Leadership Team

Prasad Kanitkar leads Quality at Shilpa Biologicals, a company that stands apart for its strong quality culture, scientific approach and commitment to continuous improvement. Quality is built into every process, every decision and every outcome, rather than inspected in at the end.

A focus on innovation, compliance, operational excellence and patient safety enables Shilpa Biologicals to consistently deliver products that earn the trust of customers and regulators alike. The mission is simple: Quality First and Quality Always.

Quality is our responsibility. Compliance is our culture. Patient safety is our purpose.

Anil Bhusanar heads Quality Control. The QC laboratory plays a critical role in ensuring the quality, safety, purity, potency and consistency of biologic products throughout their lifecycle, providing the analytical testing and scientific support needed to evaluate raw materials, in-process samples, drug substance, drug product, stability samples and other critical materials.

By generating reliable, scientifically sound analytical data, the laboratory supports manufacturing, process development, quality assurance and regulatory compliance. Its contribution is to ensure that every product meets the required quality standards and specifications, strengthening Shilpa Biologicals’ overall biologics capabilities and its commitment to delivering safe and effective products to patients.

Ravindran Chittibabu is Assistant General Manager at Shilpa Biologicals, responsible for GxP Compliance and Development Quality Assurance. At Shilpa, compliance comes first, ahead of production.

As a patient-centric organisation, Shilpa Biologicals gives the highest importance to quality and compliance, because every product it makes reaches patients. Ravindran fully embraces this philosophy and works to build it into everything the team does, from development through to large-scale commercial manufacturing.

Every product we make reaches patients, and one of them could be someone close to me.

The microbiological analytical functions at Shilpa Biologicals play a critical role in ensuring the quality, safety, identity, purity, potency and consistency of its biologic products.

The team supports the complex requirements of biologics, including:

• Microbial limit test, bacterial endotoxin test and sterility test
• Bioburden testing
• Environmental monitoring of clean rooms and aseptic areas
• Water testing and stability studies

Its key strength is the combination of strong scientific expertise, robust analytical capabilities and a quality-focused culture. The focus is not simply on manufacturing a product, but on building capabilities across development, analytical sciences, manufacturing, quality and regulatory compliance.

Dr. Kiran Avadhani is Formulation Head at Shilpa Biologicals Pvt Ltd, leading formulation development activities from early-stage development through scale-up, technology transfer and commercialisation.

Dr. Avadhani brings 18 years of experience across organisations including Ipca Laboratories, Reliance Life Sciences, Biocon and Kashiv Biosciences. This experience spans formulation development, process optimisation, product development and cross-functional collaboration with analytical, manufacturing, quality, regulatory and device teams, along with evaluating and managing CDMO/CMO activities to ensure robust, scalable and compliant manufacturing processes.

Awadhesh Kumar Chauhan heads Manufacturing Science & Technology (MSAT), which is responsible for enabling seamless technology transfer, process scale-up, process validation and continuous process improvement across manufacturing operations.

The department provides scientific and technical support to ensure robust, efficient and compliant production of biopharmaceutical products. By collaborating across development, manufacturing, quality and regulatory functions, MSAT drives operational excellence and product lifecycle success.

Bikramjit Roy leads Project Management, the connective hub linking science, technology, operations and business at Shilpa Biologicals. The team governs all programs, in-house and CDMO, end to end, from development and technology transfer through clinical and commercial readiness, keeping timelines, quality, cost and strategy aligned.

The team also stewards external partnerships, translating partner goals into clear priorities so that every function operates as one. The result is predictability, accountability and speed that turn scientific and manufacturing strengths into successful products and lasting partnerships.

Santosh Kadale leads Engineering, Maintenance & EHS, which ensures safe, reliable, GMP-compliant and uninterrupted infrastructure and utility support for biologics development and manufacturing.

• Facility engineering, HVAC, critical utilities, electrical systems and automation
• Maintenance, projects, energy management and EHS
• Green energy at approximately 90% utilisation, with water conservation, energy-efficient equipment and utility optimisation to reduce energy consumption and carbon footprint

Through reliability, sustainability, compliance and continuous improvement, Engineering provides the infrastructure backbone for high-quality, sustainable biologics manufacturing.

Siddesh C. Itagi leads Procurement, which serves as a strategic business partner enabling Shilpa Biologicals to achieve its scientific, operational and commercial objectives through efficient procurement and supply chain management.

• Timely procurement of quality materials, equipment and services
• Strategic sourcing and supplier relationship management
• Development and qualification of reliable suppliers
• Cost optimisation and value creation
• Regulatory and GMP compliance support
• Supply chain risk mitigation and business continuity
• Support for R&D, Manufacturing, QC, Engineering and new product development
• Enhanced operational efficiency and organisational competitiveness

Chandan Volvoikar is Head of Supply Chain Management (SCM), responsible for warehouse operations, with 26 years of professional experience.

The biologics warehouse ensures that the right materials are available at the right time, in the right condition and with complete traceability to support biologics manufacturing. Its responsibility goes beyond storage, safeguarding the integrity, safety and compliance of raw materials, packaging materials, intermediates and finished products throughout their warehouse journey.

For temperature-sensitive biologics, controlled storage, cold-chain management, inventory control and GMP-compliant handling contribute directly to product quality and manufacturing continuity, making the warehouse an important link between supply, manufacturing, quality and the overall biologics value chain.

Sikhamani leads the Information Technology department at Shilpa Biologicals, where the IT infrastructure is built to support secure, reliable and scalable operations.

Robust systems manage critical data with strong cybersecurity and data-integrity controls, and the technology is designed to scale with increasing operations, users and data as the business grows. This gives teams and global partners a secure, connected and future-ready digital environment.