Jubilant Ingrevia appoints Pravesh Kumar Garg as Chief of Manufacturing

Pravesh brings with him over 29 years of experience in leading complex manufacturing operations and driving operational excellence

Thyrocare appoints Rajdeep Panwar as Chief Commercial Officer

Rajdeep is an accomplished business leader with a strong techno-commercial background in the healthcare and diagnostic sector

AstraZeneca elevates Vikram Chand as SVP, Head of R&D for Japan

Dr. Chand held several leadership positions within AstraZeneca and the broader biopharmaceutical industry

Manoj Joshi assumes charge of pharma secretary

Before this appointment, he served as the Secretary in the Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development

Aarti Pharmalabs appoints Dr. Rakeshwar Bandichhor as Chief Scientific Officer

Dr. Bandichhor brings nearly two decades of experience from Dr. Reddy's Laboratories

Zydus Group elevates Dr. Tushar Nahata to Vice President

His professional background also includes key experience at Matrix Labs and Sun Pharma

Strides appoints Yajuvendra Singh M R as VP - Digital Transformation

Singh previously served as Head of IT (Development and Manufacturing Services) at Syngene International Limited, Lead of IT Manufacturing at UPL, and AGM at The Hi-Tech Gears

Shenzhen Biopharma leader Lu Xianping wins EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2025 award

Under his leadership, Chidamide became China’s first original small-molecule anti-tumor innovative drug and the country’s first pharmaceutical product globally licensed out

Dr Kaustav Talapatra named ASTRO’s International Ambassador from India

Thyrocare appoints Dr Ramesh Kinha as COO

Dr Kinha is a seasoned healthcare and diagnostics leader with over 17 years of experience across leading organisations in the diagnostics sector, with deep expertise in laboratory operations and quality systems

Eli Lilly re-elects Nobel Laureate Carolyn Bertozzi to Board

Bertozzi currently serves as the Baker Family Director of Sarafan ChEM-H, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor at Stanford University, and Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Godavari Biorefineries ED Sangeeta Srivastava named BRSI Honorary Fellow

Dr Srivastava was selected by an expert jury in recognition of her sustained contributions to renewable chemicals, industrial biotechnology and bioprocess innovation

Anil Koul joins Mankind Pharma as Group Chief Scientific Officer

More than five drug candidates from his team progressed to human trials including drugs like Rilematovir (Phase IIb), and Bedaquiline

Thermo Fisher Scientific appoints Anoopa Menon as Director

In her previous roles, Menon led significant digital transformation efforts, implementing predictive analytics, automation

Novartis appoints Vrinda Taneja as Director – People & Organisation, International India

Her journey includes leading HR for large and diverse teams across sales, marketing, corporate functions, and R&D

Emcure Pharmaceuticals appoints Barnona Basu as Director – Marketing (India)

Jubilant Pharmova appoints Daniel J. O Connor as CEO of Jubilant Therapeutics

O'Connor brings over 30 years of leadership experience in the biotechnology and oncology sectors

Akums Drugs appoints Yuvraj Datta as President – Operational Strategy & Excellence

Most recently, Yuvraj was the Director of Operations, Business Development & Process Excellence at Zeon Lifesciences Ltd

Hester Biosciences appoints Ashish Desai as CFO

Desai is currently serving the company as Group Finance Controller

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw ranked 2nd most generous woman by Hurun India

The 2025 edition of the EdelGive Hurun list recognizes 24 exceptional women leaders for their philanthropic impact across critical areas