4th Annual Pharma Packaging, Labelling, Serialization, Track & Trace 2022
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World Packaging Organisation
CHAKRAVARTHI AVPS, Global Ambassador, World Packaging Organisation
A die hard lover and an evangelist of packaging, recognised as most influential leader in the segment, Mr. Chakravarthi AVPS is Global Ambassador of World Packaging Organisation.
With a strong penchant and deep knowledge in Pharmaceutical Packaging, he is also board (COA) member for Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council, Government of India.
He is CEO and Managing director of Ecobliss India an internationally renowned company for its packaging innovations, with core strengths in pharmaceutical landscape.
Chakravarthi is also one of the longest serving board members of Indian Institute of Packaging and was chairman for its prestigious golden jubilee committee and for Hyderabad center as well.
Mylan Laboratories
PRABIR DAS, Head - Packaging Tech Services, OSD, Mylan Laboratories
I am one of the first batch PG alumni (1985 – 87) from Indian Institute of Packaging, Mumbai.
I have over 30 years’ experience in Pharmaceutical Packaging, with exposure in development,
execution and post commercialisation life cycle management. Major activity includes Technology
Transfer, New Product-Pack Launch, Packaging Validation, Change Management, Quality & COGS
Improvement, Automation, Standardization & Harmonization Projects, Track & Trace Project and
any kind of Innovative Packaging Development Project related to patience safety and compliance.
va-Q-tec India
Virbac India
FDC
TRIPTI NAKHARE, Associate VP Regulatory Affairs & Packaging, Development, FDC Limited
• She has been working in the pharma industry for the past 35 years. Started her career with Lupin Laboratories and has worked with Indoco Remedies and short tenures at Raptakos Brett and Glenmark.
• Has over 3 decades of experience in the pharma industry having worked in the QC, IPQA, Packaging development and Regulatory Affairs department. Has a diploma in Packaging from IIP and has done masters in Regulatory Affairs and Clinical research.
• Working with FDC Limited in the corporate office for the past 15 years. Looking after the Regulatory Affairs ( Regulated and ROW markets ) and Packaging Development department.
• Has developed and worked on developing packaging materials for variety of products like OSD, ORS, Liquids, Injectables, Ophthalmics. External powders, dental products and so on.
• Has handled the barcoding and serialisation projects ( DGFT/FMD/DSCSA/ Uzbekistan/Bahrain) for all the 6 sites of FDC
• Is a part of the core team that faces the MHRA, USFDA and ROW inspections at all sites of FDC.
• Is handling automation projects for warehouse management across all plants of FDC.
• Was among the first set of awardees for the best Packaging professional’s trophy in the first set of PPL awards. Has also been covered in the Handbook of Packaging published at the first PPL conclave.
• Actively participates in various forums of IDMA, GS1 and various conferences.
Vakils Premedia
Lisaline Lifescience Tech
Healthcare SF
RAJESH PEDNEKAR, Head - Supply Chain, Operations and Strategy, Healthcare SF
Short Biography:
Mr. Rajesh Pednekar is an award winning International Expert in Pharmaceutical Supply Chain and Keynote speaker at various Global Supply Chain & Cold Chain conferences in Europe, AsiaPacific, Chinaand Korea with more than 22 years experience in Supply Chain, Logistics & Procurement with leading companies like Cipla, Novartis, Pfizer, Nicholas Piramal (now Abbott),Goldshield Pharmaceuticals, Nutricia ( now Danone), ICIPaints (now Akzo Nobel)and Balsara (now Dabur) in Pharmaceuticals, Nutraceuticals, Food and Consumer Goods, across various geographies from Domestic &Sub-Continent Operations to Global Supply Chains.
In his recent stint as Senior Director Cipla, he was responsible for Logistics and Distribution for all entities of Cipla in India and launched initiatives to optimise costs, improve service and make medicines more accessible in the country.
