Eminence Business Media’s “3rd Annual Pharma
Project & Portfolio Management Summit 2020” concluded on January 23rd &
24th, 2020 at Hotel Hilton, Mumbai. The theme of the summit was “Grooming
Project & Portfolio Management teams for opportunities &
uncertainties”. The event was an outstanding success with 100+ delegates
attending the summit with I2E Consulting, Innoventic Research & Business
& Product Dossier Solutions India Pvt. Ltd. partnering the event.
The two-day event ensured the continuous engagement
of the audience, speakers and exhibitors through various networking activities
and discussions with regards to the ever–evolving challenges of the
pharmaceutical companies related to project & portfolio management and how
to overcome those challenges.
The event saw as many as 17+ sessions & a panel
discussion over the two days, attended by the CEO’s, MD’s, CXO’s, Presidents,
Sr. VP’s, VP’s, Directors, Associate Directors & Functional Heads of
Project Management, Portfolio Management, R&D & IP teams of the
pharmaceutical & biopharmaceutical manufacturing companies.
The day started with Ms. Guneet Kaur Hayer,
Managing Director, Eminence Business Media welcoming all the delegates &
thanking all the partners for their contribution towards the event. She also
spoke about Eminence Business Media’s initiative towards women empowerment via
Remarkable Women Camaraderie and girl child education.
The event was inaugurated with the opening remarks
by Mr. Debasish Mitra– Vice President Project Management, Cipla in the presence
of various eminent personalities from the Pharma Industry. The opening remarks
were followed by the presentations by the chairperson & speaker Mr. John
Robert, Sun Pharma; Mr. Jayesh Khatri, Enaltec Labs; Mr. Sandeep Kumar,
ProductDossier Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.; Dr. Srini Srinivasan, PMI India; Mr.
Anand Sinha, Innoventic Research & Business; Ms. Princy Achankunju, Lupin;
Dr. Gazala Khan Koticha, Novartis; Mr.Purab Jajoo, Dr. Reddy’s & Mr. Manish
Gumber, Cipla.
After receiving multiple feedbacks from the
delegates that panel discussions are usually too formal & mostly useless,
Eminence Business Media created more relaxed atmosphere by using high stools
instead of formal seatings. More relaxed body language during the panel
discussion helped delegates open up into conversations with panel members
during the session and was appreciated
by everyone. The panel was moderated by Dr. Mahendra Shiradkar, Mylan & the
panel members included Mr. Sudhir Nambiar, Hikal; Mr. Milind Wakaskar, L&T
Infotech & Ms. Princy Achankunju, Lupin. Event also witnessed highly
interactive sessions like working tables where delegates were masters of their
own sessions while Mr. Rohit Shinde, Lupin; Mr. Phanindra Akella, Syngene; Mr.
Prasad Joshi, Wockhardt & Mr. Jayesh Khatri, Enaltec Labs helped them
arrive at the right solutions to the case studies issues.
The day two of the event included presentations by
Dr. Laila Fatima, Dr. Reddy’s; Dr. Paras Vasanani, Kashiv Biosciences; Dr.
Archana Badhwar, Cipla;; Mr. Arunkumar Mantri, Mankind Pharma; Mr. Abhishek
Mittal, GSK consumer & a masterclass by Mr. Umesh Kunte, Pharma &
Medical Concepts Pvt. Ltd resulting into a standing ovation for him.
Based on the advice that no presentations can cover
the communication lag between the project & portfolio management teams
& to overcome that, Eminence Business Media organized a unique moot court
session led by Dr. Bharati Nadkarni – Appropriate IP Services as the judge
& jury, , Dr. Laila Fatima- Dr. Reddy’s, Dr. Paras Vasanani- Kashiv
Biosciences were advocating project & portfolio management teams respectively
while Mr. Jayesh Khatri- Enaltec Labs & Dr. Mahendra Shiradkar – Mylan
witnessing the real time responsibilities between these two highly important
teams on the day 2 of the event.
A special networking session was also arranged on
day 2 for all the attendees where they interacted with each other and the
partners also presented their solutions & services to the attendees.
Eminence Business Media maintaining the uniqueness
in their event activities as always, celebrated the 71st Republic Day with all the
delegates by wearing ethnic clothes as one big family together.
The event was concluded with the closing remarks by
Mr. John Robert, AVP Project Management, Sun Pharma followed by a group photo
of all attendees.
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