The concluding series of roadshows held on September 12, 2025 at Hotel Avasa, HITEC City, Hyderabad was graced by four esteemed industry experts as panellists. Shehul Shah, Vice-President-IPMMA with warm welcome to all the panelists and participants, he briefed about IPMMA, and encouraging all to attend Pharma Pro&Pack Expo scheduled from September 18-20, 2025.
The panel discussion on the topic “Smart Factories, Smarter Drugs: Building Pharma 4.0 Ecosystems” was moderated by Anil Arora, Managing Director – Anivea Pharmaceuticals Consultancy Services. The panelists included industry veterans comprising B.V.R.K.S. Srinivas Rao, Head of Operations – Graviti Pharma, Rakesh Kumar Sinha, Senior Vice President & Head-Drug Product Manufacturing, Biological E. Limited, Dr. Ramakrishna Bolisetti – AVP Operations – Hetero Drugs, Dr. Suresh Pathi, Head Operations Excellence – Granules India and Venkatanarayan V, Specialist-Digital & Operations Excellence – Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.
The keynote address was delivered by Chakravarthi AVPS, Chairman – Federation of Pharma Entrepreneurs – Telangana & Andhra Pradesh, FOPE South, Global Ambassador – World Packaging Organization drawing a wider perspective on pharma landscape looking at the future of Pharma 4.0. The panel discussion moved beyond intent to implementation, covering compliance-by-design, digital OEE and predictive maintenance, modular plants, and robotics.
The roadshow facilitated technical interactions between table top exhibitors such as ACZET, AMI Polymer, Dynalog India, ESA Software & Automation India, Fabtech Technology, Molecules Analytical Lab Solutions and Superlative Enterprises with potential clients.
From L-R: Ms Leonara Braganza, Shehul Sheth, AVPS Chakravarthi, Anil Arora, B.V.R.K.S. Srinivas Rao, Rakesh Kumar Sinha, Dr. Ramakrishna Bolisetti, Dr. Suresh Pathi, Venkatanarayan V, and Anil Mehta.
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