His Excellency Shri K. Sankarnarayanan, Honb'le Governor of Maharastra is the Chief Guest at much awaited 3rd Annual Pharmaceutical Leadership Awards 2011

Online, June 9, 2010 (Newswire.com) - His Excellency Shri K. Sankarnarayanan, Honb'le Governor of Maharastra will be the Chief Guest at 3rd Annual Pharmaceutical Leadership Awards 2011 & will present outstanding achievers of the Industry on Saturday,26th June 2010, from 19.00 PM to 20.00 PM at the Grand Majestic Hall of Hotel Intercontinental, Near Airport, Mumbai, India, organized by Pharmaleaders & Indo-American Chamber of Commerce with Times of India, ET Now in association with OPPI, IDMA,IPA,PHARMEXCIL,BDMA.

His Excellency will be joined by Shri Sanjay Nirupam, Hon'ble Member of Parliament,Government of India,Shri Srikant Jena, Hon'bleUnion Minister of State for Chemical & Fertilizers, Shri Manoharrao Rajusingh Naik, Hon'ble Minister of Food & Drugs Administration, Government of Maharastra, Dr Surinder Singh, Drug Controller General of India, Ministry of Health & Family Affairs,Govt of India.

Coinciding with 3rd Annual Pharmaceutical Leadership Summit presented by PharmaLeaders, an international bi-monthly magazine & Indo-American Chamber of Commerce on 25th & 26th of June 2010 at Hotel Intercontinental, Mumbai, India under the theme LIMITLESS LEADERSHIP - BRINGING TODAY,TOMORROW & BEYOND, the event will witness top guns of the industry will be recognized for their commendable contribution to the Industry. There are 2o categories & each Nominees are thoroughly passed through a three tier voting process, the final verdict will be out on 26th Award Night.Top Companies like Sun, Pfizer, Lupin, Ranbaxy, Dr Reddy's, Cipla, Abott, Bharat Biotech are the top contenders in many nominations. Pharmaceutical companies in India are growing at a very fast pace and this has made the Indian pharmaceutical industry as the second largest growing industry.

Also the pharmaceutical industry in India is the third largest in the world, which will be of US$20 billion by 2015. Mergers and acquisitions are the part of this growth. The compounded annual growth rate of pharma in India is 12-15% and the global figures are 4-7% for the period of 2008-2013. With such a profound growth of pharmaceutical companies in India numerous pharmaceutical jobs can be seen. This in turn is helping biotechnology industry and booming the biotechnology jobs in India. Angel Broking has done a research on the growth of pharmaceutical industry and found that by 2015 the pharmaceutical industry in India will be in the top 10 markets.

Yet another finding of FICCI-Ernst & Young study reveals that the population of high income group in India is rising which will give rise to more influx of MNCs and expensive drugs. Pharmaceutical companies along with native companies are also competing with the top MNCs. Such a profound growth is because of the heavy population figures and with the increasing number of middle class people and their income the access to drugs and medicines is also increasing. But still the low-priced generics are popular in Indian pharmaceutical industry. From India in year 2007-08 total of US$ 8.25 billion were exported and there was seen 29% rise in this figure in 2009.

The 3rd Annual Pharmaceurical Leadership Summit & Awards is organized with a CSR ANGEL TOO, Wockhardt Foundation, a Mumbai based not-for-profit organization & The Akshayapatra Foundation, world's largest school meal Program are the NGO partners, while Tradeindia is the online media partner, Express Pharma is the Healthcare tabloid partner. Joyz of prideindia is the gift partner. Print & Pack is the Printing & Packaging partner while Creative Awards is the Summit Trophy partner. Interlink consultancy , Pharmaleaders Academy are the Knowledge Partner & Leadership Partner. Kegan Pharma Resources is the Pharma HR Partner while Careworld TV is the Healthcare Channel Partner. Bimba Digimedia is the creative Design Partner while Worldindia is the IT partner & St Angelos Computer is the IT Education partner.

Debasish Chakrabartty.
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