Senior Management

Mr. P.P.Madappa- Senior Group Advisor

He has been with the Group for more than 5 yrs. He held Senior
positions in several organizations prior to joining the Group.
A Post Graduate in Agricultural Sciences and a MBA from the
prestigious Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. He brings to Karle Group his vast experience, sound knowledge and excellent stratagem. His professional career has ranged from working in the private sector to public sector. Mr. Madappa, besides being a coffee grower, is being considered a coffee expert regarding growing, processing and export of coffee. He has got several publications on coffee growing and export. His dynamism and friendly demeanor contribute to the friendly atmosphere of the organization.

Mr. Suresh Iyengar- Head LifeSciences

Has Degree in Pharmacy and Management. Brings on Board more than 30 years of experience in Pharma industry both in India and overseas. Worked in different fields of Pharma such as QC/Production/Production planning and Marketing besides
General Administration. In India, he as worked in companies
like KAPL, Lupin, Core labs etc. For the last 11 years, was
MD of Pharmanova, Malavi, Africa.

Prof. G.S.R. Subba Rao- Senior Advisor

B.Sc. Hons, M.Sc. D.Sc; Ph. D (Manchester), F.A.Sc., F.N.A.
Ex- Chairman, Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Tatachem Chair Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Emiratus Professor, CSIR, India. Prof. Subbarao has several laurels to his credit like .S.Bhatnagar award for chemical sciences (1982), Sir C.V.Raman Award. Prof. Subbarao has developed new strategies of synthesis of natural products using cyclohexadienes, readily available from the birch reduction of aromatic substrates. He is on the board of many Pharma companies.

Dr. P. Ramanujam. – Techno-Commercial Advisor

Has Doctoral Degree in Pharmaceutical Science with over 35 years of experience in Pharma industry. Has experience of setting up GMP Units. He was Managing Director in companies like Astrazeneca (India) Eli-lily Ranbaxy, SPIC pharma etc. He has also been member of Board in several companies.