Dr. Swati A. Piramal is Vice Chairperson of Piramal Life Sciences Limited and Director of Piramal Healthcare Limited. She finished his MBBS Medical Degree from University of Bombay, 1980. She then completed DIM College of Physicians & Surgeons, from Industrial Medicine Bombay. Later on she went to Harvard, USA to finish her MPH Master of Public Health.

As Director of Nicholas Piramal, looking into Research and Development, Strategic Alliances, Communication, Knowledge Management, Public Policy, responsible for starting and leading the team for Strategic Research Planning, Discovery Research, Chemical Process Development for discovering new Drug Delivery Systems, Clinical Research, Planning and Implementation of a new Clinical Research Organization.

Dr. Piramal headed the task force for creating a new entry into Medical Services, to set up a national diagnostic network of pathology laboratories, to provide world-class diagnostic services to the consumer.

Dr. Piramal was a Member of the Committee set up by Shri Yashwant Sinha to transform India into a Knowledge Power. Dr. Piramal has written papers on Drugs Price Control, Biotechnology Regulation on Biosimilars, and various issues of national importance. Dr. Piramal wrote a paper on Data Protection Laws in 2000 to help influence India痴 positions. Another position paper on Patentability has been published in 2007.

She founded the Gopikrishna Piramal Memorial Hospital in 1983, a charitable Hospital with services for the under-privileged, which helps treatment of Physically Handicapped children. Prime Minister had nominated Dr. Piramal Member on the Board of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).

Awards:

Dr. Piramal has received the award Chevalier de l丹rdre National du Merite (Knight of the Order of Merit) in 2006, from the French President Mr. Jacques Chirac.

She has been awarded the BMA Management Woman Achiever of the Year Award (2004-05). She was nominated one of the 25 most powerful women in India, thrice in succession from 2002 till 2005.

Dr. Piramal is the recipient of the Lakshmipat Singhania-IIM, Lucknow National Leadership Award, in the category of Young Leader in the field of Science and Technology for the year 2006l from the Prime Minister of India.

Dr. Piramal has received the Chemtech Pharma Award: for Outstanding Contributions in PHARMA + biotech Industries. In 2007, she received the Rajiv Gandhi Award for Outstanding Woman Achiever by Rajiv Gandhi Foundation.

She is the Vice President of Assocham 2008 and President Elect 2009. She is the first woman to be elected in 87 years of ASSOCHAM担 history.