Committees

Chief Patron Dr. G. Viswanathan Chancellor, VIT University
Patrons
Mr. Sankar Viswanathan Vice President (Administration), VIT University			Mr. G.V. Sampath Vice President (Operations), VIT University
Mr. Sekar Viswanathan Vice President (University Affairs), VIT University			Mr. G.V. Selvam Vice President (Chennai Campus), VIT University
Prof. V. Raju Vice-Chancellor, VIT University, India			Dr. S. Narayanan Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Vellore Campus VIT University, India
Symposium Convener Prof. M.A. Vijayalakshmi Director, Centre for BioSeparation Technology (CBST)
CHAIR – INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Prof. P.M. Bhargava Founder & Former Director, CCMB, India			CHAIR – NATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Prof. Bharat B. Chattoo M.S. University of Baroda, India
Organising secretaries
Dr. C.N. Ramchand Laila Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd. Chennai, India	Prof. Mulchand Patel University at buffalo, SUNY Buffalo, USA				Prof. Rama Shanker Verma IIT Madras Chennai, India
Prof. Ramesh Upadhyay PDPIAS, CHARUSAT Changa, India			Prof. Ajay Kapoor Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, Australia
Local Organising secretaries
Ms. Ezhilarasi D. Laila Pharamaceuticals Pvt. Ltd. Chennai, India		Dr. A.S. Kamalanathan CBST, VIT University Vellore, India		Mr. Vignesh Narasimhan J. CBST, VIT University Vellore, India
Ms. Chitra R. IIT Madras, Chennai, India			Ms. Devilaxmi IIT Madras, Chennai, India
Advisory Committee Members
Prof. Ajay Kapoor Swinburne University Melbourne, Australia		Prof. Ajeet N. Mathur Professor, IIM Ahmedabad, India		Prof. Benedikt Sas Chief Business Officer Ghent University, Belgium
Prof. P.M. Bhargava Founder & Former Director CCMB, Hyderabad, India		Prof. José M. Cuezva Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain		Dr. K.M. Cherian Chairman, Dr. K.M. Cherian Heart Foundation, Chennai, India
Prof. Harish Padh Vice Chancellor Sardar Patel University, India		Prof. H. Lorberboum-Galski Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel		Dr. James Lugo InterHealth Nutraceuticals Inc, USA
Prof. Madhavan Nair Director, Institute of Neuro-Immune Pharmacology, FIU College of Medicine, Florida, USA		Dr. Mohan J. Modayil Chariman, Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India		Dr. V. Mohan President, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (ICMR), Chennai, India
Prof. Mulchand S. Patel University at buffalo, SUNY Buffalo, USA		Dr. M.U.R. Naidu Dearn, Faculty of Medicine Nizam's Institute of Medical Services, Hyderabad, India		Prof. Jens Høiriis Nielsen University of Copenhagen Copenhagen, Denmark
Prof. Radhakrishna Rao University of Tennesse USA		Dr. T. Rajamannar Director – Executive Vice President Sun Pharma, India		Prof. Rajendra Prasad Pro-Vice Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New delhi, India
Prof. K.B. Ramachandran IIT Madras Chennai, India		Dr. C.N. Ramchand Laila Pharma Pvt. Ltd. Chennai, India		Prof. Ramesh Upadhyay PDPIAS, CHARUSAT Changa, India
Prof. Sarita Gupta M.S. University of Baroda Vadodara, India		Shri A K Saxena, IFS Director, Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission, India		Dr. Shaji George President – Bio Nova Pharmaceuticals
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Senior Research Officer – Ayurveda Research Institute, India		Dr. Sayeed E. Hasnain Vice Chancellor, University of Hyderabad, India		Prof. M.A. Vijayalakshmi Director, CBST, VIT University Vellore, India
Prof. Bharat B. Chattoo M.S. University of Baroda Vadodara, India		Prof. Mukesh Doble IIT Madras Chennai, India		Dr. Sandip H. Shah Director, SBKS Medical Institute & Research Centre, India
Prof. Robert A. Harris Indiana University School of Medicine, USA		Prof. L.J. Parekh Stayer University Georgia, USA		Prof. Shervanthi H. Vanniasinkam Director, Research & Education, NPIMR, University College of London, UK
Prof G. Jayaraman Director, IBMS, University of Madras, Chennai, india		Prof. Rama S. Verma IIT Madras Chennai, India		Prof. Victor A Zammit The University of Warwick Coventry, UK
WORKING COMMITTEE
Prof. M.A. Vijayalakshmi Director, CBST VIT University		Mr. T.S. Thiagarajan Registrar VIT University		Mr. R. Nandakumar Public Relations Officer VIT University
Mr. Ka. Baskar Purchase Officer VIT University		Ms. A. Uma Maheswari Finance Officer i/c VIT University		Mr. A. Janakiraman Assistant Director Estates VIT University
Prof. P. Pandian Chief Warden, Hostels VIT University		Mr. Milind Prakash Naik IT Manager - Vellore VIT University		Mr. S. Sankar Guest House Manager VIT University
Dr. Vinay Sheel Bansal CBST, VIT University		Dr. V. Krishnan CBST, VIT University		Dr. Vidhya Iyer CBST, VIT University
Dr. P.K. Satheesh Kumar CBST, VIT University		Dr. N.S. Jayapraskash CBST, VIT University		Dr. S. Priya CBST, VIT University
Dr. Ayesha Noor CBST, VIT University		Dr. A.S. Kamalanathan CBST, VIT University