DR. VENKAT MANOHAR PH.D ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER
Dr Venkat Manohar is currently the Director of Indian Institute of Chromatography & Mass Spectrometry (IICMS). He has been practicing analytical science over a period of more than 40 years at various multinational companies after obtaining Ph.D. in Physics from University of Madras. Prior to this present assignment, he has been Senior Vice President in Piramal Life Sciences Limited (PLSL), Mumbai for the past six and half years, responsible for setting up the entire analytical facility for drug discovery research as well as a diagnostic research laboratory.
Dr. Manohar was responsible for setting up Measurement Science facility at Bangalore which involved applications of analytical tools for studies in Tea Science, Food products, Soaps, detergents and allied consumer products.
At Searle (India) Ltd, (now RPG Life Science Ltd), as a Senior Manager, Dr. Manohar was responsible to set up analytical facility in the research centre where he extensively used GC/MS, NMR, HPTLC and other tools for Agrochemical applications such as pesticide analysis in addition to pharmaceutical analysis.
Dr. Manohar has received several awards for his contributions in analysis over the past four decades. He is a member of Method Review Committee of FSSAI. He has more than 70 publications and 6 patents to his credit.
Awards and Honors
Diabliss voted as the most innovative ingredient supplier by industry participants two years in a row at this prestigious industry exposition 2016 India Best Practices Awards recipient in the India Health & Wellness Innovative Product / Service Idea of the Year Award
