K Anand Kumar

Biography

  K Anand Kumar has a Ph.D in Microbiology from Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and has over 25 years of experience in the biotechnology/pharma Industry. Dr. Kumar is currently the Managing Director at Indian Immunologicals Ltd (IIL). Indian Immunologicals Ltd, a subsidiary company of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), is the largest veterinary vaccine company in India and the 3rd largest human vaccine company in India. He is a whole time Director on the board of IIL and is also a director at its subsidiary Pristine Biologicals NZ Ltd. Prior to IIL, Dr.Kumar worked as Associate Vice President – biotech operations at Wockhardt Ltd. He has worked for more than a decade outside India for companies such as Pfizer Global Manufacturing in Australia and Schering Plough Animal Health in New Zealand. He also had a brief stint as Investment Manager-biotech with the New Zealand Government. Dr.Kumar is a member of the National Biotechnology Expert Committee with FICCI and CII and he is a member of the National Pharmaceutical Committee with CII. He was an executive committee member of Parenteral Drug Association (PDA), Australia and currently is on the expert panel on analytical methods related to vaccines with the Indian Pharmacopeia (IP). He served as an expert volunteer with United States Pharmacopeia (USP) during the period 2010-15. He has been a speaker at various international forums.

Research Interest

 Research on all Healthcare Products