Serigen has completed its first round of angel investment. The round will accelerate product development of Serioss, Serimat and Seriderm and contribute towards setting up of pilot manufacturing facility.
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Ravi Sarangpani
Consultant – Medical Devices
Accomplished medical device professional. Over 25 years in leadership roles in New Product Development, Quality & Regulatory Affairs, Marketing, Sales and Business Development.Proven track record of managing new product development from concept to market. Hands-on expertise in Risk Management, Design Verification & Validation, Excellent problem-solving ability. Strong background of interaction with KOLs, customers and trade channels in India and EMEA. Ravi Sarangpani has completed his Production Engineering in 1989 from K.J Somaiya College of Engineering, Mumbai University.
Consultant, Medical Devices
Self Employed – 2019 onwards Consulting and Advisory Services for medical device and healthcare companies and start-ups. Mentor at Venture Center, Asia’s largest science-based incubator and Materials Science Center, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. Faculty at AIM-Prime, training & guidance program for deep tech startups, initiative of Atal Innovation Mission and Niti Aayog implemented by Venture Center, Pune.
Adler Mediequip, A Smith & Nephew Company. Director NPD 2014 – 2019
Headed new product development for trauma, oncology and hip replacement for APAC region, 20-member team, USD 1m budget. Launched four new products in five years within budgets and targeted timelines. Implemented effective project management within a crossfunctional, multi-national, multi-locational project team. Developed and implemented design control procedure as per revised MDR that was adopted as model for implementation across sites.
Headed Design, Quality and Regulatory Functions. Implemented structured D&D methodology, cross functional teams, ‘first time right’ culture for execution efficiency. Started in-house design verification including computational modeling and testing. Implemented GD&T across team and manufacturing organization. Launched 3 new products that contributed to successful clinical outcomes for 15000+ patients between 2012 – 2018. Designed innovative locking plate system for fractures that was granted patents in U.S, EU, Japan.
Sushrut Surgicals – A Sushrut-Adler Group Company 2001 – 2010 VP Marketing and Sales 1993 – 2000 Marketing Manager
Joined in start-up stage, grew business from $150k in 1993 to $3.6m by 2009. Established strong brand image and presence across India and 29 other countries. Developed KOL relationships that led to strong clinician driven product development.
Chetan Pradhan
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Dr. Chetan Pradhan is the Assistant Medical Director, Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon and Head of Trauma & Emergency Medical Services at Sancheti Hospital, Pune. He has more than 20 years of experience in Trauma and Orthopedics. Dr. Pradhan has completed his MBBS from B.J. Medical College, Pune and Master of Surgery (Orthopedics) from Sancheti Institute for Orthopedics & Rehabilitation, Pune. He has received many awards and recognition’s for this significant work. His work has also been published in various renowned journals and also as chapters in text books.
Jayanti Thumsi
Breast Onco-Surgeon
Dr. Jayanti Thumsi is a Senior Consultant at Apollo Hospital, Bangalore. She has more than 21 years of experience in complete breast care and has performed more than 3500 breast surgeries till date. Dr. Thumsi completed her MBBS and MS (General Surgery) from Grant Medical College and JJ group of Hospitals, Mumbai, respectively. She has also received Breast Oncology training from the Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai (Breast Unit) and training in Breast Reconstruction Surgery. She is also the author of bestseller book “Lump to Laughter”.
Ravindra Ghooi
Regulatory Expert
Dr. Ghooi, is an experienced pharmacologist with a Ph.D. from the renowned Haffkin Institute, India. He has long experience of 30+ years in Clinical Pharmacology. Dr. Ghooi has held key positions during his tenure and also been involved in teaching. He is a member of bodies like Institute of Clinical Research, UK, Association of Clinical Research Professionals US and is an approved trainer in GCP Association of Clinical Research Professionals, US. Currently he is a Director, Scientia Clinical Services and a consultant at Venture Center, a technology business incubator in Pune. He is also an member of ethics committees of wellknown hospitals in Pune. He has also been very active in writing about ethical issues around medicine, and has published over 50 articles in national and international journals, including The Lancet. He has authored a book entitled Essentials of Clinical Research, which is used as reference book in colleges and institutions involved in clinical research.
Sharad Pandit
Operations
Dr. Sharad Pandit is the Managing Director of Care 24-7, a company which provides comprehensive Emergency services to hospitals across Australia. An Emergency Physician by training, he has many years of international experience including in India, Germany, UK, the USA and Australia. Sharad has held senior consultant positions in Paediatrics and Emergency Medicine in the United States and Australia and has overseen the Calvary Adelaide Emergency Department since 2011. Sharad, who enjoys giving back to the community, is a high-level athlete, competing in national and international Table Tennis events, with numerous national titles to his name. Sharad is a volunteer international classifier for Para Table Tennis.
Priti Rao
Business Strategy
Ms. Priti Rao holds a postgraduate degree in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai. Ms. Rao is the Managing Director at Pumpkin Patch Daycare with an expanse of 20 Daycare centers and 1000+ children under their care. She is also the Chairperson of Aatmaja Foundation, a non-profit organization enabling young girls from underprivileged background to become successful professionals. She has 25 years of diverse experience in building and delivering IT services for customers across five continents. She has built large remote infrastructure services business for Infosys using global delivery model. She has held senior executive positions with global teams, P & L responsibility and large location responsibility for best of breed IT services companies like Infosys, L & T and multinational companies like Dell. Priti is member of board for Serigen Mediproducts & Credible Infotech Solutions. She is mentor and investor for several start-up companies. She won the prestigious “IT woman of the year award” from the Computer Society of India for 2002; and also the “PUNE 2007 SUPER ACHIEVERS AWARDS” in August 2007.
Ashish Lele
Scientific insights
Ashish is a distinguished polymer scientist and chemical engineer. He is the Director of CSIRNational Chemical Laboratory, a premier materials research national laboratory. Ashish holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from University of Delaware, USA. He has been a postdoctoral fellow at University of Cambridge, UK. Ashish is a highly decorated scientist and has several years of experience in technology development.
Premnath Venugopalan
Co-Founder
Premnath is biomedical products technology developer and commercialisation specialist. He is the co-inventor of the pioneering highly cross linked UHMWPE implants that is licensed to Zimmer-Biomet and implanted in more than 1 million patients world-wide. He is also the developer of porous polyethylene maxillofacial implants licensed to Biopore Surgicals. Premnath holds a PhD from MIT (USA) with a specialisation in biomedical polymeric materials and an undergraduate degree from IIT-Bombay. Premnath is also trained in new venture development as a Chevening Scholar at London Business School, UCL and University of Cambridge.
Swati Shukla
Co-Founder and COO
Swati is an expert in Molecular Biology and Genetics. She has done her Doctorate at the erstwhile Pune University . Her past engagements include working as an Application Expert for a startup, founding faculty of a B.Tech. Biotechnology course at Pune University, and working as Associate Professor at Symbiosis School of Biomedical Sciences. She has played an important role in driving life sciences related work for all Serigen products.
Anuya Nisal
Founder and CEO
Anuya completed her PhD in Chemical Engineering from IIT, Bombay and Masters in Materials Science from University of Delaware, USA. She has prior experience working as a Scientist in the GE Plastics – John F Welch Technology center. She has more than 10 years of experience working in the field of polymers as biomaterials for tissue engineering and regeneration. Her work has been extensively published and she is a coinventor on several patents describing innovative polymer processing protocols. She is the recipient of “Leaders in Innovation Fellowship” form Royal academy of Engineering UK and has recently been awarded the “Young Entrepreneur Award 2020” by Indian National Academy of Engineering.