Founder & Director : Dr. Santosh Joshi
A post graduate with a doctorate in Analytical Chemistry, he started his career as an Analyst with a pharmaceutical major Kopran.
In his career spanning 15 years, Dr. Santosh Joshi has developed & validated more than 150 bioanalytical methods including simultaneous methods for determination of oral hypoglycemic. Also has to his credit development of methods for antimalarials and antigout drugs. His works have been published in number of national & international journals like International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Indian Drugs etc. His study “Rapid & sensitive method for Quantitative determination of Azathioprine & 6-mercaptopurine in human plasma by liquid chromatography-Tandem- Mass spectroscopy” is under publication.

Founder & Director: Dr. Satish Sawant
Obtained a doctorate in Analytical Chemistry from Bombay University in the year January 1985. Dr. Sawant’s early research work mainly focused on development of analytical methodologies for the assessment of bulk drugs and their marketed formulations. He started his career as an Analyst and was associated with pharmaceutical majors like E Merck & Kopran for 14 years. Dr. Sawant has 18 national & international publications to his credit. Dr. Sawant is an active member of Indian Pharmaceutical Association and a committee member of FDA and IDMA. A keen academician, he is a visiting lecturer at Mumbai University.

Director: Dr. Kedar Joshi
A qualified pharmacologist, Dr. Kedar floated his own Clinical research outfit Hanul Medizines in 1997 at a time when clinical research activities in India were in a very nascent stage. In 2003, Hanul Medizines entered into a strategic tie up with Accutest and Dr. Kedar joined Accutest as its Director, Clinical services. With an experience of more than 11 years in clinical trials, Dr. Kedar is known in the industry for his attention to detail, no nonsense approach & integrity. An academician at heart, he regularly conducts training programs for the medical & sales teams of pharmaceutical companies.

Director: Nilesh Mehta
Nilesh Mehta, Managing Partner, Mumbai joined Aureos in January 2005. Since 2000, Nilesh has been a Partner of eIndia Venture Fund/Infinity II, where he led four IT-related investments in Skyscape Inc, MD Anywhere, Scope e-Knowledge and Bay Area Credit Service. Prior to this, Nilesh spent 16 years in investment banking, private equity and fund-related activities, occupying positions as managing director of Meghraj Financial Services Ltd (MFS) and executive director in Anagram Finance Ltd. At MFS, Nilesh was involved in several private equity transactions and mergers and acquisitions, some of which include Multinet Infosys, Entranceguru.com and Chennai Interactive Business Services. Nilesh is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, India, and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.