DR. RAVI KUMAR MUTTINENI
Founder & CSO
EDUCATION: Ph.D. in Computational Biology (Osmania University)
M. Pharmacy (Andhra University)
B. Pharmacy (Gulbarga University)
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
Dr. Ravi Kumar Muttineni is a Ph.D. graduate in Computational Chemistry. He is a passionate and innovative research scientist who is having 19+ years of experience in drug discovery using Computational Chemistry. He worked in GVK Bio for few years then joined Schrodinger, world-class computational chemistry & related software provider for drug discovery. Dr. Ravi worked in Shrodinger for almost a decade.
Out of his passion for drug discovery, he found Immunocure with the aim of helping organizations to accelerate their drug discovery and development projects by becoming the most trusted CRO service partner.
Dr. Ravi Kumar has about 72 publications and more than half of them are listed on ResearchGate.
DR. SUMANA GHOSH
Director – Medicinal Chemistry
EDUCATION:
Postdoc: University of Massachusetts, USA
Postdoc: University of Joseph Fourier, France
Ph.D. in Bioorganic Chemistry (Indian Institute of Sciences – IISc Bangalore)
Masters in Bioorganic Chemistry (IISc Bangalore)
BSc Chemistry (University of Calcutta)
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
Twelve years experience in Research and Development, Drug discovery, formulation development, and patent analysis. Strong background in strategic planning and executing drug discovery projects starting from in silico design, design of new structural scaffolds, Hit identification, Hit to Lead optimization, IP, and pre-clinical study plan till licensing stage. Published scientific findings in many peer-reviewed journals and patents. Inventor of fifteen granted global patent applications in the areas of Bio-organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, and Novel Drug Delivery. Highly creative and experienced in leading and motivating the team with high integrity & an energetic leader with proven skills in delivering projects within the stipulated time.
NAGESH BDL
Co-founder & CEO
EDUCATION: Entrepreneurship Essentials (Harvard Business School)
MS Information Tech (the University of Western Sydney – DO)
B. Pharmacy (Gulbarga University)
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
A serial entrepreneur having multiple business and creative experiences including pharma, technology, beauty, and films.
Having lived and worked in India, Australia, Malaysia, and the United Kingdom, he brings expert business management, technology, and communication skills.
MR. BHANUKISHORE KALLEPALLI
Lead Data Scientist – ML / AI
EDUCATION: B-Tech and M-tech from IIT Madras
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
Bhanukishore is an innovation enthusiast who craves for smart technology solutions. He has worked on a wide range of projects for business sectors like healthcare, banking, insurance, and customer support. He has more than 6 years of experience in Machine Learning and built various applications using statistical models, Natural Language processing, and computer vision. He has good analytical and statistical skills.
DR. KRANTHI RAJ K
Co-founder & VP
EDUCATION: Postdoc: Delhi University
Ph.D. in Computational Chemistry (Acharya Nagarjuna University)
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
12 years of experience in Computer-Aided Drug Discovery. Has discovered many molecules with a nanomolar activity that are patentable and published papers in almost all the famous publishing groups.
DR. RAMESH BABU REDDIGUNTA
SENIOR DIRECTOR, CHEMISTRY
EDUCATION: Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry
Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
Ramesh Babu Reddigunta obtained his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry in 2010 from the Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore with Prof. A. Srikrishna by studying topics on Total Synthesis of Terpene Natural Products and worked as a post-doctoral fellow with Dr Hsieh’s laboratory at NHRI in Taiwan. He has rich experience in working with various CROs and integrated drug discovery projects in India. Before joining Immunocure Discovery Solutions, he served as a Director at IONOVA Biotherapeutics Co Ltd., China. He has played a major role in successfully delivered a novel next-generation LPA1 antagonist BMS-986278 for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, currently in Phase 2 clinical trials. Ramesh Babu has 8 publications and 2 issued patents and patent applications as co-author or co-inventor in his credit. Outside work, Ramesh Babu enjoys spending time traveling and playing cricket.
AMIT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA
Associate Director – Chemistry
EDUCATION: M Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
16+ years of industry synthetic experience serving global clients with a proven track record in synthetic project deliverables.
