Current portfolio: Currently President, Natco Research Centre, and Director, Natco Pharma Limited, Hyderabad heading: All process technologies of Generics New Drug Discovery  Ã¯â€šÂ§ Intellectual Property management activities including technical support during patent prosecution and global patent litigation International regulatory filings Academic back ground:  Ph. D from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore  Collaborative research project Head and Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Texas, USA and  University of Hull, UK.  Patents and Publications:  Author of over 40 international publications and over 80 patents covering anti-cancer, anti-migraine, anti-depressant and anti-psychotic drugs.  Recent Team Awards:  National Award-2008 for development of indigenous and cost-effective technologies for anti-cancer drugs.   Gold Patents Award-2009 for excellence in Pharmaceutical Patenting: Pharmexcil, India  International IP-Excellence Award for Asia-Pacific Region – 2009 Visiting faculty:  NIPER, Hyderabad for M. Pharm, Medicinal chemistry  Andhra University, Dept. of Organic Chemistry, Visakhapatnam  Other pharmaceutical P.G. colleges in Hyderabad

Current portfolio: Currently President, Natco Research Centre, and Director, Natco Pharma Limited, Hyderabad heading:  All process technologies of Generics  New Drug Discovery   Intellectual Property management activities including technical support during patent prosecution and global patent litigation  International regulatory filings Academic back ground:  Ph. D from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore   Collaborative research project Head and Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Texas, USA and  University of Hull, UK.  Patents and Publications:  Author of over 40 international publications and over 80 patents covering anti-cancer, anti-migraine, anti-depressant and anti-psychotic drugs.  Recent Team Awards:  National Award-2008 for development of indigenous and cost-effective technologies for anti-cancer drugs.   Gold Patents Award-2009 for excellence in Pharmaceutical Patenting: Pharmexcil, India  International IP-Excellence Award for Asia-Pacific Region – 2009 Visiting faculty:  NIPER, Hyderabad for M. Pharm, Medicinal chemistry  Andhra University, Dept. of Organic Chemistry, Visakhapatnam Other pharmaceutical P.G. colleges in Hyderabad