Venue: VC Vora Auditorium
Speaker: Dr Vijay Chauthaiwale
Title: Innovation in India: Lessons from my personal experiences
Abstact: Twenty five years ago, when I entered drug discovery space in private sector, the field was quite new to Indian scientists, regulators, businessmen and funding agencies too. We explored several innovative ways while addressing difficulties in complex drug discovery and development process, some of them were non-conventional and few were even “Indian Jugaad". But it was a great learning process. During this time, I have met many young students/researchers; some of them exceptionally bright and hard working but risk avert. To motivate them to take higher risk was a challenging task. In last five years, India has taken several steps to promote innovation in India, right from school level to address daunting challenges in front of the country. In this talk, I will narrate my personal experiences as a drug discovery scientist, manager and leader, strengths and weaknesses of Innovation ecosystem in India and how the government is trying to nurture innovation in the country
About the Speaker:
Dr Vijay is Ph.D. (Microbiology) from University of Pune, India with 4 years experience as a Post Doctoral Fellow at National Institutes of Health, USA. He has attended executive management program at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and leadership development program at London Business School. He also served on the Board of Studies of Indian universities. In 2011,.Before joining active public life, he has worked in senior management role in pharmaceutical Research and Development for 18 years, his last role being Vice President (Discovery Research) in Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Ahmedabad, India. His main expertise is new drug discovery and R&D portfolio management.Three molecules developed by him and his team are in various stages of clinical development.Dr. Vijay is actively involved in coordinating community receptions to PM Modi across the globe. Additionally, he interacts with foreign embassies, diplomats and delegates of various countries to put forward party perspective on issues of mutual interests.Born in Nagpur, he is a managing trustee and state secretary of non-profit NGO BharatiyaVicharManch, Gujarat(BVM) from 2000 to 2013, he was involved in organizing seminars, expert talks, publications, etc on contemporary topics of national and international importance.He is co-editor of two books entitled “Hindutva in Present Context” (2009) and “The Modi Doctrine: New Paradigms in India’s Foreign Policy” (August 2016 ) which is forwared by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and released by Minister of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj).He has authored peer reviewed scientific papers in international journals and is co-inventor of several global patents and delivered talks in international scientific conferences. He is also a regular columnist on various national and international issues. His columns are published in The Asian Age, Indian Express, The Print, The Quint and vernacular media.
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