Keshav Deo's Biography

Keshav Deo, Senior Vice President, Wockhardt Research Center

Dr. Keshav Deo is presently Senior Vice president – API Research at Wockhardt Research Center, Aurangabad. Dr. Deo previously held the positions of increasing responsibilities within the research & development of various Indian pharma companies. He started his research carrier from Lupin followed by Tata Pharma, Sun Pharma, Dai-Ichi Laboratories, Ranbaxy and Alembic Limited. Dr. Deo is also life member of various national , international chemical research societies and also recognised supervisor for Ph.D degree in three Indian universities.
Prior to joining Lupin , Dr Deo has completed his Ph.D degree from Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow , India in 1989 under the direction of Dr. D. S. Bhakuni. He earned his master degree at Agra University, Agra in 1985. His research interests include chemo & regio selective reductions , asymmetric catalysis, biotransformations and insightful process development of significant active pharmaceutical ingredients.