Corporate Information

Management:

Dr. Nisha Dogra, Ph.D., M.HS. - President and Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Nisha Dogra is the President and principal founder of Advanced Genomics Corporation. She brings over twenty years of experience in the areas of science and business and contributes leadership, vision and strategic planning to Advanced Genomics. She has been in the Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia (consistently ranks among the top ten North American Universities for its commercialization activities), Vancouver, Canada since 2001 and in the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (leading tertiary/ quaternary research institute and a joint venture with UBC), Vancouver, Canada since 2002. She played concurrent roles for leading groundbreaking cutting edge Genomics research projects of Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) and Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). She has been responsible for strategy and implementation of all operations using microarray technology beginning with the start up to profitable projects. Dr. Dogra started her research career in 1989 in the Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, India (a premier leading institute of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India).

Dr. Dogra did her post-doctoral training in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She has earned her Ph.D in molecular biology from the Institute of Integrative Medicine, C.S.I.R., Jammu, India and second Masters Degree in Health Care Management from Touro University International, California, USA.

Dr. Dogra has authored over several scientific publications in international peer-reviewed journals.

She has been in the Faculty Development Program of Medical Council of Canada as defined by Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. She is a member of Association of Microbiologists of India, Canadian Cancer Society, Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation and American College of Healthcare Executives.

Dr. Dogra has strong interests in global health. Her vision is to make personalized medicine a reality.

Dr. Sudarshan Kumar Bhagat, M.D. - Director of Research & Development

Dr. Sudarshan Kumar Bhagat is the Director of Research & Development at Advanced Genomics. He has 25 years of research experience in health care. He oversees the company’s research & development activities and is responsible for directing commercial operations. He serves as technical and medical expert and provides guidance to staff members for their daily activities. He is responsible for company’s expansion of medical and pharmacogenomics activities. Dr. Bhagat is playing an active role in long-range strategic planning of scientific projects. Before joining to Advanced Genomics, Dr. Bhagat was visiting scientist in the department of Infectious diseases, University of British Columbia, Canada. He was Additional Professor in the department of Blood Transfusion, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, India (one of the premier institutes of India). 

Dr. Bhagat has received his MD Pathology in 1988 from the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, India  .  After completing his MD, he did his specialization in hematology / cytogenetics from the same institute. He has  been playing an active role in research and development of blood transfusion in India by organizing blood donation camps, seminars and conferences. Dr. Bhagat has qualified his MD degree from the Medical Council of Canada in 2007. He has authored over several research papers published in peer-reviewed journals.

Dr. Shiv Kumar, Ph.D. - Director of Business Development

Dr. Shiv Kumar is Director of Business Development at Advanced Genomics. He brings 28 years of his business development experience. He is taking care of company’s North America business activities. He has extensive experience in establishing and maintaining corporate relationships as well as in the development of global science and technology alliances. Dr. Kumar was the president of privately held business firm, Plus Life Inc., USA. He has done extensive due diligent on numerous companies in USA and is knowledgeable in business operations and management. Dr. Kumar has received his Masters in Administration and MS honors in Biochemistry from Punjab University, Chandigarh, India and Ph.D from Baba Sahib Ambedkar University, Muzaffarpur, India.

Rakesh Kumar, M.sc. - Manager- International Business Development

Mr. Rakesh Kumar is the Manager of International Business Development at Advanced Genomics. He is developing business strategies for company’s international market. He is responsible for the business development for Pharmacogenomics, Nutrigenomics, and Science &Innovation strategic business units. He is also actively involved in identifying grant source and coordinating with collaborators for the respective grants. Mr. Kumar has done his masters in biotechnology from M.B. Khalsa College, Indore, affiliated to Punjab Technical University, India in 2007. Within a short time span in the business, he has shown remarkable achievements. He has designed the basic frame work of KPO (Knowledge Processing Outsourcing). He has also individually designed strategies and set the market for a product in northern and central India.

Harvey Quan, C.M.A. - Director of Finance

Mr. Quan holds a Certified Management Accounting designation and has more than 20 years of experience as Senior Financial Officer with several companies ranging from start-ups to Publicly traded companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange. At Advanced Genomics, he is responsible for all aspects of finance and accounting for the company, including completion of Financial Statement and Management Reports, development of accounting procedures and controls and budgeting. He is currently providing financial and consulting services to a number of organizations in the high technology sector.