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DR ANTHONY MELVIN CRASTO Ph.D ( ICT, Mumbai) , INDIA 29Yrs Exp. in the feld of Organic Chemistry,Working for GLENMARK PHARMA at Navi Mumbai, INDIA. Serving chemists around the world. Helping them with websites on Chemistry.Million hits on google, world acclamation from industry, academia, drug authorities for websites, blogs and educational contribution
I
teach post graduate students and B.Tech students of different
discipline. I guide Ph.D. students in the area of polymer chemistry and
also I guide PG projects and Seminars
Could you tell us briefly about your family background?
I come from a middle class
family, my father used to work in NIRD, Hyderabad and mother was a Hindi
teacher in a private school. I have a younger brother. I was born and
bought up in Hyderabad.I was obedient , very sincere and hard working
from Childhood.I learnt Kuchipudi for 7 years.
Role Model:
My Role model is Dr. Daisaku
Ikeda, President, Soka Gakkai International. The atitude towards wining
life filled with compassion, courage and wisdom inspires me.
Job Profile:
I am Asst.Professor and
Coordinator at Amity Center for Carbohydrate Chemistry,Amity University
Uttar Pradesh, Noida.I am involved in Teaching and Research, have guided
2 Ph.D students,Won Lucid Research Award, have presented paper at 11th
International Hydrocolloid Confernce at Pudue University,USA
Growth Strategy:
I remain updated in my field of
Research and as have developed contacts worldwide. I am solely looking
after Amity Center for Carbohydrate Research which is one of its kind in
Asia.I also take on Administartive responsibilities and ready to take
on any task whenever asked for.
The Journey So Far:
I am totally an Academician
but Since 2005 I am in A private University, Amity University Uttar
Pradesh noida where my commitment is 24 x 7. The journey has been good
and it was a learning process which makes you to grow as an individual
and become strong
Required Reading:
Books on all field of Science; Linkedin wesites and Publications by Taylor and Francis; Springer ETC.
Plans For The Future:
I see myself as anProfessor in
a couple of years from now wherein I will be handling Projects,
developing Indo-US, Indo-Europe ties in the field of Carbohydrate
Chemistry
Advice For New Professionals:
Persevere with Patience. Give 100 percent at your place of work and results will surely come.
Working Life Management:
I give 100 % at office and 100
% at home and never let one area interfere with the other. At office I
am confined to my work and at home I spend all the time with my 2 lovely
children.
Other Thoughts:
Live every moment.Life is the most precious treasures of all. Learn to love and respect your own life.
Done Differently:
I will start by intiating this Center Amity Center fo Carbohydrate Research in the beginning of my Carrier nad less emotional.
Prized Accomplishment(s):
Lucid Research Award
Establishment of AMity Center for Carbohydrate Research
Oral Presentation given at Whistler Center for Carbohydrate Research on 15t May which was appreciated by one and all
The Decisions That Matter
Remaining firm to be in a
field of Research in which I can do complete justice and hence intiated
this approach of having a center dedicated to Carbohydrate Research
Shailja Dixit
Executive Director, Medical Affairs, Allergan
Earlier Head Global Evidence & Value Development-Diabetes & Aging Division at sanofi-aventis
Shailja is an accomplished healthcare executive and has 15+ years of
industry experience. She has served in variety of leadership role &
has a 360 degree understanding of healthcare industry having worked in
different industries within Healthcare. In her current role, she is
responsible for leading Global Health economic & outcomes team at
Actavis across entire portfolio. She has been instrumental in laying
foundation for new HEOR & Value model, collaborative research with
academia & stakeholder engagement strategies. Shailja has led
successful Global launches and has led the teams responsible for “end to
end “evidence development to support market access & reimbursement.
Summary
Accomplished
healthcare & pharmaceutical physician executive with more than 15
years of healthcare industry experience with Big Pharma (Sanofi and
Pfizer), Big-5 Consulting (Accenture), Payer(Aetna) and Provider Groups.
• Global perspective gained from roles in the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific in variety of areas:
• Big Pharma Experience in elderly population portfolio (Alzheimer’s,
pain, osteoarthritis, hearing disorder), metabolic (diabetes),
cardiovascular ( lipid lowering) and neutraceuticals.
