Our Story
What We Do
Aastrid uses strong Research and Development capabilities to develop and manufacture niche intermediates and speciality chemicals which are widely used in Pharmaceutical and allied industries. Such intermediates are generally sourced from various other countries, but Aastrid strives to provide a viable, indigenous and cost-effective alternative for global demand.
Being “100% legally compliant” is not just a catchphrase, it is the foundation of our operations as a leading speciality chemical and API manufacturing company. We prioritize compliance with all relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards to ensure the safety, quality, and integrity of our products and services. We stay up to date with the ever-evolving regulatory landscape, proactively monitoring changes and adapting our practices accordingly. Aastrid Life Sciences also maintains strong relationships with our suppliers, contractors, and business partners ensuring that share our commitment to legal compliance.
Research and Development
- • Aastrid has built up an exceptional and highly experienced research and development team of 40 Personnel consisting of Doctorates and post graduates.
- • 15% research staff has more than 20 years’ experience.
Manpower
- • Aastrid has built up an exceptional and highly experienced research and development team of 40 Personnel consisting of Doctorates and post graduates.
- • 15% research staff has more than 20 years’ experience.
Achievements
- • This team till date we have developed 500 plus molecules and commercialised 60 plus products.
- • Aastrid Lifesciences Pvt. Ltd. has one patent to its name and has won the prestigious “Make in India Enablement” award in 2018.
Infrastructure
- • State-of-the-art R&D, Kilo Laboratory and Analytical Development Laboratory at Mahape, Navi Mumbai, India.
- • Process Development Laboratory and Pilot Plant at Mahad, Maharashtra, India.
Activities
- • Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation (CDMO)
- • Contract Research Organisation (CRO) projects.
- • Aastrid is the preferred choice of top multi-national companies for challenging projects.
Aastrid Lifesciences Pvt. Ltd. started its manufacturing operations of Speciality Chemicals and Pharmaceutical intermediates at Mahad, Maharashtra, India in 2012. We at Aastrid Life Sciences believe that to achieve manufacturing excellence a strong team should be backed up by good engineering and motivational working environment.
Our new plant is designed to optimise quality and safety and to maximise our contributions to sustainability. It empowers us to deliver superior speciality chemicals and API manufacturing solutions while ensuring the highest levels of quality, safety, and environmental stewardship.
Manufacturing Units
- • Laboratory Scale Production – Mhape, Maharashtra, India
- • Unit No 1 – Mahad, Maharashtra, India
- • Unit No 2 – Mahad, Maharashtra, India
- • Subsidiary Units – One at Mahad and Ambernath, Maharashtra, India.
Infrastructure
- • State-of-the-art equipment is integrated by Programmable Logic Controllers to optimise operations, energy consumption and safety.
- • Automated fire-fighting and solvent management systems to enhance safety.
- • System-controlled quality management to ensure data integrity.
- • Solar power and zero liquid discharge system to contribute towards sustainability.
- • Open spaces, well developed gardens and optimal ventilation create a motivational working environment, innovation, and sustainability.
Our well-qualified and experienced operations team at Aastrid Life Sciences serves as the backbone of our operations. Every member of our operations team possesses a strong educational background and has undergone rigorous training to ensure their expertise and experience in the field. Each member brings a wealth of experience from diverse backgrounds, including chemical engineering, pharmaceutical sciences, and process optimisation. Aastrid Life Sciences adheres to quality control protocols to ensure every product meets or exceeds industry standards. Our Greenfield factory at Mahad has been awarded ISO 9001:2015 and Current Good Practices by TUV, India, within 9 months of being commissioned for operational excellence. These certificates are a result of state-of-the-art infrastructure, a well-trained team and robust procedures.
This combination of sound experience, demonstrated capabilities, advanced infrastructure and sustainable mindset has made us the preferred vendor for our domestic and global clientele.
Vision
To be recognized as a leading global pharmaceuticals company which consistently exceeds customer expectations, continuously investing in R&D and infrastructure, setting new benchmarks in formulating complex and critical APIs, while ethically fulfilling social and environmental responsibilities.
Mission
We serve mankind by providing innovative, high-quality and cost-effective pharmaceutical products, using our extensive experience, state-of-the-art infrastructure and high ethical standards to make a positive difference to our customers, employees and the environment.
Values
Innovation – We believe in creativity, experimentation and always finding a better way to achieve any business or technology goal. We invest significantly in Research & Development to provide lasting solutions to the most complex challenges.
Integrity – Our word is our bond. We deliver above and beyond expectation on our promises. Our business practices as well as our interactions with our stakeholders, both internal and external, are honest, transparent and ethical.
Passion – We love what we do. We look forward to take on challenges and overcome them. This motivates us to improve continually and helps us accomplish any goal we set for ourselves with zeal and enthusiasm.
Respect – We treat everyone with kindness and compassion, valuing each person’s unique strengths and viewpoints. We believe in empathizing with others and treating them as we would like to be treated. This builds understanding and trust, leading to a more collaborative working environment.
Customer Focus : The customer is the center of our universe. We believe in consistently providing excellent service to gain the trust and loyalty of our customers. Building long-term relationships with all our customers, we solicit their feedback to help us go beyond customer satisfaction and provide customer delight.
Empowerment : We strive for the growth for everyone in our organization by providing encouragement and opportunities. We delegate responsibilities, entrust staff with important tasks and provide the requisite training to make them independent and accountable.
