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AMCI, IGMPI Faculty

Mr. Amit Joshi, Medical Coding Instructor:

Mr. Amit Joshi has teamed up with the IGMPI staff as medical coding instructor. He is a Dual Certified Professional Coder from American Association of Professional Coders, with more than 12 years of experience including more than 10 years of experience in hardcore Medical Coding with hand on experience in Surgery (major specialty), Radiology, and Anesthesia Coding. Presently working as Coding Panellist for Find-A-Code, UTAH, USA. Besides this he also works as coding content Specialist with ELI Research. Well versed with CPT, ICD-9 CM and HCPCS coding guidelines including CDR, current CCI edits (NCCI), LCD & NCD and knowledge of DRG & APC Payment Methodology and coding software such as Supercoder, Mediregs, Encoder Pro, Tru Code, Code Manager, etc. Successfully handled the following cases: EMC,Cincinnati, OH-45241 and Butler County Medical Center,Cincinnati,OH-45011 Multiple Ambulatory Surgery Cases. Possess excellent communication and analytical skills with the ability to research and analyze data, draw conclusions and resolve issues; apply policies, procedures, laws and regulations; read and interpret medical procedures and terminology. He is also a recipient of Trivia Winner of JustCoding.com Quiz—January 21, 2009 newsletter.

Dr. Ravi Singh, Advisor:

Dr. Ravi Singh has more than 10 years of pharmaceutical industry experience in the field of Pharmacovigilance, Clinical Research, medical writing and coding. He is proactive and competitive in accordance with the changing scenario and pace of the industry so as to contribute towards the organizational as well as the individual growth. His expertise includes Preparation of Product-Monographs, Clinical Overviews, Clinical trial protocols, Clinical summaries and IBs, carrying out the pharmacovigilance activities of the products in marketed countries such as EU, USA etc, Perform single case medical assessment, including the determination of seriousness, expectedness/listedness and causality of adverse events, preparation of PSURs, PADERs and other aggregate reports for submission, working with the Therapeutic Area Head to communicate product safety issues and to propose solutions to the respective stakeholders and preparation of Risk Management Plan of the marketed products, Assist in the preparation of Pharmacovigilance Plan for dossier submission. He has worked with reputed pharmaceutical companies such as Ranbaxy Laboratories, Panacea Biotec etc.

Prior to joining pharmaceutical industry he was associated with healthcare services as resident doctor in both government and private set-ups where he was involved in the health-care projects of Government of India and World Health Organization. Dr Ravi Singh is an MBBS degree holder from Govt. Medical College, Silchar, India and a Post Graduate Degree holder in public health /Epidemiology University of Sheffield, ScHARR-Medical School (U.K). He is associated with IGMPI as guide and advisor mainly in the areas of Pharmacovigilence, Medical Writing, Medical Coding and Public Health and Hospital management.

Mr. Vinod Kumar Arora, Principal Advisor:

Mr. Vinod Kumar Arora is an internationally acclaimed industry professional having 35 years of rich experience in pharmaceutical development in the areas of Generics, Differentiated, NDDS/NCE Dosage Forms. He is now associated with IGMPI as principal advisor.

He joined Ranbaxy in 1983 where he initially worked as scientist for almost 4 years. He rejoined Ranbaxy in 1994 where graduated to Vice President level from Assistant Director position. During his association with Ranbaxy he developed products - Generics, Differentiated Generics, NDAs and NCE-Global, market specific and OTC. Prior to his association with Ranbaxy, he worked as an Assistant General Manager with the Formulation Development Research in Cadila Laboratories, Ahmedabad and helped in setting up of Onco-manufacturing facility and developed several oncology products. He has expertise in Dosage Form development in the area of dosage forms - Solids - Tablets / Capsules / Granules / Pellets / PFOS / TFOS; Non-solids-Liquid/Injectables including Lyophilised/Topicals, Inhalations - DPI/pMDI and Nasal Spray, Dosage Forms Technology such as Nanotechnology, Depot Injection; Modified Release tablets/suspension, Self-Emulsifying System, Oro dispersing tablets/oro-dissolving strips; Particles/Pellets coating and has good understanding of current Good Manufacturing Practices and QA/QC. He has made presentations to NDAC Committee for New Drugs Approval in India, had meetings with Oman MOH and Pre IND meetings with USFDA. He has also authored/co-authored over 100 patents in the area of NCE/ Differentiated products /NDDS/Generics. With his knowledge and rich experience, he is focused on practical aspects of current needs, contemporary and emerging trends, besides alerting the pharmaceutical industries for future challenges. He is holding many honorary positions - Present Member of Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) Scientific Body, Consultant to Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO), Panel member of INMAS-DRDO, Ranbaxy Science Foundation Scholars Award, Global Expert committee member of DFE Pharma, Germany and Distinguished Scientist from World Whos Who Society, Member of Indian Pharma Committee of Make in India Campaign etc. He was felicitated by Honble former President of India Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, for development and launch of first NCE - Anti malarial from India. Mr. Vinod Arora is a M. Pharm degree holder from BHU and DBM from IMM, New Delhi. As one of our principal advisors he is continuously supporting our initiatives nationally and internationally to rest of faculty members of IGMPI in imparting education, training and continuing education programs as well as our knowledge dissemination initiatives like Current GMP,QA/QC, Regulatory affairs,Clinical research guidelines and news updates.

Dr. Mahesh C Gupta, Principal Advisor:

Dr. Mahesh C Gupta is an experienced and internationally reputed Scientist in the field of calibration, quality assurance and testing. He has last worked with National Physical Laboratory (NPLI), New Delhi for 32 years where he played a vital role in developing the lab accreditation program of India as Head National Calibration Program. He is also the founder president of Indian quality association. He has expertise and proficiency in various fields like calibration, GLP, analytical techniques, quality assurance, laboratory inter-comparison, proficiency testing, QMS and many more. With his knowledge and rich experience, he is focused on practical aspects of current needs, contemporary and emerging trends, besides alerting the laboratories for future challenges. A PhD from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi, Dr. Mahesh C Gupta has been associated as a research fellow of Optical Society of India, Fellow of Indian Society of Lighting Engineers and Vacuum society of India. He has also worked with Dubai Central Laboratory, Dubai as Principal Quality Officer. He is also currently managing Lab World Magazine- renowned world class magazine dedicated to Quality Testing and Calibration laboratories in all sectors-as the Editor in Chief.