Dr. Mak Jawadekar is currently an independent Pharma Professional. He worked at Pfizer Inc. in Groton-New London, Connecticut, for 28 consecutive years. His most recent position was as a Director of Portfolio Management at Pfizer Inc. In the recent past, he was responsible for Drug Delivery Technology Assessment function involving external ‘Drug Delivery’ technologies. He has extensive experience in creating and cultivating external partnerships and alliances for drug delivery technologies. He began his professional career at Pfizer Central Research in early 1982, after having completed his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics at the University of Minnesota. In February 2011, Mak was honored with an honorary D.Sc. degree from DYP Mumbai University, recommended by the President of India.His twenty-eight years with Pfizer R & D includes Solids R&D, Drug Product formulation/Dosage Form/Drug Delivery development, Clinical Trials Supply Manufacturing, Scale-up and Technology Transfer, Pharma R & D outsourcing, and Pharmacy experience. He managed several groups within R & D for many years. In the recent past, he has also been engaged in coordinating and outsourcing R & D activities with external partners. He was presented with the "M.L. Khorana Memorial Lecture of the Year Award" at the Indian Pharmaceutical Congress in New Delhi, India, in December 2001. He has presented at many professional meetings and has participated in various panel discussions and round tables. He was one of the invitees to join President Bush’s trade delegation to India in March 2006. He also traveled to India with Pfizer global R & D's President, Dr. John LaMattina in December 2007 and visited 8 cities in India to assess their Pharma R & D landscape. He represented Pfizer at BioAsia 2009 with Pfizer R & D President, Dr. Martin Mackay in February 2009. He additionally served as a Vice President of Pfizer's Asia Pacific American Colleague Resource Group for many years.Specialties: R & D , External Alliance Management, Contracting, Outsourcing, Benchmarking, Drug Delivery Systems assessment, Formulations, Clinical Supply Mfg and Packaging, CTM, Pharmaceutics, Pharm Sciences, Performance Metrics evaluations and assessment, Asia R & D, Extensive Networks in the US, EU, India other parts of Asia including Japan and China.