S V Veeramani

Chairman and Managing Director

S V Veeramani

Mr. S V Veeramani is the Chairman and Managing Director of Fourrts (India) Laboratories Pvt Limited, with all-India marketing and exports to more than 50 countries. He holds a bachelor’s in chemistry and a master’s in business administration. Under his leadership, Fourrts has won several awards, including QUALITY EXCELLENCE AWARDS—10 times so far, in 1986, 1987, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2016 & 2018 from IDMA, Mumbai. Fourrts is also the recipient of Marketing Excellence, Outstanding Exports & Industrial Safety Awards.

He served as National President of the Indian Drug Manufacturers’ Association for a record 3 consecutive years from 2014 to 2016 and continues to work with IDMA for the development and welfare of the Indian pharmaceutical industry. As National President of IDMA, he worked on several causes, including development of the SME sector (small and medium-sized enterprises), formation of nutraceutical regulations, streamlining of fixed-dose combinations, and a stable drug pricing regime. During his tenure, IDMA presented a white paper on “JOURNEY TOWARDS PHARMA VISION 2020 & BEYOND” to the Government of India with special emphasis on the support required by the API sector. He also formed a committee on INDUSTRY–INSTITUTE INTERACTION to step up collaboration between industry and academia.

Mr. S. V. Veeramani currently serves as chairman of Tamilnadu Pharmaceutical Sciences Welfare Trust (TNPSWT), which offers scholarships to M.Pharm./Pharm.D. students and also helps manage PKTI (Pharma Knowledge Training Institute) that helps transition recent B.Pharm. graduates to industry. He was also the president of the Indian Pharmaceutical Congress 2016 held at Visakhapatnam and a member of the jury for the UBM India Pharma Awards as well as the AWACS Awards for Marketing. He is a Member of the Committee of Administration (COA) for the year 2021-22 of the Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council of India (PHARMEXCIL), Government of India, and also a Member of the CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) National Committee on Pharmaceuticals 2020-22.

He has participated in multiple CEO roundtables on pharmaceuticals.

Mr. S. V. Veeramani has been duly recognized with various awards, including (1) “INDUSTRY CRUSADER AWARD” during India Pharma Awards 2018 of UBM at CPHI INDIA in 2018 and (2) “IPA FELLOWSHIP AWARD” for his distinguished and dedicated service to the profession of pharmacy during the 69th IPC 2017, Chandigarh. (3) “VOCATIONAL SERVICE LEADERSHIP AWARD” from Rotary International, USA, in the year 2014 for promoting Rotary’s commitment to the highest ethical standards in businesses and professions (4) “CITATION FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE” from Rotary International, USA, in February 2020 for recognition of outstanding service to the Rotary Foundation and embodiment of the motto “Doing good in the world.” (5) “LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD” from Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai, in the year 2012 in recognition of his exemplary contributions to the cause of medical education and healthcare services.

He firmly believes in contributing to society and is actively involved in multiple SOCIAL SERVICE projects. He has been instrumental in setting up ROTARY FOURRTS MEDICAL CENTER, a joint community clinic of FOURRTS and ROTARY CLUB OF ADYAR that provides free physician consultation and medications to around 500 patients every month. He has also served as DISTRICT ADVISOR & MENTOR – COMMUNITY SERVICE HEALTH of Rotary International District 3232 in the years 2017-18 & 2020-21 and DISTRICT ROTARY FOUNDATION CHAIR of Rotary International District 3230 from 2010-13. He is also an Arch Klumph Society Member with a contribution of more than US$250,000 to The Rotary Foundation.