Dr. T.S. Balganesh

Independent Director

Holding a PhD in Medical Microbiology from University of Calcutta, Dr T.S. Balganesh completed his post-doctoral research at Brookhaven National Lab, USA and Max Planck Institute, Germany. He has also been awarded an honorary doctoral degree from the University of Uppsala, Sweden. Possessing more than three decades of experience in antibacterial drug discovery, Dr Balganesh served as Head of Research at AstraZeneca’s antibacterial drug discovery unit in Bangalore before rising to become the Managing Director and member of the board of AstraZeneca India Pvt. Ltd. in the past.

His directorships and other full- time positions in bodies corporates are as follows:

1. PI Industries Limited

2. PI Health Sciences Limited

3. Plant Health Care, Inc., Nevada

4. Ahammune Biosciences Private Limited

5. GangaGen Biotechnologies Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore.

6. Open Source Pharma India, Bangalore

7. IKP, Hyderabad