Dr. Arun Chandavarkar is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Biocon Limited, Bangalore, one of India’s leading bio-pharmaceuticals companies with a therapeutic focus in the areas of diabetes, oncology and cardiovascular disease. Biocon’s subsidiaries, Syngene and Clinigene, are India’s leading providers of custom research and clinical research services respectively.
Dr. Chandavarkar completed his B Tech. in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai in 1984, and was awarded a Ph.D. in BioChemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA in 1990.
He joined Biocon as General Manager – Operations in 1990 and subsequently took on the role of President – Operations & Technology. Under his leadership, Biocon established expertise at large scale in diverse technology platforms spanning microbial fermentation, cell culture, chemical synthesis and purification to address a wide portfolio of products from specialty enzymes to active pharmaceutical ingredients to recombinant therapeutic proteins.
His current responsibilities cover all aspects of Biocon’s business with a specific emphasis on strategic management.