Adjudged among the Top 50 Influencers in Logistics and Supply Chain in Asia Pacific by Terrapin, Singapore, he has a passion for Supply Chain and has conducted Workshops for International Delegates on Supply Chain / Cold Chain Design for Asia Pacific and Europe Regions.
Recognition & Awards:
• He is the winner of Chief Distribution Officer of the Year Award for 2018.
• For his tenure as Head Supply Chain for Novartis Pharma, Novartis - India achieved the Excellence in Supply Chain Award for Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa and GreaterChina Region for two consecutive years of 2008 and 2009.
• As Head – Distribution for All Entities of Pfizer Group in India, he achieved 70% reduction in Pfizer's Outbound Supply Chain costs (adjusted for inflation) and was awarded Rewards and Recognition Award in 2012 by Pfizer.
Speaking Engagements :
He has been a regular speaker at LogiPharma-Singapore (2009,2010), Bio-Pharma Asia-Singapore (2010,2012), CPhI Conferences-SCM China(2011) , Pharma Procurement and Outsourcing Conference, Berlin, Germany(2013) , World Drug Manufacturing Conference, Dusseldorf, Germany ( 2013), Next Generation Supply Chain Conference, Pharma Supply Chain Forum ,SCM Pharma Confex , Mumbai ( 2014 ), Cool Chain Europe, Frankfurt, Germany ( 2015), Bio-Pharma Asia Singapore (2015) , Cold Chain Conference, Brussels (2015) and Serialisation, Track & Trace Conference , Berlin (2015) and Bio-Logistics World Korea (2017).
Academic Profile:
• He topped SSC Merit in Science of Maharashtra State, India.
• He is a B. Tech in Petro – Chemical Engineering and did research in Chemical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology ( IIT),Bombay, India.
• He has a MBA in Operations Management from National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai, India.
• He completed his Masters in Leadership Sciences from the University of Mumbai.
Cipla
VIPUL JAIN, Associate Director - SCM Integrated Business Planning, Cipla
MBA, Supply Chain certified Professional
24 years of experience in Supply chain digital transformation
Current Role – Associate Director, SCM Integrated Business Planning, Cipla
Previous Companies – Mondelez International, Colgate Palmolive, Accenture
Specialization – SAP ERP/APO/IBP, Business Analytics
FDA (Maharashtra state)
OMPRAKASH S. SADHWANI, Former Joint Commissioner and Controlling Authority, FDA (Maharashtra state)
ManageArtworks
AVINASH VOODI, Director of Product Marketing, ManageArtworks
Avinash is the Director of Product Marketing at ManageArtworks. With a career spanning over 14 years, he has experience across various industries and markets in strategic consulting enabling him to successfully work with global brands such as Unilever, Citibank, Dell, P&G, etc. An enthusiastic and motivated person, Avinash's association with Karomi comes with the belief that packaging can be a lot more efficient and sustainable. In the last 5 years, Avinash has worked with a plethora of Pharma and CPG brands, re-shaping their packaging processes. He has a passion for scaling up start-ups and holds an MBA in Marketing. An avid auto-enthusiast, Avinash enjoys exploring the countryside during his leisure.
Hi-Tech Printing Services
FAHEEM AGBOATWALA, Director, Hi-Tech Printing Services
Faheem Agboatwala is the Managing director of Hi-Tech Printing Services, a Mumbai based pharmaceutical specialist packaging solutions provider.
For the past 33 years Hi-Tech has thrived on its principles of being a partner rather than vendor to its clients, most of whom are healthcare giants. 35 percent of its business is exported to the highly demanding markets of USA and Canada.
Faheem was born and brought up in Mumbai and joined the business 25 years ago with absolutely zero knowledge of printing. He has learnt printing hands on and today the business has two manufacturing locations in the city with a third location in the pipeline.
He has been associated with the Bombay Master Printers Association for several years and founded the association's unique Share to Benefit Forum (StB) in the year 2007. From 2014 to 2016 he served as the association’s president and continues to be a part of its core team.
