PERSONAL AND FAMILY DETAILS
NAME: Girish . P. Vartak
DOB: 10th March 1962
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: M.Pharm (Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology)
OCCUPATION: Retired (from Sandoz Pvt Limited)
SERVICE AND JOB PROFILE:
October 1986 to October 1989-
Searle India Ltd: Handled production of Solid and Liquid dosage forms at their Thane and Ankaleshwar works
October 1989 : Joined Sandoz Pvt Limited
Job Profile:
>Managing production of OSD (Tablets, Capsules and Syrups)
February 1996 to January 2006
> Business Operations Manager:
• Independent charge of a Third-Party Manufacturers (around 17 nos.) to ensure that GMP is
• observed and finished formulations are dispatched as per predetermined schedule.
• Technology Transfer and Process Validation of Sandoz Products
• Master Scheduling and chairing S&OP meetings.
> Manager-HSE
• Conducted Training programs and Safety and GMP audits for the 26
• C&Fs at their respective locations.
• The training covered Good Warehousing Practices, Safety and Firefighting.
• Novartis HSE norms implemented at the C&F Locations
February 2006 to January 2009
Heading Sandoz Turbhe Plant (Cephalosporin OSD (Oral Solid Dosage) production
2016 Onwards-
PROJECT MANAGER-MES
• MES (Manufacturing Execution System) implementation at Sandoz Kalwe facility
> ACHIEVEMENTS:
• Based on my performance w.r.t formulations exports from Kandla, I was awarded a Letter of Appreciation and Cash prize by the Sandoz management.
• Occupational Safety Award for High Performance in Occupational Safety for the year1998.
• Award for “Excellence” in Occupational safety for the year 1999
• Health Safety and Environment (HSE) Award for the year 2000.
• I was recipient of the Novartis Management Award 2000 for Excellence In Performance.
• Successfully implemented MES PROJECT at Kalwe plant.
> HOBBIES:
• Connecting with people and making lifelong friends.
• Social service (giving back to Society)
• Domestic and International Travelling
• Long distance drives.
• Gym workouts
• Gardening
• Cooking
FAMILY
SPOUSE: Rhucha
DOB : 28 Jan 1967
˃ EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
• B. Sc. Tech (Computer Engineering) from Bombay University, and a Certified Information Security Auditor (CISA, ISACA USA) and other information security related certifications.
• B.Sc. (Physics)
˃ PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS:
• Heading an Information Security and Cyber Security Practice at a leading Indian Chartered Accounting firm lending services to large BFSI clients.
• Independent consultant for Information Security, Cyber Security and Data Privacy, IT Governance, Risk and Compliance (IT GRC)
˃ EXTRA-CURRICURAL ACHIEVEMENTS:
• Completed a Certificate course in Zero Budget Natural Farming at the Agricultural College-Dapoli
• Learnt writing in Braille (English) (Tactile alphabets for blind)
˃ SOCIAL ACTIVITIES TAKEN UP IN THE PAST:
• Teaching and reading lessons to visually challenged students of std. 10 who were also school dropouts and belonging to a lower economic strata of the society
• Taught Mathematics to a blind student for entire academic year
• Transcribed a Marathi book “Kahitari Navin” by Navin Kale into a Braille Printer friendly version
• Conducted a session on time management in a novel way at the NGO “Save The Children India” at BKC, Mumbai for a group of girls (under 18 years) from their ‘Child Protection’ project. This is a rehabilitation project for girl child saved from human trafficking
• Kitchen and Plastic waste management project at home since July 2005
˃ PASSION:
• Eco Friendly and Minimalistic lifestyle, Hindu Scriptures
DAUGHTER: Shirin
• Schooling from Smt.Sulochnadevi Singhania School Thane.
• Moved to USA after completing her 12th Std
• Completed her Medical Graduation from the Arizona State University- Arizona, USA.
• Medical Post-Graduation from Oklahoma USA.
• Subsequently completed “FELLOWSHIP” from the Tufts University, Boston -Massachusetts (USA) in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
• Currently working with the Phoenix Childrens Hospital-Phoenix AZ, USA
SON: Saumit
• Schooling from Smt.Sulochnadevi Singhania School Thane.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Hotel Management from IHM-Mumbai
• Worked at Oberois for about 2 years.
• Was active Rotaract member (held positions of Secretary and President)
• Subsequently moved to Scotland to pursue his “Masters in Brewing and Distilling” from Edinburgh University
• Currently working in the Brewing and Distilling Industry at Chatham-Kent UK.