Dr. Sanjay Sonar has core expertise and experience in protein engineering for the last 26 years. His general expertise lies downstream process development for prokaryotic and eukaryotic expression systems, DOE based process and characterisation analytics development, protein functional characterisation using ultrafast spectroscopy. He has several years’ experience in chemical modifications of proteins using small molecules and pegylations, and developing advanced protein engineering technologies such as site specific non-native amino acid incorporations into proteins using amber suppressor tRNA technology. His specific expertise lies in characterisation of protein based biopharmaceuticals using biochemical, spectroscopic, chromatographic, mass spectral techniques. His experience also includes characterisation of process induced heterogeneities in biopharmaceuticals, immunogenic impurities and their impacts in clinical outcomes. He contributes in regulatory requirements in various aspects of analytical methods developments, validations and dossier preparations.Dr. Sonar is a Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Powai, and has carried out 6 years of Post-doctoral work with Dr. Kenneth Rothschild, Boston University. He has worked in a close collaboration with Prof. Har Gobind Khorana, Nobel Laureate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA. Dr. Sonar has over 25 publications in journals such as Nature and Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., and also holds more than 50 patents.

Dr. Archana Krishnan’s expertise lies in Molecular Biology, Cell Line Development, Protein Expression and Fermentation. She has several year's of experience in MCB- WCB characterizations, DOE based media optimisations for mammalian cell culture systems, spent media analysis, mammalian cell line characterization, determining sites of gene integrations, gene copy numbers and related transcriptomics.She has completed her Ph.D. in the field of Genetic and Protein Engineering. For her Masters degree, she holds the gold-medal. Dr. Krishnan has several national and international publications and over 15 patents to her credit.She is experienced in development for PCR and real time PCR based assays for clinical diagnostics and for biologics’ manufacturing and related process characterization. She has developed several PCR and quantitative PCR based viral assays for bioprocess characteriztion. Her specific expertise also lies in development of assays using the Next Gen sequencer and FISH based assays for cell line characterization She has several years experience in development of assays for biologics PK studies using immunoassays, antibody based kit development unique to a bioprocess, customisation of HCP assays and development of antibodies and assays for immuogenicity.She has completed her Ph.D. in the field of Genetic and Protein Engineering. For her Masters degree, she holds the gold-medal. Dr. Krishnan has several national and international publications and over 15 patents to her credit.

Abhishek is Chief Financial officer and a core member of the management team since the firm’s inception. He has over 12 years of national and international experience. Over the last few years, he has developed core expertise in Management of Finances, Accounting and Admintistration of Biopharmacuetical Research and Manufacturing.