Faheem loves to travel and an avid automobile enthusiast and spends most of his free time tinkering with and driving his fleet of cars. He also collects vintage mechanical clocks.
He is a stickler for time management and his personal and company motto is "Beating Deadlines"
LinkedIn Bio - https://www.linkedin.com/in/faheem-agboatwala-481b69
Website - www.hi-techps.com
J.B. Chemicals
MANOJ CHITNIS, Vice President (Corporate Quality Head), J.B. Chemicals
Twenty-eight (28) years of work experience at plant and Corporate in manufacturing of Formulations and API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient)
Current job profile
Company - J B Chemical and Pharmaceutical Ltd.
Designation- VP Corporate QA (Corporate Quality Head)
Contact details
Email ID- mchitnis2002@yahoo.com
Mobile- +91 9820119821
Qualification
Worked with renowned organization such as
Amneal Pharmaceutical Ltd, Lupin Ltd, ratiopharm Ltd, Abbott (I) Ltd, Sanofi-Aventis Ltd, Ranbaxy Ltd, USV Ltd
Takeda
ASHOK KUMAR BHATTACHARYA, Former Executive Director, Takeda
Over 39years of experience in Global Pharmaceutical MNCs as a Successful Manager in various roles - General Management , Marketing & Sales roles & Excelling in diverse multicultural environments . A strong proponent for Building Big Brands & enhancing Corporate Equity through Patient & Customer Focus, Ensuring Total Compliance & Corporate Governance . Launched & Built Brands in Multiple Therapeutic segments ,& managed overall P&L of Business . Actively involved in Mergers, Acquisitions & Integrations , Change Management process without losing sight on Performance& Compliance . Developed Human Capital through Continuous Training &Development programs which led to Attracting & Retaining Top Talents .Encourage Innovation & promote / Create Healthy Competitive working environment . Have always created a working environment of Trust , Fairness ,Openness , Integrity , Compliance & Corporate Governance .
Vakils Premedia
SRIKANTH GOUD PANJALA, Vice President - Marketing (Life Sciences), Vakils Premedia
An astute result oriented professional with over 17+ years of experience in delivering and managing Pharma Print/Web services and solutions in healthcare marketing and promotion space of all major pharma companies. I have been instrumental in setting up large scale production hubs for creative decoupling while managing KPO/BPO/Pharma (artwork/AMS) departments at global level. I have the desirable combination of skills in managing large size teams with apt technical aptitude to lead the solutions and mitigate risks. I have played key role in presales, business development, defining SLAs and then continuously optimizing the quality standards of deliverables with single point focus on doing beyond client expectations.
I was associated with Dr. Reddy’s laboratories, TechMahindra (life sciences) and Perigord Premedia Life Sciences since 2005
MSD
SEERA DILEEP RAJU, Senior Manager - ML & AI, MSD
“ Seera Dileep Raju is a Data Science professional with experience in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Predictive modelling, Text Analytics NLP, Business analytics, IBM Watson Analytics tools and building AI based applications using open source technologies to the Energy, Oil, Pharma, Chemicals, Healthcare and Banking domains. He joined Dr Reddys in previous organisation as a Data Scientist and was responsible for building the Cognitive AI solutions by leveraging Machine learning, advanced analytics techniques to solve the business problem statements across different business units and Digital Transformation as part of Industry 4.0. He has also worked with organizations like tech giant IBM , Reliance Jio as Data Scientist. Seera was a B.Tech Graduate from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad.
