Dr. Nitesh Shah is serving as Head of Formulation & Application Services of Asia South for the Health Care division of Evonik Industries. He heads 3 technical services labs of India, Bangladesh & Thailand; and is responsible for providing technical support to South Asia, SEA & Pakistan. Nitesh joined Evonik in September 2012 as Manager-Technical Services.
Nitesh started his career as Trainee in NDDS department of Zydus Cadila (Ahmedabad, India). He later joined as a lecturer in Zundal Pharmacy College (Ahmedabad).
Prior to joining Evonik he worked with NCE formulation development of Johnson & Johnson (Mumbai, India).
Nitesh received his Masters and Ph.D. degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Nirma University, Ahmedabad, India. He has 11 publications in international peer reviewed journals and presented his research work at several national and international seminar & conferences.
Nitesh holds expertise in Encapsulation, HME, Spray drying, QbD & GMP.
Dr. Nitesh is a renowned speaker in academic and industry workshops on Excipients, Oral Drug Delivery, Complex Parenteral Drug Delivery & Formulation Development Advances in Pharmaceutical Industry.