ManasRanjan Rout

Founder & Director
 

{ Post Graduate (International Trade), Osmania University
Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kozhikode, Strategy Management }

A successful pharmaceutical professional, with 19 years of experience,  Manas has been running Cognitrex Consultants for the last few years which offers Market Research & Market Intelligence Solutions to diversified industries including Healthcare & Pharmaceutical, Energy, Automotive, Real Estate, Advertising & Communications industries. He has in-depth knowledge of the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry.

• He is Founder & Director of Cognitrex Consultants
• He is also Founder of SIHMRACI Educations, India’s first virtual platform study offering various certifications programs for Pharmaceutical aspirants. He was visiting Faculty in Amity University Noida for Post Graduation Program in Competitive Intelligence and Strategic Management.
• Previously he worked with Global Gene Corp (Molecular Diagnostic and Genetic Company), Strategic Analysis India (Market Research & Business Intelligence Company), & leading Indian and Multi National Pharmaceutical majors such as Torrent Pharmaceuticals, NovoNordisk India, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals across various functions within sales, marketing, strategy, business development and regulatory affairs.

Ila Rout

Co-Founder& Director

{ Masters in Business Administration, Sikkim Manipal University (SMU)
Bachelor’s in Commerce, Delhi University, Delhi }

A successful operation and finance professional, with 15 years of experience, Ila has been running Cognitrex operations for the last few years which offers Market Research solutions to diversified industries including Healthcare & Pharmaceutical, Energy, Automotive, Real Estate, Advertising & Communications industries.

• She is Co-Founder & Director of Cognitrex Consultants. She manages all the finance, HR & Legal related activities of Cognitrex Consultants.
• Previously she worked with companies like HCL, Strategic Analysis India, Targus Techniologies and Stock Holding Corporations across various functions in sales, business development, client communication

Abinash Sahoo

Vice President

{ Masters in Business Administration, Birmingham City University
Bachelor’s in Technology, University College of Engineering, BPUT, Burla }

• Abinash with more than 10 years of experience across industries with a stronghold in Analytics. He has handled various market research project in the past especially in Healthcare & Pharmaceutical sectors.
• He is currently working as a Vice President Operations and Head of Analytics in Cognitrex Consultants.
• He is also one of the Co-Founder of SIHMRACI Educations, India’s first virtual platform study offering various certifications programs for Pharmaceutical aspirants.
• Previously he worked with Lintac Solutions & Consultants (Market Research Company) and Larsen & Toubro Limited was independently handling project management roles with active involvement in project planning & scheduling, budgeting and KPI analysis.

Kaamil Makhija

Practice Head –Lifesciences & Medeq

{ Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kozhikode, Strategy Management
Masters in Business Administration, Sikkim Manipal University (SMU)
Bachelor’s in Pharmacy, Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak }

Kaamil has more than 8 years of experiences in Pharmaceutical organizations, expertise Sales, Marketing & Strategy and worked across various therapy areas such as Dermatology, Orthopaedics, Cardiology and Diabetology Therapeutic Areas. He has in-depth knowledge of the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry.

• He is Practice Head of Lifesciences and Medeq (Medical Device & Equipment) in Cognitrex Consultants. He takes care of project deliveries of all the medical devices and medical projects. He takes care of critical market potential mapping and market entry strategy projects within pharmaceutical and clinical research segment.
• He is also one of the Co-Founder of SIHMRACI Educations, India’s first virtual platform study offering various certifications programs for Pharmaceutical aspirants.
• In the past he worked with leading pharmaceutical companies like Sun Pharmaceutical Industries & Zydus Cadila.

Nitish Kumar

Practice Head – Market Intelligence

{ Bsc (MLT), MBA from Symbiosis University }

• Nitish has more than 7 years of experience in pharmaceutical, healthcare and Diagnostic Labs segment in India. He is expertise in sales, business development, market strategy. He has in-depth knowledge in pharmaceutical and diagnostic segment.
• He is Practice Head of Market Intelligence in Cognitrex Consultants. He heads all the project deliveries of market intelligence and competitive intelligence projects of pharmaceuticals, medical device, medical equipment etc. He is one of the core member of all the market entry strategy projects in Cognitrex.
• He is also one of the Co-Founder of SIHMRACI Educations, India’s first virtual platform study offering various certifications programs for Pharmaceutical aspirants.
• In the past he worked with leading diagnostic majors such as Lal Path Lab, SRL Diagnostics etc.