In his current role 'Senior Manager - Machine learning & AI ' at MSD, he will be leading the Data & Analytics projects across Major therapies (Oncology, Vaccines, Hospital and Acute care, Diabetes), SFE, Finance, Digital Marketing, from India as part of Digital & Data Analytics team at MSD (In America and Canada, we are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, USA)
Seera was the recipient of the Research Excellence Award from the Director of IIT Hyderabad in recognition of his outstanding research work during his Bachelors. He has three publications in reputed international conferences and proceedings. He was invited as Keynote Speaker in many reputed International IEEE Conferences and delivered talks on AI. He is IBM certified Cloud Developer, certified Watson Data Platform and certified Cognitive Delivery and Practitioner. “
Srikem Laboratories
QodeNext India
HIMANSHU SRIVASTAVA, Vice President Solutions and Project Delivery, QodeNext India
Himanshu Srivastava is Vice President at QodeNext India Private Limited. Himanshu addresses the Solutions Development and Delivery Profile and works with customers to conceptualize, develop and implement QodeNext Software Suite. After spending nearly 18 years working in IT and ITES industry for various consulting and CRM companies, Himanshu has developed expertise in design, integration and project management of large-scale software products.
At QodeNext, Himanshu has worked on Warranty Tracking, Vendor Management and various Track and Trace implementations. Some of his turnkey projects include end to traceability projects with companies like Asian Paints, Zydus, Reliance Lifesciences, Welspun, UPL, Philips etc.
Himanshu holds an Advanced Diploma in Computer Application from National Institute of Information Technology and is Alum of INSEAD, Fontainebleau France.
Glenmark
Meet and to network with your conference colleagues.
08:30 – Coffee and registration – An opportunity to meet and to network with your conference colleagues.
09:30 – Chairperson opening remarks
BIMAL MEHTA, Managing Director, Vakils Premedia
09:40 – The trend and future of packaging in pharma
VIPUL JAIN, Associate Director - SCM Integrated Business Planning, Cipla
10:10 – DISCUSSION WITH EXPERTS: Preparing for the future of pharma packaging
Moderator:
CHAKRAVARTHI AVPS, Global Ambassador, World Packaging Organisation
Panellist:
ANAHITA KARANDE, Head - Packaging Development & Procurement, Alembic Pharmaceuticals
RAJESH PEDNEKAR, Head - Supply Chain, Operations and Strategy, Healthcare SF
FAHEEM AGBOATWALA, Director, Hi-Tech Printing Services
11:00 – Morning Coffee/Tea & Discussion
11:20 – DISCUSSION WITH EXPERTS: Unlocking new technology and productivity in labeling
Moderator:
BIMAL MEHTA, Managing Director, Vakils Premedia
Panellist:
VENKATESH KATGERI, Vice President, Site Head, Srikem Laboratories
RAJSHRI CHETAN PARDESHI, Manager - Packaging Development & Labelling, Glenmark
SEERA DILEEP RAJU, Senior Manager - ML & AI, MSD
SUNIL ACHARYA, H.O.D, S.C.P.L
12:00 – More ways to track your shipments more power to act
AJIT TAMHANE, Director, Lisaline Lifescience Technologies
12:30 –Networking luncheon
13:40 – DISCUSSION WITH EXPERTS: Addressing and analyzing recent trends in serialization track and trace
Moderator:
VIPUL JAIN, Associate Director - SCM Integrated Business Planning, Cipla
Panellist:
SUDIPTO BASU, Head of Supply Chain and Procurement, Virbac India
ASHOK KUMAR BHATTACHARYA, Former Executive Director, Takeda
HIMANSHU SRIVASTAVA, Vice President Solutions and Project Delivery, QodeNext India
RAVI KUMAR TUMMALAPALLI, Managing Director, va-Q-tec India
14:30 – Artwork and label management are imperative in life sciences sector
PRABIR DAS, Head - Packaging Tech Services, OSD, Mylan Laboratories
15:00 – Afternoon Tea/Coffee
15:20 – Reshaping Packaging Artwork and Specification Management for one of the world’s largest Generic Drug Manufacturers
AVINASH VOODI, Director of Product Marketing, ManageArtworks
15:50 – DISCUSSION WITH EXPERTS: Understanding the changes in regulations in packaging, labeling, track and trace
Moderator:
MANOJ CHITNIS, Vice President (Corporate Quality Head), J.B. Chemicals
Panellist:
TRIPTI NAKHARE, Associate Vice President Regulatory Affairs and Packaging, Development, FDC
OMPRAKASH S. SADHWANI, Former Joint Commissioner and Controlling Authority, FDA (Maharashtra state)
SRIKANTH GOUD PANJALA, Vice President - Marketing (Life Sciences), Vakils Premedia
16:40 - Chairperson’s closing remarks and end of conference
BIMAL MEHTA, Managing Director, Vakils Premedia
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QodeNext India is a leading manufacturing and supply chain traceability & technology company. Today more than 2 billion products hit the market with backend traceability provided by Qodenext technology. Around 20 million scans come into the market per annum & we are part of a few of India’s substantial consumer connect initiatives.
