Ketan Vadodaria
Head, Med. Textiles
Centre of Excellence for Medical Textiles–SITRA, Coimbatore

Dr.Ketankumar Vadodaria is working as Head Of Medical Textile Division at The South India Textile Research Associations, Coimbatore, India. He is holding 10 years of experience and worked in the teaching, R & D, industries. Dr.Ketankumar Vadodaria holds a Ph.D in Textiles from Heriot-Watt University, UK. As an academic he has published in various reputed international journals and has spearheaded vital industrial research projects at SITRA. Currently, he is supervising a number of projects funded by various government agencies such as DST - Nano mission, DRDO, BIRAC, and Ministry of Textiles.

Mr. Gurtej Singh Narang
Director
Sterimed Medical Devices Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi

An experienced polymer chemist with an in-depth knowledge of chain growth and step growth polymerization techniques, molecular weight characterization, morphology characterization, transport property measurements, thermal and mechanical characterization.

HIGHLIGHTS

Chain Growth Polymerizations: 1 year experience in cationic ring opening polymerizations.

Step Growth Polymerization: 4 years’ experience in poly(arylene-ether) synthesis and monomer synthesis.

Presently is is Head & R&D at Sterimed Group and responsible for Development of medical grade adhesive with constant long term adhesion characteristics and Development of lateral flow media for diagnostic strips.

Dr. A.S. Rao
President
Indian Innovators Association, Hyderabad

Aynampudi Subbarao (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.

Dr. Nishodh Saxena
Founder & Managing Director, Pharma Knowledge
Centre (PKC), Ahmedabad

Dr. Nishodh Saxena PhD, is a resourceful professional offering about 35+ years of experience in executing Quality, Regulatory Sciences, Audits and Compliance for greenfield / brownfield projects for Pharma, Biopharma, Medical Devices & Laboratory set up, expansion, modernization, installation & commissioning of manufacturing unit.

He is also the Founder and Managing Director of Pharma Knowledge Centre (PKC) “My Learning Life” engaged to bridge the real time Knowledge gap between Academia and Industry to make Students “Industry Ready” for Pharmaceutical, Bio-pharmaceutical, Medical Devices and Clinical Research Organizations.