Natesan Settiagounder

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About Natesan Settiagounder

Dr. Natesan Settiagounder has over 30 years of Research & Development experience, including over 19 years of pre-clinical regulatory studies in compliance with the principles of GLP, covering OECD GLP, FDA GLP and EPA GLP. He published over 65 articles in national and international journals/books, including a book. A certified Quality Assurance Professional (SQA, USA) as well as a certified auditor for Tata Business Excellence Model (TBEM), which is based on Malcolm Baldrige National Quality System. During his R&D work in Rallis Research Centre, he was responsible for development and registration of several multimicronutrient and specialty fertilizer formulations for important crops in various states in India. He was responsible for development and registration of the first calcium fertilizer in India, in collaboration with one of the world’s largest fertilizer companies in Norway. He served as a technical committee member from the Industry in several State Fertilizer Committees in India. His book on “Compendium on Multimicronutrients – Crop Response and Industry” was used primarily for promoting balanced multimicronutrient fertilizers and registration of several formulations under the Fertilizer Control Order of Govt. of India. Currently he is the Founder President of the Indian Chapter of the Society of Quality Assurance, and works closely with the SQA organization in USA. He has extensive experience in facing several GLP audits by the Monitoring Authorities of OECD countries, Indian National GLP Compliance Monitoring Authority, and several sponsors world wide. Coordinated and facilitated GLP and GMP audits by several global clients of pharma, agrochemical and other industries. Specialties: Analytical Chemistry, GxP (GLP, GMP and early stage GCP studies), OECD, USFDA, USEPA, EC Systems/Principles of GLP, Training of personnel on Regulatory Requirements supported by Science, and Facilitating inspections by Monitoring Authorities and Sponsors from world-wide.