RAJEEV BUDHDEV

Executive Vice President & Head – API R&D, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories

Rajeev is currently working as Executive Vice President & Head – API R&D at Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Limited, Hyderabad.

He holds a Masters and a Ph.D. degree in Organic Chemistry from Maharaja Sayajirao (M.S.) University of Baroda.  He brings with him over 28 years of experience in the areas of academic research at M.S.University, followed by Process Chemistry of generic API’s at Sun Pharma’s R&D centre at Baroda, leading to numerous DMF/ANDA filings for a gamut of small molecules of varying complexities, including Peptides.

Rajeev is very passionate about R&D collaboration cutting across cross-functional domains, both within and outside the company, including external subject matter experts.  He also has a number of patent publications to his credit and has delivered talks on emerging frontiers in Pharma Science and Technology.