Our vision is to unlock data intelligence to deliver considerable business value & our mission is to automate the acquisition of data to improve traceability & efficiency, enabling intelligent decisions.
We provide a single point of contact for all your traceability needs, from technical consulting to implementation to support. Spread over 9 branches spread across India (50+ cities), we are never far away.
We harness the power of Barcode, RFID, Vision, Cognitive Computing, IoT, Predictive Analysis, and emerging technologies to enable our clients to integrate their supply chains and facilitate end-to-end visibility and connectivity.
Our USP has involved comprehensive deep dive into the as-is scenario, following which a client-specific solution gets designed, implemented, and maintained by our in-house technical team of experts. This definite approach ensures our clients have the best-in-class solutions for their unique requirements.
The Spirit of QodeNext elucidates the values that govern the symbiotic relationship between Customers, Partners, and Employees. Innovation, Trust, Ethics, Commitment, & Partnership are the modular value additions we are known for in the industry.
We further extend our solution spectrum to Support Infrastructure, Managed Services, Project Management, Consulting, Customized Software, ERP Integration, Business Intelligence, etc.
Visit our website: www.qodenext.com (or)
connect with us at marketing@qodenext.com
ManageArtworks is a global, multi-lingual organization headquartered in India with divisions in Europe, North America, South America and Asia. Over the last decade, we have been supporting global pharmaceutical companies, and Fortune 500 CPGs in solving their packaging artwork management challenges.
Today, ManageArtworks provides a cloud-based packaging and artwork lifecycle management system, connecting people and processes across internal departments, customers, suppliers, agencies, and vendors, delivering supply chain agility and compliance.
With ManageArtworks, you will be able to achieve Brand and Regulatory Compliance, ManageArtworks has built-in features to help organizations enhance their Part 11 compliance, address inconsistencies in processes, mitigate human errors, and enhance label quality and improve business agility.
You can get started by taking control of your Artwork Copy and Spec, including Packaging Specifications, Dielines, and Technical Drawings.
Facilitate easier and more accurate artwork creation using our Adobe Illustrator Plugin that brings the copy and images directly into your design toolkit.
Strengthen your artwork review with workflows that fit your process. Track your artworks in real-time as they go through the review and approval workflow.
Explore our automated proofing tools and checklists for speedy approvals. Be equipped with the right tools to check the artwork content with reference to regulatory and brand requirements efficiently.
Website: www.manageartworks.com
Sepio is a SaaS platform for brands to digitise their supply chain. We help companies to make their products ‘Smart’ – today products don't provide any useful information to their companies nor to end consumers - if they are genuine or fake, have been diverted or infiltrated, or where and how much stock is in the supply chain. Sepio's Smart QR code technology also complies with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare notice G.S.R. 448 (E) on using QR codes on the top 300 drugs of India.
Sepio helps brands to connect everyday products to the Internet and manage the entire lifecycle of the product from raw materials to consumption. Smart products generate actionable data that helps brands to:
Sepio’s platform is easy to implement via our partner network with a combined reach of over 135 countries. Further, our ready to deploy API’s seamlessly integrate with your existing IT infrastructure and production lines. Sepio’s digital supply chain can help brands grow revenues by up to 15% and improve bottom-line by over 5%. You can kick start your brand protection journey by connecting with us at hello@sepiosolutions.com
Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZyVBkByMxw&t=69s
Website: www.sepiosolutions.com
Worldpack Automation Systems Pvt Ltd
World-class Labelling Machines
Worldpack is the Preferred Gateway for Automated Labelling Systems.
