A Pharmig conference, in India.
A confidential forum since 1991
Pharmig exists to disseminate information on pharmaceutical microbiology among people who practise it — a not-for-profit interest group whose committee is drawn from industry, academia and consultancy rather than from a commercial organiser.
Its conferences, publications and webinars have set the reference points that the sector now argues over. Pharmig India is a Pharmig conference: the Pharmig committee owns the programme and chairs both days.
Depth-first journalism for pharma manufacturing
Pharma Now reports on pharmaceutical manufacturing, regulation and science for the people running it — long-form explanation over churn, and the Microbiology Matters podcast for the conversations that do not fit in an article.
Pharma Now supports Pharmig India 2026 as its Indian partner: it runs the delegate desk and local logistics, and carries the conference to its readership through coverage, webinars and the podcast.
Global regulatory expectation is written in Europe and enforced everywhere. It is answered, in practice, on Indian manufacturing floors. Pharmig India puts both halves of that sentence in one room.
The boards behind the programme
Two boards, two jobs. One decides what belongs on the programme. The other decides what gets published.
The people who decide what belongs on the programme, and what does not.
The advisory board sets the themes, reviews every session proposal against what sites are actually struggling to evidence, and holds the line on the no-product-pitch rule. Remaining seats are being appointed.
Propose a session to the board- Co-chairDavid KeenDirector, Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Ecolab · Chairman of Pharmig (UK)
- India co-chairManish BhatkarTechnical operations and GMP compliance
- International seatProf. Tim SandleUniversity College London · Pharmig Committee (UK)
- Regulatory & CCSPatrick NieuwenhuizenManaging Director, Paradigm Pharmaceutical Quality Consultancy — CCS and Annex 1
- Indian manufacturingRanjana PathakQuality and compliance leadership across Indian manufacturing networks
The conference is two days. The programme runs all year.
- PodcastMicrobiology MattersLong conversations with the people setting contamination control expectation, published fortnightly.Listen
- WebinarsLive sessions between editionsFree technical webinars with the faculty, running through the year in the run-up to December.See what's next
- PublicationPharma NowReporting and analysis on pharmaceutical manufacturing, regulation and science for the people running it.Read