Management - Natco Pharma

Board of Directors

Sri V. C. Nannapaneni

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Sri V. C. Nannapaneni

Chairman and Managing Director

V.C. Nannapaneni has over 42 years of experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry. He has worked in the US for more than a decade in various Pharmaceutical companies. He holds Bachelors and Masters Degree in Pharmacy from Andhra University , Vishakapatnam, India in addition to this he also holds a Masters degree in Pharmaceutical Administration from the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy, US. Currently. Along with general management he also oversees the New Drug Discovery programme of the company.
Sri A. D. M. Chavali

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Sri A. D. M. Chavali

Independent Director

Sri A.D.M. Chavali has over three decades of experience in corporate finance concentrating in the areas of Industrial Finance, Treasury operations, Investments, Asset Management, Risk Management, etc. He worked as General Manager in Bank of Baroda, where he headed the treasury and resources management function of the Bank and enabled the evolution of Bank of Baroda treasury into a model treasury for other banks to imitate and emulate. In the year 2011, he joined the Indian Overseas Bank as an Executive Director. During his time in Indian Overseas Bank, he has a vast experience in portfolios covering Large Corporate Credit, International Business, Treasury Operations, Human Resources, Law/Recovery, Risk Management, Retail Banking, Planning, Public Relations, Credit monitoring, etc. He also represented the Indian Banking industry as a delegate to the Indo-Russian sub-committee on Banking and Financial service led by RBI in Moscow in July 2014.
Sri Rajeev Nannapaneni

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Sri Rajeev Nannapaneni

Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Rajeev Nannapaneni has worked at Merill Lynch and Natco Systems LL.C in USA. He joined the Company in the year 2000. He has got wide experience and exposure in General Management, New Business / New Product Development in India and for International markets. He holds B.A degree in Quantitative Economics and also B.A in History from Tufts University, Boston, USA.
Sri D. Vijaya Bhaskar

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Sri D. Vijaya Bhaskar

Independent Director

Sri D. Vijaya Bhaskar has over three decades of experience as an advocate in areas of Corporate Law, Corporate Governance, Joint Ventures, Due Diligence, Intellectual Property, Legal Advice and Drafting, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity, Corporate Litigations, Economic Offences, etc. Currently, he is practicing as Advocate & Corporate Legal Consultant on Corporate Affairs and Strategic Litigations, providing back-end support to Senior Counsel in the cases arising out of investigations of CBI and Enforcement Directorate relating to Economic offences under PMLA, IPC and Commercial Laws and rendering legal advices on complicated corporate matters.

He started his career as an Advocate in 1987 and thereafter, joined the Central Government Service as Company Prosecutor in 1989. Later he joined Indian Corporate Law Service (ICLS), Group A Central Civil Service, Govt. of India in 1995. He also served in various capacities viz. Registrar of Companies (In charge), Official Liquidator attached to High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Registrar, Deputy Registrar of Companies (Prosecutions), Securities Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai, and Voluntarily retired from Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), Govt. of India on December 31, 2011.

He was also a member of the drafting Committee to draft National Company Law Tribunal Rules, National Company Law Appellate Tribunal Rules and Official Liquidator manual. He also published a book “Penumbra of Force Majeure- A Treatise on COVID-19”.

He along with co-author got published in 2023 an article titled “Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Legal Profession and Justice System” in International Journal of Law Management & Humanities (IJLMH). Similarly, he also got published an article on “Managerial Competencies in Changing Business Scenario- An Indian Perspective”. He also submitted a thesis on “A Study on Insider Trading” in LLM (Corporate & Securities Laws).

Sri Lakshminarayana Bolisetty

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Sri Lakshminarayana Bolisetty

Independent Director

Sri Lakshminarayana Bolisetty had an illustrious career in Banking & Financial Sector having headed two important Zones of Corporation Bank namely Hyderabad & Mumbai, also Headed Investment & International Banking Division of the Bank. Also functioned as Head of Inspection & Audit, Chief Compliance Officer, Head of Integrated Treasury of the Bank, Head of Planning & Development, Head of Branch expansion, in the position as General Manager.

He also worked as Company Secretary & Head of Investor Relations Department and handled independently the private placement of equity of Corporation Bank to the extent of 27% to Life Insurance Corporation of India and due to his interest in academics he conducted training classes in banking and investments at Banking Training Colleges and ICFAI University.

He held the position of CEO & CFO at Meliora Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd which deals with Stressed Assets of Banks which was one of the 28 Asset Reconstruction Company’s in the country.
Sri Kantipudi Suma

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Sri Kantipudi Suma

Independent Director

Dr. Suma is a renowned Gynecologist & Infertility specialist is a pioneer in Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), In-vitro fertilization (IVF) & Novel Stem cell culturing methodologies. In the last three decades, she has delivered over 5,000 babies and treated over 500 infertility couples. She has also been closely associated in advanced research of cell-based therapies with the Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (CCMB) and the Centre for DNA Finger printing and Diagnostics (CDFD).


She did her Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery (MBBS) from Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad, Diploma in Gynaecology and Obstetrics from Mysore Medical College, Mysore, Post Graduate M.D., Ob-Gyn from JJMMC, Davanagere, Karnataka, Fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology, Infertility & Obstetric Sonography from Mediscan Institute, Chennai, Fetal Medicine Diploma from UCL London, Diploma in Advanced Endoscopic Surgery and Hysteroscopy from KEIL’s School of Endoscopy, Germany and Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis & Embryo Biopsy from UCL London.
Sri Nitin Jain

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Sri Nitin Jain

Independent Director

Sri Nitin Jain has overall experience of 35 years which includes 20+ years of having co-founded and led a mid-sized boutique Investment Banking Practice; a brief stint of about 2 years heading Corporate Finance as part of the Investment Banking initiative at HDFC Bank Ltd.

