Dr. Mahesh Bhalgat

Group Chief Executive Officer at Veeda Clinical

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Dr. Mahesh has vast experience of being in C-Suite Leadership roles in the Pharma-Biotech world. Prior to founding AAPM Solutions, an Innovation driven biotech, he was the Group CEO and MD of Veeda Lifesciences, a global CRO. Prior to that, Mahesh was the COO for Syngene International (Biocon Group Company), India’s largest and most diverse CRO & CDMO company. At Syngene, he was instrumental in its transformation from a CRO to a CDMO. Prior to Syngene, he was the COO and Executive Director for Sanofi in Hyderabad, where he was responsible for initiating the first-ever Indian manufacturing operation for injectable polio vaccine among many other accomplishments. Mahesh started his India career with Biological E Limited, which he joined after 20 years in North America pursuing his study and working with multi-national large and small biotechnology companies, including Amgen and Monsanto (now Bayer) and Thermofisher.

Mahesh has contributed to the industry through several affiliations such as United States Pharmacopeia, Telangana Scientific Advisory Board, Karnataka Drugs and Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, Karnataka Vision Group on Biotechnology, Biotech committee of CII to name a few. He is also a visiting faculty member at IIT – Mumbai and is keen engaged in skill development for the pharma-biotech industry.

Mahesh has a PhD in Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Utah, USA and a Bachelors in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Mumbai.