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| Prithviraj Chauhan, Chief Minister, Maharashtra inaugurating the twin exhibitions, PHARMA Pro&Pack Expo 2013 and iPHEX 2013 |
PHARMA Pro&Pack Expo 2013, an international exhibition on pharmaceutical manufacturing technologies was recently held at Mumbai Exhibition Centre. The event was organised by Indian Pharma Machinery Manufacturers’ Association (IPMMA) and GPE EXPO. It was co-located with iPHEX 2013 – an international exhibition for pharma and healthcare (organised by PHARMEXCIL) and supported by more than 14 national and international pharma and trade associations.
The Chief Guest for the event was Prithviraj Chauhan, Chief Minister, Maharashtra, who inaugurated the twin exhibitions, PHARMA Pro&Pack Expo 2013 and iPHEX 2013. The Special Guest was Rajeev Kher, IAS, Additional Secretary, Department of Commerce & Industry, Government of India and the Guest of Honour was Dr GN Singh, Drug Controller General (India). 227 exhibitors from 16 countries of PHARMA Pro&Pack Expo 2013 and 400 exhibitors of iPHEX 2013 exhibition were visited by 19,500 pharma professionals from 104 countries.
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Rajeev Kher inaugurating the event
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Exhibitors at the venue
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The Advisory Board of the PHARMA Pro&Pack Expo 2013 had eminent pharma professionals from the Indian pharma industry. They were Dr Vinay Naik, President -Intl Operations, Alembic; Kumarswamy MS, Head Projects, Strides Arcolab; Pratul Singh, General Manager, Biocon; Sanjay Singh, Sr VP – Operations, Aurobindo Pharma; SK Sinha, President – Manufacturing, Cadila Pharmaceutical; Anjani Kumar, Cipla, Sanjit Singh Lamba, Managing Director, President – Global Brands Unit, Head – Global Procurement Strategy, Eisai India; Mahesh Shah, Technical Director, Emcure Pharmaceuticals, BVR K Srinivas, General Manager – Manufacturing, Granules India; AM Jawle, Managing Director, Knexir Consultants, Alok Ghosh, President – Manufacturing, Lupin; SM Mudda, Executive Director – Tech and Operations, Micro Labs; Mohit Kumar, Head – Engineering Projects (Pharma), Ranbaxy Laboratories; Arvindkumar Thakker, Vice President – Manufacturing, Wockhardt, SG Belapure, President, Zydus Cadila Healthcare.
The exhibition gave the best opportunity to the industry to promote the Brand INDIA concept. As the show was initiated, promoted and organised by industry itself, it helped to share a common platform for even a micro-scaled entrepreneur to exhibit alongside the industry giants and promote their skills and services.
EP News Bureau – Mumbai
