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Ms. Shanmugam Hemalatha (Whole Time Director)
Ms. S Hemalatha, a Commerce graduate with C.S. (Inter) and ICWA (Inter) qualifications, has over two decades of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. As a Whole-Time Director, she oversees commercial operations and plays a key role in strategic planning and financial oversight. She has been instrumental in driving the Company’s growth and success.

Mr. Vinayak Dinesh Dendukuri (Whole Time Director – Quality) 
Mr. Vinayak is the Co-founder & Director of NOVICK Biosciences. Under his guidance and leadership, NOVICK has established a system that delivers high-quality pharmaceutical product development services, assuring sound fiscal operations. Mr. Vinayak is also a Director at Brane Enterprises, a company emphasizing Natural Language (no coding) and Machine Learning. Prior to this role, Mr. Vinayak was Drug Safety Scientist at Quintiles, leading Phase II and Phase III clinical trials across the globe for major Pharmaceutical companies. Mr. Vinayak also served as a Scientist in several positions at Sanofi Pasteur and GlaxoSmithKline, USA. He completed his Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology from Rochester Institute of Technology, USA, and his Master's degree in Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry from the University of Rochester, USA.

Mr. Upendar Mekala Reddy (Non-Executive Director)
Mr. Upendar is an Investment Manager at iLabs Group. He holds MBA Degree with specialisation in finance from Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK), Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science Engineering from JNTU - Hyderabad and FRM Certification from Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP). Mr. Upendar Mekala Reddy has over 15 years of experience spanning across Project and Structured Finance, Fund Raising, Mergers and Acquisitions and Investment Banking. He has executed transactions across sectors including Power (Renewable & Non-renewable), Pharmaceuticals, Roads, Manufacturing, Cement, Real Estate, Ports, etc. Prior to iLabs Group, Upendar was working as Vice President with Edelweiss Financial Services, handling the wholesale and structured lending business. He also worked as Assistant Vice President with IL&FS Financial Services and Senior Manager with L&T Infrastructure Finance in the Project Finance Team.

Mrs. Akila Chintalapati Raju (Non-Executive Director)
Mrs. Akila Chintalapati Raju holds Master’s degree in Law from NYU School of Law, New York. She has over a decade of diverse legal experience spanning Corporate Law, Private Equity, Real Estate transactions, Civil Litigation, and In-house Legal Advisory. Mrs. Akila C Raju worked as the in-house Legal Counsel of Bangalore based Pharmaceutical company, Strides Shasun Ltd, where she led the legal team in setting up the company’s Australia business. Post her move to Hyderabad, she focused representing clients in civil litigation matters. Ms. Akila C Raju is passionate about utilizing her legal skills to further Social Causes. While in New York, she Volunteered at an immigration clinic where she worked ‘pro bono’ on several asylum petitions as well as fighting deportation and removal notices.

Mr. Palamadai Krishnan Sundaresan (Independent Director)
Mr. Palamadai Krishnan Sundaresan, is a qualified Cost & Management Accountant (CMA) and Company Secretary (CS) with over 40 years’ multi-industry experience spanning across Corporate Finance, Secretarial Practice, Foreign-exchange Management, Consolidation of Financial Statements, Cost and Value-chain Management, MIS, Pricing, Budgeting, Production Planning, Strategic and Turnaround Management, Strategic Sourcing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Valuation, Joint Venture formation and scale-up, complex Debt and Capital Restructuring, and Corporate Governance.

Mrs. Ravichandran Chitra (Chairperson & Independent Director)
Mrs. Ravichandran Chitra holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce and a PGDPMIR from the Madras School of Social Work, Chennai. She brings over three decades of rich and diverse experience in Human Resource Management, Performance Management, Training & Development, Corporate and Legal Affairs, Labour Law Compliance, Compensation and Benefits Administration, and General Administration. Her core strengths include Talent Acquisition, Succession Planning, Employee Retention, Change Management, and designing effective training and development programs.

Mr. Navin Kumar (Independent Director)
Mr. Navin Kumar is a qualified Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), and is currently in practice. He has over 13 years of professional experience in the fields of Corporate Finance, Taxation, Auditing, and Regulatory Compliance. His areas of expertise include Corporate Accounting, Statutory and Internal Audits, Income Tax, Goods and Services Tax (GST), and business advisory services.