Dr. Arun Chandavarkar
Non-Executive, Non-Independent Director
Member of the Board of Directors since 2016
Nationality: India
Professional Experience
- Managing Director of Biocon Biologics Limited from January 2021 to December 2022
- CEO and Jt. Managing Director of Biocon Limited from April 2014 to November 2019
- Chief Operating Officer of Biocon Limited from April 2006 to April 2014
- Served as a part of the core team that led Biocon’s growth and strategy focused on improving access to high-quality, affordable biopharmaceuticals and specialty medicines in chronic therapies since 1990
- Under his leadership, Biocon has made significant investments in cutting-edge R&D and efficient, compliant operations that translated into a unique and differentiated product portfolio straddling fermentation-derived complex generics, biosimilars and novel biologics, all aimed at a worldwide patient population
- Served as Chairperson of the National Committee on Biotechnology of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for 2016-17
Education
- B Tech. in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
- Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, U.S.
