Mr. Shirish G. Belapure

Independent Director

Mr. Shirish G. Belapure, aged 69 years holds a Post graduate degree in Pharmacy and a Diploma in Business Management from IIM Ahmedabad. Mr. Shirish G. Belapure is an accomplished leader with rich work experience of 45 years in pharmaceutical mfg., technology, quality control and regulatory areas.

He has worked extensively on domestic as well as international operations in reputed pharma companies like Zydus Cadila, FDC, Cipla, Cynamid and Sun Pharma. Currently, he is supporting the activities of Quality Forum of Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance as a Senior Technical Advisor. Prior to this, he was Managing Director - Zydus Hospira Oncology Pvt. Ltd., (ZHOPL) - A joint venture company of Zydus & Pfizer for Manufacturing and distributing sterile oncological injectables.

He was also responsible for the global manufacturing functions of Zydus Cadila from February 2001 till July 2016 as President Global Manufacturing. He has an expertise in pharma quality matters and has successfully obtained various international regulatory approvals for Zydus formulation units from USFDA, MHRA, ANVISA, PMDA and others.

He is currently on the governing board of Parenteral Drug Association (PDA-India) and also an active member of other professional bodies like ISPE, IPA (Quality forum) as well Indian Pharmaceutical Association and also serves on the Board of Innova Captab Limited, Albert David Limited, Uniza Lifecare Private Ltd and Natural Capsules Limited.