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.

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.

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.

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.

36+ years of experience across various Finance functions and Indirect Procurement.

Joined Strides in 1999 and has held various roles across Finance, Process Excellence, Insurance, and Indirect Procurement. His experience includes financial accounting and finalisation of books, liaison with leading audit firms, implementation of ISO processes, and driving process standardisation and quality initiatives.

He was a core member of the SAP FICO team and has been involved in the implementation of the SAP FICO module across various Strides Group entities globally. He has also played a key role in implementing and strengthening processes for Shared Services.

He has extensive experience in managing the Insurance portfolio and Indirect Procurement for the Strides Group.

Prior to joining Strides, he worked with organisations associated with the UB Group and Hinduja Group.

He holds a B.Com degree and an MBA.