Dr. Rajendra Mhaske

With 27 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry, Dr. Rajendra Mhaske is an expert in Analytical Research Development, Method Validation, and Quality Control. He is always on the lookout for ways to increase his knowledge and holds a PhD in Analytical Chemistry and an MBA in Finance. Over the years, Dr. Mhaske has gathered rich experience while working for companies like USV, Nicholas Piramal, Famy Care, Sharon Bio-Medicine, SGS (Janssen Cilag), and Rubicon Research.

Rajani Mudkavi

Rajani has spent over 33 years in various domains of the Pharmaceutical industry like Quality Control, Quality Assurance, QMS and Regulatory Affairs. She is an FDA approved scientist for chemical and drug testing. Her experience has been primarily in regulated manufacturing plants (USFDA, MHRA, TGA, WHO etc.) where she had managed large teams in organizations like Wockhardt and Harman Finochem.

She is passionate about mentoring and preparing fresh young professionals for the Pharma industry and hence got into an entrepreneurial role. She set up a start-of-art Analytical Research facility in Aurangabad – SHODH. In the last 6 years, SHODH has successfully trained over 5000 students through various academic platforms, these students have secured promising career prospects in leading Pharmaceutical organizations across India.