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Award Winner (Service Appreciation Award) 2023: Vishal Sharma, MS

Vishal Sharma, MS

Vienni Training and Consulting LLP

I was introduced to PDA when I started working for a filtration and downstream processing company. PDA Technical Report No.26 Sterilizing Filtration for Liquids became a go-to document for me. In 2010 I joined the organization and became a volunteer, but my activity remained limited to downloading technical reports and PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology articles. I realized the full potential of membership when the opportunity presented itself in 2013, and I embraced it with both hands, to become the founding member of the India Chapter. The journey from then on has been very rewarding. I volunteered for several initiatives, including serving in various capacities on the India Chapter Board since 2013, and recently tenured as Chapter President in 2023. I also got an opportunity to volunteer for the task force constituted for the Points to Consider Remote Inspections and Audits document. Apart from that, I currently volunteer as a Member of the RAQAB and the Technical Report No. 3 revision task force. I strongly feel that PDA membership is a must for any professional who is looking to make a career in sterile manufacturing.

About Vishal Sharma, MS

Vishal Sharma has a Masters in Microbiology, and is member of the group that provides technical and practical support to the biopharmaceutical industry in India. He has played a hand in helping many organizations grow and change, especially in the oncology research/development, scale-up, production, monitoring and validation. He has a body of credible work in the aseptic process and terminal sterilization optimization, in India.

Vishal has more than 25 years of experience in the domains of Sterile Manufacturing and Microbiology.

He is associated in many formats with being a PDA member from 2010, is a founding member for the India Chapter, and is a past president. During his role as India Chapter President, he was instrumental in forging close relations with other chapters, notably Singapore and Australia. Vishal is involved deeply in expanding PDA-TRI footprint, with his commitment to teach the science of regulations, operations and microbiology in India and beyond. He was involved with the task force for, “PDA Points to Consider in Remote and Hybrid GMP/GDP Audits and Inspections”, and is currently part of the task force revising, “PDA Tech Report # 3, Validation of Dry Heat Processes Used for Depyrogenation and Sterilization”. He is a member of PDA, Regulatory Affairs and Quality Advisory Board (RAQAB).

Vishal has also presented a poster at Kilmer Conference - 2022, Greece on, “Novel Approach to Aseptic Processing/Microbiology Training”

Vishal has completed his B.Sc. in Biology and M.Sc. in Microbiology from M.D.S. University, Ajmer, India.