Mahesh Naithani

Mahesh Naithani has an extensive work experience spanning several decades. In 1973, they began their career at Miller & Fink Corporation, where they worked as Head of Research. During their time there, they developed the belief that knowledge is sequential. In 1979, they founded Patient Care International, an organization that specialized in medical content aggregation and international publishing. Under their leadership, the business expanded to 18 countries and was eventually sold to Thomson. In 1982, Mahesh started HCI and PERQ/HCI, where they served as Chairman. During their tenure, they introduced industry gold standards for measuring publication readership and the effectiveness of advertising messages. In 1997, HCI was sold to VNU and is now part of Kantar Media/WPP. In 2005, Mahesh founded Pharmaspectra and acted as Founder & Chairman until 2019. Currently, they hold the position of Chief Executive Officer at PRISM.science.

Mahesh Naithani obtained a Master of Arts (MA) degree in International Politics from the University of Allahabad, from the years 1963 to 1967. Following this, they pursued a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Marketing and Management Information Systems (MIS) at the University of Minnesota, from 1971 to 1973.