Activities & Earlier Experience

Diverse Associations,
Activities and Achievements.

Dr. Narendra Bhatt’s work spans initial advisories, full-time positions, consulting mandates and sector activities across Ayurveda and natural products.

Consultancy Role

A spectrum of consulting across Ayurveda's most consequential organizations.

A concise view of advisory, employment, consultancy and institutional activity across the Ayurveda value chain.

Activities Matrix

Polymath.

Initial advisories lead into full-time positions, followed by consulting services and sector activities.

Full-Time Jobs Consulting Activities / Initial Advisories
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1980
1980 : Onwards Early Advisory
R&D Initiative

Ranbaxy, Zandu and early Ayurveda R&D

Early advisory and prescription-market work that connected medical services, clinical research, QC and product positioning.

  • RANBAXY LABORATORIES (1980)
  • ZANDU (1980-87)
  • HOECHST GERMANY (1986-87)
1982
1982 : 1987 Consultancy Services
Corporate Strategy

Richardson Hindustan Ltd. (now P&G)

Important sector work with Richardson Hindustan Ltd., now Procter & Gamble, kept visible as a major business milestone.

  • Formulation and ingredient data work
  • Product concept support
  • Ayurveda-sector business application
1988
1988 : 2022 Advisor Roles
Advisory Mandates

National and international advisory

Advisory work across new entrants and established organizations in Ayurveda and related natural-products spaces.

  • BIOVED PHARMACEUTICALS Pune / India
  • AYURCORE / BIO-VED PHARM International
  • HERBALIFE INTERNATIONAL INDIA (2019-2022)
2008
2008 : Onwards Business Planning
Public Enterprise

Public enterprise and growth projects

Business plans, short-term projects and investor-facing work for Ayurveda business strategy and product positioning.

  • IMPCL Business Plan (2008)
  • ICICI VENTURE (2008)
  • TALWADI CAPITAL LTD. Delhi
2008
2008 : 2019 Market & Product
Consultancy Services

Consultancy services

Support for market entry, formulation strategy, product trust and country-level or organization-level planning.

  • HOLISAN HEALTH PRODUCTS Netherlands
  • KERALA AYURVEDA LTD. Bangalore
  • PADMA AG Switzerland
  • LVG HEALTHCARE PVT. LTD. Ahmedabad
2010
Collaborations Academic
Institutes & Colleges

Institutes and pharmacy colleges

Collaborations with academic institutes where Ayurveda research, validation and education intersect.

  • C. U. SHAH COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
  • ASTHAGIRI HERBAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION
  • BVDU IRSHA
  • POONA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
2012
Major Projects Research
Institutional Validation

Haffkine, BVDU and AYUSH priorities

Research activity connected to institutional validation, biotechnology, international collaboration and public-sector priorities.

  • HAFFKINE INSTITUTE Mumbai
  • RAJIV GANDHI INSTITUTE OF IT AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
  • AYUSH RESEARCH CONSULTATIVE MEET
2015
Forums Regulatory & Sector
Public Bodies

ASCI, ADMA and global forums

Technical and sector-facing roles beyond standard corporate engagements.

  • ASCI technical expert / CCC member
  • ADMA sector activities
  • YOGA FORUM MUNCHEN Germany
  • THAMES VALLEY UNIVERSITY London
CORPORATE LEADERSHIP

Positions.

Chronological operating roles and executive leadership responsibilities at leading Ayurveda organizations.

Zandu Pharmaceutical Works

1987 : 1993, 2003 : 2007

Research Executive, Medical Director, and eventually CEO, leading best growth in more than a decade.

Ajanta Pharma Ltd.

1993 : 2007

Vice President (Ayurveda) R&D and Head of CPD Division, successfully establishing integrative research.

Shree Dhootapapeshwar

1997 : 1998

Director of Strategy, Planning & Research, leading corporate strategy, redefining, restructuring and planning.

BIOVED Pharmaceuticals USA

1998 : 2003

President & Executive Director, pioneering R&D as an independent business concept for global import.

Kerala Ayurveda Ltd.

2007 : 2008

Director, Business Development & Corporate Affairs, supporting corporate management of Ayurveda based health care services and products.

Consultancy Services

Zandu
Ranbaxy
Ajanta
Bioved
Hoechst Germany
Holisan
Kerala Ayurveda
IMPCL
Haffkine
BVDU IRSHA
Ministry of AYUSH
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