Faculty - Ahmedabad Campus

Clinical Research Faculty

Dr. B.R. Sainath Iyer – Principal
MBBS, MD (Pharmacology)
A Pharmacologist from M.P. Shah Medical College, Jamnagar, Gujarat with Clinical Pharmacology training from KEM, Bombay and PGI, Chandigarh, Dr. Iyer has teaching and research administrative experience of over 40 years. He worked for 20 years at Medical Colleges in Gujarat State Govt. Service and took VRS as Prof. & Head of Pharmacology to go and work in Fiji School of Medicine, Fiji. He worked there from 1988 in both Traditional Medical Teaching and PBL. Returned to India in 2005 and worked in Kesar Sal Medical College, Ahmedabad and P.S. Medical College, Karamsad as Professor. He has also worked as a Prof. and PG in charge at C.U. Shah Medical College, Surendranagar till May ’09. Later, he joined ICRI, Bangalore as Senior Prof. Pharmacology. For Dr. Iyer, teaching has been the main passion. He has been a PG teacher for years and has trained PG students. He has published several papers and is a member of many medical organizations. He has also been the editor of Fiji Medical Association. He headed Ayurveda Research Unit as the Prof. in Baroda Medical College and has been the Chairman of National Committee for Traditional Medicine in Fiji, held the post of President of National Anti-Smoking society of Fiji (NASSOF) for years and had put in effort to bring in Fiji National Tobacco control policies. Attended many National and International conferences and presented many papers and chaired many sessions. Dr. Iyer has conducted many ‘World No Tobacco Day’ functions in Fiji in collaboration with Government of Fiji and WHO (Western Pacific). He has been the President of the Gujarat IPS branch, Gujarat Medical Teachers Association and a keen sports man and sports administrator. Has served as a Major in Territorial Army (Medical) for many years.

Dr. Babita Agarwal - Vice Principal
Dr. Babita is MPharm, PhD in Pharmacy from L. M. College of Pharmacy, Ahmedabad, Gujarat University. She has an experience of working as a Manager - Data Management at a leading CRO in Ahmedabad. She is well versed with all phases of Clinical Studies & Data Management and also has various professional memberships. She has worked in the Formulation & Development Department of a leading pharmaceutical company and has presented various papers and posters at several national and international conferences. She has also published papers in various journals.

 Mr. Shantanu Nath - Research Associate
Mr. Shantanu has done BPharm from Bangalore and Master's Degree in Clinical Research from Cranfield University and Post Graduate Diploma in Pharmaceutical Management from ICRI, UK. He has got industry experience as officer in the Sales Department in GLENMARK PHARMACEUTICALS.

Dr. Nitin Nageracha - Lecturer
Dr. Nitin is a medical graduate from B J Medical College, Ahmedabad and in a quest to excel in career in Clinical Trials, joined CR industry in 2006. Worked with a leading German CRO with base in India, Progenitor Clinical Research Pvt. Ltd., as well as with India's leading site management organization, Neeman Medical International (Asia) Ltd. He joined ICRI with a passion to impart practical exposure and knowledge to students.

Mrs. Monika Jain - Lecturer
MPharm
Mrs. Monika is MPharm in Pharmachemistry from Sagar University, Sagar. She has experience of working as a Lecturer in Pharmacy College. She has exposure of R&D, Quality Assurance and Quality Control Department in the Pharmaceutical industry. She has presented papers at national conferences and has also published abstract in various conferences.

Dr. Saloni Sharma - Senior Lecturer in Management
Dr. Saloni has done her Masters in Human Development, Post Masters in Counseling Psychology and Masters in Human Resource Management. Dr. Saloni has done her studies in alternative science (Nature Cure, acupressure and yoga), has around five to six years of teaching experience with SNDT and Mumbai University (Mumbai) for under graduate and post graduate students. She also has seven years of experience in corporate training (has given soft skills training at various government, non-government, multinational companies for all levels of employees) and has also worked as a Manager - Training with an MNC.

 Dr. O. D. Gulati
Renowned Pharmacologist of Gujarat and National Level, Former Professor & Head of Department of Pharmacology, Dean in Govt. Medical College, Baroda and Dean in P. S. Medical College, Karamsad, Dist. Anand. He has an experience of 53 years in the subject of Pharmacology and various Clinical Research areas. At present he is a Professor Emeritus at NAMC, New Delhi and is a member of Board the Director of Amablal Sarabhai Enterprises, Baroda.

Dr. S. K. Vyas
 Mr. S. K. Vyas is a Post Graduate in Pharmacy from the University of Sagar. He was the recipient of a University Gold Medal. He has the experience of more than 16 years in product development at Warner Lambert and Smith Kline and 6 years as General Manager - Manufacturing at Torrent Pharmaceuticals, 6 years as Asst. Director - R&D heading the Development Research Torrent Research Centre. He has been head of Corporate Quality Assurance Dept. at Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. and was responsible for setting up the plant system to meet international regulatory requirements. He has been a member of various technical committees like, National GLP Technical committee, IDMA committee on Stability studies.

Mrs. Deepali Manadalia
Mrs. Deepali has done her MBA (Marketing), DIBM and results-oriented MBA-level professional with significant and progressive experience of 4.6 years. She has also worked with ICFAI National College, Ahmedabad commencing 2 years full-time MBA program as a Development Officer.

Mrs. Kavita Nainani
Mrs. Nainani has completed an M. Pharm. in Quality Assurance and has got 4 years of industry experience. She has worked with Cadila Pharmaceutical in Regulatory Affairs and with Torrent Research Centre as a Q. A. Scientific in BA – BE Study Centre.

Health Faculty

Dr. (Lt. Col.) Debashis Acharya
Associate Professor, (HOD) – HCM
Dr. Acharya, with over 18 years of rich clinical experience did his M.S. (E.N.T) from Delhi University and his Post Graduate Diploma in Healthcare & Hospital Management from Symbiosis University, Pune. He has worked with the Indian Army Medical Corps for almost 12 years and has served in various prominent military hospitals of the country as an E.N.T. specialist and as a hospital administrator. Later, he has worked as a Medical Superintendent of a 1000 bedded multispecialty hospital attached to a M.C.I. recognized post graduate medical institute in Gujarat. His teaching experience includes imparting guidance to both undergraduate and post graduate medical students.

Ms. Sadaf Shah – Lecturer
Ms. Sadaf has completed an MBA in Tourism Management & Service Marketing from Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management. She has teaching experience in FMS Udaipur and was a head trainer for communications at Liquid Edge, Noida. She is also associated with an NGO from last one year.

Mr. Arif Raza – Lecturer
Mr. Raza is a graduate in Occupational Therapy and has completed an MBA in Hospital and Healthcare management from the Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur. He is also qualified in NABH accreditation programme and trained in JCI accreditation process. His previous accompaniments, with a number of hospitals have gained him the experience of management practices in the healthcare industry. He has large exposure as a management consultant for a number of renowned public, private and charitable hospitals of India. Throughout his career, Mr. Raza has been successfully involved in training and capacity building of healthcare managers for effective utilization of management principles and practices in the healthcare industry.

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