A Commerce Graduate from Mumbai University, Mr. Bhanushali is Financial Advisor with experience spreading over 40 years and advises several business houses.

– He is the majority shareholder of Chartered Finance Management Ltd. which is a leading financial services company providing a range of specialized services to business houses, corporates across a wide range of industry sectors.

– He is the Promoter and Executive Director of Aspira Pathlab and Diagnostics, having interests in the healthcare industry.

– He has an active interest in the field of Education and is the owner of Creya Learning based in Hyderabad.

Senior professional banker with over 30 years in banking, finance, forex, sales and administration

Hold Ph. D & Master’s degree in Medical Biotechnology. Extensive knowledge and experience in protein chemistry including purification, characterization and structure-function studies.

• Ph. D in Medical Biotechnology, MGM Institute of Health Sciences, Navi Mumbai, India.
• During his doctoral research he developed a novel Lectin based immunoassay used for early diagnosis of prostate cancer.
• He was an alumnus of School of Biological sciences of Indian Institute of Technology IIT-Mumbai.
• He has an extensive knowledge and experience in protein biochemistry including purification, characterization and structure-function studies.
• He has published more than 10 research papers in Indian and Foreign Journals of repute.
• He has also organized International level Conferences on Biological Sciences.
• He is a Member of National and International Scientific Societies.

Holds PhD Degree from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and postdoctoral training at the Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, and Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, USA.

• He is Independent Director of the Company.
• He holds PhD Degree from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and postdoctoral training at the Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, and Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, USA
• He had a brief spell working in the Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva.
• Dr. Puri served as the Director of National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health until 2007.
• He has published over 100 articles in journals of national and international repute.
• He is an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, and Fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences.
• His major research interests include hormone-receptor interaction, molecular diagnostics, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and toxicology.

Ph.D. (JNU, Delhi), D.Sc. (h.c.), D.Med.Sc. (h.c). Former professor at the University of Delhi, National Institute of Immunology. Institution builder, policy maker, an administrator and importantly, an active scientist.

• Ph.D. (JNU, Delhi), D.Sc. (h.c.), D.Med.Sc. (h.c),
• Former professor at the University of Delhi, National Institute of Immunology (an Institute of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India)
• Institution builder, policy maker, an administrator and importantly, an active scientist
• First Director of Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD), Govt of India and made CDFD a gold standard for DNA based crime investigations in the country
• As the Vice Chancellor of the prestigious University of Hyderabad, he made it the #1 University of India displacing JNU and DU for which the Prime Minister of India gave a PURSE Award
• Recipient of many prestigious Awards such as G.D. Birla Award, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, FICCI Award, J.C. Bose National Fellow Award, Ranbaxy Research Award, Goyal Award, Bhasin Award etc
• At the age of 51, he received the Padma Shri (Civilian Award) from the President of India
• 3rd Indian (Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, 2009, Dr Amartya Sen, 2010) to receive an Honorary Doctorate from the Queen’s University, UK (member of the prestigious Russell Group of Universities which include Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College etc)
• International recognitions include the rare Humboldt Research Prize (Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation, Germany); the very exclusive Robert Koch Fellowship (the ONLY Indian so far), of the Robert Koch Institute, Berlin etc
• First Indian elected as a Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and youngest to be elected as a Fellow of TWAS, Trieste
• Elected Fellow of all the major Science Academies of India (FNA, FASc, FNASc)
• Member of the International Advisory Board, EuroPathoGenomics Network of Excellence
• Well known internationally for his research on Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the TB causing bacterium, and has >240 publications in peer-reviewed journals of high impact, and >dozen patents globally
• Mentored more than 100 PhD, MD and Post Doctoral students, four of who received the prestigious INSA Young Scientist Medal
• Member of Science Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (SAC-PM)
• Was a member of Scientific Advisory Committee to the Union Cabinet
• Was Chairman of Biotech Advisory Council, Government of Andhra Pradesh for several years and a Member of Biotech Advisory Council of many other State Governments.
• Chairman of the Academic Committee of the prestigious Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGI, Chandigarh) and Member of the PGI Institute Body and Governing Council.
• Member of Governing Councils of Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla; Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; IIM, Khozikode; and several other institutions; policy-making bodies; XII Plan Committees for the Ministries of S&T, MHRD, and Health
• Invited Professor at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
• Member of the University Grants Commission (UGC)

MBBS, a Diploma in Public Health, a Diploma in Industrial Health and an M.D. from the University of Pune.

