• Almost 3 decades of experience at prominent global biopharmaceutical and engineering consulting organizations. 16 years in the US and 14 years in India since 2010.• All-round, rich technical and management experience from ground up. Worked at leadership levels in the US and in Asia. Proven track record in overall design, engineering, commissioning and operation of facilities for commercial operations.• Led projects creating new and bringing existing facilities to contemporary level from technical and compliance perspective. Extensive experience in creating and leading teams with diverse cultural and technical backgrounds.• Subject Matter Expertise: Capital Projects Management | Strategic Capacity & Infrastructure Planning | Process Design & Engineering | Automation | Plant Engineering | cGMP Manufacturing Operations | Start-up, C&Q, Validation | Technology Transfer | Process Safety Management (PSM).• Over 16 years in the US; from Engineer I, II, III through Senior Process Engineer at Kvaerner in Bridgewater NJ, Senior Process Engineer at Amgen BioNext project in West Greenwich RI, later Senior Engineer through Principal Engineer and Assoc. Director of Process Engineering at ImClone Systems /Eli Lilly in Branchburg NJ. • Led Plant and Process Engineering as Director at Dr. Reddy’s Labs, later led manufacturing operations as Director at Syngene Biologics, led manufacturing operations and site engineering as Vice President at Intas Biopharma, led Engineering & Technology as Vice President at Hyde E+C Consulting. Supported Pfizer's sterile injectable network as VP and Global Engineering Leader. Then VP Global Engineering at Hyde. • MS (Chem Eng) from University of Akron, Ohio, US.• BE (Chem Eng) from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India.• US Citizen, in India as OCI.