Ravishanker Kovi has over 15 years of pharmaceutical industrial research experience in areas of Medicinal Chemistry, Organic Chemisty, QC/QA, Pharmacokinetics and Drug metabolism (Clinical and Pre-clinical).

He joined Apicore in 2004 as a co-founding member, moving from Vertex Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd. He leads a team of 40 professionals with advanced degrees including Ph.D and Post Doctorates in the field of Chemistry. Ravi leads the R&D and Quality Control/Quality Assurance teams in the USA and India. He has established systems and controls in Apicore LLC and Apicore Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd. to ensure compliance with cGMPs.

Ravi has led the development of a rich pipeline of APIs which has generated revenue for the business from the first year of its operation. He holds an M.S (Pharmacy), (Ph.D).