He was awarded the fellowship of Indian Association of Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons in 2007. He was actively involved in training of surgeons in the field of Advanced Solid Organ Laparoscopic Surgery, Endo stapling Principles and Techniques, and Laparoscopic Hernia Surgery at Ethicon Institute of Surgical Education, New Delhi and is a faculty for the conduct of the fellowship of Indian Association of Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons. He is also an active member of AIMED (All India Medical Device Manufactures Association). He is a certified internal auditor of quality management systems for medical device manufacturing as per ISO 13485:2003 from TUV-SUD. He is the Vice Chairman of the Indian Industries Association, a chamber of commerce and advocates policy change to encourage the development MSME sector.

He served as the head of Technical operations at Biosurge Technologies, Mumbai and later was the founder chairman at Alfa Corpuscles Private Limited where he currently serves at the Head for R & D and Product Development. Alfa Corpuscles has been supported by the Technology Development Board, DBT, ICMR and GSBTM for its various efforts at developing Novel and technically advanced, low cost indigenous medical devices.

He has three national patents for his invention of the "Laparoscopic Access Trocar", "Safety Syringe" and "Oral Vaccine Reconstitution & Delivery Device" and two PCT's filed for his invention of the “Safety Syringe” and "Oral Vaccine Reconstitution & Delivery Device". His efforts on the safety syringe have been acknowledged by the “Wellcome Trust, UK” and the invention has been awarded the Silver Prize at the Seoul International Invention Fair 2012. He also has the distinction of being honored twice at the Rashtrarapati Bhawan, by display of his innovative technologies during the exhibition on "Innovations in Medical Science and Biotechnology”.

Mr. Hiten Bheda
President, All India Plastic Manufacturers' Association (AIPMA),
& Managing Director, Vinit Performance Polymers Pvt Ltd., Mumbai

Mr. Hiten Bheda , a Chemical Engineer by training has been associated with plastics since beginning of his career. He pursued a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Tennessee, Department of Chemical and Polymer Engineering, Knoxville, USA, where his interest in Polymer processing was nurtured.

He continued his education at the University of Connecticut to obtain a Masters Degree in Chemical engineering. During those years he was fortunate to learn about polymer processing and train under some of the renowned professors of Rheology.

After returning to India he was engaged in conversion of Engineering Plastics and have worked on Casting of Polyamides, Polyurethanes as well as extrusion of engineering polymers and High Performance Polymers. He has closely worked with many OEM’s and Govt institutions for successful application of these products involving extensive design and testing of materials for qualification.

Currently he is Managing Director of Vinit Performance Polymers Pvt Ltd., engaged in Conversion of polymers into stock shapes and CNC machining of engineering and high performance plastics under POLYMAT brand. The company pioneered extrusion of high temperature materials like PEEK in India.

He has served the trade in the capacity of Hon Secretary AIPMA, Hon editor of Plastic News, Vice President West Zone AIPMA and is currently President of AIPMA. He has represented AIPMA for Govt advocacy on fiscal and other policy matters. He is active member of SPE and IPI. He has keen interest to further cause of plastic processing through knowledge enhancement.

He is member of Tau Beta Pi, a honorary engineering fraternity based in the USA.

He spends his free time to support social causes through family trust providing medical help and vocational training in suburb of Mumbai and is associated with education trust BNKCT as Managing Trustee.

Mr. Anand Srinivasan
Country Head (Polycarbonate Resin)
Covestro (India) Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai

Anand Srinivasan known as Andy, a chemical engineer from Bengaluru, pursued his Masters at Penn State University and joined Bayer at Pittsburgh as a process engineer. He moved to different roles within the organization from process technology, to project engineering, HES, and production. After 12 years with Bayer USA, Andy moved to India and took over as Plant Manager at a production facility in Ankleshwar, and then headed the Supply Chain Center in Mumbai. Currently he heads the polycarbonates business, a growing business with a turnover of over $160 mio. During his free time he enjoys time with his 2 little kids and wife, and loves sketching, music, and community service activities. He also runs a rural school to provide basic education to the under privileged kids in his home town near Mysore.

Dr. Alok Ray
Former, Professor & Head,
Centre For Biomedical Engineering , IIT, New Delhi

Dr. Alok R. Ray is Consultant Professor at School of International Biodesign, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, and New Delhi, India. He was Professor and Head of Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He was also concurrently Professor at All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

Dr. Ray is Executive Director of Stanford-Indian Biodesign program.

He was a Fogarty Fellow of National Institute of Health, USA at Centre for Polymeric implants, University of Utah, USA. 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.

He has developed 11 biomedical products and published over 150 articles in professional journals. 26 students have been awarded PhD degree under his supervision. He is a consultant to several medical device and diagnostic industries.

