Torrent Pharma appoints Manish Choksi as Independent Director

Mr. Manish Choksi is a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering and an MBA with specialisation in Entrepreneurial Management and MIS Program from the University of Houston, USA.

He is currently the non-executive Vice-Chairman of Asian Paints Limited. He has been associated with Asian Paints Limited since 1992 as an Executive and has grown in ranks by holding various positions across Sales, Information Technology, Supply Chain, Chemicals, International Business and HR functions of the Company.

He served on the advisory boards of IBMs Collaboration business, the Asia Pacific Executive Advisory Board of SAP APAC, member of the Global Chemical Executive Advisory Board of SAP SE and a member of SUGEN, a global executive network of all SAP user groups worldwide.

He is an active angel investor with particular interest in investing in companies that champion cross leverage of physical and e-commerce models with a focus on consumers and data / analytics. He serves on advisory boards of several start-ups and Chiratae Ventures (formerly known as IDG Ventures), one of India's largest venture capital companies.

In addition to Asian Paints Limited, he currently serves as an Independent Director on the board of Vedant Fashions Limited and MSL Driveline Systems Limited and as a Director on the board of Germinait Solutions Private Limited, Unotech Software Private Limited, Ashimara Housing Private Limited, etc.

Torrent Pharma is an Indian multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Ahmedabad, India. The company specializes in therapeutic segment of cardiovascular (CV), central nervous system (CNS), gastro-intestinal (GI) and women healthcare (WHC).