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Dr. M.D. Nair
Consultant To Pharmaceutical
Industry
A-11, Sagarika, 15, 3rd
Valmiki Nagar, Chennai 600041,
Phone: +91-44-24901137/55853548
Email: <mdnair@vsnl.com>
Dr. M.D. Nair, has a Ph.D. Degree from the
Dr. Nair had
management training in INSEAD, Fontainbleau, Paris
and Management Consultancy Institute in
Dr. Nair, who
was later, Vice President of SPIC, was instrumental in setting up for SPIC, one
of the largest antibiotic complexes in India, a 'state-of-the-art' Pharmaceutical
R&D Centre, a unit for production of Medical Devices for cardiovascular
surgery, a multi-purpose plant for Bulk Drugs manufacture, a Drug Formulations
Plant and all the other operations of SPIC Pharmaceuticals Division.
Besides
authoring over 80 publications in various national and international journals, he
is the holder of several patents on new therapeutic agents and has co-authored
three books published by Academic Press, John Wiley, Birkhauser,
etc. He is the author of Indian
Pharmaceutical Market Guide 1998 published by PJB Publications, London and has
contributed to the University Text Book entitled "International Business Law" published
by ITP, Washington, Pharmacists Year Book, New Delhi, Saket's
Pharma Hand Book , Ahmedabad
etc.
He has been a
Consultant to WHO for setting up Pharmaceutical Projects in Arab countries,, coordinator
for the Delhi Society For Rational Use
of Drugs under WHO, advisor on
Traditional Medicines and Intellectual Property Rights in New Delhi, Bangkok
and Jakarta; Member of Delegation to USSR for developing Indo-USSR
Collaborative Projects in Pharmaceuticals; Member of the High Power Delegation
on Indian Economic Mission to Belgium; Consultant to Commonwealth Secretariat
for Developing Pharmaceutical Industries
in Eastern and Southern African States, etc.
He has been an
Advisor to Government and Private Organisations on
Science & Technology, Member of the Task Forces for Pharmaceuticals and
Biotechnology Projects for the
Governments of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala and Tamil Nadu and
Director of the Boards of many Pharmaceutical Companies, Governing Councils of
various Academic Bodies, Universities and Medical Institutes, Panels of Council
of Scientific Research, Indian Council of Medical Research, All-India Council
of Technical Education, Export Promotion Council of India, etc. He is an elected Fellow of the Indian
National Academy of Engineering and a Visiting Faculty Member of Management
Institutes and Research Institutions in
He is a Member
of the Central Council of VHS Hospital, Chennai, Chairman of Bahuleyan Charitable Foundation,
Dr. Nair is an
active spokesman for the Pharmaceutical Industry and profession and through
innumerable publications and presentations at national and international forums,
has developed conceptual and novel approaches for the Indian industry to become
a global player in R&D, Technology Development, Production and Marketing of
health care products and
services.
Dr. Nair, after
retirement from SPIC, Chennai, continues to be actively involved in industry
affairs and is a Consultant to the Pharmaceutical Industry in