• Dr.Subhash Salunke has an MBBS, a Diploma in Public Health, a Diploma in Industrial Health and an M.D. from the University of Pune.
• He is the Senior Advisor, Health Systems Support Unit (HSSU), PHFI since 15th May, 2010.
• Dr.Subhash Salunke has been an effective and popular faculty in the subject of Preventive and Social Medicine (Community Medicine) for eight years and a postgraduate guide. Also, he was an adjunct Associate professor of Biological Sciences, human ecology at the University of Texas, USA – School of Public Health – from 1994 to 2000. His 30 years’ experience in the Public Health Department spans from Deputy Director to Director General in the Health Services of Maharashtra. Most of his illustrative examples of achievements in contemporary Public Health emanate from his own personal experience. Being an achiever, he has experienced a meteoric rise in the field of Public Health. His stint with the WHO SEARO spanned from being Regional Advisor in 2005 to Assistant Regional Director in 2009, including three years as the WHO representative to Indonesia.
• He has navigated various portfolios in Public Health not only by fulfilling goals and targets but also by demonstrating innovative and rational ways. He has assisted State Governments to initiate a number of schemes, mainly focusing on health services to the poorer section of society. He was actively involved in formulating projects like “Health System Development” for Maharashtra that was supported by the World Bank. He has shown leadership in designing the HIV/AIDS Control special programme (AVERT) with the assistance of USAID for Maharashtra State. He was one of the members of designing National AIDS Control Programme Phase II during 1999-2000 that was a major step in control of HIV/AIDS through the National Programme for Control of HIV/AIDS.

He is a Post graduate in Chemistry, is an independent Director of the Company.

• He is a Post graduate in Chemistry, is an independent Director of the Company.
• Mr. Mahajan has a very rich and diversified experience having worked four decades in various positions in four Large Public Sector Banks Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Allahabad Bank and Canara Bank, particularly in the areas of credit, foreign exchange, treasury, international operations etc. and has significantly contributed to strengthen the position of all these four banks.
• Post retirement from Canara Bank as Chairman and Managing Director, he is serving/has served on the Board / Governing Council of the various leading Companies of India as Independent Director, having business in Education, Finance, Petrochemicals, Mutual Funds, Asset Reconstruction, Power, Diagnostics etc.
• He has also served Chairman of Banking Codes and Standards Board of India, a quasi-Regulatory body, established by Reserve Bank of India, for ensuring Customers of Banks in India are rendered service as per standards committed by banks, for more than six years.

He is a IAS (Retd.), M.Sc. (Zoology), LL.B.

• Ex-Managing Director at Mahagems & Director of Coal/Mining (Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Ltd)
• Transport Commissioner (Government of Maharashtra)
• Chairman Nagpur Improvement Trust.
• Commissioner of Nagpur Municipal Corporation
• District Magistrate and Collector Sangli. (Government of Maharashtra)
• Chief Executive officer, Zillha Parishad, Pune (Government of Maharashtra)
• Joint Secretary Urban Development Department at Mantralaya (Government of Maharashtra)
• Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Public Relation & Marketing (Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation)
• Private Secretary to Minister Industries (Government of Maharashtra)
• Private Secretary to Minister of Transport, Culture and Protocol (Government of Maharashtra)
• Joint Secretary, General Administrative Department (Government of Maharashtra)