He was President of Society for Biomaterials and Artificial Organ (India).

Prof. Ray has been awarded Tata Innovation Fellowship in recognition of his research contribution in the area of material used in Human Medicine and Surgery.

Mr. Masayuki Sakai
Regional Industry Lead, Healthcare APAC, INEOS
Styrolution APAC Pte Ltd., Japan

Masayuki Sakai is qualified MR or Medical Representative. He has over 20 years of experience in product management, technical business development in global companies like Mitsubishi Chemical, Schott Glass and INEOS Styrolution. During his professionals, he has explored various avenues of healthcare, like pharmaceutical, diagnostic device and regulatory procedures.

In his current job function, Masayuki Sakai is based in Tokyo, Japan and responsible for medical industry in Asia Pacific region, regarding INEOS Styrolution’s all Healthcare product portfolio.

Mr. Umang Shah
National Sales & Marketing Manager – Masterbatch & Compounds for Medical & Pharma Segment
CLARIANT Chemicals India Ltd, Mumbai

CLARIANT is one of the world’s leading Specialty Chemicals company. Mr. Umang Shah is a National Sales & Marketing Manager for Masterbatch & Compounds for Medical & Pharma Segment (HPS) since Dec, 2015 and based at head quarter in Navi Mumbai. He is helping Indian manufacturers to develop various Medical devices & Pharma packaging applications meeting the regulatory requirements for the domestic & export markets.

Mr. Umang Shah is a Polymer Technologist, MBA – Marketing with over 25 years of experience in reputed MNCs. Earlier, he worked with SABIC Innovative Plastics & GE Plastics for more than 22 years. He has rich Techno- Commercial experience and handled various key responsibilities as a Key Accounts Manager – Sales & Marketing, Application Development Specialist, Technical Services Manager at Mumbai. He has worked on various Automotive, Electrical, Appliances, Medical and Industrial projects. Successfully developed several Metal to Plastics, Themoset / Glass to Thermo-plastics applications.

Also, worked at Engineering Plastics compounding plant at GE Plastics, Vadodara, Application Development Centre at Gurgaon, GE’s Global R&D Centre at Bangalore on various innovative and Patent projects.

Mr. Sanjay Chotalia
Manager - Medical Segment Expert
Covestro (India) Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai

Sanjay Chotalia completed Bachelors in Polymer engineering from MIT collage Pune University, & Diploma in Plastics Engineering from Shri Bhagubhai Polytechnic, Mumbai University and done MBA in marketing from ITM Collage. Total experience of 10 years in the field of Engineering Plastics like Polycarbonate, Nylon 6, PBT, PMMA and working with Covestro since 2012 as Manager - Technical Sales and Medical Segment expert for Polycarbonate resin. Handles customer base of Electrical & Electronics, Industrial & construction segments.

Dr. T S Kumaravel
Founder Chairman , GLR Laboratories Pvt. Ltd.,
Chennai

Dr. Kumaravel is American Board certified and UK/Eurotox Registered Toxicologist with more than 25 years’ experience in industry as well as in academia. Dr. Kumaravel is an expert on biocompatibility testing of medical devices, development of testing strategy, biological safety assessment and has successfully defended biocompatibility reports with FDA and other global regulators. He also provides expert opinion on biocompatibility to several notified bodies as well as regulatory agencies.

Dr. Kumaravel obtained his bachelor’s degree in medicine and surgery from Stanley Medical College, Doctoral degree in Pharmacology/Toxicology from University of Madras and finally obtained PhD in Genetic Toxicology/Cancer Genetics from MGR Medical University, Chennai. He then carried out toxicology research at Hiroshima University, Japan; National Institutes of Health, USA and Princess Margaret Hospital, Canada. Subsequently, he has worked as toxicologist with leading companies such as Unilever, Covance Laboratories and Huntingdon Life Sciences. He has extensive experience in toxicology and risk assessment, advising clients on their projects to comply with global guidelines. He has authored several confidential reports, 40 peer-reviewed publications and has 50 + conference papers to his name.

Mr Manoj Bhardwaj
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.

Mr. Ganesh Sabat
CEO
Sahajanand Medical Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai

Mr. Sabat has got more than 15 years of global experience of working in USA and India. He has got more than 5 years of experience in medical device industry. Currently Mr. Sabat is working as the CEO of SMT Pvt. Ltd. He has successfully expanded SMT presence in India as well as in 40 countries across the world. Under his leadership, SMT is developing as a global leader in cardiovascular market.

Mr. Sabat has completed his MBA from Washington University in Saint Louis. He also holds a degree from ICSI, India and has completed his graduation in science with Physics (Hons). As a young and dynamic professional, he wants to strongly position Indian medical device industry in the global field.