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Edwin Ng joined Medidata in 2014 and heads the Life Science industry of Dassault Systemes across the Asia Pacific region. Under his leadership, the company’s regional business recorded significant year-on-year growth and achieved multiple leadership awards. Edwin has spent the last 27 years of his career managing enterprise solutions businesses.

Ryan Varghese is a student and researcher affiliated with the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Poona College of Pharmacy, India. His work spans a spectrum of topics from artificial intelligence to cancer theranostics and drug delivery in Alzheimer's disease.His specialisation lies in the drug delivery modalities in chronic diseases. He has curated several articles on the lacunae in the Government public policies while providing solutions for the same. His recent works include the proposal of drug repurposing and affordable hospitalisation to mitigate the risk stemming from COVID-19 in India.

Sahil Salvi is a student and researcher associated with the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Poona College of Pharmacy, India. His works spans across a broad variety of topics, with specialisations in drug delivery and pharmaceutics, especially in chronic diseases. His keen interest in the latter has driven him to curate scientific articles in pharmaceutics and pharmacology.

Dileep Kumar is an assistant professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at Poona College of Pharmacy. He is a pioneer in his field with his forte in the treatment and novel drug delivery in Cancer and Alzheimer’s disease, especially adamantyl analogs as GluN2B selective NMDA receptor agonists. He is also an awardee of the Junior Research Fellowship from the National Medicinal Plant Board (NMPB) New Delhi, Senior Research Fellowship from the University Grants Commission (UGC), Teaching Assistantship, and Institute Post-Doctoral Fellowship from IIT (BHU) Varanasi. He is the Guest editor of Prestigious journals like Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, CTMC, Current drug target, combinatorial chemistry, and molecules.

Atiya Saiyed is a Ph D student at Iladevi Cataract and IOL Research Centre and registered at Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal. She is Senior Research Fellow from Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi. Atiya does research in the fields of molecular biology, cell biology, and cancer biology.

Abhay R. Vasavada is a well-known ophthalmologist who founded Raghudeep Eye Clinic (REH) and Iladevi Cataract and IOL Research Centre (ICIRC) in Ahmedabad, India. In 2011, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ASCRS) gave him the Binkhorst Medal Lecture, making him the first Indian and just the second Asian to get the honour. He has almost 140 publications to his credit.

Kaid Johar SR is an Associate Professor in Department of Zoology and Biomedical TechnologyGujarat University, who specialized in cell and molecular biology, ophthalmology, cancer, and toxicology. He has almost 50 publications in prestigious journals.

Entrusted with the mandate of augmenting and monetising the company’s intellectual property wealth and driving key tactical initiatives, Saransh Chaudhary joined Venus Remedies in 2016 as Strategic Board Advisor after completing his undergraduate degree in Accounting & Finance from Cass Business School, London. Two years later, he assumed charge as President of the company’s Global Critical Care division and CEO of Venus Medicine Research Centre (VMRC), its R&D wing. In these roles, he translates priorities into actionable strategies.

Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Sciences, Indian Institute of Information Technology

Research Fellow, Department of Applied Sciences, Indian Institute of Information Technology