Vinod Kumar is a portfolio management professional with substantial experience in the pharmaceutical sector, currently serving as Deputy Manager at Biocon since November 2019. Prior roles include Assistant Manager in IPR Formulation at Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. and Senior Research Officer in IPM-Formulation at LUPIN LIMITED. Vinod's expertise encompasses product selection, market research, competitive intelligence, and sales forecasting for regulated pharmaceutical markets. Earlier positions involved drafting patent applications, conducting patentability analyses, and designing new chemical entities at Integral BioSciences Pvt. Ltd. Vinod holds a Master of Science in Pharmaceutics specializing in Medicinal Chemistry from the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research and a Bachelor of Pharmacy from Raghavendra Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research.