Founders
Ravindra Jagtap
Managing Director
Ravindra Jagtap is the Managing Director of Aastrid Life Sciences. He is the Founder of Aastrid International, the principal company in the Aastrid group. He was instrumental in changing the fortunes of the company, taking Aastrid from a local presence to a highly regarded international firm with a strong customer base in more than 50 countries. In the year 2011, he founded Aastrid Life sciences in a strategic move to manufacture pharmaceutical intermediates and speciality chemicals with an emphasis on R & D, innovation and cost efficiency.
Leveraging his experience of 30+ years in Marketing and Business Development, he now oversees all aspects of this rapidly growing company which has built a reputation for innovation, high quality and consistent delivery. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering and before founding Aastrid, has worked in several senior management positions, including SBU Head at Klueber Lubrication, Germany.
Anupama Jagtap is a Director and Founding Member of both Aastrid International and Aastrid Life Sciences. She has been an integral part of the senior management of the Aastrid group right from inception. She has a strong background in international business operations and considerable experience of more than 25 years in Business Development, Supply Chain and Human Resource Management. Her exceptional interpersonal skills have led to a great track record of building high-performance teams and aligning diverse business functions to a common shared vision. She excels in facilitating strategic plan development aligned to business goals and delivery.
She now provides leadership and strategic guidance in multiple areas including Corporate Governance, Human Resource Management, CSR and Business Development.She holds a Master’s of Science degree and has worked in various senior executive roles.
Anupama Jagtap
Director & Founder
Our Team
Colonel Digvijay Katkar
Vice President
(HR & Projects)
Qualification: B Tech (Mechanical)
Experience: 42 years
(25 years Indian Army, 17 years Corporate)
Served in: Apollo Tyres, DRT-Anthea, Supriya Lifesciences and Hiran Orgochem
Dr. Vikram Jagtap
Associate Vice President
(R&D process Research)
Qualification: PhD (Chemistry) from Bhaba Atomic Research Centre
Experience: 25 years
Served in: Bhaba Atomic Research Centre and Arch Pharma labs
Mr. Santosh Tanavade
Vice President
(Finance & Accounts)
Qualification: CA and Master in Business Finance
Experience: 20 years
Served in: Markolines Pavement Technologies Limited
MR. JOTIBA PATIL
GENERAL MANAGER
(PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT)
Qualification: M.Sc (Chemistry)
Experience: 28 years
Served in: Seva, Arch Pharma and Aceto India
YUSUF E. DARBAR
GENERAL MANAGER
(TECHNICAL)
Qualification: B.Sc (Chemistry)
Experience: 25 years
Served in: Arch Pharma labs
Mr Jitendra Jadhav
Associate Vice President (Operations)
Qualification: B.Tech (Chemical)
Experience: 21 years
Served in: Glenmark Life Sciences Limited, Megafine pharma pvt.ltd, Survival Technologies private Limited, Sandoz Private Limited, Unichem Laboratories.
MR. KAPIL P. CHAVAN
GENERAL MANAGER (QA)
Qualification: M.Sc (Biochemistry)
Experience: 27 years
Served in: Alkem Laboratories, Zydus-Takeda, Polypeptide Laboratories and Septodont Healthcare Pvt. Ltd
MR. TUSHAR TALELE
DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER
(BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT)
Qualification: B.Tech, UDCT Mumbai & MBA International Business from UK
Experience: 18 years
Served in: Aceto Pharma and Atul Limited
MR. GANESH DESHMUKH
Associate GENERAL MANAGER
(ANALYTICAL DEVELOPMENT)
Qualification: M.Sc (Chemistry)
Experience: 21 years
Served in: Wanbury
MR. VIJAY TERSE
Associate GENERAL MANAGER
(HR)
Qualification: Business Management in HR & Diploma in Labour Law
Experience: 18 years
Served in: Gharda Chemicals and Rotex
As we continue to grow as a company, our focus remains onbuilding a cohesive, cooperative team to help us go from strength to strength!
CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility)
CSR activities are an extension of our culture at Aastrid Lifesciences that is built up around compassion and empathy.
Health care in remote areas
First free vaccination camp was conducted in Adivasi areas of Mahad, Maharashtra, India for protection against COVID. Record 650 people were vaccinated in one day.
Second free vaccination camp was conducted in the same area for the second COVID dose.
Rural development projects
Complete water system consisting of borewell, water pump, water tanks and pipeline was established in a remote Adivasi hamlet in Mahad area of Maharashtra, India, where the nearest water source was 2 km away.
Street lighting was provided by establishing electrical poles, cables and LED lights in the remote Adivasi hamlet in Mahad area of Maharashtra, India.
Waste disposal vehicle was provided to Amshet Village in Mahad, Maharashtra, India to improve the sanitation in the area.
Education to under privileged
Bicycles were provided to Adivasi students of school in remote areas of Mahad, Maharashtra, India, living in areas where transportation is not available and they have to walk long distances to travel to school. This reduces the work load on students and increases their attendance.
Two fully furnished class rooms were constructed for Adivasi children school in remote areas of Mahad, Maharashtra, India so that the school can start higher education for Class XI and XII.
Scholarship was provided to 3 students of College of Engineering, Pune to facilitate education to bright students of economically backward families.
Care for senior citizens
Rations and medicines are provided to an old age home at Koperkhaine, Navi Mumbai, Mahashtra, India every month.
Aastrid’s CSR Policy intends to strive for all round economic development that positively impacts society at large with minimal resource footprint. Embrace responsibility for the Company’s actions and encourage a positive impact through its activities to support communities, stakeholders and society through sustainable development to alleviate hunger, poverty and malnutrition and to protect the environment.
With guidance and support from the senior management and the whole-hearted participation of the entire team, we hope to continue giving back to society and empowering the under-privileged.
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