He has the track record of developing and implementing strategic initiatives for capitalizing on emerging opportunities and delivering on growth metrics in sync with evolving business requirements. He has demonstrated leadership and managerial capabilities in achieving Corporate Objectives, implementing strategies & building coalitions to support business growth and implement & manage change to drive organizational performance. Adept at interacting and liaising with C-Level decision makers of companies Pan India having handled multiple transactions from initiation unto closure and building trusted & enduring relationships in the process.


Currently he is the Managing Director at Nine Rivers Capital LLP, Mumbai which offers bespoke advisory solutions to corporates seeking support for equity capital raise, M&A, and valuations. It acts as a trusted independent advisor to its clients, combining sector expertise and sharp execution to deliver successful outcomes.
Sri P. S. R. K. Prasad

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Sri P. S. R. K. Prasad

Director and Executive Vice President (Corporate Engineering Services)

Mr.PSRK Prasad has done B.E. Mech. Engg. from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam in 1981. He worked with Ahmedabad Textile Industries Research Association, Coromandel Fertilizers Ltd., Stiles India Ltd., Tirupati, Saudi Ceramic Co., Riyadh, K.S.A. He has got vast and good knowledge in procuring right equipment(s) and machinery for production processes and to provide all utility services and to utilize the resources like manpower, material in an optimum way and to ensure safety of life and property. He is presently Executive Vice President – Corporate Engg. Services and looking after the General Administration, Engineering, regulatory, training, environmental matters, safety, health, production and maintenance activities of the Company.
Dr. Linga Rao

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Dr. Linga Rao

Director and President (Technical Affairs)

Dr.D.Linga Rao has over 39 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry and has been working with Natco for over 21 years. He has vast experience in various departments like R & D, Quality Control, Quality Assurance and Regulatory. He has previously worked with Indian Drug & Pharmaceuticals Limited (IDPL) & Novochem Laboratories.

His education background includes M.Sc. Applied Chemistry (Organic Chemistry) & Ph.D in Chemistry from JNTU, Hyderabad. In addition he had undergone training on Applications of High Performance Liquid Chromatography at Singapore.
Dr. Pavan Ganapati Bhat

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Dr. Pavan Ganapati Bhat

Director and Executive Vice President (Technical Operations)

Dr. Pavan Ganapati Bhat is working as Executive Vice President (Technical Operations) of the Company. He has over 25+ years of experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry and has been working with our Company for past 6 years. He is in-charge of various departments like R&D, Regulatory Affairs for Generics, NODS and NCEs, Intellectual Property Rights of Formulations and Acquisitions.

Dr. Pavan Bhat started his career with Mylan in USA in Transdermal R&D followed by 050 R&D and in Corporate & Business Development. As part of the Office of the CEO, he was a key member of the acquisition team of Matrix by Mylan followed by being a part of the Integration team. He then relocated to Mylan India where he Headed Mylan's Global External R&D and Regional Business Development. Finally, he was the Head of Regional Operations responsible for Portfolio Selection, Project Management, Supply Chain Management, Launch Management, Logistics and Special Projects and supporting a P&L of$ 1.2 Billion.

Management Team


V. C. Nannapaneni

Chairman and Managing Director


Rajeev Nannapaneni

Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer


Prasad P S R K

Director and Executive Vice President (Corporate Engineering Services)


Dr. Linga Rao Donthineni

Director and President (Technical Affairs)


Dr. Pavan Ganapati Bhat

Director and Executive Vice President (Technical Operations)


Appa Rao S V V N

Chief Financial Officer


Dr. Pulla Reddy M

Executive Vice President - R&D


Dr. Ramesh Dandala

Executive Vice President – Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property Rights and Regulatory Affairs (API)


Sadasiva Rao N

Executive Vice President - Corporate Affairs, Legal & Secretarial, Estate Management


Rajesh Chebiyam

Executive Vice President, Crop Health Sciences


Dr. Gopalakrishnan Vaidyanathan

Senior Vice President - Analytical R&D


Lakshminarayana A

Senior Vice President - HR & OD


Ramakrishna Sridhar Reddy

Senior Vice President - Corporate Q.A


Srinivas Ch

Senior Vice President – Demand and Supply Planning


Sunil Kotaru

Senior Vice President – Supply Chain Management


Suryanarayana Reddy Malti

Senior Vice President - Quality Assurance


Imtiyaz Basade

Senior Vice President – RAD


Venkat Rao Tummala

Vice President - Production


Gnanadeva Chalapathy Gudipati

Vice President - Analytical Research & Development


James Rajakumar

Vice President - Marketing &Sales, Domestic


Nadella Malleswara Rao

Vice President – Head Operations


Kurra Venkata Sreenivasa Babu

Vice President - Operations


Dr. Rampalli Sriram

Vice President - CRD


Sandeep Kumar

Vice President -QA


Dr. Praveen Chowdary Myneni

Vice President - Medical Affairs & CR


Dr. Gogula Venkata Ramana

Vice President - Drug Development &CR


Dr. Pratima Jain

Vice President - IPR


Barur Praveen Kumar

Vice President - IBD


K.M.V. Narayana Rao

Vice President – ARD


M. Prabhakar Rao

Associate Vice President, I.T


Amresh Kumar Trivedi

Deputy General Manager - Legal


Venkat Ramesh Ch

Company Secretary & Compliance Officer


Legal and Corporate Affairs


Mr M Adinarayana

Company Secretary & Vice President - Legal & Corporate Affairs - man@natcopharma.co.in


Investor Relations


Mr Rajesh Chebiyam

Vice President - Acquisitions, Institutional Investor Management & Corporate Communications
- rajesh.chebiyam@natcopharma.co.in