Member of the DIA Board of Directors and also serves as the Co-chair for the DIA Science Policy Advisory Committee. He is an accomplished global life sciences innovation executive with more than 20 years of leadership experience across three multinational corporations, GE Healthcare, Life Technologies, and Terumo BCT, delivering over $500M in career revenue. Palani has a considerable track record in breadth and depth from a medical product development standpoint, and has worked in the areas of drugs, devices, and diagnostics. Palani has a Ph.D. in the field of biological sciences from Northern Illinois University, followed on by a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Rochester in HIV biology.

C Padmakumar was Co-Founder & Chairman & Managing Director of Terumo Penpol Private Limited. Currently Special Officer, Kerala Medical Technology Consortium; Director, Kerala Lifesciences Industries Parks Private Limited; Director, Padosan Trading Private Limited; and Chief Consultant, C P Consulting.Padmakumar started his career as a Junior Project Executive and worked his way up from the shop floor in India’s first Blood Bag company, Peninsula Polymers Limited (PENPOL). The company is now established as one of the largest manufacturing sites for Blood Bags in the world and is the market leader in India. He was the Chairman of CII Thiruvananthapuram Zone during the period 2011-13. He has also been a member of the CII Kerala State Council.

An influential and data-driven executive professional with a robust background in the Pharmaceutical and Public Health sectors, bringing a unique blend of expertise in leading digital transformation initiatives and leveraging data to guide corporations through complex business changes. Recognized as a thought leader/industry expert in the data, digital health, and AI ecosystem, excelling at understanding industry trends and developing strategic perspectives to guide digital health and AI partnerships and investments. High-level analytical skills and deep expertise in drug development, clinical, safety and regulatory processes, data management, digital innovation, and governance.

Ashok serves as General Manager & Executive Director, DIA India, leading strategy, operations, and partnerships across the country. A pharmaceutical physician with 29 years of experience spanning the Indian Army, academia, and leading global pharmaceutical companies, he brings deep expertise in clinical development, medical affairs, regulatory affairs, and drug safety. Prior to joining DIA, Ashok held senior leadership roles at Novartis, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, and Themis Medicare, leading complex development programs and cross-functional teams. He holds an MBBS and MD in Pharmacology, with executive education from IIM Calcutta and certification in Pharmaceutical Medicine from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine, UK.

Gurpreet Singh is currently the Vice President, Managing Director Integrated Safety at IQVIA. He is based in UK and has 20+ years' experience in the Pharma Industry. During these years he has also held Leadership positions with top Global companies like Novartis and Parexel. At Novartis he was the Global Head of PV Operations managing all Global PV activities. At Parexel he was the Senior Director PV Operations responsible for managing PV projects of top Global Pharma and Biotech companies. Gurpreet is a certified Six Sigma and Project Management Professional. He also has keen interest in Digital Transformation and Organization Culture.

Dr Mrutyunjay Suar is the Director General of Industry-Institute-Innovation Interface at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, CEO, KIIT Technology Business Incubator (KIIT-TBI) and the Chairman of Bhubaneswar City Knowledge Innovation Cluster Foundation (BCKIC), an initiative of the office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Govt of India. An entrepreneurial professor with PhD in Molecular Microbiology from University of Delhi and postdoc from Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich. Under his leadership, KIIT-TBI nurtured 460+ start-ups in last 15 years, created 10000+ jobs and established Centre of Excellence in incubation in the area of Digital Health, Diagnostics & Precision agriculture, supported by DST, Govt of India.

President of the All India Syringes & Needles Mfg. Association (AISNMA), board member at Kalam Institute of Healthcare Technology, and chair of the ICMED Certification Technical Committee. Member of the National Medical Device Promotion Council, Expert Advisory Groups for BDTD and CDSCO, and Steering Committee on National Biodesign.