“Proceeds from the Summit to go towards feeding school children”
Malvinder Singh, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Kewal Handa, Anuj Saxena among others to address the summit
CORPORATE PHARMA LEADERS TO DEBATE IN PHARMACEUTICAL LEADERSHIP SUMMIT
India’s finest think-tank will attend to debate, discuss and find solutions on burning issues facing the Industry today on 3rd April.
India’s commercial capital and the Corporate Headquarters of many top ranking companies Mumbai will witness Nation’s biggest meet of the leaders of the pharmaceutical industry at “The Pharmaceutical Leadership Summit 2009” under the theme Destination India – Challenges & Oppurtunities, to be held in Hotel Renaissance Mumbai Hotel and Convention Centre in Grand Ball Room | # 2 & 3B, Near Chinmayanand Ashram, Powai, Mumbai 400 087 on Friday, 3rd April 2009.
The Summit would be an occasion for the CEOs and MDs of 500 pharmaceutical companies to share views, opinion and thoughts on the opportunities and the challenges of the industry.
The who’s who of the pharma industry, namely, Kiran Mazumdar of Biocon Lid, Kewal Handa of Pfizer Ltd, Anuj Saxena of Elder Healthcare, Dr Ramakant Panda of Asian Heart Institute, Ranjit shahani of Novartis among industry leaders will debate, share and discuss issues of significance and attention. Industry professionals, Pharma Academia,bureaucrats,medical practioners will attend the high profile event.
Apart from the Indian industry the summit will also see the presence of professionals from Srilanka, Bangladesh, Middle East, United states and other countries with close pharma relations with India.
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At a time when the world is reeling under recession, this Summit sends a message the Pharma and associated industry continue to be on the path of growth and expansion. The industry has managed to shrug off the effects of the global recession. In fact it is time now to evaluate its performance, its people and its needs with the view to set the growth and expansion for the future. The Summit would evaluate and deliberate on ideas, vision and opportunities that would take the industry ahead.
The other notable speakers include Malvinder Singh of Ranbaxy, Mr Ranjit Shahni, MD, Novartis India Ltd.,Mr Kewal Handa, Managing Director, Pfizer Ltd , Dr Anuj Saxena, MD, Elder Healthcare Ltd, Mr. Ajit Singh, Chairman, ACG World Wide,Mr. Ramesh L. Adige, Executive Director, Corporate Affairs & Global, Corporate Communications, Ranbaxy Ltd, Mr.Anand Balasundaram, MD, Astra Zeneca Pharma Inida Pvt Ltd, Mr. Venkat Jasti, MD, Suven Life Sciences Ltd, Mr Alok Mishra, Sr President,- operations, VHB Medisciences Ltd, Neopharma LLC, Mr Sanjiv Dharwadkar Sr. Director Pharma, Aventis Pharma Ltd, Mr Deepak Naik, MD, Eisai Pharma Pvt. Ltd, Narayan Gad, CEO-Formulations, Panacea Biotech Ltd, Dr. Himadri Sen, President R&D, Ranbaxy Ltd, Dr. Suresh Jadhav Executive Director Serum Institute of India Ltd, Dr P.M.Nayak, Project Director, Zydus Cadila Ltd, Mr Kaushik Desai, Director & CEO, Global Pharmatech, Mr Shailesh Siroya, MD, Bal Pharma Ltd, Mr M.Prashant, VP, Business Devlopment, Sarvotham Remedies Ltd, Mr V.S.Reddy, MD, British Biologicals, Mr J.A.S.Giri, Chairman, Sangfroid Industries Ltd, Dr R.B.Smartha, MD, Inetrlink.
SMG has taken the challenge to organize this Summit, not just for the value it brings to the industry, the Summit would contribute revenues to the woprld acclaimed Bangalore based NGO, The Akshaya Patra Foundation - the world’s largest run school meal program that feeds one million school children everyday across Government schools everyday. Recently, the President of the USA, Barack Obama commended the organisation for the service the Foundation does to humanity at large by feeding poor school children across India.
Pharmaexicil, Indian Drug Manufaturer’s Association, Indian Pharmaceutical Associations and the Orgainsation of Pharmaceutical products of India have all come forth to make this Summit a success.
ABOUT THE AKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION
The Akshaya Patra Foundation, a non-profit, Bangalore-based secular trust, evolved the free meal program in schools in the year 2000. What started as a pilot project in five schools in Bangalore, feeding 1,500 children, has now grown into a mammoth endeavor covering over 9,83,000 children in over 5,700 government, government aided schools and anganwadis (day care centers) in 17 locations spread across seven states in India, day after day. This is amongst the largest school meal NGO run program in the world. The foundation expects to reach a magical figure of five million children by 2020.
Six days a week, without a stop, the foundation provides unlimited, nutritious, hygienically cooked noon meals in government schools and government-run day-care centres (anganwadis), Ushering in a technology-intensive operating model that ensures high-quality, hygienic food on the one hand and increases internal efficiencies on the other, the program has brought about policy changes at the state government levels and created a new image for mid-day meals in India. Akshaya Patra is an eloquent demonstration of public private partnership as it is run with part subsidies from the government, besides financial support from corporates and individual philanthropists. The daily expenses: around Rs 35 Lakh!
The program is independently governed by a Board of Trustees, an Advisory Panel consisting of professionals from the corporate world & bureaucracy, dedicated employees and a team of volunteers. The program is advised in rigorous accounting standards and services by KPMG to ensure transparency and accountability to all its donors. A study in the year 2006 by AC Nielsen Org Marg, has vouchsafed for the efficacy of the program in increasing attendance in schools, improving nutritional status of these children, enhancing their learning abilities and reducing drop out rates. The foundation’s work has been praised by all quarters and a recent feather in its cap has been the study conducted by Harvard Business School.
All contributions to The Akshaya Patra Foundation are eligible for 100% tax deduction under section 35AC/80GGA (bb) of the Income Tax Act 1961 in India.
For further details please visit our website: www.akshayapatra.org
ABOUT SMG – Summit Organisor
SMG connects Indian business globally with the vision to create leadership position for Indian business in the global markets.
SMG has created its network across 100 towns in India and 12 overseas so that the small and mid level companies get the right business opportunities to scale up their operations nationally and globally.
SMG has access to business owners and professionals from a range of industries, trades and professions across cities, states, regions and countries, particularly in India. We have the expertise skills to draw specified group of business owners under one roof. So that companies and business owners can meet prospects, interact and convert business. Such prospects may be customers, support vendors, franchisees or intermediaries.
In 2002 Prabhat Sinha (46) started SMG with the vision to accelerate the process of trans-regional business collaborations in an emerging one world market. Since then SMG has created unique and innovative methods to connect business to business at the ground level.
SMG is a leader in this business segment with over 750 initiatives in just six years reaching out to 10 million people in over 100 towns in India and 12 overseas and has helped over 5000 companies make new business.
Served diverse and varied industries - FMCG, lifestyles, steel, oil & gas, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, mining, technology, bio-technology, telecom, banking among others.
From Argentina in Latin America to Indonesia in South East Asia, SMG has created opportunities for Indian business in South America, North, Central and South Africa, West, Middle, South and South East Asia.
Prabhat Sinha has 20 years of top management experience in such trans-national companies as Ernst & Young (Consultant), J Walter Thompson (Account Director), Grey Worldwide (Client Services Director), Carlton Communications Plc, UK (India Business Manager), B4U Multimedia International Limited (COO) and The Maharaja Organisation Limited, Sri Lanka (Special Director).
Sinha created SMG with one vision – Make India the global Business leader by converting opportunities at the small and mid business levels.
