Dr. Nitin M. Shetty, is Head of Technical Operations at Bioneeds India Private Limited, Bangalore. A senior member of Preclinical services vertical from 2016, he played a pivotal role in setting up Multi-vertical Preclinical Service operations including infrastructure and business plans. In addition to his role as Head of Preclinical, he also led the preclinical and clinical development of molecules, Generics, Biotech products, Medical devices, Agro-chemicals and Chemical intermediates.

Dr Nitin M. Shetty, obtained his PhD from the Biological Sciences – Safety Assessment program, R. Ruia College, Mumbai at the University of Mumbai at Mumbai under the guidance of Dr. Rohini Sivabalan in whose laboratory he studied aspects of safety assessments in new drugs, generics and formulations and their role in pharmacokinetics and disposition.

Dr Nitin M Shetty, has over 30 years of pharma industry experience in drug discovery and development, in both R&D and CRO settings, in India. His in-depth understanding on national and global regulatory specifications for various product matrix add-values to precise strategizing and designing of projects. He started his drug discovery career at Ranbaxy Laboratory Limited, New Delhi in the year 1993 and later Joined Wockhardt Limited, Aurangabad, Maharashtra in 1998 and served as Associate Director – Safety Assessment Division, in the New Drug Discovery Research Division where he spent several years before joining a CRO to set up and head the Preclinical department at Vimta Labs Limited Research Laboratories, Hyderabad in 2009. Prior to joining Bioneeds, he was Vice President, Preclinical Services at Vimta Labs Limited where he supported the development of NCEs, biologics, generic drugs including medical devices.