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Avestha Gengraine

Avestha Gengraine Technologies Pvt. Ltd. is a fully integrated biotechnology and bioinformatics company focusing on the development of preventive personalized medicines by achieving convergence between food, pharmaceuticals and clinical genomics. In 2006 the company had achieved turnover of Rs.18 crore and operating profit of Rs.1.8 crore and is expecting a turnover of about Rs.35-40 crore in 2007.

Avesthagen was founded in 1998 by Dr. Villoo Morawala-Patell. It has 4 main strategic business units, viz. Biopharmaceuticals units, Biotherapeutics units, Food for medicine (FFM) unit, and Agri-biotech unit. Today it has a dedicated team of about 250 employees of which more than 25 are PhDs. It has 55 patents in the agri-biotech business.

In 2003, Avesthagen got US patent for genetically modified technology for every commercially available hybrid seeds.

Avesthagen has a world class, state-of-the-art laboratory at the International Tech Park in Bangalore. ICICI Ventures, Cipla Ltd., Tata industries, Godrej Industries and bioMérieux (France) have invested in Avesthagen. Its R&D is focused on:

Transcriptome (Expression) Analysis

Bioinformatics

Metabolome Analysis and Lead Optimization

Genome Analysis

Recombinant Protein Expression

In 2007, Avesthagen raised Rs. 150 crore from Groupe Limagrain, Groupe Danone and other strategic investors. Currently, Jacob Ballas Capital is planning to take a minority stake in Avesthagen with an investment of US$ 10 million. Avesthagen is investing Rs.100 crore in expansion and new research projects in Hyderabad.

S.no	Job Title	Qualifications	Experience	Job Responsibility
1	Manager - Biopharmaceutical Process Development	M.Sc/PhD (Molecular Biology/Cell Biology)	7-12 years experience in reputed pharma company	Optimization of Upstream & Downstream process and scale up. Responsible for setting up cGMP Process Development Lab.
2	Research Associate - Upstream Process Development	M.Sc. (Molecular Biology/Cell Biology)	Minimum 1-2 years of experience in mammalian cell culture and mammalian fermentation
3	General Manager - Clinical Trials	M.Sc./PhD in Life Sciences	Minimum 8 years of experience in the Biologics/Pharmaceutical industry. Including monitoring and managing clinical trials of new vaccines or drugs	Develop and implement protocols, lead and manage CRO relations
4	Project Manager - Clinical Trials	M.Pharm/M.Sc/MVSc/MBBS with MD	Minimum 5 years experience in Clinical Pharmacology, Well versed with Clinical drug development process	Responsible for Biopharmaceuticals and Bionutritional clinical trials, Develop and implement protocols, GCP.
5	Project Manager - Upstream Process Development	M.Sc./PhD (Molecular Biology/Cell Biology)	Minimum 3-4 years of experience in mammalian cell culture and mammalian fermentation.

Interested candidates can apply for the above jobs by registering themselves on the career page at www.avesthagen.com or by mailing their resumes to info@avesthagen.com

Board of Directors

1. Mr. Darius E. Udwadia - Chairman
2. Dr. Villoo Morawala Patell - Founder, Vice Chairperson & Managing Director
3. Dr. Simon G. Best- Director
4. Dr. Marc van Montagu- Director
5. Dr. Barry Furr - Director
6. Mr. Nadir Godrej- Director
7. Mr. Aluri Srinivasa Rao - Director
8. Mr. Koen Wentink- Director
9. Ms. Farah Morawala Patell- Director

Contact Address:

Avestha Gengraine Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
"Discoverer", 9th Floor, Unit 3
International Technology Park
Whitefield Road, Bangalore 560066, India
Tel: +91-80-2841 1665/2308/2770/2766
Fax: +91-80-2841 8780
E-mail: info@avesthagen.com
Website: www.avesthagen.com

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