About Me: Made in India processed in Germany; working for Europe living in United Kingdom - I am very International :)
Born in Nalagarh (Town on the border of Himachal and Punjab). I spent most of my early days in hills of Himachal (Northern India).Having earned an engineering degree in Bioinformatics from Jaypee University of Information technology (one of nation's top BT schools) I moved to Germany for further studies. It was here at University of Bonn where I completed my masters degree and PhD with a scholarship from the government of Germany. Along with my PhD, I also worked with the Fraunhofer SCAI (Europe's largest application oriented research centre). I gained both research as well as management experience in Fraunhofer working with various Pharmaceutical companies.
After my PhD, I decided to pursue a career in management and hence joined Heraeus Group (Fortune 500 & one of Germany's biggest family owned business) where after working in Sales & Business development, I laid the foundation of Digital health business for Heraeus Medical guiding companies investments to combat technology revolution in Healthcare.
Given the importance of digital technologies in managing chronic diseases, I made my next career move to the pharmaceutical sector by joining Daiichi-Sankyo Europe as the "Digital Business Development and Innovation Scouting Manager (Europe)." I am currently serving Daiichi-Sankyo as the Director of Digital Health Strategy & Partnerships (Europe), where I develop & shape digital solution strategies and roadmaps to sustain our current success and ensure future business growth.
I am the only vegetarian shared with my mother from a meat loving ancestry and a die-hard fan of Indian cuisine. Philosophy, Poetry, Music, Movie-making, Sports and Travelling are some of my other passions.
Thesis overview:
Bachelor thesis
Extraction, Identification and Metagenomics of extreme halophilic strains from the rock salt mine samples.
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. R.S. Chauhan
Grade awarded: A+
Master Thesis
Linking Hypothetical patterns in text to disease molecular signatures in Alzheimer's disease.
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Martin Hofmann-Apitius
Grade awarded: 1.0
PhD
Development and application of a knowledge driven approach for exploring novel insights in neurodegenerative diseases with focus on Alzheimer's disease.
Supervisor: Prof.Dr. Martin Hofmann-Apitius
"mit Auszeichnung" or "Outstanding"
