Mr. Apurva Shah

Mr. Apurva Shah is the founder and Director of Veeda Clinical Research. He has an MBA in International Finance & Entrepreneurship from Babson College in Boston, USA.

With his strong entrepreneurial and organizational skills, he has been able to grow Veeda to become one of the premier CROs in the country. As a Board member, he gives strategic and financial direction to all Group Companies.

Mr. Shah strongly believes in giving back to society, and hence, as a Managing Committee member of the NGO ‘Each One Teach One’ (www.eotoindia.org), he helps in furthering the cause of education and development of underprivileged children in cities and tribal areas.

During his tenure as the Chairman of the Association of CROs in India (www.acroindia.org) from 2010-2014, he was able to grow the association membership 5 fold, increase the awareness of the industry, and work with the Regulatory Agencies to facilitate the growth of the industry.

He believes that if done in an ethical manner, clinical research is a very attractive socio-economic opportunity for India. He is on the Governing Board of the Life Science Sector Skill Development Council (www.lsssdc.in) set up by the Government of India.

He has also been a member of the Pharma committee of CII for the past 5 years.

Mr. Apurva Shah and Mr. Binoy Gardi were awarded the prestigious Entrepreneur of the Year in 2009 by BioSpectrum magazine as recognition for their contribution to the industry and were awarded the SME Entrepreneur of the Year by Business Today and Yes Bank in 2010.