Shridhar Narayanan

Dr. Shridhar Narayanan is an accomplished scientist with over 25 years of experience in drug discovery and diagnostic development. He is a co-founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at the Foundation for Neglected Disease Research (FNDR), a Bengaluru-based non-profit R&D organisation dedicated to discovering and developing novel drugs, diagnostics and devices to combat infectious and neglected tropical diseases, especially those caused by antimicrobial-resistant pathogens. He is also a co-founder and Scientific Advisor at Peptris Technologies, a company powered by artificial intelligence that aims to develop drugs that treat rare diseases like Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a fatal muscle disease that strikes boys throughout the world. He is also a Scientific Advisor to the Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA).