Dr. Mak Jawadekar

Dr. Makarand (Mak) Jawadekar is an AUSIB Board Member and advises on matters pertaining to the pharmaceutical industry. He holds a Ph.D (Pharmaceutics) from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Jawadekar was the former Director, Portfolio Management & Analytics, Pfizer, Inc. at Groton-New London, CT; and has worked for over 28 years with Pfizer in various capacities.

He was recently conferred the Doctor of Literature (D. Litt), Honoris Causa by the Dr. D. Y. Patil University, Mumbai, India. Along with being honored with various other awards and felicitations, Dr. Jawadekar was also one of the invitees to join President George W. Bush’s trade delegation to India in March 2006 and an invited guests for the ‘Leadership Summit’ hosted by the former President of India, Dr. Abdul Kalam in 2003. Dr. Jawadekar accompanied Dr. John LaMattina (former PGRD President) on his official trip to India and met with the Indian President, Mrs Pratibha Patil in New Delhi.

Dr. Jawadekar currently serves as a member on the Editorial boards for ‘Bio/Pharmaceutical Outsourcing Report’ as well as for ‘Contract Pharma’ a monthly publication. He is also on the Editorial Advisory Board for the monthly publication ‘Pharmaceutical Technology Europe’.