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| Board Of Directors - Manipal AcuNova Ltd. |
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Mr. D A Prasanna
Chairman and Managing Director
As a founder, he has mapped the vision and strategy for the organization. He has experience in leveraging Asian competitiveness building successful global business in medical technology for GE and software for Wipro. As Exec Chairman of the Manipal Group, his focus was on developing a research thrust for the Group. Considered a thought leader in Health care and Life Sciences, he has worked in global leadership positions in GE and was Vice Chairman of Wipro. He serves on the board of various Pharma companies and Research institutes.
Prasanna is acknowledged in the healthcare sector as the pioneer in creating a market for high tech. medical equipment and delivering clinical excellence at low patient fees in Asian Hospitals, through innovative strategies. As the startup CEO of GE Medical in India, he also developed a $330 m Global Business in healthcare for GE Medical Systems (GEMS) by leveraging India's competitiveness taking the company from no 5 to No 1. He has also been a founding member of Wipro's team that initiated the company's entry into IT and was Vice Chairman of Wipro Ltd.
He is an independent Director of Take Solutions Ltd. He serves on the Governing Council of Center for Policy Research, India's leading Think Tank and of T A Pai Management Institute, a reputed Business School. He is a Trustee on Shriram Ownership Trust, which shapes the strategy of Shriram group of companies. He has served as Chairman of GEBEL, GEMS IT Ltd and GE X-Ray(South Asia) and Director of GE Yokogawa Medical Systems Ltd, Japan and GE Samsung Ltd, Korea, Wipro GE Medical Systems Ltd, India and Shasun Chemical & Drugs Ltd India. He brings rich experience in pharma and healthcare.
Mr. Prasanna is an alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad & GE Global Business Leadership Program at Crotonville. |
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Mr. Arun Duggal
Banker and Investment Advisor Director
Mr. Arun Duggal is an experienced international Banker advising Indian corporates in Financial Strategy, M&A and Capital Raising areas. Mr. Duggal had 26 years career with Bank of America, mostly outside India. His last assignment with Bank of America as the Chief Executive Officer, India. From 2001-2003 he was CFO of HCL Technologies, India.
He is Chairman of Board of Directors of Shriram Transport Finance Company, Shriram Properties Ltd, Shriram City Union Finance Ltd., and Shriram EPC Limited. He is the Vice Chairman of International Asset Reconstruction Company.
He is on the Board of Directors of Jubilant Energy NV, Patni Computers (Chairman, Audit Committee), Fidelity Fund Management, LNG Petronet (Nominee Director of Asian Development Bank), Zuari Industries, Info Edge (India), Dish TV India Ltd., Mundra Port & SEZ Ltd. and Hertz (India). Mr. Duggal is the founder Director of Bellwether Microfinance Fund. He is Advisor to IMA (formerly Economist Intelligence Unit, India), He is a member of the Investment Committee of Axis Private Equity. He is Trustee of Centre for Civil Society, New Delhi and Senior Advisor (Asia Pacific) to Transparency International, Berlin.
Mr. Duggal is the Vice Chairman (non executive) of International Asset Reconstruction, a de novo Company engaged in advising, investing and managing Non Performing Loan portfolios.
A Mechanical Eengineer from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He teaches Banking & Finance course at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad as a visiting Prof. |
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Dr. H S Ballal
Eminent Educator and Radiologist Director
As the Pro Chancellor of the Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Dr. Ballal is responsible for the challenges of running India's first private University and maintaining academic standards for both faculty and students. Dr. Ballal has been an active member of Indian Medical Association and was elected President of Indian Medical Association, Dakshin Kannada.
He has held leadership positions in Indian Radiology and Imaging Associations and has published several papers in reputed journals. Known for his dynamism and teamwork he recently implemented innovations in patient care and clinical teaching. He directs the activities of the University in academics and regulatory issues for the present and as a foundation for the future. In 2005, he was awarded by IBM as the most student friendly Vice Chancellor award. |
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Dr. Jagdish N Sheth
Director
Dr. Jagdish N Sheth is the Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing in the Goizueta Business School at Emory University. Prior to his present position, he was at the University of Southern California (7 years); at the University of Illinois (15 years), and on the faculty of Columbia University (5 years), as well as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2 years). Dr. Sheth is nationally and internationally known for his scholarly contributions in consumer behavior, relationship marketing, competitive strategy and geopolitical analysis.