NAVEEN PARUPALLI
CFO
EDUCATION: M Pharma (Long Island University, USA)
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
Naveen is a highly successful Indo-American pharmaceutical business leader who is successfully running a pharma retail chain in the US and a manufacturing plant in India called Assurgen. He has recently partnered with an Austria-based pharma giant G L Pharma GmbH.
DR. MURALI CHAND GINJUPALLI
CMO
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences – Mewar University
M S Pharmaceutical Marketing & Management (Long Island University, USA)
Masters in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (Andhra University)
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
Murali has got a vast experience and exposure in the Pharma sector. He is running a chain of pharma retail stores and two technology companies in the US.
CHAITANYA PALLAPOTHULA
Technology Advisory Board
EDUCATION: M. Tech: IIT Kharagpur (Simulation, Optimization and Control)
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
Chaitanya a.k.a Chai is an innovation enthusiast who is a Technologist at heart and an Entrepreneur at execution. He has worked for a range of companies from startups to Fortune #1 companies. Chai is currently at Tailored Brands, shaping the strategic technical direction of the company and transforming technology for the next generation retail – the world of connected commerce.
While at Walmart Labs, Chai has led Walmart’s first Hack Day, which laid the foundation for innovative thinking. Before joining Tailored Brands, Chai had led the effort to build the eCommerce platform for Levis and built the Digital team ground up. Currently working on establishing the lean development practices and teams for the organization to transform the delivery model with a focus on experimentation and customer testing that will bring a huge impact to the ROI for projects.
KIRAN NIMISHAKAVI
Technology Advisory Board
EDUCATION: MS Computer Applications (JNTU)
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
Kiran Nimashakavi is a Data guru. He is currently working as Head of Data Engineering @ Realogy. He is instrumental in building their next-gen data platform on AWS. Prior to Realogy, he worked for several technology startups and big enterprise companies like BEA (acquired by Oracle).
DR. KILARU MALATHY
Scientific Advisory Board
EDUCATION: Doctor of Medicine (Haematology & Oncology – Henry Ford Health System)
Doctor of Medicine (University of Michigan Medical School)
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
Malathy Kilaru, MD is a specialist in Hematology, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Medical Oncology at Henry Ford Health System, Michigan.
DR. RAMBABU GUNDLA
Scientific Advisory Board
EDUCATION: Postdoc in Pharmacology: University of Southern California
Ph.D. in Chemistry (Osmania University)
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
Prof. Rambabu Gundla has been working as head of the department of chemistry, GITAM University, Hyderabad since 2014. He worked as a research scientist at GVK Biosciences Private Limited, Hyderabad, India. After completing his postdoctoral research fellow, he again joined as a principal scientist at GVK BIO. His area of interest is small-molecule drug design and development. He has more than 60 publications and three patents to his credit in the area of medicinal chemistry and computer-aided drug design studies including SAR and QSAR, Scaffold hopping, ADME, pharmacophore generation, molecular dynamics, docking simulations, and virtual library screening. Currently, he is working on two SERB-DST-sponsored projects and guiding 12 students for the Ph.D. program.
DR. ANANTH TELLABATI
Scientific Advisory Board
EDUCATION: Ph.D. in Microbiology & Immunology (University of Leicester, UK)
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
Dr. Ananth is a young and enthusisastic data scientist working for Lloyds in the UK. He is enriched with both science and technology backgrounds.
Hanumatha Rao Polisetty
Financial Advisory Board
EDUCATION: Registered Chartered Accountant
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
PH Rao is one of the most experienced practicing chartered accounts in Hyderabad, India. He has been working with several private and government small-medium-big organizations for more than 40 years.
Srinivasa Rao Edara
Financial Advisory Board
EDUCATION: Registered Chartered Accountant
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
Srinivas Edara has more than 20 years of experience in financial management, budgetary controls, and financial advisory. He previously worked in GMR Ferro Alloys as Finance Manager and later moved to UAE in 2005.
Currently, He is working as CFO & Advisory to the chairman of Abudhabi local family group engaged in medical equipment trading, food Ttading, and education institutions.
Prior to this assignment, he had worked as head of finance in the private office of the UAE finance minister, engaged in Real Estate and Hospitality.
Srinivas is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Fellow member of “Institute of Chartered Accountant of India”.