Senior Leadership

Akash Mathur, Chief Executive OfficerAkash has more than 2 decades of experience building Pharma businesses. He has held senior leadership positions as VP and Director at various organisations including TATA and Dr. Reddys. His last assignment was as CEO of Bal Pharma.

He holds a PhD in Human Pathology from St Louis University and an MBA in Marketing from Olin Business School, Washington University.

Harjeet Singh, Chief Financial Officer Harjeet is a Chartered Accountant with 25+ years of experience in Finance. He served as the VP – Finance and Accounting at Galpha Laboratories before joining Stellence.

T. Sabil, Head of Commercial Operations Sabil joined Stellence Pharmscience (erstwhile KCL) in early 2007 as Senior Officer - Commercial. Prior to joining KCL, he was working with Sami Labs Limited, Bangalore for over seven years. He has extensive experience in Commercial activities and at Stellence is in charge of Supply Chain Management, including global procurement and Production planning and inventory control.

Sabil is a graduate in Commerce and holds an MBA from University of Madras.

M. Muruganandham, Head of Production Muruganandam joined Stellence as the Head of production with over 20 years of experience in several roles in production including the last assignment as Asst. Manager at Biocon.

He is also an Alumni of the University of Madras.

Rajkumar K, Head of QA Rajkumar is in charge of the QA department at Stellence. Prior to joining Stellence, he has been part of the QA department at Biocon. He has an extensive experience of 17 years in QA functions.

He holds an MSc from Kuvempu University, Shimoga.

Lakshmi Bhaskar, Head of Business Development Lakshmi joined the BD team at Stellence with 10 years of experience working with CROs based in Bangalore and Singapore including stints at Biocon and Anthem Biosciences.

She holds a BTech in Industrial Biotechnology and MBA in Marketing from IMT Ghaziabad. She is also an alumni of NUSAGE-Parexel Academy, NUS, Singapore.

Uma Sudhindra, Head of Corporate DevelopmentUma is an experienced Director with a demonstrated history of working in multiple organizations, skilled in planning & development, coaching, strategic management, and entrepreneurship, and have worked with more than half dozen organizations. Uma has co-founded an NGO, "I'm Every Woman" which focuses on women & child safety issues.

Uma holds a bachelor's degree in Economics & Political Science from Fergusson College, Pune and a master's in International Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Senthil Periyasamy, Head of R&DSenthil heads the R&D department at Stellence. Prior to joining us, his earlier assignment was with R&D team with Bal Pharma. He has joined us with 20 years of experience.

He holds a PhD in Synthetic Chemistry from MS University, Tirunelveli.