Meet the Team

Mr. Yugal Sikri is a Pharma industry veteran with a strong senior leadership track record of growing large businesses, building mega brands and bringing in business turnarounds at some of the well-known pharma companies such as GSK, Warner Lambert/ Pfizer, Novartis, Ranbaxy/ Daiichi Sankyo. He has also contributed to the industry as Vice Chairman of OPPI Marketing Committee, Chairman/ Speaker at various industry conferences and a Steering Committee Member of McKinsey’s India Pharma 2020 publication.

Mr. Sikri has been the Chairman, Pharmaceutical Management, at the prestigious School of Business Management at NMIMS University. He is Mentor to the Government of India - NMIMS initiative, Atal Incubation Center. He was also an Independent Director on the Board of RPG Life Sciences Ltd.

Mr.Sikri holds an M Pharm degree from IIT (BHU) and an MBA from Jamnalal Bajaj.

Mr. Samir Rane carries 27 years of rich experience in Indian Pharmaceutical Industry with a strong track record of Domestic Formulations Sales and Marketing.

He has demonstrated his functional expertise in building big brands in reputed companies such as Unisearch, Sun Pharma, Piramal, Abbott, etc. in chronic & acute segments. He has a proven track record of consistent performance in various segments and handling large teams and large businesses.

Samir holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry and Master's degree in Marketing.

Mahesh Narayanaswamy has been associated with RPG Life Sciences Limited since 1992. He carries with him an experience of more than 25 years in the areas of Financial Accounts, Accounts and Taxation, Budgeting and Costing.

Mr. Mahesh is a member of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India and completed successfully Senior Management Program from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.

Manoj has more than 28 years of experience in pharmaceutical industry. His rich experience spans in the areas of Pharma R&D, Regulatory Affairs, Tech Transfers, and Manufacturing.

He is a multi-skilled person who likes to bring concepts to life. He is an accomplished leader with a proven track record of success and achievements.

Before joining us, Manoj worked with Wockhardt, USV, Torrent and Lupin. He holds a Masters in Pharmacy from LMCP, Gujrat University and MBA from ICFAI.

Mr. Milind Gujar has rich experience of around 29 years in Quality Management of Pharma Formulations & API. Before joining RPG Life Sciences, Milind has worked with some of the reputed organizations in pharmaceutical industry like Emcure, Micro Labs, Reliance Life Sciences, Cipla and Ipca Laboratories Limited.

Milind has successfully handled large number of Audits from reputed regulators across the globe viz USFDA, MHRA, MCC, Health Canada etc.

Milind holds M.Sc. degree in Chemistry.

Associated with Pharmaceutical Industry more than 25 years in the varied areas of R&D (Formulations), Quality Operations, Regulatory Affairs and Project Management.

Last 16 years actively involved in handling International Regulatory Affairs and developed expertise in filing, registrations and approvals of APIs & Formulations of all dosage forms in USA, Europe, South Africa, Australia, LATAM countries and other semi-regulated countries of Asia & Africa regions.

Holds a Bachelor degree in Pharmacy from the Institute of Chemical technology (ICT) - Mumbai University and completed successfully Senior Management Program from Indian Institute of Management

Mr Tushar Joshi has a rich and varied experience of around 20 years which includes almost 17 years in the HR function across various industry verticals including the Pharma industry. his gamut of experience spans HR strategy, HR Busniess Partnership , Od Interventions , Leadership Development etc. His previous companies have been Novartis , MSD Pharmaceuticals , Mettller Toledo and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.

Mr Tushar has completed his BE(Production Engineering) from A.V. College of Engineering(Pune University), and Masters in HRDM from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.

A Chemical Engineering Graduate from Calcutta University with MBA in Finance from Annamalai University, Kartick carries more than two and a half decades of operation experience in Indian and multinational organizations across various domains such as Chemicals, API (Bulk Drugs), Biotechnology and Contract Manufacturing.

Kartick has rich industry experience of more than 2 decades in Pharmaceutical industry. His expertise lies in areas of Setting up Projects, Plants, Managing Site Operations and Contract Manufacturing & Technology Transfer.

Mr Kartick is extremely passionate on achieving operational excellence and team excellence.

Prior to joining RPG Life Sciences, Kartick served reputed organizations like ICI India, Malladi Group, PRAXAIR India and EMBIO Ltd.

Mr. Himmat Patel has over 29 years of experience in Pharmaceutical Industry. Holds a Bachelor Degree in Pharmacy from L.M. College of Pharmacy, Ahmedabad (Gujarat University)

His core competency lies in the area of operations, planning and outsourcing. He has worked with Pharma majors like Duphar Interfam, Torrent, Intas and Orchid. In manufacturing, he has handled tablet, capsule and injectable dosage forms.

Himmat is a certified Assessor by CII for the Federation of Indian Industry and Export-Import Bank of India.