Advisory Board

(B.Pharm; MBA; CMC; PGDPL) | IPR domain Expert

Shri Padmin Buch is currently working as a Project Management and IPR domain expert. Before this he was working as Managing Director I/c.; GITCO, Ahmedabad. Earlier he worked with Sarabhai Group, Baroda in the area of Production & Production planning. He possesses more than 25 years of combined experience in Industry and Consultancy & Development work in Project Management and IPR fields.

His special initiative includes establishment of Patent Assistance Cell (PAC) at GITCO. GITCO Patent Cell has filed 60 patents so far as well as Knowledge partner to several national & international seminars on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). He serves as a National expert for Cluster Development Programmes at Indore, Hyderabad & Dehradun by SIDBI & Foundation for MSME Clusters, New Delhi.

He has been invited as a speaker in many National & International Conferences on IPR and serves as a visiting faculty at EDII, AMA, FICCI, CII, GTU, NIRMA UNI., CEPT University and other Institutions in Gujarat & outside. He is involved in many Government committees like – Technology Up gradation Fund Committee; Government of Gujarat – Steering Committee on IPR, GUJCOST, Gandhinagar – Chairman, Extension Services Committee and Member Governing Council, Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA), – Member, Executive Committee, Indian Pharmaceutical Association(IPA), Gujarat branch – On the Board of M/s. Bhagwati Autocast Ltd., Ahmedabad – Honorary Director, Troikaa Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Ahmedabad – Advisory member, GTU Intellectual Property Facilitation Center (IPFC) – Co- Chairman, Foreign Trade Committee, GCCI. – Chairman, USIIC council of Pharmaceuticals & IPR. He received The Pedagogical Innovation Award-2013 from The Gujarat Technological University (GTU) for innovative contribution in the field of IPR & Patents.

Dr. S.P. Adeshara, Former Commissioner, FDCA, Gujarat and Member Pharmexcil has also joined the Board of Advisors of Accuprec Research Labs Pvt. Ltd.

Dr. Adeshara has remained as the Commissioner, FDCA Gujarat State for more than 11 years and been instrumental actively involved in the process of Regulatory Reforms for Indian Medical Device Industry by Ministry Of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India. Being the head of FDCA in Gujarat State, which has more than 30% contribution in the production of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices in India, his role has been prominent in implementation of the Regulatory Reforms.

Previously he was in prestigious corporates like Sarabhai Pharma, Cadila Laboratories, Zydus Group, Sahjanand Medical Technologies etc.

• Awarded “BEST DRUG CONTROLLER OF 2002” by AIDCOF.
• Indian Pharmaceutical Association awarded “I.P.A. FELLOWSHIP 2002”.
• Awarded “SCHROFF MEMORIAL NATIONAL AWARD – 2005” by IHPA.

Leading Industrialist Jaimin Vasa has also joined the BoA of Accuprec Research Labs Pvt. Ltd. Dr. Jaimin R. Vasa, B.E Chemical Engineering had done his PhD in Management in the year 2016 under the guidance of Dr. Akashai Agarwal. Dr. Vasa is the first PhD degree holder in Faculty of Management from GTU.

Dr. Vasa is the author of the book “Competitive Strategies for Indian SMEs – Lessons from China”. He is the Chairman and Managing Director of Vasa Pharmachem Pvt Limited a flagship company of Vasa Group of Companies manufacturing various Industrial Chemicals and Pharmaceutical raw materials like Excipients, Active Pharma Ingredients, Personal Healthcare and Neutraceuticals etc.

Since 2000, Dr. Vasa is associated with Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) in various capacitates as an Executive Committee Member, Chairman, MSME Committee and Chairman, Foreign Trade Committee.

Dr. Vasu Appanna is the Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Laurentian University since 2010. He has been at LU since 1989 as a Professor of Biochemistry and served as the Chair of the Department for six years. He completed his BSc from the University of Bombay, his MSc from the University of Wales, and his PhD from the University of Waterloo.

He has over 100 peer-reviewed publications in the fields of bio-technology, metabolism and cellular adaptation and toxicology. He has supervised over 115 HQP (BSc, MSc, PhD, Post-doctoral, research associate).

He sits on various organizations and boards, including AMRIC (Applied Medical Research Institute of Canada) and MIRARCO. He is commercializing a biomining process and a kit to detect homocysteine, a marker for numerous diseases.

Professor Dr. Anamik Shah served as the Vice Chancellor of Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad for 2 consecutive terms. He served as Principal Investigator at Center of Excellence in Drug Discovery, NFDD Complex, Saurashtra University. Prof. Shah has been awarded BSR Professorship from UGC for three years and he has guided 70 students for their doctoral degree.

Professor Anamik Shah is one of the academic researchers who pioneered industry-academic linkages, by working in several projects on Drug Discovery & also Process Chemistry with Alembic Ltd, Dabur Research Foundation, Claris life sciences, AstraZeneca, Zydus Research Center and many others.

He is currently a President of Indian Society of Chemists and Biologists, Lucknow, which is one of the leading scientific societies of India with more than 2200 active members.

Mr. Rajiv Mehta is a well-known industrialist. Various positions he held includes Executive Director of CEL Packaging Private limited, one of India’s Largest Corrugated Packaging Companies, & Executive Director of Chrysalis Finance Limited (CFL).

He is Founder Member & Coordinator of Eklavya Education Foundation. He is Vice President – Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA) and Member Regional Governing Board Indian Institute of Packaging (IIP).

He has international Business exposure through many foreign tours to more than 30 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and America.

Dr. B P Singh is an Engineer-Turned-Lawyer. He holds academic Degrees in the field of Electrical Engineering, LL.B, LL.M and Doctor of Philosophy in Law. Dr. Singh started his career with Indian Air Force before switching over to the field of Patents about 27 years ago.

He served Indian Patent Office as Controller of Patents for about 17 years. He also functioned as Registrar of Semi-conductor Integrated Circuit Layout Design Registry (SICLDR). Dr. Singh was instrumental in re-engineering of Patent Granting Procedures and formulation of several procedural guidelines.

Dr. Atul Anand is a highly qualified professional serving as the Lead Auditor for DNV GL Notified Body (Norway), based in Delhi. His expertise lies in international regulatory compliance and auditing for medical devices and pharmaceutical systems.