Worldpack is one of the most trusted solution providers in designing and manufacturing of self-adhesive/sticker labelling machines with a dynamic and talented core team with over 15 years’ experience in manufacturing, engineering, designing and customer service at the helm spearheading this young company to newer avenues and are always hungry for innovations and reaching newer heights.
Our Labeling Machines are engineered to ensure ease in operating whilst being efficient, reliable, easy to maintain and cost effective. We have a varied client portfolio across multiple industry segments – Liquor, Beverages, Dairy, Food and Cooking Oils , Engine oils,
FMCG, Cosmetics, Pharmaceutical, Seeds, Lubricants and Agrochemicals.
FACTS & FIGURES
2500+ LABELLING MACHINES
700+ BOTTLES PER MINUTE
25+ YEARS EXPERIENCE OF THE CORE TEAM
21+ COUNTRIES EXPORTED TO
8+ AFTER SALES AND SERVICE CENTERS
We have expertise in delivering customized machines as per customer requirements worldwide.
Our machines are installed to a large no of countries including Algeria, Ghana, Kenya, Iran, Malaysia, Nepal, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, UAE, USA, Vietnam.
Website: www.worldpackmachines.com
va-Q-tec is a 21 years old company headquartered in Wurzburg , Germany and is a pioneer in highly efficient products, solutions in the area of Tempchain logistics. The company develops, produces and markets highly efficient vaccum insulation panels (VIPs) as well as phase change materials (PCMs) for reliable and energy efficient temperature controlling.
In addition va-Q-tec produces passive, thermal packaging systems (containers and boxes ) through optimally integrating VIPs and PCMs which can maintain constant temperatures without external energy input. The efficient technology of va-Q-tec’s products save expensive energy costs in areas of everyday use, in transport of pharmaceuticals products. va-Q-tec is credited with multiple awards in the global Tempchain arena and also is one of the few companies who is already certified as ‘Carbon neutral’
Va-Q-tec has established their India subsidiary with the Corporate office based in Mumbai. This big step is intended to support the Indian pharma manufacturers with a number of other solutions, products from their global portfolio. Va-Q-tec has a complete range of integrated end-to-end packaging solutions right from API sourcing , Bulk transportation as well extending till the last mile delivery . There is a solutions for all sizes of shipments, spread across many temperature ranges +25Deg C to -40Dec C without using any external energy source. Along with the option of outright purchase of the temperature controlled boxes , va-Q-tec also has a unique pay-per-use model through which the packaging solutions can be offered on lease for your Domestic and International shipments which gives flexibility to the shipper not to invest in capital but still use the high performance solutions
Website: www.va-q-tec.com
igus (India) Pvt.Ltd, is the wholly owned subsidiary of igus GmbH, operating in the Indian Subcontinent. Igus has grown as an outstanding brand providing solutions over conventional metallic components with specific advantages like maintenance free, lubrication free, corrosion free, ready to fit, easy installation, lighter weight, resistance to adverse conditions like chemicals, atmospheric conditions and other aggressive environments.
We manufacture polymer bearings, spherical bearings, linear guides, cables and drag chain systems.
Today, with experience and expertise gathered over the past 5 decades of continuous research, testing and feedback from the customers all over the World and spanning industry groups from aerospace to automotive, packaging to printing, machine tools to material handling, automation to robotics, igus stands ready with over 80000 elements from ready range spanning over 5 product lines. igus offers detailed technical literature and life time calculators based on real tests done in the igus laboratory over a long period of time. On average igus runs around 6000 tests apart from customer specific tests in a year. Igus across 20 different locations helps to reap unique benefits of “24 hours or Today delivery” advantage!
E-Mail: info-in@igus.net
Website: www.igus.in
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