Global Life Science Capability Centre

Arcolab is designed as a center of excellence with the purpose of offering a wide range of life science services. Our expertise lies in delivering holistic business solutions that cater to all your requirements.

Unlock the power of streamlined operations and accelerated growth!

Meet the Leadership Team

Shashidhar Lingaraj

Executive Director & Head

22+ years of experience working with multiple industries like Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Telecom, Banking and Insurance.

He has played an instrumental role in setup of Arcolab and has been Head of business since inception. Prior to joining Arcolab, Shashidhar has held many Global leadership roles in life science industry. His previous roles include leading operations in organizations like Mylan, Aspen Pharmacare, Skanray Medical devices. Agnus Capital across Latin America, Europe, Africa and Southeast Asia. He also has experience in working in Telecom & Financial services with Vodafone, ICICI Bank and TATA AIG.

MBA from University of Mysore and a degree in Advanced Management from IIM Bangalore.

Vinodkumar Bhaskaran

Legal

14+ years of experience across Pharmaceutical and Healthcare space.

Joined Strides in 2011 and leading the Legal team of Arcolab since Dec 2018. Experience in handling M&As, Crisis Management, Commercial Contracts in the pharmaceutical & healthcare space.

Graduate in Law from University of Bangalore.

Aravinda R

Finance and Accounts

15+ years of experience in Strides Pharma Science Ltd in various functions.

Started his career at Strides Pharma Science Ltd. in October 2009 in Shared Services at Strides (SSC). Has expertise in functions of finance controllership, consolidation, external financial reporting, business finance partner, FP&A, and cashflow management.

He is a qualified Chartered Accountant (ICAI), 2009.

Senthil Kumar

Facility Management

16+ years of experience across Engineering, construction sectors.

Associated with Strides group for 3+ years in handling global administration. Has worked with various organizations like Arabian Profile Limited (Dubai), Abacus Audio Visuals and Essar Steel India Private Limited (Gujarat, Maharashtra, Orissa, Zimbabwe and UK).

Bachelor of Business Administration from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar.

Dr. Sathyanarayan P

ER, SMT & CSR

30+ years of experience in human relations, employee relations and engagement activities.

He has served in International Airports Authority of India, Calcutta Airport and various units of HMT and BEML. He was in the Board of Directors in the Defence Public sector BEML as Director, HR. He is also the Managing Trustee of Strides Foundation which is the CSR arm of Strides. He is a life member of various professional bodies viz., NHRD, ISTD, KAPSW and was the Chairman of NIPM Karnataka chapter for the years 2008-'10

Holds a Doctorate in Philosophy.