Dr. Anand Kawade (MD, DCH)

A paediatrician by training, Dr. Kawade is a trained vaccinologist, public health scientist and clinical trial specialist. He has considerable experience in conducting large phase II and III, GCP/ ICH compliant, community-based vaccine trials, and has been a principal investigator for large phase III trials of vaccines like Rotavac, Rotasiil, Pneumosiil, Covishield, and Cervavac. Dr. Kawade was responsible for clinical development of other important vaccines including Hexavalent, Typhoid, Influenza, Sputnik-V, and recombinant BCG. He is also involved in various disease burden studies, epidemiological studies, implementation research and intervention studies. Dr. Kawade is a certified trainer of trainer (TOT) for the Clinical Investigator Development Programme run by the Clinical Development Services Agency (CDSA).