Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
On Site Experience
Regulatory Audits Experience - Description
Journal Publications
Presentations And Conferences
Languages
Disclaimer
Qualifications Summary
Personal Information
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Vignesh Rajaram

Vignesh Rajaram

Kanyakumari

Summary

Dynamic Drug Safety Operations Manager with extensive experience at Qinecsa Solutions, excelling in project management and regulatory compliance. Proven track record in resource allocation and performance tracking, leading teams to achieve operational excellence. Adept at client relationship management, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to SLAs while fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Drug Safety Operations Manager

Qinecsa Solutions
Mysore
04.2025 - Current
  • Manages all activities to be carried out according to the current SOW.
  • Acts as a management level liaison between GEHC, Qinecsa managements, and the project delivery team.
  • Ensure that project team members are appropriately trained on all project SOPs, guidelines and documents as required.
  • Ensures appropriate and adequate resource allocation and back-up roles for project continuity, timely delivery as well as projected increases in workload.
  • Recruitment, selection, training of team members and managing attrition when required.
  • Quality and timely delivery through a rigorous metrics-based approach.
  • Acts as guide, coach, and counsellor to the team.
  • Ensuring team’s performance in terms of compliance with SLAs.
  • Leave Management of the team.

Drug Safety Operations Lead

Qinecsa Solutions
Mysore
06.2022 - 03.2025
  • Leading client calls and tracking client communication on regular basis regarding operational deliverables.
  • Ensuring team’s performance in-line with compliance and SLA's.
  • Record, maintain and track the metrics for both team members and project performance.
  • Responsible to mentor the trainees on the job and ensure they reach the required efficiency & accuracy levels in data entry.
  • Ensure appropriate distribution of work among direct reports.
  • Responsible for day-to-day work, process flows and constantly endeavoring to be able to lead the team from the front.
  • Reporting to the operations manager on performance, status, and any escalations.
  • Capture quality data for metrics reporting.
  • Ensure the completeness and accuracy of the source documents provided by the client for ICSR/ CO preparation.
  • Schedule meetings with client SPOC to resolve report related queries.
  • Ensure all the records and documents are maintained as per organizational requirements.
  • Attend training sessions and develop capabilities on an ongoing basis.
  • Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel.
  • Preparing CAPA & RCA for overall projects.
  • Performance & people management.

Team Leader

Cognizant Technology Solutions
Mumbai
05.2017 - 10.2021
  • Ensuring team’s performance in-line with compliance and SLA's
  • Responsible to mentor the trainees on the job and ensure they reach the required efficiency & accuracy levels in data entry
  • Ensure appropriate distribution of work among direct reports
  • Responsible for day-to-day work, process flows and constantly endeavoring to be able to lead the team from the front
  • Reporting to the operations manager on performance, status and any escalations
  • Capture quality data for metrics reporting
  • Ensure the completeness and accuracy of the source documents provided by the client for ICSR/ CO preparation
  • Schedule meetings with client SPOC to resolve report related queries
  • Ensure all the records and documents are maintained as per organizational requirements
  • Attend training sessions and develop capabilities on an ongoing basis
  • Preparing CAPA & RCA for overall projects
    12. Performance & people management

Data Analyst

Cognizant Technology Solutions
Mumbai
11.2014 - 04.2017

Key responsibilities as Case Processor (ICSR):

  • Case book-in, triage, data entry, coding using Meddra and summary writing for ICSRs, labeling, Peer Review, Perform any other support activities as assigned – tracking various types of information and metrics, ongoing QC of defined process steps
  • Performed quality check of cases based on priority of regulatory submission
  • Take responsibility of the corrective actions resulting from timelines or quality issue
  • Confirm the case validity, seriousness, event term selection, coding of adverse events, suspect products, concomitant medications, lab investigations and overall consistency of information
  • Determines whether the follow up information is medically significant or relevant and takes necessary actions
  • Develop and maintain expertise and knowledge of all assigned products within a therapeutic areas applicable corporate and global regulations, guidelines, Standard Operation procedure and writing practices

Key responsibilities as Case Book in Associate and QC Associate (CO Specific):

  • Receipt / download of cases from Document Exchange Tool and allocate to associates.
  • Triage of cases for validity and seriousness.
  • Perform Duplicate Search. Book-in Initial (new) case / Follow up to existing referenced case (LAM) depending upon the duplicate search results.
  • Data entry of mandatory information into Argus Affiliate (AA). Self / Peer QC of the cases before routing to central processing (As applicable).
  • Complete the daily case tracking spreadsheet with LAM IDs.
  • Handling of queries (action items) received from the central processing sites regarding discrepancies in Source Documents, AE form and / or Argus affiliate.
  • Confirming all the data are maintained according to the requirements of the SOPs.
  • Preparing CAPA & RCA for TAT miss and external quality findings.
  • Ensuring team’s performance is in-line with compliance and SLAs

Junior Data Analyst

Cognizant Technology Solutions
Mumbai
03.2013 - 10.2014

Key responsibilities as Case Processor (ICSR):

  • Case book-in, triage, data entry, coding using Meddra and summary writing for ICSRs, labeling, Peer Review, Perform any other support activities as assigned – tracking various types of information and metrics, ongoing QC of defined process steps
  • Performed quality check of cases based on priority of regulatory submission
  • Take responsibility of the corrective actions resulting from timelines or quality issue
  • Confirm the case validity, seriousness, event term selection, coding of adverse events, suspect products, concomitant medications, lab investigations and overall consistency of information
  • Determines whether the follow up information is medically significant or relevant and takes necessary actions
  • Develop and maintain expertise and knowledge of all assigned products within a therapeutic areas applicable corporate and global regulations, guidelines, Standard Operation procedure and writing practices

