Dr. Kumar V.S. Nemmani joined SVCP as Director on April 2nd, 2018. He holds B.Pharm. and M.Pharm (Pharmacology) degree from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. He has completed PhD degree under the guidance of Ex. Prof. and Director P.Rama Rao, NIPER-Mohali. Subsequently, he was associated with Prof. Jeffery S Mogil, McGill University, Montreal, Canada for his Post Doctoral fellowship for three years.
Dr. Kumar V.S. Nemmani has associated with leading research centres in India, namely Dr. Reddy’s Research Foundation, Hyderabad; Piramal Life Sciences Ltd (formerly Nicholas Piramal Research Centre), Mumbai; and Lupin Ltd., Pune. He has over 14 years of Drug Discovery and Development research expertise and managerial experience. During his academic and industry research period, he published over 40 international publications and guided several PG students. He actively participated and/ presented research work in various international and national conferences namely Society for Neuroscience (SFN), International Association for the Study of Pain, (IASP), American Pain Society (APS), Canadian Pain Society (CPS), American College of Rheumatology (ACR), European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR), Gordon Conference, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), Indian Pharmacological Society (IPS) etc. His areas of research interests include discovery and development of novel agents against chronic pain, neurological disorders, inflammatory disorders, autoimmune disorders, metabolic disorders, respiratory disorders and cancer.