Indian Education Society has bestowed this award on Mr. Singh for his contribution to the pharmaceutical industry.
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Monday, January 14, 2013 — (Business Wire India) — ACG Worldwide Chairman Mr. Ajit Singh was honoured with the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award 2012’ by Indian Education Society (IES) on Friday, 23 November, 2012, at the IES College, Mumbai. He was presented the award at INSIGHT 2012-13, an Annual Pharma Conference, for his outstanding contribution to the pharmaceutical industry. IES, through IES Management College & Research Centre (IES MCRC), organized INSIGHT 2012-13 with the theme, “Pharma and Healthcare Industry 2020 – Strategies for Sustainability and Growth.”
“It feels great to be awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by IES. Our efforts at ACG have always been focused on creating innovative and practical solutions for the global pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. In the future, we shall continue to pioneer new technologies and products, and work towards achieving improved inclusive growth for all our stakeholders,” said Mr. Singh, Chairman at ACG Worldwide (formerly Associated Capsules Group), Asia’s largest pharma machinery and consumables supplier.
Since 2005, Mr. Singh has served on the Board of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) as an Expert Member. He also served as Vice-President and now continues as an Executive Committee Member of the Organization of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI). He was also nominated on the International Board of the Controlled Release Society, USA.
He is Chairman Emeritus of the India Affiliate – International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) and was honoured as the ‘Member of the Year’. Mr. Singh is also the Founder & President of the Health Foods & Dietary Supplements Association (HADSA – India) and serves on the Executive Committee of the International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplement Associations (IADSA), Brussels. He was the former President of the Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC) and is an Advisor to the US Pharmacopoeia for India.
About ACG Worldwide
With over fifty years of industry expertise, ACG Worldwide has established itself as a one stop shop offering integrated manufacturing, packaging and R&D solutions to the global pharmaceutical industry. We synergistically integrate businesses right from granulation & coating equipment to hard capsules & capsule filling machines; barrier packaging films to blister & cartoning machines; tablet compression systems to tablet tooling; vision inspection systems to end-of-line machines. A 50,000 sq. ft. R&D facility, SciTech Center in Mumbai, stands testimony of a continuous investment in innovative products & technologies. Recognized as ‘Best Vendor’ by OPPI, ACG has also bagged awards for several innovative products from IIP & Pharmexcil. ACG Worldwide serves customers in more than 100 countries and has its subsidiaries in Brazil, China, Europe, Indonesia, North America and Hong Kong. For more info, visit www.acg-world.com
About Indian Education Society
Indian Education Society (IES) is the oldest educational trust in the country, founded 100 years ago. The society established its first school – King George High School – in Dadar, and today, has about 64 schools in Mumbai and the IES Management College & Research Centre.
CONTACT DETAILS
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