Scientific Advisory Board
Prof. Bhushan Patwardhan
National Research Professor: Ayush
Former Vice Chairman: UGC
Distinguished Professor: Savitribai Phule
Pune University
He is an academician, biomedical scientist, and ethnopharmacologist. Currently serves as a National Research Professor at the Ministry of Ayush, Govt. Of India Distinguished Professor at the Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University and adjunct professor at National Institute of Complementary Medicine, Western Sydney University, Australia
Dr. Arvind Raghunath
Director, Pharma and Health-tech Consulting and Competitive Intelligence, Vyuhpharma.
Arvind brings 30 years of experience in healthcare and technology, with over 14 years in pharmaceutical consulting. He has worked with 25 of the top 50 global pharmaceutical companies, supporting the development, launch, and defense of products generating over $80 billion in revenue over the past decade. Arvind has led more than 200 strategic consulting projects and played a key role in multiple M&A due diligence activities.
Prof. Darshan Shankar
Vice-chancellor, TDU
Darshan Shankar co-founded the Foundation for Revitalization of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT) with Sam Pitroda and is the Managing Trustee of the Trans-Disciplinary University (TDU). He has led the convergence of traditional and modern sciences for health innovation based on Ayurvedic biology. He received the Padma Shri in 2011 for his work in medicinal plant conservation, tribal development, and educational reform. He is a member of India’s National Bio-Diversity Authority and has been awarded multiple awards, including the Norman Borlaug and Columbia University Awards.
Prof. Arkalgud Ramaprasad
Professor Emeritus of Information and Decision Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
Director, Ramaiah Public Policy Center, Bengaluru, KA, India
Dr. Arkalgud Ramaprasad, Professor Emeritus of Information and Decision Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has also served as Director of the Ramaiah Public Policy Center, Bengaluru. He holds a PhD from the University of Pittsburgh, an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad, and a BE in Electrical Engineering from the University of Mysore. His current research focuses on developing ontologies to systematically and systemically conceptualize problem domains, conducting ontological meta-analyses of research, policies, and practices, and creating ontological roadmaps to guide future work in these areas.
Prof. H.S. Subramanya
Pro Vice-Chancellor, Professor & Dean, School of Biosciences & School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru; Post-doc, Oxford University, UK
Former Director, IBAB, Bengaluru
Prof. H.S. Subramanya is a distinguished scientist with over three decades of experience in structural biology and drug research, spanning academia, industry, and leadership roles. He earned his PhD from the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, on the structure of Sesbania Mosaic Virus, and pursued postdoctoral research at Oxford University, UK, focusing on enzymes of the DNA replication pathway. He has served as Assistant Director at CDRI, Lucknow, and spent over 20 years at Aurigene Discovery Technologies, Bengaluru, in leadership roles including Director, Vice President, and Senior Vice President. He also led the Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology (IBAB) as its Director.