Jeetendra Verma
Principal Consultant Government Affairs and Market Access, India and South Asia
Dr Jeetendra Verma is an animal health professional with 27 years of experience in animal nutrition, health care, regulatory affairs and market access. He has hands-on experience exploring and developing new markets, appointing channel partners, accelerating growth and achieving desired sales goals. His expertise includes marketing strategies and promotion plans for new business generation. He is also well versed in global marketing practices, cultural diversities, and business practices in Asia.
Dr Verma has in-depth experience of regulatory issues related to new molecule/ product registration and dealing with market access, government affairs and regulatory matters related to the products. In addition, he has deep experience with the CODEX processes and in dealing with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). He was part of the FSSAI’s mission to harmonise India’s food standards according to international standards.
He is an active member of numerous industry and scientific associations in India and abroad. He represents the Indian Federation of Animal Health companies (INFAH) as the Managing Committee member and the President of the World Veterinary Poultry Association (India). He has received several awards, including Frost & Sullivan Award, Aftab Recognition Award, Distinguished Alumni Award 2018 by Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinary Science University, Jabalpur. etc.
Dr Verma is also a motivational speaker, coach and trains talents from large corporations of the animal health industry. He has conducted sessions on motivation in companies like Venkys, Ravioza, Aftab, Nourish, Paragon, AG Agro, Arif’s BD Ltd. in India and Bangladesh.
He is a Veterinary Sc graduate with a PhD in Poultry Science from CARI, IVRI with MBA in Business Administration from Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta.