The Chairman of the National Advisory Board - Pharma, Singh at the launch function said "the 2003 event is going to be a great show, a show to exhibit in, to attend and to meet other people".

The board members too expressed their satisfaction at the way the exhibition and conference has shaped up to truly reflect the theme for the year "Unlocking the pharma future". The entire board was also particularly thankful to Y.H.Gharpure, director, Gharpure Laboratories Pvt Ltd, for having arranged the participation of the Governor of North Sumatra along with a high powered delegation of businessmen and government officials.

National Advisory Board Chairman
Ajit Singh, Chairman, Associated
Capsules Group
Members
Prof. Arnold H. Beckett
Chairman & Chief Scientific Officer, Beckavait
Dr. Ajit V. Dangi
Director General, Organization of Pharmaceutical Producers of India
Y. H. Gharpure
Director, Gharpure
Laboratories Pvt. Ltd.
J. A. S. Giri
Managing Director, Sangfroid Remedies Ltd.
Dr. C. M. Gupta
Director, Central Drug Research Institute
N. H. Israni
President, Indian Drug Manufacturers'' Association
Ketan J. Khambhatta
Director, Kevin Engineering Pvt. Ltd.
Vinit Khambhatta
Executive Director, Cadmach Machinery Co. Pvt. Ltd.
A. B. Kotwal
Director, Machinfabrick
Dr. K. Lahiri
Chairman, Genix Pharma Ltd.
Sidharth Raj Luthra
MD, Sukhras Machines Pvt. Ltd.
Ashok Malhotra
Managing Director
Shekhar K. Mandrekar
CEO, Shreya Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd.
Gopakumar Nair
Secretary Director, Center for IP Management
Dr. K. V. Raghavan
Director, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
Karnik K. Parikh
Director, Pall Pharmalab
Filtration Pvt. Ltd.
Dr. Dinesh S. Patel
Managing Director & CEO, Themis Medicare Ltd.
Cherian Philip
Chief Managing Director,
Sartorius India Pvt. Ltd.
Anil Rao
MD, Precision Gears Ltd.
Sasidharan S. M.
Director, Filtra Teknopak Cleanroom Systems Ltd
Gautam C. Shah
MD, G. C. Cheime Pharmie Ltd.
Lars Walan
Managing Director, Astra Zeneca Pharma India Ltd.
Expert Commitee
B. N. Amroli
Metal Chem Industries
Dev. Ashish Bakshi
Director, Tapasya Engg Works Pvt. Ltd.
R. M. Bector/ Alok Bector
Managing Director,
Bectochem Engineers
Joseph Dias
Managing Director, Petals Engineers Pvt. Ltd.
Dr. Ranjit Gulge
Waters (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Sudhir Kant Gupta
President, Millipore (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Ulhas A. Joshi
President - Marketing & Organizational, Gujarat
Glass (P) Ltd.
Mayur Khamar
Vice President, Karnavati Engineering Ltd.
Manohar Kothari
Managing Director, Indo
German Pharma Equipment
A. Marfatia
CEO - Marketing, Electrolab
Ashish B. Meghani
Managing Director, Wraptech Machines Pvt. Ltd.
Ajay Mehra
Director, ACE Technologies
Mahesh Mevada
Director,
Bhavani Labelling Systems
K. Ravi
Business Head
- Packaging Mach. Division, Motor Industries Co.
Bhavana Shah
Director - Business Development, Pharmalab Engineering India Ld.
Sandeep Shah
CEO, Erweka India Pvt. Ltd.
P. Vacharajani
Chief Executive, Cadmach Machinery Co. Ltd.