P V Appaji

P. V. Appaji was Emeritus Director General at Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil), set up by Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. He has initiated his career as an officer at Drugs Control Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh and later as Deputy Commissioner in Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, as Director at National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers,...See more

P. V. Appaji was Emeritus Director General at Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil), set up by Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. He has initiated his career as an officer at Drugs Control Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh and later as Deputy Commissioner in Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, as Director at National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Government of India. At Pharmexcil, as chief of organisation, he is actively involved in interacting with Government and the pharmaceutical industry to promote/resolve pharmaceutical export, policy issues and is actively involved in delegations abroad so that pharmaceutical trade barriers at the levels of transit, regulatory, policy making are effectively dealt with. At NPPA, He was actively involved as chief of evaluation of Drugs Price Control Order/Drug Pricing in the territory of India. He completed B.Pharm (1970), M.Pharm (1972) and Ph.D (1980) from Nagpur University. He has guided several Ph.D scholars. He has received Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to the pharmaceutical sector from Indian Pharmaceutical Association and others. See less