Bioanalytical Executive

Bombay Bioresearch Centre
Mumbai
09.2011 - 02.2013
  • Involving in the Method development, validation and analysis of study samples. Preparation and planning for clinical trials, internal audits and external audits. Extraction of active analyte from the biological samples and prepares a sample suitable for the mass spectrometric analysis. Monitoring the analytical run and report to the group leader. Drug and biological sample accountability, Coordination in investigational site. Preparation of SOP’s and other works assigned by the group leader. Calibration of analytical instruments and Maintaining records. Literature survey of the molecules intended for an analysis. Preparation of Bio-samples.

Research Associate

Quest Life Sciences (P) Limited
Chennai
01.2011 - 09.2011
  • Involving in the Method development, validation and analysis of study samples. Preparation and planning for clinical trials, internal audits and external audits. Extraction of active analyte from the biological samples and prepares a sample suitable for the mass spectrometric analysis. Monitoring the analytical run and report to the group leader. Drug and biological sample accountability, Coordination in investigational site. Preparation of SOP’s and other works assigned by the group leader. Calibration of analytical instruments and Maintaining records. Literature survey of the molecules intended for an analysis. Preparation of Bio-samples.

Education

Master of Pharmacy -

Arulmigu Kalasalingam College of Pharmacy
Srivilliputhur, India
05.2011

Bachelor of Pharmacy -

J.S.S College of Pharmacy
Ooty, India
08.2008

Skills

  • Project management
  • Resource allocation
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Client relationship management
  • Performance tracking
  • Team leadership
  • ICSR
  • Local Intake

On Site Experience

Worked in Cognizant Argentina for 2 years and 9 months., 10/01/15, 10/31/17, 11/01/18, 07/31/19, Received Employee of the year in 2016.

Regulatory Audits Experience - Description

Involved in facing successful review audits performed by WHO, US FDA & DCGI for the molecules Amoxicillin and Clavulanic acid, Ethinyl Estadiol and Levonorgesterol, & Fixed Dose Combination (Isoniazid, Rifampicin and Pyrazinamide) in the year 2012 in Bombay Bioresearch Centre, Mumbai.

Journal Publications

  • A Novel and High-Throughput Method for the Simultaneous Determination of Amoxicillin and Clavulanic acid in Human Plasma by Liquid Chromatography Coupled with Tandem Mass Spectrometry., International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vol 4, Suppl 3, 2012
  • Determination of Pyrazinamide in Human Plasma Samples Containing Fixed Dose Combination Molecules by Using Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry., Omics Publishing Group, Advances in Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety, volume 1, Issue 2 1000108, 2012
  • A Highly Specific, Sensitive and High Throughput Method for the Determination of Ofloxacin in Human Plasma by Liquid Chromatography Coupled with Tandem Mass Spectrometry., Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vol 3, Issue 3, 2012

Presentations And Conferences

  • Poster presentation of paper in International Seminar on Herbal Drug Research: Present and Future Prospects, 12/04/09, JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty
  • Participated in an International Seminar on Second International Conference and Indo- Canadian Satellite Symposium on Pharmaceutical Sciences, Practice and Natural Health Products, 02/24/07, JSS college of Pharmacy, Ooty
  • Participated in a National Seminar on Trends in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Practice and Education, 05/01/08, JSS college of Pharmacy, Ooty
  • Participated in International Seminar on Herbal Drug Research: Present and Future Prospects, 12/04/09, JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty
  • Participated in a National Seminar on Drug Discovery from Medicinal Plants, 11/06/10, Arulmigu Kalasalingam college of Pharmacy, Srivilliputhur
  • Participated in the Industry-Institution Programme Progress Areas in Pharmaceutical Industries, 11/20/09, Ultra College of Pharmacy, Madurai

Languages

  • Tamil
  • English
  • Hindi

Disclaimer

I hereby declare that all the information given above is genuine to the best of my Knowledge and if you give an opportunity to work in your organization. I will put my best efforts.

Qualifications Summary

A highly motivated Master of Pharmacy graduate having 12+ years which includes, substantial work experience in Pharmacovigilance 10+ years and Clinical Research 2+ years. Building on multiple direct and transferable skills/knowledge in Pharmacovigilance (PV).

Personal Information

  • Passport Number: Z 7 8 1 5 6 3 0
  • Father's Name: T. Rajaram
  • Date of Birth: 05/12/87
  • Gender: Male
  • Marital Status: Single

Languages

Tamil
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Advanced (C1)
C1

Timeline

Drug Safety Operations Manager

Qinecsa Solutions
04.2025 - Current

Drug Safety Operations Lead

Qinecsa Solutions
06.2022 - 03.2025

Team Leader

Cognizant Technology Solutions
05.2017 - 10.2021

Data Analyst

Cognizant Technology Solutions
11.2014 - 04.2017

Junior Data Analyst

Cognizant Technology Solutions
03.2013 - 10.2014

Bioanalytical Executive

Bombay Bioresearch Centre
09.2011 - 02.2013

Research Associate

Quest Life Sciences (P) Limited
01.2011 - 09.2011

Master of Pharmacy -

Arulmigu Kalasalingam College of Pharmacy

Bachelor of Pharmacy -

J.S.S College of Pharmacy
Vignesh Rajaram