• Experience in Device, Drug value and evidence development for a successful launch & optimum access in Global Markets
• Experience in Health Outcomes and Health Economics methodologies and models.
• Leading the Evidence and Value Development team in Therapeutic Strategic R&D Unit of Diabetes, PCSk9 and Aging.
• Responsible for end to end evidence creation starting with
identification of elements of differentiation, incorporating them into
R&D strategy working with cross function (R&D) teams and
finally, developing a successful payer value proposition i.e. Core Value
Dossier for optimal reimbursement & coverage.
•
Advised and lead projects for large payer organization laying
strategies for new payment and healthcare reforms like Accountable Care
Organizations and Medical Home.
• Help build strategies for evidence and value development for late stage projects/products
• Build launch readiness health outcomes and evidence generation plan for products in phase III
• Conducted strategy workshops for higher leadership in various pharma
companies to discuss impact of changing healthcare landscape.
• Worked across Phase II / III and IIIb / IV groups with input to
clinical development plans, publications and regional marketing
campaigns
• Clinical trial design, optimization of protocols, medical monitor and assistance with clinical trial operations
• Optimization of payer submissions / dossiers and regulatory responses
• Provided consultancy services to major payer on Value Based Reimbursement
Reporting
into GM & VP for Strategic Marketing, GE Healthcare,
responsibilities include leading product and strategies for Quality
Improvement, Clinical Decision Support and Business Intelligence.
• Led new product initiatives for Clinical Data Services focused on
Pharma Sector. Groomed, developed and managed the GE-Roche strategic
partnership for collaboration on type 2 diabetes “comprehensive
solution”. The comprehensive solution leverages the EMR based
interventions to increase adherence to standard of care, increase
compliance and study outcomes.
• Led meaningful use initiative for GE products working closely with provider community.
• Laid out strategy for Clinical Content, Decision Support Tools and
Business Intelligence (BI) offering for GE healthcare IT. The BI
offering provides advanced reporting and analytics tools for
pharmaceutical industry to support data needs for HEOR.
•
Led Clinical Decision support innovation team to create product
agnostics platform that will provide point of care decision support
based evidence based medicine.
• Developed and evangelized GE’s Total Population Management tools for
Chronic Disease Management product development in provider segments.
• Led customer collaboration efforts at Centricity-EMR (GE’s EMR) Health
User Group (CHUG ’08, ’09 and ‘10) to define role of Health Information
Technology to facilitate the changing role of physician in care
delivery i.e. collaboration and information sharing with patients and
family members.
• Filed 2 patents around Chronic Disease Management Decision support and Targeted Education (Evidence Based Medicine).
In
the Clinical Development/Analytics Team, responsibilities include being
clinical and informatics subject matter expert on International
projects. The international projects require a thorough knowledge of
Healthcare structure of the country, knowledge about Pfizer’s business
strategy in the target country. This also involved a thorough analysis
of HealthCare Information Technical and Electronic Tools used in the
country.
– (2 years)As
Head of Informatics (Clinical Consulting), leading a team of 4 analyst
and clinical consultants. The Clinical Consulting Team supports the
information needs of Aetna's Medical Directors, National Medical
Services, Health Care Delivery, Medical Cost Management, and other areas
of Aetna, to help improve member health, the efficiency of Aetna’s
operations, and the customer appeal of Aetna’s products and services
The
Government Medical College Aurangabad was founded in 1956 and it is one
of the premier medical institutions in the Maharashtra State.The
hospital of the college started with 300 beds in a small Nizam Bungalow
in 1960 is presently equipped with 1170 beds distributed across various
departments and wards . The foundation stone for the main building of
medical college was laid by then chief minister of Bombay State
Yashwantrao Chavan on 27 October 1957. The building was inaugurated by
Sushila Nayyar, then minister of Health, Government of India on 20 June
1964. Various other buildings were added to the campus over period of
time.
L-R Anando Sen Gupta, Rajendra Pratap Gupta , Dr. George Smoot (Nobel Laureate), Dr. Shailja Dixit
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