Our Leadership
LEADERSHIP
With extensive experience in running successful enterprises, the leadership team at Unichem strives to constantly deliver higher value to all stakeholders.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Dr. Prakash A. Mody
CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR
Dr. Prakash A. Mody, son of founder promoter, Late Shri Amrut Mody, completed his post-graduation from the University of Mumbai followed by a PhD in organic chemistry. He is a graduate alumni of Harvard Business School and the former president of the Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance, the industry body representing research based national pharmaceutical companies.
Dr. Mody is the Chairman of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee and member of the Company’s Stakeholders Relationship Committee. He is a Director of the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Unichem Pharmaceuticals (USA) Inc.
Dr. Mody also acts as an Independent Director of Kewal Kiran Clothing Limited.
Mr. Dilip Kunkolienkar
Director Technical
Mr. Dilip Kunkolienkar is a Bachelor of Pharmacy from Bombay University. He has more than four decades of rich exposure at various positions in the pharmaceutical industry in various leading pharmaceutical houses like Richardson Hindustan Ltd., Geigy Ltd., Raptakos Brett Co. Ltd., and German Remedies Ltd.
Before his appointment as a Whole-time director, designated as Director Technical, in the year April 2018, Mr. Kunkolienkar served as Vice President–Global Generics & Compliance at the Company with additional charge of rendering formulation operation and technical services to unit heads and the Management.
He has diverse experience in the manufacture of tablets, capsules, parenterals, Oral Solid and Liquid Dosage forms, suppositories of various forms; with an additional exposure to Bio studies, Product Viabilities, Planning, General Administration, Documentation, Regulatory Audits, Capex/Revenue budgeting and R&D and API Marketing.
Mr. Kunkolienkar is a member of the Audit Committee and Risk Management Committee of the Board of Directors. Mr. Kunkolienkar also serves as a Director in the Company’s Wholly Owned Subsidiaries namely Unichem Pharmaceuticals (USA) Inc. Unichem Laboratories Limited, Ireland and Niche Generics Limited, UK and Unichem China Pvt Ltd.
Mr. Anand Mahajan
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
On the Board of Unichem since 2005, Anand Mahajan is a post-graduate in Economics and a MBA from Cornell University, USA. Starting his career with the State Bank of India, he joined Grindwell Norton on completion of his MBA in 1983. He was elected as a Director on its Board in 1988, followed by appointment as Managing Director in 1991, a position he continue to hold to this date. He was appointed as the General Delegate of Compagnie de Saint Gobain in 1996, responsible for all the activities of and the development of the Saint-Gobain Group in the region. He is the Chairman of Saint-Gobain India Pvt. Ltd. and the Saint-Gobain India Foundation.
He is a member of Unichem’s Nomination and Remuneration Committee and Audit Committee of the Board.
Dr. (Mrs) B. Kinnera Murthy
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Dr. B. Kinnera Murthy is a Strategy Consultant and a Director on various corporate boards and academic governing councils. A founder member of a woman support NGO, she has held the posts of Dean and Professor, Strategic Management at the Administrative Staff College of India in 2012. Her interest areas include strategic management, women leadership and empowerment, marketing and social change management. She has a Doctorate in Corporate Strategy from University of Poona, MBA from Osmania University and BSc from BITS, Pilani. Trained in Industrial Management at RVB, Netherlands and in Strategic Management at APO Japan, she is involved with women entrepreneurial organizations as an advisor. She provides consultancy and advisory support to organisations in India in the areas of strategic visioning and organisation building, governance, mentoring, restructuring, corporate social responsibility, marketing strategy and capacity building. She also provides pro bono services to social change NGOs as well as social and cultural organisations. She currently acts as an Independent Director of Indian Immunologicals Limited, Midgard Technologies Private Limited and Telangana Industrial Health Clinic Limited.
Dr. Murthy was appointed as a Non-executive, Independent Director of the Company in the year 2015 and is a member of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, Stakeholders Relationship Committee and Audit Committee.
Mr. Prafull Anubhai
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
A management consultant associated with educational, research and cultural institutions like Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA), Ahmedabad
Education Society (AES), Centre for Science Technology and Policy (CSTEP), ATIRA, Saptak (Indian classical music organisation), Prafull Anubhai has served on the Board since 1979. He is the former Chairman of Board of Management of Ahmedabad University. A B.Sc. (Economics) from the London School of Economics, he attended Programme for Management Development (PMD) at the Harvard Business School. He has over 32 years of experience in management of textile and other businesses. Mr. Anubhai is a Director in Vardhman Textiles Limited and Aditya Birla Sunlife Trustee Company Private Limited. He also serves as a Director in the Company’s Wholly Owned Subsidiary Unichem Pharmaceuticals (USA) Inc.
He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee, Nomination and Remuneration Committee and Stakeholders Relationship Committee and Member of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee.
Mr. Prafull Sheth
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
With Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Pharmacy from the University of Missouri, USA, Prafull Sheth has been a member of the Board since 2003. He is former Vice- President of International Pharmaceutical Federation and Founding Professional Secretary of FIP-WHO Forum of National Pharmaceutical Associations of South East Asia. He has served Federation of Asian Pharmaceutical Associations as Vice President and Indian Pharmaceutical Association and Indian Pharmaceutical Congress Association as President.
He is the recipient of two Indian Pharmaceutical Association awards: the Acharya P. C. Ray Memorial Gold Medal (Bengal Branch) and prestigious M. L. Khorana Memorial Award for outstanding contribution to the profession of pharmacy. He has earned prestigious IRF Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to the field of pharmacy. Mr. Sheth has been recipient of Prof. M. L. Schroff National Award of Indian Hospital Pharmacists Association for his contribution to industrial pharmacy and pharmacy practice. Internationally, he has received FIP Industrial Pharmacy Section medal for meritorious contribution to the global pharmaceutical industry.
Mr. Sheth is a Fellow of the International Pharmaceutical Federation, and Eminent Pharmacist and Fellow of the Indian Pharmaceutical Association. He is associated with Patient Safety and Access Initiative of India Foundation. He is Vice President and Trustee of Shree Shree Anandamayee Sangha.
He is a member of Unichem’s Board Committee namely Audit Committee and Nomination and Remuneration Committee.