Mr. M. Ajaya Kumar, aged 61 years, has completed his Master of Science (Agriculture) from Andhra Pradesh Agriculture University in the year 1968. He has an experience of over 39 years out of which 23 years is in pharmaceutical industry. He started his career with Andhra Pradesh Agriculture University in 1968 as Farm Manager - Research associate and Assistant Professor. He worked with Allahabad Bank from 1972 to 1984 where he gained experience in the field of corporate and large scale finance, foreign exchange management and, merchant banking. Since 1984 he has been associated with various pharmaceutical companies in various positions. He joined SOL Pharmaceutical Limited in 1984 as General Manager and in the year 1994 he resigned as Managing Director & CEO and worked through various functions of general management, production, finance, marketing and business development. From 1994 to 1996 he was Managing Director of Natco Pharma Limited and was looking after day to day affairs of the company. During 1996 to 1998 he was involved with Corporate Management Consultancy Organisation to render Corporate Advisory services in Drugs and Pharmaceutical Industry and from 1998 to 2004 he got associated with Aurobindo Pharma Limited and during his tenure in Aurobindo Pharma Limited, he was responsible for Research & Development, business planning, production, marketing, accounts and finance. Since 2004 he has been providing corporate management consultancy to various corporates in pharmaceutical Industry with the knowledge and experience he gained in pharmaceutical industry. He was Recipient of "Manager of the Year, 1994", by the Hyderabad Management Association, Andhra Pradesh.