Curriculum Vitae - P.V. Venugopal
Dr. P. V. Venugopal, a national of India, is currently Director of International Operations at Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV). He took up this post in April 2001. His previous experience includes twenty years working for the Government of India and ten years as Executive Director in charge of International Operations at Dr Reddy’s Laboratories.
Dr. Venugopal has been active in the field of Intellectual Property Rights, with particular reference to Pharmaceuticals since 1991. He is a Founding Member of the Governing Council of the Institute of Intellectual Property Development (India). He has previously spoken in India and abroad at events of the World Intellectual Property Organization, the European Patent Office, the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) Brazil, Wellcome Trust, Bellagio Centre (Rockefeller Foundation), and by the Patent Offices of the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
Dr. Venugopal has a BSc in Physics form the University of Kerala, a BE (Elec. Engg) from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and a Ph D from Moscow State University.