Leadership

Dr. Bakre is a cell biology and cell signaling veteran with over 25 years of experience in research and technology in India, US and Singapore. She founded OncoStem with the vision of developing and delivering innovative, cost effective and reliable tests for personalized cancer treatment planning. Previously, she worked in academia at Mt Sinai School of Medicine, NYC and Moores Cancer Center, UCSD, followed by stints in industry. She has won many entrepreneurship-related awards and has many publications and patents to her name.

A take-charge leader offering 24 years of diversified experience that reflects year-on-year success in achieving business growth objectives by leveraging entrepreneurial drive and diversified acumen. Operational expertise in strengthening operational efficiency, performance enhancement and effective stakeholder management. History of excelling in introducing new organizational changes, expanding markets and leveraging existing knowledge base with internal resources to facilitate business excellence.

Dr. Savitha has 14 years of vast and varied experience which includes 5 years as a Laboratory Director at a busy standalone diagnostic laboratory in Mumbai. She has also worked at senior positions in CMRI - Kolkata, CARE Hospitals - Hyderabad and Apollo Hospitals - Chennai. Her repertoire encompasses histopathology, cytopathology and hematopathology. She has been instrumental in end-to-end setting up of laboratories; establishing andstandardizing testing

An experienced pharmaceutical industry professional, Praveen brings in more than 29 years of experience across functions like sales, marketing, strategy and business operations. He feels inspired to be part of a team that shares the passion to make a positive impact and improve the lives of patients.
Praveen is a graduate in Physics and began his career in sales in 1992 and holds an MBA in General Management from the United Business School, Belgium. He has been a part of organizations like Pharmacia & Upjohn, Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Fresenius Kabi Oncology, Biocon & Sayre. He grew steadily in commercial roles with these companies across Cardiology, Nephrology, Neurology and Oncology franchises.
In his prior assignments, he was part of Biocon for close to a decade heading their Oncology and Immunology business units in India and South Asian countries. Praveen was a founding member of Sayre Therapeutics heading commercial operations and was also a director with the company.
Praveen is a fitness enthusiast and plays badminton. He loves spending time with his family, pet dog and fine-tuning his singing skills.