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Field Force Excellence (FFE)+CEO Roundtable is MedicinMan’s flagship Field Force Excellence conference bringing together industry thought leaders and senior managers to set the annual agenda for Field Force Excellence in the industry.

Past topics include:

Practical Issues in Sales Force Effectiveness (SFE) implementation
Role Clarity from Front-line Manager to National Sales Manager
Role of Technology as a Field Force Multiplier
Social Learning for the Field Force
Data Analytics: Actionable Insights for Segmented Marketing
Role of Marketing, Medical, HR and L&D in Building the Rx Capabilities of the Field Force
Navigating UCPMP, MCI Guidelines and other regulatory issues
Reinvention of Doctor-Field Force interaction through Digital and Social
Business Intelligence for Field Force Productivity
Employee Engagement: The New Paradigm for Enhancing Field Force Productivity

Past CEO Roundtable participants include:

K. Hariram – Managing Director, (retd.), Galderma India
Sanjiv Navangul – Managing Director, Janssen India
K. Shivkumar – Managing Director, Eisai Pharmaceuticals
Sujay Shetty – Partner, PwC India
CT Renganathan – Managing Director, RPG LifeSciences
YS Prabhakar – CEO, Sutures India
Ali Sleiman – General Manager India, Merck Serono
Darshan Patel – Partner, PwC
Vikas Dandekar – Editor Pharma, The Economic Times
Shakti Chakraborty – Group President, Lupin
Ganesh Nayak – (fmr) CEO and Executive Director, Zydus Cadila
Bhaskar Iyer – Divn VP, India Commercial Operations, Abbott
Narayan Gad – CEO, Panacea Biotec
Girdhar Balwani – Managing Director, Invida

Gallery

FFE 2016

CEO RT (L-R) Darshan Patel – Partner, PwC; Krishna Singh – Founder-CEO, GlobalSpace Technologies; Vikas Dandekar – Editor Pharma, ET; YS Prabhakar – CEO, Sutures India; CT Renganathan – Managing Director, RPG LifeSciences; Ali Sleiman – General Manager India, Merck Serono

FFE 2016 Keynote Address: Darshan Patel – Partner, PwC

Anup Soans – Editor, MedicinMan

(L-R) Deep Bhandari – SBU Head, UCB; Jagmohan Singh Rishi – AVP L&D Business Analytics and Digital, Wokhardt; Amitabh Sinha – COO, GlobalSpace Technologies; Anup Soans – Editor, MedicinMan

PV Sankar Dass – CEO & Director, CURATIO

VK Sharma – Associate VP (Marketing & Sales), Unichem

Satya Mahesh – Head, Business Excellence, Boehringer Ingelheim

K. Hariram – MD (retd), Galderma India

FFE 2015

FFE 2015 Breakfast for the Brain (L-R): Sujay Shetty – Partner, PwC; Deep Bhandari – SBU Head, UCB; Amlesh Ranjan – Deputy Director, Transplant-Renal & Oncology Sanofi; Jagmohan Singh Rishi – AVP L&D Business Analytics and Digital, Wokhardt; Sanjay Dhawan – Partner, PwC; Shankar – Zydus Cadila; Satya Mahesh – Head, Business Excellence, Boehringer Ingelheim; Sai Kumari – Head-Center for Excellence The Himalaya Drug Company

FFE 2015 Keynote Address: Sanjiv Navangul – Managing Director at Janssen India

Sunder Ramachandran – Head, Sales Training at Pfizer

Satya Mahesh – Associate Director and Head of SFE, Merck

Sanjay Dhawan – Partner, PwC

Pankaj Gursahani – Director – Sales Training, AstraZeneca

VK Sharma – Assoc. Vice President (Marketing & Sales), Unichem

Amlesh Ranjan – Deputy Director, Transplant-Renal & Oncology Sanofi

Anup Soans – Editor, MedicinMan

Jagmohan Singh Rishi – AVP L&D Business Analytics and Digital, Wokhardt

Deep Bhandari – SBU Head, UCB

FFE 2015 CEO RT (L-R): Sujay Shetty – Partner, PwC; K. Hariram – MD (retd.), Galderma India; K. Shivkumar – Managing Director, Eisai Pharmaceuticals; Anjan Ghosh – Director, Commercial Excellence at Janssen India (J&J); Sanjiv Navangul – Managing Director at Janssen India

FFE 2013

FEE 2013 Keynote Address: Shakti Chakraborty – Group President, Lupin

(L-R) Shakti Chakraborty - President, Lupin; Ganesh Nayak - COO and Executive Director, Zydus Cadila Healthcare; Bhaskar Iyer - Divisional VP, India Commercial Operations, Abbott; Sujay Shetty - Partner, PwC

FFE 2013 Panel Discussion (L-R): Ameesh Masurekar – Founder Director, AIOCD Pharmasofttech AWACS; Dr. Viraj Suvarna – Medical Director, Boehringer Ingelheim; Salil Kallianpur – Executive VP, Primary Care, GSK; Vikas Dandekar – India Bureau Chief, Elsevier Business Intelligence

(L-R) Ganesh Nayak – COO & Executive Director, Cadila Healthcare; Sujay Shetty - Partner, PwC; K. Hariram - M.D. (retd.), Galderma India;

Vikas Dandekar – India Bureau Chief, Elsevier Business Intelligence

Dr. Viraj Suvarna – Medical Director, Boehringer Ingelheim

Amlesh Ranjan – Deputy Director, Transplant-Renal & Oncology Sanofi

Anup Soans – Editor, MedicinMan

Salil Kallianpur – Executive VP, Primary Care, GSK

FFE 2012

(L-R) Joshua Mensch - Marketing Director, Data3S; Girdhar Balwani - MD (fmr), Invida India; Shrihari Shidhaye - Director Sales and Marketing, Abbott Healthcare; Narayan Gad - CEO, Panacea Biotec

Deep Bhandari – SBU Head, UCB

Salil Kallianpur – Executive VP, Primary Care, GSK

Anup Soans – Editor, MedicinMan

Shrihari Shidhaye – COO, Cadila Pharmaceuticals

Panel Discussion at FFE 2012 (L-R): Aparna Sharma – Country Head, HR, Lafarge India; Keith Pinto – Sr. Manager, Training and Management Development, GSK; Deep Bhandari – SBU Head, UCB; B Ramanathan – Sr. Manager, BU Training, Ranbaxy; Jolly Mathews – Ex. Sr. Manager Training, Novartis

Girdhar Balwani – MD (fmr), Invida

Hari Krishna V – SBU Head, Sun Pharmaceuticals

Aparna Sharma – Country Head, HR, Lafarge India

Panel Discussion at FFE 2012 (L-R): K. Hariram – MD (retd.) – Galderma India; Amlesh Ranjan – Deputy Director, Transplant-Renal & Oncology Sanofi; Deep Bhandari – SBU Head, UCB; Mohan Sheshadri – GM & Head, Training & Development, Ranbaxy; Anup Soans – Editor, MedicinMan

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