Leading the development & commercialization of a new generation automation portfolio of intensified process and automation, control, & analytical software products. I develop the roadmaps, business strategy, and marketing plans for innovative product development in the field of digital technologies for BioProcessing.

Vikas Revankar heads the Indian operations for the Software & Automation group in Process Solutions R&D for Merck KGgA (Life Sciences). In his current role, Vikas Revankar setup and runs the Indian software operations and now has additional responsibility of Solution Management (Product & Architecture roadmap) for the Digital Bio Processing program(s). With a career spanning 20 years in various engineering and management roles across Pharma, Life Sciences, Technology Startup and Companies, Vikas Revankar specializes in technical program management for large digital programs. At the MES ASIA conference, he looks forward to learning more on implementation strategies , experiences & challenges from other professionals who are working on digital programs in the Pharma Manufacturing space. Vikas holds a degree in management from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India . In his spare time (read weekends between numerous travels) , Vikas loves to play soccer with his son, spend time cook new menus with his wife apart from catching few games of squash with his friends.

The Pop in My Job:

The manner in which we are relooking at the abstraction of control strategy across the experience layer to the operations layer and then introducing IT , OT to help exploit the best capabilities and make them work together.

We are a global science and technology company with a passion for forward-thinking discoveries. We want to develop products and solutions for a better life. That's why we take a closer look at things, ask questions and think ahead. We've been around for almost 350 years, yet the great majority of our shares are still held by the descendants of Friedrich Jacob Merck, the man who founded our company in Darmstadt in 1668. 50,000 employees in 66 countries work together with us on innovative solutions and the newest technologies in healthcare, life science and performance materials. From improving electronic devices with smarter materials to generating ultra pure water, testing the quality of food and drugs, and treating cancer, our company always promotes opportunities to break new ground. Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, holds the rights to the name and the trademark "MERCK"​ internationally except for the United States and Canada, where we operate in the biopharma market as EMD Serono, in life science as MilliporeSigma, and in the specialty chemicals and high-tech materials business area as EMD Performance Materials.