Dr. Praveen has over 15 years of experience in medical device design, development, verification & validation and risk management based on international regulatory standards. With solid grounding in Regulatory and Quality, he leads the Regulatory Affairs committee at APACMed. He is one of the lead authors of several strategic white papers on Regulatory Reliance, Capacity and Capability Building and Regional Regulatory Convergence and the Editor of the APACMed Regulatory Intelligence Bulletin.

During his time at A*STAR as a Senior Scientist, he was involved in the development of medical devices and diagnostic technologies with specific focus on commercialization and subsequent launch negotiating with different regulatory bodies across APAC and Europe. He was also a business consultant with experience in market demand analysis, competitive intelligence, due diligence & key account management during his  stint at Frost & Sullivan.  He started his career as a critical care clinician managing post-operative and intensive care patients. Praveen is a clinician by training with a PhD in Biomedical Engineering.