As General Manager– India, Girdhar ensures value creating, enterprise-wide, business and market strategies that address where to compete (products, markets, channels, and customers) and how to compete (competencies and sources of advantage) considering economic, regulatory, environmental and technological drivers. He oversees the day-to-day management of the operations of the Indian company and ensures execution of corporate and operational plans.

Girdhar is a general management, pharmaceutical professional with 28 years of experience across the Asia-Pacific region out of which over 20 years were in India. He has demonstrated strengths in sales, marketing and business development and has set up, nurtured and grown affiliates in the Asia Pacific region (including India).

Prior to joining Invida India, Girdhar was with UCB Pharma for 18 years out of which the last 7 years were as the Regional General Manager – South & South East Asia.

Girdhar has a Master of Pharmacy from the University of Mumbai and a Master of Science (Pharmaceutical Administration) from Long Island University, New York.