SSX

Key Dates

Mentorship

Sessions

Attractive

poster prizes

Oral

Presentation Prizes

20 February 2026

21 February 2026

22 February 2026

SSX-2026 Conference Agenda

Time	Topic
07:30 - 08:45	Registration and Breakfast
08:45 - 09:15	Inauguration
9:15-10:05	TBD

Session 1 - ADME considerations for drug discovery and development

10:05 - 10:40	Dr. Matt Soars, Executive Director, Bristol Myers Squibb
10:40 - 11:00	Tea Break
11:00 - 11:15	Sponsor talk 1
11:15 - 11:30	Sponsor talk 2
11:45 - 12:20	Dr. Raju Subramanian, Executive Director, Gilead Sciences
12:20 - 12:55	Dr. Upendra Argikar, DMPK Leader, Gates Medical Research Institute
13:00- 13:30	Group Photo
13:30 - 16:00	Lunch, Poster & Exhibitor Session

Session 2 - AI/ML considerations in drug discovery and Development

16:00 - 16:35	Shridhar Narayanan, Founder Peptris/ FNDR
16:35 - 17:10	Mr. Prasad Chodavarupu, Founder and Managing Director, Aganitha Cognitive Sciences
17:10 - 17:45	Dr. Narmada B C , Lead Scientist, Vantage

Session 3 - Advancements in Understanding Solid state of Pharmaceuticals

16:00 - 16:35	Prof. Arvind K Bansal (NIPER)
16:35 - 17:10	Dr.Ramanaiah Chennuru, CIPLA
17:10 - 17:45	Sharmistha Paldatta, Dr. Reddy's
16:00 - 16:35	Prof. Arvind K Bansal (NIPER)
17:45 - 18:15	Special session on "Resilience Decoded" by Dr. Sujata Kelkar
18:15 - 19:15	Cultural Program
19:15 - 21:30	Networking and Dinner at Ramaiah University

Time	Topic
08:00 - 09:00	Registration and Breakfast

Session 4: Technological Innovations in Drug Discovery and Development

09:00 - 10:00	TBD
10:00 - 10:35	Dr Manojkumar Singh, Microlabs
10:35 - 10:45	Tea Break
10:45 - 11:15	Sponsor talk 3
11:15 - 11:50	Prof. Malla Reddy, IIT- Hyderabad
11:50 - 12:25	TBD
12:30 - 13:30	Student talks
13:30 - 16:00	Lunch, Poster & Exhibitor Session

Session 5: Next Generation Therapeutics

16:00 - 16:35	Dr. Maloy Ghosh CSO, Zumutor Biologics
16:35 - 17:10	Dr. Arati Ramesh, Principal Scientist, Tata Institute of Genomics and Society
17:10 - 17:45	TBD

Session 6: Intricacies in the Development of Next Generation Therapeutics

16:00 - 16:35	TBD
16:35 - 17:10	TBD
17:10 - 17:45	Dr. Manikandan R, Granules India
17: 45 -18:30	TBD
19:00 - 21:00	Networking and Banquet Dinner at Gokulam Grande

Time	Topic
08:00 - 09:00	Breakfast

Session 7: Advances in Clinical Pharmacology

9:00 - 9:35	Hiroyuki Kusuhara, University of Tokyo
9:35 - 10:10	Rama Sivasubramanian (Teva)
10:10 - 10:45	Prof. Sahadev Shankarappa (Ramaiah University)
10:45 -11:00	Tea Break
11:00 - 11:30	Sponsor talks

Session 8: Case studies in Drug Discovery and Development

11:30 - 12:05	Kumar Nemmani, Associate Vice President, Sun Pharma
12:35 - 13:10	Prof. Sowdhamini , Senior Professor, National Center for Biological Sciences
13:10- 13:45	Prof. Ravi Shah (NIPER)
13:45- 14:00	Awards and Conclusion

Our

Council Members

President
Dr. Anandi Karumbati
Secretary
Dr. Arti R. Thakkar
Treasurer
Dr. T. Thanga Mariappan
Member
Vamsi Madgula
Member
Dr. Surulivel Rajan
Member
Dr. Shashyendra Gautam
Member
Dr. Manasa Deepa R
Member
Dr. Amol A Raje
Distinguished Professor of Medicine, NUS, Chief Scientist, A-STAR, Singapore
Prof. Ashok Venkitaraman
Executive Director, Gilead Sciences
Dr. Raju Subramanian
DMPK Leader, Gates Medical Research Institute
Executive Director, Gilead Sciences
Director, Bristol Myers Squibb, Bangalore
Dr. Devang Shah
Founder, Peptris/FNDR
Dr. Shridhar Narayanan
Vice President, Syngene International Limited
Dr. Priyaranjan Pattanaik
Senior Professor, National Center for Biological Sciences
Prof. Ramanathan Sowdhamini
Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics, NIPER
Prof. Arvind K Bansal
Director and Head, COE-Polymorphism and Crystallization, Cipla
Dr. Ramanaiah Chennuru
Scientist & Lead, Solid State Screening Group, Dr. Reddy's
Sharmistha Paldatta
Senior Scientist, Novartis
Dr. Stephan Brombacher
Senior Vice President, Analytical Research and Development, Microlabs
Dr. Manojkumar Singh
Associate Professor, IIT, Delhi
Dr. Sajesh Thomas
Associate Vice President, Aurigene Pharmaceutical Services Ltd.
Dr. Sunil Kumar Panigrah
CSO, Zumutor Biologics
Dr. Maloy Ghosh
Principal Scientist, Tata Institute of Genomics and Society
Dr. Arati Ramesh
Lead Scientist, Vantage
Dr. Narmada B C
Senior Vice President, Analytical Research and Development, Granules India
Dr. Manikandan R
Professor & Head, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, NIPER
Prof. Ravi Shah
Director, Daicel Chiral Technologies
Dr. M. V. Narendra Kumar Talluri
University of Tokyo, President of JSSX
Dr. Hiroyuki Kusuhara
Head of R&D, Teva Pharmaceuticals
Dr. Rama Sivasubramanian
Professor, Ramaiah University
Prof. Sahadev Shankarappa
Associate Vice President, Sun Pharma
Dr. Kumar Nemmani
Founder and Managing Director, Aganitha Cognitive Sciences
Mr. Prasad Chodavarupu
Co-Founder & Director, Swalava Enterprises Private Ltd.
Dr. Vijay Kulkarni