R C Juneja

Founder of Mankind Pharma

R C Juneja (born on 28 July 1955) is the CEO and Chairman of Mankind Pharma Limited, one of the fastest growing pharmaceutical companies in India. The company ranks No. 1 in India in terms of prescription generated per doctor per month.^{[citation needed]}

After completing his graduation in science, he started his career in 1974 with KeePharma Limited, working as a medical representative. In 1975, he joined Lupin and worked there as first line manager for almost 8 years. In 1983 he resigned from Lupin Limited and started his own company Bestochem in Partnership. In 1994, he withdrew his ownership from Bestochem and in 1995 incepted Mankind Pharma along with his younger brother Mr. Rajeev Juneja with an investment of Rs. 50 lakhs and an initial team of 25 Medical Representatives.

Under the supervision of R C Juneja, Mankind thrived from a Rs. 3.49 crores company in 1995 to a company having Rs. 3500 crores in revenues by 2015.

Associations[]

R C Juneja holds distinguished positions in various pharmaceutical bodies of India. He is the chairman of Federation of Pharma Entrepreneurs (FOPE) and is also the chairman of Himachal Pradesh – UK State Board for IDMA (Indian Drug Manufacturers Association).^{[citation needed]}

Awards and achievements[]

He was accorded with Business Icon Pharma Award by Network 18 in the year 2011.^[1] He was also one of the members out of the four business magnates nominated for ‘Business Leader of the Year Award’ in the 5th Annual Pharmaceutical Leadership Summit and Asia Business Leadership Award, 2012.^[2] He is one of the richest Indians as per Forbes List of Top 100 Richest Indians October, 2013.^[3]

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