MD/CEO

Sree’s vivid 20-year career since his PhD (1996) as a researcher from frontier research areas of science and engineering engages scientific, managerial, leadership, and entrepreneurship roles across different organizations of industrial, academic, and non-profit settings of diverse expertise. Currently, he passionately promotes scientific entrepreneurship from young to seasoned researchers and faculty to take up innovations in life sciences ranging from agriculture, biotechnology, healthcare, IT, and pharmaceutical sectors as CEO of a bio-incubator (ASPIRE-BioNEST) at the University of Hyderabad. As an entrepreneur, he co-founded Theraxel Discoveries, and later founded INDRAS Pvt. Ltd. (www.indras.in) that consults, contracts, and collaborates on drug design aspects with researchers of industry and academia. His passion lies in research ranges from drug design and discovery using molecular modeling aspects, promoting entrepreneurship and innovation among students, scientists, and faculty. He published about 25-peer reviewed articles in international journals, gave numerous lectures at domestic and international conferences, and he is the recipient of APPRECIATE award by Ranbaxy for his outstanding contributions in R&D data digitization, training over 350 scientists. He also established, promoted, and made self-sustenance scenario of the ASPIRE-BioNEST, the life sciences incubator of UoH.

He has a PhD in chemistry from Indian Institute of Science (IISc), and postdoctoral research and work experience in Massachusetts and Washington States in 20 years of work experience from pharmaceutical industry in USA and India.