Professor Sheth has worked for numerous industries and companies in the United States, Europe and Asia, both as an Advisor and as a Seminar Leader. His clients include AT&T, BellSouth, Cox Communications, Delta, Ernst & Young, Ford, GE, Lucent Technologies, Motorola, Nortel, Pillsbury, Sprint, Square D, 3M, Whirlpool and many more. He has offered more than a thousand presentations in at least twenty countries. He is also on the Board of Directors of several public companies including Norstan (NASDAQ), Cryo Cell Internatinal (NASDAQ) and Wipro Limited (NYSE).
In 1989, Dr. Sheth was given the Outstanding Marketing Educator award by the Academy of Marketing Science. In 1991 and again in 1999, he was given the Outstanding Educator Award by the Sales and Marketing Executives International (SMEI). Dr. Sheth was also awarded the P.D. Converse Award for his outstanding contributions to theory in marketing in 1992 by the American Marketing Association. In 1996, Dr. Sheth was selected as the Distinguished Fellow of the Academy of Marketing Science. In 1997, Dr. Sheth was awarded the Distinguished Fellow award from the International Engineering Consortium. Dr. Sheth is also a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA). 2004 marked a stellar year for Dr. Sheth as he was awarded both the Richard D. Irwin Distinguished Marketing Educator Award and the Charles Coolidge Parlin Award which are the two highest awards given by the American Marketing Association.
A prolific author, Dr. Sheth has authored or coauthored hundreds of articles and books. In 2000, Dr. Sheth and Andrew Sobel published a best seller, Clients for Life (Simon & Schuster) and in 2001, the book Value Space (McGraw-Hill), coauthored with Banwari Mittal, was published. Dr. Sheth's latest book, The Rule of Three (Free Press), was coauthored with Dr. Rajendra Sisodia and published in 2002. In addition, he is under contract to co-author three books: Tectonic Shift, Firms of Endearment and 4 As of Marketing. |
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Dr. Ranjan Pai
CEO, Manipal Education and Medical Group
Dr. Ranjan Pai set up the Manipal Education and Medical Group (MEMG), the corporate entity responsible for the administration of new and existing hospitals and the education institutions of the group. He is responsible for conceptualizing the Melaka-Manipal Medical College (MMMC), Malaysia as a world-class international medical college to place Manipal in the global arena. It is a testimony to Dr. Ranjan Pai's skills and a demonstration of the making of an Indian MNC. Besides, Dr. Ranjan Pai is focused on taking up the Education and Healthcare Programme in Western countries like UK & US.
Dr. Pai is a medical graduate of the Kasturba Medical College, Manipal and has studied Hospital Administration in the United States. He has an excellent insight into the functioning of large healthcare systems and medical schools, having been exposed to the nuances of healthcare administration and medical education at various stages.
As the CEO of MEMG, Dr. Ranjan Pai's focus is on the new business initiatives of the group. He is acknowledged for financial restructuring of the Group and creating a platform for the induction of private equity for the rapid growth of the Group. |
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Mr. R Sundara Rajan
Director
Mr. R. Sundara Rajan is a Mechanical Engineer from Jadavpur University, Calcutta, and an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, with around 30 years experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry, out of which 15 years as CEO. He is also a Chartered Engineer and Associate of the Insurance Institute of India.
He has occupied senior management positions in the industry in the areas of marketing, general management. As a Consultant, he was instrumental in setting up a few pharmaceutical projects. His last assignment was as the Executive VP of Matrix Laboratories Ltd one of the fastest growing and most profitable companies in the pharmaceutical industry in India. He is currently on the Corporate Advisory Board of Matrix Laboratories Limited and advisor to the Shriram Group of companies, Chennai.
He has hands on experience in pharmaceutical marketing, pharmaceutical projects and setting up foreign collaboration ventures in India. During a short tenure as Consultant, he was instrumental in bringing the latest pharmaceutical technology into the Country and also introducing good manufacturing practices in the ventures set up by him. |
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Dr. Sunny Sharma
Director
Dr. Sunny Sharma is a Senior Managing Director on the Asia team of OrbiMed Advisors. Dr. Sharma has more than 10 years of life sciences experience spanning venture capital, investment banking, and clinical practice.
Dr. Sharma was previously with Investor Growth Capital (IGC), the wholly owned global venture capital arm of Investor AB, and before that he was at Easton Capital, a venture capital fund in New York. While at IGC and Easton Capital, Dr. Sharma led or played a senior role on over a dozen life sciences investments. Earlier in his career, Dr. Sharma was with Lehman Brothers' healthcare investment banking group in London, and before that he practiced medicine in northern India.
Dr. Sharma holds an M.B.A. from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and a medical degree (M.B.B.S.) from Christian Medical College, Ludhiana where he was awarded the Vipin Khanna Memorial Gold Medal for graduating as the best intern. |
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