M V Rama Raju

A post graduate in Organic Chemistry with around 41 years of rich experience in the manufacture of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs). He is a technocrat in the Pharmaceutical Industry and started his career in the South India Research Institute (SIRIS), 1972-76. Founded Arvind Chemicals in 1976 for manufacturing of Pharma intermediates and Hyfabs in 1979 for the fabrication of chemical equipment. He was also founder and Managing Director of Hicel Pharma (P) Ltd, manufacturing Analgin from 1984-89. Finally he established Vasudha Pharma Chem Limited (VPCL) in 1994-95 and he has been the Managing Director of the organization since inception. Present stature and reputation of the organization is because of his vision, perseverance, active involvement in production, product development, marketing strategies, capacity expansion and upgradation of facilities to cGMP standards. He is currently the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the organization.