Trainers
Trainers who prepare you for the interview.
Abdul Azeem leads pharmacovigilance. Titles follow the 2026 ID cards: Ameeroddin Mohammad is COO, and Harshitha Peddiraju is CMO and Programme Head. Individual portraits besides the founder are not in the current designs.
Abdul Azeem
Founder and CEO
Teaches Pharmacovigilance
Pharmacovigilance expert with 12 years in PV. Previously with TCS, Bioclinica, Aurobindo Pharma and Qinecsa. B.Pharm, University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kakatiya University.
Founder and CEO of PharmaWiz, established in 2022. Also described in the October 2026 workshop flyer as Co-Founder and CEO of ForeMed Life Sciences, the PV internship partner. Instagram @azeemriyan09.
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Harshitha Peddiraju
CMO and Programme Head
Teaches Soft skills
Chief Marketing Officer and Programme Head. She signs 2026 certificates with the founder.
Soft-skill expert. Master in Management, EU Business School Munich. Previously with EXCEET Card AG in Germany.
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Ameeroddin Mohammad
Chief Operations Officer
Teaches Regulatory affairs
Chief Operations Officer on the 2026 ID cards. Regulatory affairs, R&D and soft-skills mentor for the regulatory affairs track (about 30 hours).
M.Pharm in Pharmaceutics, JNTU Hyderabad. 10+ years, previously with Neuheit Pharma, Aurobindo and Dr. Reddy's.
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Mubarak Shaik
PV and CDM mentor
Teaches Clinical research and clinical data management
Pharmacovigilance and clinical data management expert, 13 years. Mentor for Clinical Research and CDM on the October 2026 ads.
MSc Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Greenwich, London. Previously with Cognizant, Bioclinica, TCS and Vizen.
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Shreerama Jagannadha
PV and materiovigilance mentor
Teaches Pharmacovigilance and materiovigilance
Pharmacovigilance and materiovigilance expert, 12 years. B.Pharm, Andhra University. Previously with TCS, Bioclinica and Wipro.
The ASCEND brochure also describes him as Deputy Manager (Drug Safety) at ForeMed.
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Dileep Kumar Sopeti
Medical coding mentor
Teaches Medical coding
Medical coding expert, 12 years. B.Pharm, Andhra University. Previously with Phycare, Omega Healthcare, AnnexMed and WNS.
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Y Lakshmi Prasad
AI and ML mentor
Teaches AI in Pharma
Mentor for AI in Pharma, about 30 hours, with a capstone project and a 15-day remote AI/ML internship on the October 2026 ads.
PGDM in AI from IIT Bangalore, and a Masters in Business Analytics from ISB Hyderabad. 25 years in data and AI. Previously with Sipra Labs, Roxaane Research, Brane Group and AIYLP.
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Waseeqa Tarannum
Pharmacovigilance mentor
Teaches Pharmacovigilance
M.Pharm, Kakatiya University. Pharmacovigilance expert. Previously with Bioclinica, Qinecsa and Accenture.