Meet our Instructors

Our instructors bring a wealth of experience in the fields of Clinical Research, Drug Safety, Data Science and more.

Our Instructors

Dr. Durdant Dave

Dean of Academics

Dean of Academics and a clinical research professional, with 30 years of experience in clinical trials and research.

Kamal Akhtar

Faculty of Clinical Trial Management

Clinical Data Management professional and Oracle Clinical trainer with over 9 years of experience in life science technology training and operations.

Dr. Persis Bandari

Faculty of Clinical Trial Management

Faculty of Clinical Trial Management, having 30 years of experience in Clinical Data Management.

Nisha

Faculty of Clinical Trial Management

Clinical Research Professional having about 8 years of experience in managing clinical trials, preclinical studies and regulatory affairs.

Pavan Suryanarayan

Faculty of Clinical Data Science

Entrepreneur with years of experience in Business Analytics and Big Data.

Walid Abdelwahed, MD

Faculty of Clinical Trial Management

Over 20 years of experience in Pharmaceutical Industry.

Nimita Limaye

Clinical Trial Management, Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance

Over 20 years of industry experience across global and local Pharma and CRO companies.

Shaurya Chandel

Faculty of Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance, Oracle Argus

Over 5 years of professional experience in the field of Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance.

Prachi Chandel

Faculty of Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance, Adverse Events

Over 4 years of experience in PVG domain.

Dr. Shabana Dange

Faculty of Advanced Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance

Over 11 years of experience in Drug Safety/Risk Management.

Mark Koscin

Faculty of Clinical Research

Over 27 years of experience as a medical technologist and Clinical Research Associate (CRA).

Padma Iyer

Faculty of Clinical Research

More than 13 years of global industry experience in global clinical trial operations.

Dhaval Patel

Faculty of Data Analyst Program

Over 7 years of experience in Data Analyst Program.

Program Advisors

Tam Jackson

Program Advisor for Advanced Clinical Research and Clinical Trial Management

Over 10 years of experience in Clinical Trial Management.

Sandeep Jasra

Program Advisor for Advanced Clinical Research and Clinical Trial Management

Over 15 years in management of technology, business and process delivery/improvement/re-engineering.

Lurdu Kunireddy (KLM)

Program Advisor for Data Science

Data Scientist and a teaching professional, with 15 years experience in data science, digital and data analytics, engineering and developing algorithms.

Sireesh Kumar

Program Advisor for Advanced Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance

Over 6 years in fields of Marketing, Human Resources and IT.

Academic Team

Dr. Geetasree Alluri

Teaching Assistant for Clinical Research and Clinical Data Science Programs

Over 2 years of experience in Healthcare and Clinical Research.

Hirnee Patel

Student Services Manager

Hirnee takes great pride in her support work here at Sollers, and has earned well-deserved accolades from students and alumni from across the Sollers College community.