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Our newest strategy takes an unconstrained approach to seeking the best growth businesses outside of the U.S.

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Sands Capital invests in innovative businesses across all stages of the growth spectrum

Padmaparna Chaudhuri

Padmaparna Chaudhuri, PhD

Director of Technical Research

Joined Sands Capital

2022

Work Experience

Farcast Biosciences (2017-2020)
Bangalore, India | Director R&D, Intellectual Property

General Electric (2010 - 2017)
Bangalore, India | Lead Intellectual Property Professional

Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology (2007 - 2010)
Cambridge, MA | Post-doctoral fellow

Education

Indian Institute of Science (2007)
PhD | Organic Chemistry

Indian Institute of Science (2002)
MS | Chemical Sciences

Padmaparna is a director of technical research on the Life Sciences Pulse strategy. She joined Sands Capital in 2022. Before joining the firm, Padmaparna spent 12 years in large multinational and start-up companies, working across life sciences tools and diagnostic programs. She has led the creation of patent portfolios and performed technology and intellectual property analysis to identify research and development and inorganic growth opportunities. Padmaparna received a PhD in bioorganic chemistry from the Indian Institute of Science and completed her postdoctoral research at Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women’s Hospital, concentrating in targeted drug delivery in cancer.

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