Darshan Gandhi

Biography

Senior Manager Company Name Serum Institute of India private limited Dates Employed Oct 2003 – Present Employment Duration 14 yrs Location Pune Area, India Presently working at, serum institute of India limited as Sr.Manager. I am leading group of 27 officers and 18 workers involved in commercial production of Hib polysaccharide @ 800 L scale . The Hib polysaccharide produced from our manufacturing facility is currently WHO International Standard for Haemophilus influenzae type b polysaccharide, NIBSC CODE 12/306 dated 20/01/2015. I have done my Masters in Microbiology from Mumbai University. I have been working in field of fermentation & Purification of last 17 years. Previously I was employed with Merind ltd, Wockhardt enterprise Mumbai for 4 years where I had gained experience in development and production of vitamin B12 @ 100000 L scale . I have been working in SIIPL pune for last 13years. In these 13years, I have gained experience in development of bacterial polysaccharide fermentations, purification of Men A and Hib bacterial polysaccharide under cGMP norms & with cGMP Documentation. I have also gained experience in manufacturing of hib conjugate vaccine in WHO approved facility. In last 18 yrs I have also gained international experience in technology transfers and FAT.

Research Interest

Pharmaceutical company