Pharma Quality Excellence Awards 2025 - Celebration and Conclusion

The Pharma Quality Excellence Awards 2025 ceremony marked a significant milestone in recognizing outstanding contributions to pharmaceutical quality standards. Held in Hotel Westin Mumbai Garden City, it brought together industry leaders, quality professionals, and regulatory authorities to honour those who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to quality, innovation, and compliance in the pharma sector. ADG Yashasvi Yadav (IPS)- Maharashtra state cyber department and Dr. Hemant G Koshia; Commissioner- Food, Drugs & Cosmetics Administration (FDCA) were the guest of honours along with several glitterati’s of digital adoption, pharma, and regulatory bodies.

 
Winners and Highlights
 
The awards were categorized into three segments, organizational, individual excellence, and jury’s selection, to acknowledge both corporate entities and individual contributors. The jury members, esteemed experts in the field; Mr. Sridhar Rao, Dr. VG Nayak, Dr. Prasad Kanitkar, Dr. Udaykumar Rakibe, Prof Dr. PL Sahu, Mr. SM Mudda and Prof Dr. Vijay Bambulkar, played a pivotal role in meticulously evaluating nominations based on stringent criteria on the theme of P.R.I.D.E (Performance, Reliability, Innovation, Development, and EHS).
 
Among the distinguished winners, several organizations stood out for their exemplary quality management systems, research breakthroughs, and commitment to patient safety. Here are the individual awards category winners:
 
Sustainability Advocate Award: Dr. A R M Rao; Aurobindo Pharma
Quality Control Analyst of the Year: Ramanjaneya Prasad L; Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories
Innovative Leader Award: Aswath R; Biocon Biologics
Continuous Improvement Advocate Award: Rajani Made; Biocon Biologics
Deviation and CAPA Management Award: Sachin Badrinath Ghule; Biocon Biologics
Quality Culture Ambassador Award: Umesh Kale; Strides Pharma Science
Quality Culture Torch Bearer Award: Sunil Singh; Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories
AI Pioneer Award: Dr. Manoranjan Kumar; Hetero Labs
 
Out of 117 shortlisted nominations; only 23 winners in different categories for individual and organisational categories were selected by the jury; the winners for organisational award categories for the year are:
 
EHS Excellence Award: Glaxo Smith Kline Pharma
QMS Integration Award: Ajanta Pharma
Innovation in Quality Award: Strides Pharma Science
Continuous Learning Award: Biocon Limited
Quality Culture Transformation Award: Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories
Best Practice in Facility Design Award (Below INR 1000 Cr.): Orchid Pharma- A Dhanuka Company
Best Practice in Facility Design Award (Within INR 1000 – 2000 Cr.): Encube Ethicals
Good Documentation Practices Award (Startup): Invengene
Good Documentation Practices Award (Within INR 1000 – 2000 Cr.): Aarti Pharmalabs (Unit IV Tarapur)
Good Documentation Practices Award (Above 2000 Cr.): Ajanta Pharma
Best in Process Validation: Aurobindo Pharma
Quality Control Excellence Award: Encube Ethicals
GMP Excellence Award (Startup): Aquadry Pharma
GMP Excellence Award (Below INR 1000 Cr.): Orchid Pharma- A Dhanuka Company
GMP Excellence Award (Above INR 2000 Cr.): Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories
 
Two prime award categories were on jury’s discretion where they had to nominate names with detailed reason of nominations. The winners under jury’s selection award categories are:
 
Pharma Quality Leader of the Year: AV Jayakumar; Ajanta Pharma
Pharma Lifetime Achievement Award: Ranjit Barshikar
 
The winners' list reflects a diverse range of achievements across the industry, emphasizing the importance of continuous improvement and adherence to global quality standards.
 
Event Conclusion and Closing Remarks
 
The event concluded with an inspiring keynote address emphasizing the critical role of quality in the pharmaceutical industry, especially in the context of global health challenges. Managing Director of Eminence Group, Ms. Guneet Hayer, expressed gratitude to the jury members for their diligent efforts and impartial evaluations, which ensured the credibility and integrity of the awards.
 
In the closing, the Pharma Quality Excellence Awards 2025 by Eminence Business Media successfully honoured the achievements of industry pioneers over gala dinner celebration and set new benchmarks for quality standards.